CONTRIBUTION BY REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL …

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CONTRIBUTION BY REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ROADMAP

for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of Small

Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their ammunition in the Western Balkans by

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1 Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by SEESAC for the purpose of collecting information regarding the ongoing projects and activities

contributing to small arms and light weapons (SALW) control in the Western Balkans and to be distributed during the 1st Regional Roadmap

Coordination Meeting that will be held on 28 May 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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ORGANIZATION/INSTITUTION/AGENCY

NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NATO NSPA)

PROGRAMME/PROJECT TITLE AND CONTACT PERSON

NATO Trust Fund – Ammunition Demilitarisation in Montenegro Mr. David Towndrow, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +352 3063 7234

PROJECT DURATION Jan 2017 – July 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Montenegro, Ministry of Defence (MoD)

DONOR United Kingdom Lead Nation for NATO Trust Fund; six (6) donors

FUNDING AMOUNT Estimated: EUR 1,042,000.00 Current donations: EUR 1,042,000.00

FUNDING GAPS Fully Funded

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Demilitarize approximately 470 tonnes of surplus munitions. The initial tranche of destruction was completed by a local contractor in Montenegro.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 6 - Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition.

• Goal 7 - Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Demilitarize an estimated 341 tonnes of heavy cased ammunition through an industrial demilitarisation contractor in Italy.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 The NATO Trust Fund will finalize this element of the work over the summer and then close as Montenegro is now a Member of NATO.

mailto:[email protected]

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NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NATO NSPA)


Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund – Serbia IV NSPA Luxembourg: Mr. David Towndrow,E-mail: [email protected] Lead Nation, United Kingdom: Izzy Cutts, UK Delegation to NATO

PROJECT DURATION Project started 2016 for an original duration of 24 months. The project has been extended for one more year to summer 2020.

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Serbia: TRZ Kragujevac facility (government-owned ammunition facility)

DONOR Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

FUNDING AMOUNT Estimated 5,440,000.00 EUR Current donations 4,800,00.00 EUR

FUNDING GAPS No current identified funding need – final review early 2020.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Improve demilitarisation capacity at TRZ ammunition processing facility in Kragujevac. Following a destructive incident at the facility in February 2017, complete reconstruction and return to the full rate of demilitarisation by late spring 2019.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 6 - Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition.

• Goal 7 - Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Re-establish several industrial ammunition demilitarisation lines.

• Re-equip the MoD ammunition Chemical laboratory.

• Demilitarize an estimated 100 tonnes of ammunition.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Optimize demilitarisation capacity.

• Demilitarize an estimated 200 tonnes of ammunition, including 100 tonnes of MOI surplus munitions.

• Finalize plans for improving security at the TRZ Kragujevac site.


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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)


Global Firearms Programme / Support for the Implementation of Roadmap for Western Balkans Ms. Simonetta Grassi, Senior Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Head of the Global Firearms Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – UNODC, Email: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2018-2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Western Balkan countries

DONOR Federal Republic of Germany

FUNDING AMOUNT USD 552,000.00

FUNDING GAPS USD 6,000,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES • To prevent and counter illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, and their links to transnational organized and other serious crimes, including terrorism and organized crime, and foster effective international cooperation and information exchange.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 1. By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standardized across the region.

• Goal 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

• Goal 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Analysis of national criminal law and criminal procedure legislation

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Training for prosecutors on investigation and prosecution of firearms trafficking

• Training for customs on detection of firearms in postal parcels

• Training for customs on detection and investigation of firearms trafficking

• Support for development of data collection mechanism on imported firearms


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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)


UNODC CONTAINER CONTROL PROGRAMME Mr. Ketil Ottersen, Senior Programme Coordinator, E-mail: [email protected], Tel: +43 (0) 1 26060 5528)

PROJECT DURATION April 2014 – 30 November 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina

DONOR Current:

• Grand Duchy of Luxemburg

• Republic of Germany Past donors:

• The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

• US Department of State - The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program

FUNDING AMOUNT EUR 2,050,090.00

FUNDING GAPS None provided

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The mission of the joint United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-World Customs Organization (WCO) Container Control Programme (CCP) is to build capacity in those countries that seek to improve trade security and facilitation standards and controls at their borders and to facilitate legitimate trade and state revenues. The CCP develops capability to profile, target and examine containers being used for the transport of illicit goods. At the very core of the Programme, is the creation of inter-agency Port Control Units (PCU) consisting of customs and law enforcement agencies. The PCUs are trained according to a specialized training methodology developed by the CCP. The trained officials will be part of the global network of container profilers linked in the WCO Container COMM information sharing system and will also participate in regional and international meetings and operational exercises.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans


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CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Regular monitoring visits to the Port Control Unit at the land-border Bijača, BiH UNODC VII Mentorship visit to PCU BiH (14-16 May 2019)

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Regular monitoring visits to the Port Control Unit at the land-border Bijača, BiH; Further enhancement of the cooperation between BiH and Croatian Customs Administration (tentatively June thru Dec 2019); Steering Committee Meeting of the Programme in BiH (November 2019, TBC); Study visit of the PCU to Georgia, October 2019 (TBD) Continuing support to the PCU operational at the southern land-border Bijača.

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UNDP Albania


Project Title: Support Albania’s Law Enforcement Authorities to strengthen Firearms Criminality Evidence Management and Investigation Capacities Contact Person: Vladimir Malkaj, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 18 months

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Albanian Ministry of Interior, Albanian Criminal Police Directorate, Crime Science Investigation Departments (CSI), Forensic Laboratory, and Ballistic Investigation Unit

DONOR Funding Window

FUNDING AMOUNT USD 1,200,00.00

FUNDING GAPS USD 1,200,00.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The Albanian State Police operates with higher standards, procedures and practices in the area of arms control and investigation, adopts improved evidence-based and qualitative investigations leading efficiency in criminal proceedings and judicial processes, and enables a more effective exchange of operational, intelligence, and evidence data with regional and EU partners.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL GOAL 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

GOAL 5. By 2024, substantially decrease the estimated number of firearms in illicit possession in the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) n/a

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Provided the project approved in first half of 2019, the following activities are likely to commence in the second half of 2019:


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• Drafting of standard operating procedures (SOP) on chain of custody, crime scene procedures, tagging and packaging evidence, and on open case file.

• Training of CSI units on understanding general principles of forensic interpretation and development of standards for evaluation and reporting.

• Procurement of basic equipment and standard kits for CSI Units

• Procurement of specialized equipment for Albanian Ballistic Lab related to crime firearms examination

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UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina


Justice and Security Sector / Countering Illicit Arms Trafficking (CIAT) Project Sector Leader: Slobodan Tadic; E-mail: [email protected] Project Coordinator: Bogdan Zivaljevic; E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION September 2017 – December 2021

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Main beneficiary: BIH Border Police, BIH Ministry of Security Other beneficiaries: 13 entity and cantonal police agencies and SIPA (state level police agency) Other indirect beneficiaries: state-level ministries (foreign trade, foreign affairs, communications, defense), Indirect Taxation Authority (customs)

DONOR FR Germany Republic of France

FUNDING AMOUNT EUR 900,000.00 (September 2017 – June 2019) EUR 1,200,000.00 (July 2019 – December 2021)

FUNDING GAPS EUR 1,200,000.00 (July 2019 – December 2021)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Overall objective: Strengthen BIH capacities to more effectively combat illicit arms trafficking

• Develop standard-operating procedures on how to process illicit arms’ crimes for BIH Border Police and 14 other police agencies at all levels.

• Train police officers in BIH Border Police (1,500 already trained) and other 14 police agencies (2,000+ to be trained in 2020/2021)

• Purchase detection equipment for BIH Border Police (EUR 346k equipment already purchased) and other 14 police agencies and include it in training.

• Liaise five state-level ministries and three law enforcement agencies to exchange information and improve cooperation at national and regional level pertaining to SALW export/import/transport.

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• Develop three databases: a) for BIH Border Police – SALW identification platform (first version developed, upgrade pending); b) for the Ministry of Foreign Trade – database on arms’ export/import (current version upgraded, new to be upgraded in 2020/2021); and c) develop the database for the Ministry of Security on arms’ transport (project proposal developed, the database to be developed by 2021)

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

• GOAL 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Working jointly with 14 police agencies on developing standard-operating procedures on processing crimes pertaining to illicit SALW trafficking.

• Assessing current needs of 14 BIH police agencies and preparing the tender process for the procurement of detection equipment for them in 2019.

• In close collaboration with BIH Border Police, preparing to conduct green-border analysis aimed at addressing their needs through rollout of specific training and purchase of equipment aimed at more efficient patrolling of the green border.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Continue with developing of standard-operating procedures for 14 police agencies.

• Purchase of detection equipment for the police agencies.

• Strengthening regional coordination through the visit of BIH practitioners from five ministries and three law enforcement agencies to Montenegro (previously they visited Croatia and Serbia) to exchange information and best practices with their counterparts.

• Completion of green-border analysis for BIH Border Police.

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UNDP Kosovo


Safety and Security Programme Project: LEGALIZATION AND SURRENDER OF WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES Marta K. Gazideda, Governance and Peacebuilding Portfolio Manager/Deputy Programme Coordinator, E-mail: [email protected] Mentor Cakolli, KSSP Project manager, E-mail: [email protected]


PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police

DONOR UNSCAR


FUNDING GAPS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1. Completion of secondary legislation for implementation of Law No. 05/L-134 on legalization and surrender of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices.

2. Increase capacities of Police officers in police stations for implementation of Law No. 05/ L – 134 on legalization and surrender of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices.

3. Increase capacities of the State Coordination Centre responsible for implementation of surrender of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL (pls specify the goal)

GOAL 4. By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) 1.1.1: Establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs working group for drafting Administrative Instructions as per article 12 of the Law No. 05/L- 14 1.1.2: Drafting the sub-legal act on determining timeframes and operational modalities for legalization (it includes six workshops, two for each administrative instruction). 1.2.2: Implement public awareness for population for procedures for legalizing weapons or voluntarily surrender of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices.

References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).



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PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 1.2.1: Develop information material for the Police officers regarding their roles and responsibilities, safety measures, data protection in the implementation of Law No. 05/L- 134 on legalization and surrender of weapons, ammunition and explosives devices 1.2.3: Information Sessions organized in every police station (total of 36 info. session, includes translation & water costs). 1.2.4: Every police station equipped with laptop for data collection and evidence collection (total of 36 laptops). 1.3.1: Training session for the State Coordination Centre. 1.3.2: Providing technical means (four computers and printer) for data and evidence collections and issuing cards for legalization.

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UNDP Kosovo


Safety and Security Programme Project: SUPPPORT TO COUNTER ILLICT ARMS TRAFFICKING Marta K. Gazideda, Governance and Peacebuilding Portfolio Manager/Deputy Programme Coordinator, [email protected] Mentor Cakolli, KSSP Project manager, [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2019 - 2021

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Police, Prosecutors Office, Forensic Agency

DONOR


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) EUR 1,400,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Support to increase investigative and operational capacities of Police to tackle illicit arms trafficking and firearms criminality.


GOAL 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2021 1. Increase capacity of the crime investigation department (IAT); a. Gap analysis of current way of investigations at central, regional and local level b. Revise policies c. Train staff d. Provide additional equipment

2. Increase capacity of the Special Unit Department; a. Train staff b. Provide additional equipment

3. Increase capacity of joint investigations; a. Establish and train contact point in legal office of KP; b. Issue SOP on Joint investigations and JIT



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4. Tackle arms robberies; a. Problem profile of Arms Robberies

5. Increase capacity of IAT investigations on darknet; a. Provide investigations infrastructure at KP; b. Train police officers in this field

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UNDP Kosovo


Safety and Security Programme Project: SUPPPORT TO COUNTER ILLICT ARMS TRAFFICKING Marta K. Gazideda, Governance and Peacebuilding Portfolio Manager/Deputy Programme Coordinator, E-mail: [email protected] Mentor Cakolli, KSSP Project manager, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2019 - 2021

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Police, Customs, Border Police

DONOR


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) EUR 1,400,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Support to detect and prevent weapons and their essential components, ammunition, as well as explosives and its precursor to cross illegally the borders and bring the offenders to justice.


GOAL 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2021 1. Increase capacity of the risk analysis unit in the Border police on risk profiling, and the joint risk analysis unit in the Border Coordination Center with assistance of the FFP based on CIRAM 2

2. Develop the necessary analysis as a baseline for this project:

a. Problem profile of Illicit Arms Trafficking inland

b. Problem profile of Illicit Arms Trafficking at border and green border based on pull

and push factors and capacity of border surveillance

3. Increase detection capacity of Border police officials in detection of weapons, components and explosives

a. Training for detection at Border posts (First- and second-line check)

b. Training detection green border surveillance



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c. Training detection in fast parcels and postal services

d. Training of K9 dogs in detection of polymer

e. Implementation of joint simulated exercises

4. Delivery and deployment of mandatory equipment

5. Implementation of Intelligence led operation in the border area supported by all actors

trained and equipped

6. Develop track record of border detected incidents

7. Develop knowledge product on illicit arms trafficking

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UNDP North Macedonia


Improving national SALW-related practices and building violence-resilient communities Contact Point Emil Angelov Email: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 30 months (July 2019 – December 2021)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Direct: Ministry of Interior & Agency for Management of Seized Property Other: Customs Administration, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Court Administration & Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions

DONOR Multi-Partner Trust Fund for the implementation of the Roadmap/Funding Windows


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) USD 2,300,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Better informed and organised national institutions will be better equipped to create realistic and relevant evidence-based SALW policies and accurate risk assessments based on significantly improved knowledge products for operational and strategic purposes. Better coordination between relevant institutions and the affected communities will be prompted by progress in data collection, prevention and dissemination of information leading to an effective and efficient response to SALW/firearms threats. Additionally, improving the existing information management systems and storage facilities and increased public awareness of the danger and consequences of (mis)use of firearms will support national institutions policies in preventing and combating gun violence and help prevent and significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms.


• Goal 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led

• Goal 4. By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy

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• Goal 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) N/A

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Development of Weapons Registration and Stockpile Management Software module & delivery of necessary hardware

• Upgrade to the weapons storage facility of the Agency for Management of Seized Property

• Develop weapons stockpile policy, procedures and standards

• Conduct baseline assessments of misuse of SALW/firearms

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UNDP Montenegro


MONDEM Programme (partnership programme with the Ministry of Defence and OSCE Mission to Montenegro) Gordan Ivanovic, Programme Manager; E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2007- 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Defence

DONOR Multi donors - OSCE, UNDP, EU through SEESAC, Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxemburg, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Lichtenstein, Norway, Italy, Turkey, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ireland, Austria


FUNDING GAPS EUR 1,700,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Finalization of electricity, hydro network, roads, perimeter control and video surveillance

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL GOAL 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Finalization of construction work of security fence in Brezovik ammunition storage

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Continuation of works on the finalization of the Brezovik ammunition storage depend on success of resource mobilization. Available contribution of the Ministry of Defense of 100,000 Euro.

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UNDP Serbia


Reduce risk - Increase safety – Towards ending SALW misuse in domestic violence context Ms. Jelena Tadžić, Social Inclusion and Gender Equality Programme Analyst, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2019-2020 (first phase - 18 months)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Primary beneficiaries – women survivors of domestic and gender-based violence and their families, general public, perpetrators of domestic violence who misuse SALW, men, particularly young men at risk to misuse SALW. Secondary beneficiaries – policy makers and professionals dealing with domestic and gender-based violence and SALW, youth organization to be empowered to implement peer education activities.

DONOR UNDP Trust Fund Funding Windows Governance for Inclusive and Peaceful Societies


FUNDING GAPS USD 593,136.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the establishment of zero tolerance and elimination of violence against women in Serbia. The specific objective of the project is to increase awareness and reduce the misuse of firearms in the context of violence against women, domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 4: By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy.


PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Component 1 - Key result 1: Legal and institutional measures effectively address the complexity of domestic violence, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence Output 1.1: Improved practices and procedures related to criminal justice response to SALW misuse.


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Activity 1.1.1 - Examine the procedures and practices related to the SALW license denial, removal and revocation in the context of domestic violence and existing procedures and practices related to the domestic violence committed by military and police officers. Activity 1.1.2 - Conduct research on judicial practice and response of the criminal-justice system related to detecting and misuse of firearms in the cases of domestic violence. Research findings will be used as the basis for developing evidence-based tool to improve knowledge of judiciary on the risks and consequences of firearms misuse in the context of domestic violence. Output 1.2: Setting up the basis for evidence-based policy making. Activity 1.2.1 Conduct analysis of administrative data collection practices on domestic and intimate partner violence, including femicide and develop recommendations for improvement of existing practices of data collection with the focus on use and misuse of legal/illicit SALW, including victim-perpetrator relationship and type of violence committed, as well as institutional procedures and response. Component 2 - Key Result 2: Perception of gender-based violence and dominant gender norms related to SALW changed and increased understanding of men and women on dangers of SALW misuse Output 2.1: Increased awareness among young men on the dangers of misuse of SALW/firearms. Activity 2.1.1 Conduct analysis of groups of men and young men at risk of committing FAE related crime in the context of domestic violence. Activity 2.1.2 Map the programmes and practices for prevention and ending firearm violence in intimate partner relationships and develop outline of the programmes targeting men at risk of committing firearms domestic violence. Output 2.2: Increased awareness among general population, both women and men, on the danger of misuse and illicit SALW possession through joint actions and cooperation of media, institutions and CSOs. Activity 2.2.2 Implement outreach activities to promote the work of institutions and professionals in prevention of firearms misuse in the context of GBV. Activity 2.2.3 Support the network “Journalist against Violence” to provide accurate and quality information on dangers of SALW use/misuse, particularly in the context of domestic violence and in the cases of female homicides by joint learning and informative activities with institutions, professionals and CSOs dealing with SALW and domestic violence.

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Activity 2.2.4 Organize joint learning sessions of media, CSOs and institutions to initiate establishment of multiagency female homicide review. Component 3 - Key result 3: General and specialist service providers capacitated to effectively reduce the risks of SALW misuse and deliver integrated and coordinated service for protection of women and children survivors of violence. Output 3.1: Knowledge packages for risk reduction of firearms misuse in the context of GBV developed and implemented. Activity 3.1.1 Develop curriculum and on-line training programme for the police for detection of legal/illicit firearms and implementation of the procedures to reduce the risk of firearms misuse in the context of gender-based violence. Activity 3.1.2 Develop guidelines, organize trainings and provide consultative support to improve multi agency case management to increase safety of victims and reduce the risk of firearm violence in domestic violence context. Activity 3.1.3 Develop and support implementation of the multiagency cooperation and tools that recognize and respond to the role firearms play in domestic violence context and increase safety of women and children. Activity 3.1.4 Organize professional meetings to improve knowledge of judiciary on the risks and consequences of firearms misuse in the context of domestic violence.

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UNDP Serbia


Advancing the capacities of the Serbian MoIA in the field of custody chain, crime scene investigations and the ballistic laboratory in the field of operations and investigations in trafficking of firearms and firearms criminality. Ms. Jelena Tadžić, Social Inclusion and Gender Equality Programme Analyst, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2 years (2019-2020)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Serbian Police - CSI unit – 4 ballistic labs – FFP and investigators unit

DONOR UNDP Funding Windows Governance for Inclusive and Peaceful Societies


FUNDING GAPS EUR 1,200,853.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The aim of the project is to increase the capacities of the Serbia MoIA in the entire investigative cycle and in particular improve the custody chain to improve investigations in order to achieve regular convictions. The project will look at all aspects of this custody chain such as: Standard operating procedures for the custody chain Crime scene investigation, documentation of the crime scene and the recovery of evidence Tagging of evidence and filling in the evidence register Evidence storage and delivery at forensic laboratory Reception at Forensic laboratory and temporary storage and starting the LIMS procedures Open case file Expert reports and return of evidence Accreditation of CSI and ballistic laboratory.


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CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 1: By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and standardized across the region.

• Goal 3: By 2024, significantly reduce the illegal circulation of firearms, ammunition and explosives (AME) towards, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

• Goal 5: By 2025, substantially decrease the estimated number of firearms in illicit possession in the Western Balkans


PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Component 1: Establishment of Regulatory Framework Activity 1.1: Drafting and approval of a standard operating procedure on the chain of custody of law enforcement. Activity 1.2: Amending standard operating procedure on crime scene investigation in order to be fully harmonized with relevant EU guidance such as the ‘IAF/ILAC-A4:2004 Guidance on the Application of ISO/IEC 17020’ and ‘EA-5/03 Guidance for the Implementation of ISO/IEC 17020 in the field of crime scene investigation’ as well as the ISO 17020. Activity 1.3.: Standard operating procedure of packaging and tagging of evidence which will facilitate the tracing of evidence throughout the chain of custody at all times. Activity 1.4.: Preparing the standard operating procedure on the development of an “open case file” for ballistic examination. Component 2. Increased capacity of CSI units (Crime Scene Investigations) Activity 2.1: Training of CSI units Activity 2.2: Equipment for CSI Unit Activity 2.3: Accreditation of all CSI team in accordance to ISO 17020 Activity 2.4: Development of evidence recovery database Component 3: Support to central level lab especially in the field of ballistics Activity 3.1: Development of LIMS (Laboratory Inventory Management System) Activity 3.2: Establishment of OPEN CASE FILE, storage and database at the central lab in Belgrade Activity 3.3: Installation of reception room and transfer storage in the ballistic lab in Belgrade Activity 3.4: Installation of water tank for test firing in the forensic laboratory in Belgrade

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SEESAC


Support for SEESAC Disarmament and Arms Control Activities in SEE Contact person: Ms. Bojana Balon, SEESAC Coordinator; email: [email protected]


PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministries of Interior, Police Services, Ministries of Defence, Armed Forces, Ministries of Economy, Customs Administrations, Prosecution Offices, and other relevant institutions in South East Europe

DONOR European Union (EU Council Decision 2016/2356 in support of SEESAC disarmament and arms control activities in South East Europe; EU Council Decision 2013/730/CFSP; and EU Council Decision 179/2010/CFSP); US State Department;

FUNDING AMOUNT EU: $14,479,486 and US DoS: $ 550,339

FUNDING GAPS N/A

PROJECT OBJECTIVES SEESAC is facilitating strategic and operational cooperation on SALW control in South East Europe in line with the South East Europe Regional Implementation Plan on Combatting the Proliferation and Impact of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Since 2019, SEESAC is also responsible for coordination on the implementation of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons and their ammunition in the Western Balkans., as per the EU Council Decision 2018/1788. The assistance to the authorities is provided through a comprehensive SALW control programme in reducing the availability of surplus SALW and their ammunition by: improving the security of storage facilities; combatting illicit trafficking through improved capacities for tracing of firearms, advanced record-keeping, marking, and investigations; cross-border cooperation; improving transparency of arms transfers; developing evidence based policies on SALW control with an integrated gender perspective; as well as raising awareness of the threat posed by SALW. Activities are designed to strengthen national control systems, and to foster regional mechanisms for countering the destabilizing spread of SALW and their ammunition. Direct project beneficiaries are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo , Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and the Republic of North Macedonia. As of 2017 the program introduced limited support for Belarus and Ukraine.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 1. GOAL 1. By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations, and standardized across the region.


http://www.seesac.org/f/docs/SALW-Resources/EU-Council-Decision-CFSP-2016-2356.pdf

http://www.seesac.org/f/docs/SALW-Resources/EU-Council-Decision-CFSP-2016-2356.pdf

http://www.seesac.org/f/tmp/files/failovi/590.pdf



http://www.seesac.org/f/docs/News-SALW/Roadmap-for-sustainable-solution.pdf

http://www.seesac.org/f/docs/News-SALW/Roadmap-for-sustainable-solution.pdf

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018D1788&rid=5

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• GOAL 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led

• GOAL 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans

• GOAL 4. By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy

• GOAL 5. By 2024, substantially decrease the estimated number of firearms in illicit possession in the Western Balkans

• GOAL 6. Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition

• GOAL 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Regional cooperation enabling information sharing and knowledge transfer leading to improved policies

• Regional meeting of SALW commissions and relevant policymaking bodies enabling information exchange, knowledge-sharing and standardization;

• Transfer of expertise to Belarus and Ukraine through the facilitation of participation in regional meetings of SALW commissions and translation and dissemination of existing SALW control tools;

• Provision of on-demand technical advice and expertise in order to enhance policy development, design, adoption and implementation;

• Capacities for evidence-based policymaking are enhanced by: improving and updating the regional SALW situation baseline through a regional SALW survey; enhancing data collection and tracking of trends through the continuous updating of the Armed Violence Monitoring Platform;

• Mainstreaming gender in SALW control through implementation of capacity development activities (gender coach programme, gender training, technical advice)

• Strengthening knowledge management through development of policy relevant on demand knowledge products and an online information-exchange platform.

Improved capacity for PSSM through infrastructure security upgrades, surplus reduction and training

• Increasing security of stockpiles through targeted infrastructure upgrades at police storage facilities in Albania, BiH, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. The upgrades focus on central police storages as well as evidence rooms in main police stations in Albania, BiH, Montenegro and Serbia completed, Moldova and Kosovo ongoing;

• Destroying up to 50,000 surplus and confiscated SALW in the region, as well as up to 500,000 pieces of SALW ammunition (27,000 SALW and 445,000 pieces of ammunition destroyed);

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• Providing capacity development through the training of a regional pool of MoI trainers and support for national training sessions on PSSM based on the SEESAC curricula piloted under Council Decision 2013/730/CFSP (training of trainers completed and a regional meeting of trainers organised)

Enhanced capacity for marking, tracing and record-keeping

• South-East Europe Firearms Experts Network (SEEFEN) meetings, strengthening of operational cooperation among the institutions in Western Balkans (bringing together police, prosecutors, ballistics experts, border police representatives and customs officials); regional (amongst the Western Balkans institutions), and the international level (among Western Balkans authorities and EU Member States, Europol, EMPACT, Interpol, and Frontex).

• Supporting the establishment of firearms focal points in SEE— central information collection and analysis units supporting investigators and prosecutors, and enabling the building and updating of the intelligence picture on firearms trafficking from and through SEE; FFPs are designed to gather, analyze, share and improve the information flow regarding the criminal use and the illicit trafficking of firearms; technical advice is provided, training as well as relevant IT tools;

• Technical assistance through the provision of equipment (import marking machines) to law-enforcement agencies;

• Provision of support to the activities of EUROPOL, INTERPOL, FRONTEX and EMPACT in the implementation of activities in the Western Balkans.

Reducing illicit possession and misuse of firearms through support for awareness-raising and collection campaigns

• Implementation of awareness-raising campaign seeking to reduce the levels of illicit possession (see: http://www.armyourselfwith.org/)

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Regional cooperation enabling information sharing and knowledge transfer leading to improved policies

• One regional meeting of SALW commissions and relevant policymaking bodies;

• Participation of Belarus and Ukraine in regional meetings of SALW commissions and translation and dissemination of existing SALW control tools;

• Provision of technical advice and expertise to the authorities and international partners upon request;

• Publishing of a regional SALW survey;

• Tracking of trends through the continuous updating of the Armed Violence Monitoring Platform;

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• Mainstreaming gender in SALW control through implementation of capacity development activities (gender coach programme, regional gender training, technical advice)

• Development of policy relevant on demand knowledge products and regular update of the online information-exchange platform.

Improved capacity for PSSM through infrastructure security upgrades, surplus reduction and training

• Completion of security upgrades of 2 storages and 3 evidence rooms in the Republic of Moldova and Kosovo.

• Destruction of 23,000 SALW and 55,000 pieces of SALW;

• Support to PSSM trainers in implementing training activities.

Enhanced capacity for marking, tracing and record-keeping

• One meeting of the South East Europe Firearms Experts Network in South East Europe;

• Continuous support to the establishment of Firearms Focal Points through training, technical advice and relevant IT tools.

• Provision of equipment (import marking machines) to law-enforcement agencies Reducing illicit possession and misuse of firearms through support for awareness-raising and collection campaigns

• Implementation of awareness-raising campaign seeking to reduce the levels of illicit possession (see: http://www.armyourselfwith.org/)

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SEESAC


Support for SEESAC for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap on combating illicit arms trafficking in the Western Balkans Contact person: Ms. Bojana Balon, SEESAC Coordinator, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 17/12/2018 – 16/12/2021

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES ROADMAP beneficiaries, Ukraine, Belarus and Republic of Moldova institutions

DONOR European Union (EU Council Decision 2018/1788 in support of SEESAC for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap on combating illicit arms trafficking in the Western Balkans)


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) N/A

PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Coordination of the implementation of the Roadmap for a sustainable solution to the illegal possession, misuse and trafficking of SALW/firearms and their ammunition in the Western Balkans;

• Support to the authorities of the Western Balkans in fully harmonising their arms-control legislation with the Union regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standards across the region;

• Countering illicit arms trafficking in the Western Balkans, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus through capacity assessments and technical assistance to the law-enforcement and border-police authorities

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 1. By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standardized across the region;

• GOAL 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led;


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• GOAL 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans;

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CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019)

I Coordination and Monitoring of the Roadmap implementation: The First Regional Roadmap Coordination Meeting is planned to be organized on 28 May 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local coordination meetings on the implementation of the Roadmap have been organized in 6 Western Balkans jurisdictions covered by the Roadmap.

III Monitoring of progress towards Roadmap Key Performance Indicators: A regional meeting with representatives of SALW Commissions was organized by SEESAC in Belgrade on 6 March 2019 with the aim to discuss and agree on the final template of the Roadmap Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Reporting Framework. Following its finalization, the (KPIs) Reporting Framework and a Narrative Report Template were sent to the authorities of the region to collect the data required for measuring the progress on the KPIs. The first reporting period covers 1 January – 31 December 2018 in order to establish the baseline against which, progress during the timeframe of the Roadmap implementation will be measured. The Narrative Report Template follows the goals of the Roadmap and will enable the authorities from the region to provide a descriptive information on the status of implementation of activities undertaken and planned as well as challenges and needs identified for support under each goal from the Roadmap. IV Harmonization of the arms-control legislation with the EU regulatory framework SEESAC will conduct a gap analysis of the legal framework on SALW control in each jurisdiction of the region and the level of harmonization with EU and international legislation. Based on the specific requests for support, SEESAC will produce a detailed methodology for implementation of activities related to the gap analysis of the legal framework on SALW control throughout the region. The first

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workshop on harmonization of arms control legal framework with the Acquis in Bosnia and Herzegovina was organized in Sarajevo on 16-17 April. V Needs assessment of the Border Police SEESAC has started with the preparatory activities for the regional Needs assessment of the Border police within the WB. Meetings with Heads of Border Policewere held in Podgorica, Belgrade, Tirana, Pristina, Sarajevo and Skopje with the aim to initiate the activities within the project. Support is being provided to Albania in developing the Table of Concordances.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019

• Organisation of up to two regional Roadmap coordination meetings;

• Enabling taking stock of progress, information exchange, knowledge transfer and standardisation;

• Support organisation of 12 local coordination meetings;

• Development of biannual monitoring reports;

• Provide further support for the establishment of the Firearms Focal Points

• Conduct the gap analysis of the legal framework on SALW control in each jurisdiction of the region and on the level of harmonization with EU and international legislation

• Conduct preliminary needs assessments of the border-police capacities in the WBs in countering illicit arms trafficking;

• Establishment of an online platform to ensure proper outreach and visibility of the Roadmap.

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SEESAC


SEESAC Project for the enhancement of SALW control security measures in Albania Jelena Bujakovic, SEESAC SALW Control Project Coordinator email: [email protected] and Tamara Svircev, SEESAC SALW Control Project Officer email: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 1 September 2018 – 31 March 2020 (20 months)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoI); Albanian State Police (ASP); Ministry of Defence

DONOR The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA)


FUNDING GAPS USD 700,000 (additional funding proposal for further security upgrade of the Mullet location prepared)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The enhancement of SALW control security measures in:

• Two locations of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) 1) Small Arms Light Weapons (SALW) and ammunition storage location “Mirake”; and 2) “Zall – Herr” Land Force Command, as well as

• One location of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) 3) Main Supply Centre “Mullet” - Small Arms Light Weapons (SALW) and ammunition storage location.

The project contributes directly to local, as well as regional security and stability, by ensuring that the significant amounts of stockpiled SALW and ammunition under the responsibility of both the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Albania are safe, secured, and accounted for. As such, the project contributes to reducing the risk of uncontrolled proliferation at the local and regional level, as well as the risk of uncontrolled explosions, and enhance safety and security for the people and communities.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

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CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Designs for the MoI Mullet storage location security upgrade prepared; procurement of construction works and testing and commissioning of works completed; the security vetting of the three UNDP selected contractors finalized by the Police; works started on 21 May;

• In order to start the activities at the two MoD locations, MoU needs to be signed between UNDP and the Albanian MoD, defining the roles and responsibilities of project parties;

• Procurement of the designs for the MoD Mirake storage location security upgrade and Zall-Herr Garrison Land Force Command weapons racks completed; the design preparation start is pending the MoU signing;

• The schedule of the Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) course curricula has been set. The development of the course programme is ongoing.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Upgrade works at the Mullet storage location completion and handover to the MoI and Police by October;

• PSSM course preparation completion and course execution in October;

• Designs for Mirake and Zall Herr upgrades completion by August;

• Procurement of upgrade works and weapons racks, and testing and commissioning completion by October; security vetting by the MoD completion by November;

• Upgrade works initiation in November.

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SEESAC


Enhancement of security and safety of the “Duvanište” SALW and ammunition storage location of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Jelena Bujakovic, SEESAC SALW Control Project Coordinator email: [email protected] and Tamara Svircev, SEESAC SALW Control Project Officer email: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 1 June 2019 – 1 May 2021 (23 months)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Interior (MoI)

DONOR N/A

FUNDING AMOUNT -

FUNDING GAPS USD 1,000,000

PROJECT OBJECTIVES This project aims to further improve the security of weapons and ammunition storage in Serbia by providing technical and infrastructural support in line with international standards. The increase of security of stockpiles will contribute to combating the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition. This project will also contribute to enhanced community security, including armed violence reduction.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL GOAL 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Initial infrastructure assessment completed, and proposal prepared.

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PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Procurement of the design for the Duvaniste storage location security upgrades and security vetting of the selected contractor from September until mid-October;

• Design preparation by mid-December;

• Design clearance by MoI by end of December.

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OSCE Mission to BiH


Safety and Security Upgrade of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ammunition and Weapons Storage Sites (SAFE-UP BiH)


PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES • BiH Ministry of Defence (BiH MoD)

• Armed Forces of BiH (AF BiH)

• Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• - Countries of the region and other OSCE participating States

DONOR Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey

FUNDING AMOUNT EUR 1,658.490.00

FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) EUR 168,122.12

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The project objective is to contribute to the safety of the civilian population in BiH and abroad, as well as the military members serving at the storage sites in Bosnia and Hercegovina, through further upgrade of the security and safety infrastructure at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s prospective Ammunition and Weapons Storage Sites in accordance with internationally accepted standards.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 3. By 2025, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) within and beyond the Western Balkans.

• GOAL 7. Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Support sustainability of Laboratory for thermal and chemical analyses of ammunition.

• Support increasing capacities of Ammo Laboratory in TROM Doboj (training facilities, equipment and materials for testing of ammunition).

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Support sustainability of Laboratory for thermal and chemical analyses of ammunition by end of 2019.

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• Providing firefighting and fire protection equipment to perspective weapons and ammunition storage sites and TROM Doboj

• Installation Street light in ASS Kula 1 and WSS Derventa-Rabic.

• Construction hydrant system in TROM Doboj.

• Construction of fence in TROM Doboj.

• Construction of fire observation towers in ASS Kula.

• Support maintenance of IDS packages in ASSs Krupa and Kula

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OSCE Mission to Montenegro


Implementation of the MONDEM Programme Component - SALW (Conventional Ammunition) Demilitarization – UNDP Implementing Agency Ms. Nadja Bobičić, Programme Assistant, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 8 years (from 4 April 2011 to 31 December 2018)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, demilitarization facilities, population of Montenegro

DONOR UNDP, OSCE, Montenegro


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) /

PROJECT OBJECTIVES This project was a component of the Capacity Development Programme for SALW (Conventional Ammunition) Demilitarization and Safe Storage for Montenegro (MONDEM) agreed in a joint Programme Framework Document among the Government of Montenegro, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and UNDP Montenegro on 18 April 2007. Montenegro inherited from the Yugoslav era a significant stockpile of over 9,000 tonnes of surplus conventional ammunition that required destruction, disposal or demilitarization. Having declared the surplus as its highest security priority, Montenegro has forged ahead with efforts to eliminate the risks posed by the stockpiles and has narrowed down the surplus by 90% over the last decade, with the support of, inter alia, the OSCE with this particular project.

Under this project, a total of 1,375.19 tonnes of surplus conventional ammunition was disposed of in a safe and secure way that complied with relevant international and EU environmental and safety legislation, and hence to existing international ‘best practice’.

At presentations delivered on 11 and 12 Dec 2018 to the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna, on the occasion of the successful closing of the MONDEM programme, all partners reiterated that the programme successfully addressed the highest security priorities of


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Montenegro and strongly affirmed the partnership of the Government of Montenegro, the OSCE and UNDP.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 6: Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) None.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 In general, the OSCE FSC Support Section will be in the leading role regarding further SALW and SCA activities in Montenegro.

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OSCE Secretariat-FSC Support Section


Reduction of the Risk for Proliferation of Weapons and Ammunition in North Macedonia Contact person: Gabor Kemeny, Project Co-ordinator, Public Safety and Community Outreach, OSCE Mission to Skopje, [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION Duration: 2017 –2020

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of North Macedonia

DONOR European Union and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany


FUNDING GAPS No funding gaps

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Increase the security of the existing stockpiles of small arms and ammunition belonging to the Border Police, managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), thus reducing the risk of their proliferation


• GOAL 7: Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • SOP on stockpile management and safe storage was developed by a WG which was encompassed by a National and an International Consultant on stockpile management (hired on SSA) and experts from the MoIA. SOP will be sent for acceptance and proclamation to the minister.

• Two procurement procedures were conducted to purchase ICT goods (PC, router, monitor, CCTV camera, racks, UPS).

• The procurement procedure for increasing physical and ICT security was advertised.



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• Recruitment process for hiring a National Consultant on Training Curriculum Development is ongoing.

• Tender for the construction works on 16 storage locations is in the process of evaluation.




Post-MONDEM support to capacity development of sustainable SALW and SCA management of Montenegro Ministry of Defence Contact person: Luka Buhin, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, E-mail: [email protected];

PROJECT DURATION Duration: 2019 – 2021

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Montenegro

DONOR Federal Foreign Office of Germany and Switzerland

FUNDING AMOUNT EUR 210,000.00

FUNDING GAPS EUR 93,000.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Support to capacity development of the sustainable SALW and SCA management of the Montenegro Ministry of Defence through Policy, Education and Infrastructure

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 6: Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Evaluating the impact and performance of MONDEM Program;

• Pre-feasibility Assessment visit conducted towards identifying and addressing the PSSM requirements of the Montenegro Ministry of Defence Montenegro in development of the new post-MONDEM program;

• Respond in support of the Montenegro Ministry of Defence on requesting assistance;


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• Support MNE on drafting a Master Plan which they can present on a high-level conference;

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Pursuant to the Assistance Request submitted by the Montenegro Ministry of Defence, and the subsequent Assessment mission the OSCE will assist the Montenegrin authorities to develop the extra budgetary Practical Assistance PSSM Project that would focus on the Support to capacity development in SALW and SCA management of Montenegro Ministry of Defence Practical Assistance Project (including but not limited to: Policy and Decision Making Capacity Building; Education, Training and Doctrine Sustainability in the area of SALW and SCA LCM; Security and Safety Infrastructure Upgrade). Estimated Budget: 2,400,000 EUR




Strengthening OSCE action against the illicit proliferation of SALW and SCA Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, [email protected], Office:

PROJECT DURATION 2018 –2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES OSCE pS, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE FO’s

DONOR Federal Foreign Office of Germany and United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office

FUNDING AMOUNT EUR 461,240.00

FUNDING GAPS EUR 30,253.00

PROJECT OBJECTIVES To assist the OSCE Participating States to be able to better plan, implement and if necessary strengthening their commitments against the illicit proliferation of SALW/SCA

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 7: Significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives


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CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Promoting the SALW and SCA assistance mechanism;

• Presenting SALW and SCA Repository Program;

• OSCE Pol - Mil Focal Point meeting and informal meeting on countering trafficking of SALW and SCA in the OSCE region;

• Meeting on Needs Assessments for delegations of the pS

• Developing “The Practitioners Handbooks on the OSCE approach to SALW and SCA”

• Facilitate further discussions on the potential for normative advancement through two Food for Thought Papers and Proposals on the “establishment of the standing mechanism for the review and updates of the existing Best Practice Guidelines” and on the “Opportunities for the amendments and supplements of the OSCE Plan of Action on SALW.

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PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • IGOF on donor assistance and funding of SALW and SCA projects

• IGOF on SALW/SCA Projects Resource Mobilization Approaches

• IGOF on the OSCE model of the ‘Life-cycle Management of CA and SALW’

• IGOF on the model of the ‘Life-cycle Management of CA and SALW’ - development of the Guidelines on the OSCE model of the SALW/SCA construction projects

• Development and launch of several projects relevant for the Franco-German Initiative

• Development of the feasibility study of IT system to support the OSCE overview and implementation of implementation SALW/SCA practical assistance projects




Support to the strengthening of the K-9 capacity of the police services to detect and confiscate SALW, ammunition and explosives Contact person: Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 2020-2022 (30 months)


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PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Western Balkans – Criminal and Border Police Units

DONOR TBD

FUNDING AMOUNT TBD

FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Strengthening the K-9 capabilities of the Western Balkans law enforcement authorities in detecting weapons and explosives


• GOAL 5: By 2024, substantially decrease the estimated number of firearms in illicit possession in the Western Balkans

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Project development and fundraising

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Project initiation




Extra Budgetary Project proposal for the support to the planning, designing and implementing the awareness raising campaigns related to the improved SALW control Contact person: Veaceslav Balan, Organized Crime Adviser, Security Co-operation, OSCE Mission to Serbia, E-mail: [email protected] and Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, E-mail: [email protected],

PROJECT DURATION 2019 – 2021 (24 months)



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PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of interior and the SALW Commission Serbia?

DONOR TBD

FUNDING AMOUNT TBD

FUNDING GAPS n/a

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Support to the planning, designing and implementation of the awareness raising campaigns on advancing the SALW control

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 4: By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Project development and fundraising

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Project initiation

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PROGRAMME/PROJECT TITLE AND CONTACT

PERSON

Technical assistance in support to the assessment of the support to the assessment of the SALW and

ammunition storage infrastructure of the law enforcement agencies and legal entities in BiH

Contact person: Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, E-mail: [email protected]


PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Security and 12 Police Agencies

DONOR TBD

FUNDING AMOUNT TBD


PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1. Assessments of all SALW and ammunition storage infrastructure of the law enforcement

agencies in BiH:

a) Based on the EUFOR Assessment and input, together with EUFOR and UNDP conduct a Cost-

benefit analysis of SALW/firearms and their ammunition storages capacities;

b) Detailed evaluation of every locations and clear prioritisation of facilities needed to be addressed.

2. Assessment and where appropriate development of the necessary practices for the advanced

control and storage of legal entities licensed for trade and storage of explosives:

a) Field visits and assessment of inspection and oversight practices of licensing authorities over SALW

and ammunition producers, repair shops) retailers, traders, shooting ranges, hunting ranges,

private security companies, and training canter’s, with a prioritization of recommendations and

action points;

b) Field visits and assessment of inspection and oversight practices of licensing authorities over

producers, traders and end-users of explosives for civil use;


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c) A detailed report on all visited locations and clear prioritisation of steps needed to address the

shortcomings.

3. Support the prioritised law enforcement agencies in conducting necessary security upgrades of

SALW storages.

4. Strengthen the capacities of relevant state institutions (armed forces, law enforcement, forest

guards, customs, and correctional services) to:

a) Inspect and monitor their stockpiles and infrastructure including but not limited to the

development of the inspection plans to be institutionalized in all relevant institutions;

b) Support development and institutionalisation of a strengthened inspection, oversight and

reporting (documenting) system of all institutions in charge of monitoring the work of licensed legal

entities and their stockpiles;

c) Support further institutionalization and knowledge management of PSSM in all relevant

institutions in order to address the high turnover of staff, and the attrition rate of specialized

personnel.

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL (pls

specify the goal)

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Technical assistance in support to capacity development of SALW and SCA management for the

Ministry Defence of North Macedonia;

Contact person: Luka Buhin, Project Officer, CPC/FSC Support Section, E-mail: [email protected]


PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry Defence/Armed Forces and other relevant entities

DONOR TBD

FUNDING AMOUNT TBD


PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1. Support to the development of the Life-cycle Management of Conventional Ammunition and

Small Arms / Light Weapons Approach:

a) Requirement assessments (including gap analysis) and advisory support on normative,

organizational (including the processes), infrastructure and equipment as well as HR frameworks;

b) Advisory support to planning and prioritization, programming (including guidance on strategic

oversight and coordination) and project development.

2. Support to the disposal of surplus SALW and ammunition of the relevant authorities

a) Support to the disposal of SALW

b) Support to the disposal of ammunition


• GOAL 6: Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition.

• GOAL 7: significantly decrease the risk of proliferation and diversion of firearms, ammunition and explosives


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European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) Project Contact person: Mr. José Romero Morgaz, Major of the Spanish Guardia Civil, Criminal Police, Deputy of International Affairs; Activity contact point: Mr. Victor García Cuenca, 2nd Lieutenant – International Affairs, Guardia Civil

DURATION • Permanent through a multi-annual strategic plan (MASP)

• Currently the 2nd Policy Cycle is taking place from 2017 until 2021

IMPLEMENTED BY Spanish Guardia Civil and Slovenian Police Department of the Ministry of Interior

BENEFICIARY INSTITUTION

Law enforcement institutions, primarily Police Directorate and Customs Administration

DONOR/FUNDING European Union

PROJECT OBJECTIVES According to the Operational Action Plan (OAP) it has 7 strategic goals: 1. Knowing about the intelligence picture 2. Setting up operational activities (International Operations) 3. Prevention and Capacity Building 4. Cooperation with 3rd Parties 5. Horizontal threat of Document Fraud 6. Horizontal threat of Money Laundering 7. Horizontal threat of Online Investigations

Regarding the point 4, the Operational Action 4.1. develops the cooperation with the WB Countries through five activities: 1. Supporting investigations (meetings, funding, operational material, payment for informants or other sources…) 2. Setting a Joint Action Day (JAD) 3. Undertaking training and capacity building activities

4. Enhancing the cooperation with other stakeholders in the region RESULTS So far this year, the results have been numerous in terms of firearms seized, investigations supported, arrestees linked to

the OA, participation in activities (meetings, trainings). At the end of the year a report will be circulated among the participants in the OA, as it is related mainly to Operational Activities.

REMAINING ACTIVITIES Two more training activities through the EU Commission’s TAIEX Tool tentatively will be conducted:

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• Cross-Border checks TAIEX: 4 Border agents. To share knowledge about hiding places on means of transportation. It is also important to share knowledge about the threat of firearms, especially on the types of firearms which can be transformed and reactivated.

• National Focal Points TAIEX (December): 4 Police Officers involved in NFP’s or who have enough decision-making power to implement such tool. To promote the capabilities of these sorts of units which hold a comprehensive series of tools to control all the activities related to Firearms. The experts will come from another FNFP in the EU.

For this purpose, it is needed the initiative from the WB countries, beneficiaries of the TAIEX tool. Now we are in the process of negotiating with our counterparts in the Region.

Complementarily, a continuous activity is supporting investigations, the main goal of EMPACT.

PLANNED PROJECTS Preparation of OAP 2019 is ongoing

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NABIS UK


NABIS Western Balkans Firearms Project Ms. Paula Parker, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION Rolling twelve months commenced 2016

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ballistics forensics laboratories Western Balkans 6

DONOR UK Home Office and Foreign Commonwealth Office

FUNDING AMOUNT £300,000.00 for 2019/20


PROJECT OBJECTIVES Partnership engagement with EU and Western Balkans jurisdictions to enhance intelligence sharing and joint working to reduce the criminal trafficking of firearms from the Western Balkans region. This includes sharing NABIS UK protocols, training and procedures modules, and increasing intelligence gathering capabilities through FFPs, to enhance the capabilities of the ballistics forensics experts in the Western Balkans. The expected outcomes are:

• Enhanced understanding of the firearms threat from the WB region.

• Prevent firearms trafficking within the WB region and from WB to EU and UK.

• Support the creation of FFP in each 6WB countries.

• Increased intelligence sharing between 6WB, EU and UK in relation to the criminal trafficking of firearms.

• Improved working relationships between 6WB ballistics staff and NABIS.

• Development towards ISO 17025 for each of the WB countries (Montenegro aside who have declined support to date for this).

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

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• Goal 3. By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) NABIS continued with attendance at a number of strategic meetings within WB/ EU / EMPACT where discussions took place in relation to plans for forthcoming conferences aimed at increasing awareness in relation to the importance of sharing ballistics intelligence as well as the added value of FFPs. Both conferences will take place in the spring/summer 2019. Both will be jointly supported by EMPACT, IPA, EU Commission and NABIS. In addition, agreements were made for the Joint Action Day (JAD) for the third quarter of 2019. This will again will be supported by all relevant partner agencies including NABIS and UK staff in Europol.

NABIS presented the ongoing work to the SEEFEN led WB SALW Strategic Group. There was general support for the UK work and an understanding of where the work sits in the wider WB action plans for both EMPACT Firearms and the DE/Fr Roadmap. Continued support was received from SEEFEN for joint working into the 2020 and potentially beyond.

January to May 2019 saw the next phase of support to the Serbian and Albanian ballistics staff with training and awareness visits to the UK undertaken in March and April. In addition, NABIS also accompanied the Albanian experts to the Irish forensics’ facility in Dublin, both GSR and ballistics laboratories, to raise understanding of that work to the Albanian experts, as it is included in their laboratory work.

NABIS shared training, procedures and process modules as well as documentation, with each of the WB6 ballistics forensics facilities, to allow them to use within their own facilities, as they feel appropriate.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 The Serbian ballistics experts have outlined training needs and this will form the basis of the support work to the Serbian lab for 2019. The Albanian experts have confirmed they will provide a similar overview of their needs and this will drive NABIS UK support for them. NABIS will continue to offer support to the remaining ballistics forensics facilities and support will be driven by in country requirements.

Discussions have taken place in relation to future support to Albania, Serbia and BiH from the NABIS Quality Manager. There has also been an enquiry from Kosovo for similar support. Loose parameters have been set within NABIS as to the level of support that could be provided, and this support is

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seen as being vital towards assisting the WB countries to develop their processes within their labs and move them towards ISO 17025 accreditation. Offers have been made to Serbia, Albania and BiH for NABIS to undertake pre-inspection assessments in September/October 2019, to allow the labs to understand their gaps in relation to ISO 17025 accreditation, and NABIS will assist the forensics facilities to draw up action plans to fill those gaps.

EMPACT/IPA/EU/NABIS supported conferences outlined in above paragraph, and which will take place June/July 2019.

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UK NCA / Nordic Countries Liaison Officer


SEEFEG – South East Europe Firearms Expert Group Mr. Andrew Danton, International Liaison Officer, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 3 days

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES SEEFEG member countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania and Republic of North Macedonia

DONOR UK NCA – CSSF funding

FUNDING AMOUNT £ 20,000.00

FUNDING GAPS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The UK College of Policing have developed a 3-day training course for the SEEFEG members respective Police Training Academies which they would like to deliver at the Police Training academy in Skopje from the 4-6 June 2019.

The training, which should be for approximately 18 students, will cover the following topics.

Day 1- First Responders

• Roles and responsibilities of First responders and Investigators. • Crime scene awareness and golden hour principles are essential to ensure preservation and harvesting of material relevant to the investigation. • Instigation of a criminal investigation and a professional approach to the handling and presentation of evidence for Court.

Day 2 – First line managers • Managing the initial phases of the investigation and the golden hour are critical functions in harvesting relevant material.


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• Making decisions that affect the investigation and the effective recording of those decisions is likely to be scrutinized so a thorough understanding of both principles underpins good practice as a Supervisor. • Disclosure may not be a statutory requirement across all the member countries, but the principles are aligned to ECHR and are laudable in presenting credible and effective evidence.

Day 3 – Practical exercises Three different practical exercises allowing learners to use and practice the knowledge gained on day 1 and day 2 Potential exercises:

• Vehicle stop – firearm/ammunition discovered during search • Scene of firearm/s discharge • House search - firearm/ammunition discovered


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) SEEFEG members conference 30 May 2019 in Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Training as mentioned above and a further SEEFEG members conference in October/November 2019

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British Embassy, Sarajevo


RoL/Improving the ability of law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina to counter SOC and CT (Intelligence led policing)- Ms. Dijana Stevanovic, Project Manager for Security threats, E-mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION November 2016-September 2020

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Law enforcement agencies (BP, SIPA, RS MoI, FPA, BD Police, Cantonal MoIs,) MoS and Prosecutor’s office BiH

DONOR FCO UK

FUNDING AMOUNT £ 1,200,000.00 in 2019-2021


PROJECT OBJECTIVES The project previously provided assistance in delivering strategic documents to guide BiH’s security

work- Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), an Organised Crime Strategy for

2017-2020 and a Terrorism Trend and Situation Analysis (Te-SAT) to sit within the 2015-2020

Counter Terrorism Strategy. The overall objectives:

• Improved strategic tasking and coordination of criminal intelligence in line with the strategies above, leading to improved coordination in addressing security threats.

• Procured and Developed compatible IT systems to support collection, analysis, management and dissemination of criminal intelligence within and between agencies in BiH leading to progress in prosecuting serious organised crime and terrorism. The project should develop a methodology to demonstrate progress and impact in addressing this and delivering single intelligence picture. The IT systems will remain in ownership of law enforcement agencies and they will be responsible along with local supplier for maintaining and licences.

• Improve capacities of law enforcement agencies in the strategic and tactical understanding of the size and parameters of the threats: linkages between all forms of organized crime (fiscal, migration, cyber) terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation and the potential means and motive for committing crime.


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• Improved organisational structures and business processes to enable the ILP model to be implemented consistently across all beneficiary agencies.

• Improved policies and procedures (e.g. standard operating procedures, books of rules, MoUs between institutions) to enable the ILP model to be implemented effectively.

• Police officers and investigators using ILP techniques to collect, report and disseminate criminal intelligence effectively and consistently, demonstrated through improved quality and quantity of reporting.

• Analysts using ILP techniques to analyse, use and disseminate criminal intelligence consistently, demonstrated by increased use of criminal intelligence to resolve cases.

• Prosecutors cooperating with police staff in effective management of criminal intelligence resulting with an increase in the number of successful prosecutions for organised crime and terrorism.


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Assisted BiH working group on delivering unified Action plan on OC Strategy

• Training of intelligence managers, intelligence officers, analysts on SOC and CT

• Continues advising on delivering SOP’s to embed ILP model

• Procured hardware and software installed for upgrade of criminal intelligence system. Start building common data model on information collection, analysis and sharing. Train LEA’s on I2 analytical tools and I Base.

• Train police and prosecutors on proactive intelligence led investigations

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Continue training, monitoring and mentoring of LEAs and Prosecutors on ILP model, focusing on SOC and CT

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BAFA (German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control) is co-implementing the EU ATT OP II project together with Expertise France


EU ATT OP II Project Legal Basis: Council Decision 2017/915/CFSP European External Action Service Directorate for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention B-1049 Brussels E-Mail: [email protected] German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) Frankfurter Strasse 29-35 65760 Eschborn E-Mail: [email protected] Expertise France (EF) 73 rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris E-Mail: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION August 2017 – August 2020

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES South Eastern European Countries have the possibility to access the assistance under the Council Decision 2017/915/CFSP, but only in the format of ad hoc assistance:

DONOR European Union, Germany, BAFA, Expertise France

FUNDING AMOUNT 8,368,151.36 EUR





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PROJECT OBJECTIVES As per Article 1 of the Council Decision 2017/915/CFSP a) to support a number of States to strengthen their arms transfer control systems for effective

implementation of the ATT; b) to increase awareness and ownership of the ATT at national and regional levels by the relevant

national and regional authorities and civil society stakeholders;

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL

• Goal 1. By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standardized across the region.

• Goal 2. By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

• Goal 3: By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

• Goal 4: By 2024, significantly reduce the supply, demand and misuse of firearms through increased awareness, education, outreach and advocacy.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) None (in the past Ad hos assistance for Albania in September 2018 – focus laid on Customs pillar)

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 None till now

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BAFA (German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control)


COARM IV Project – on the promotion of effective arms export controls Ms. Irina Albrecht Head of Division 225 – Outreach Projects/Policy [email protected] +49 6196 908 2602

PROJECT DURATION 2 years (until 31st of March 2020)

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Acc to Art. 6 of the Annex of the Council Decision 2018/101/CFSP among other beneficiaries also South Eastern European Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of North Macedonia. Serbia and Kosovo

DONOR European Union, Germany, BAFA


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) None provided

PROJECT OBJECTIVES As per Article 1 of the Council Decision 2018/101/CFSP c) promoting effective controls on arms export by third countries, in accordance with the

principles set out in Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and in the ATT, and seeking, where appropriate, complementarity and synergies with Union assistance projects in the field of export controls and dual use goods;

d) supporting countries´ efforts at national and regional level to render trade in conventional weapons more responsible and transparent, and to mitigate the risk of the diversion of arms to unauthorized users;


• Goal 1 - By 2023, ensure that arms control legislation is in place, fully harmonized with the EU regulatory framework and other related international obligations and standardized across the region.


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• Goal 2: By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

• Goal 3: By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE) into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Individual assistance for Serbia (March 2019)

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 Regional workshop for SEE countries (late autumn 2019) – tbd Study visit to Serbia (mid 2019) - tbd

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Small Arms Survey


Assessing the impact of EU regulatory changes and joint operations to deal with the trafficking of converted firearms

PROJECT DURATION March-December 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES EMPACT Firearms Selected states in the Western Balkans that are affected by the flow of converted firearms to the EU (2-3 case studies to be determined) EU member states

DONOR Germany and France

FUNDING AMOUNT 62,760.00 EUR

FUNDING GAPS Additional resources will be required to undertake additional case studies and for publication and dissemination of key findings in 2020.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES To investigate and monitor the effects of the EU’s operational and regulatory efforts to combat trafficking in converted firearms, with particular focus on linkages with the Western Balkans region

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 2: By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are evidence based and intelligence led.

• Goal 3: By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE)

• into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • Planning meeting with EMPACT Firearms (Spain, May)

• Development of methodology and questionnaires (ongoing). Methodology and sources will build upon those developed to produce the 2018 Small Arms Survey report “From legal to lethal: Converted Firearms in Europe”, Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

• Case study selection (ongoing)

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PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Data collection through EMPACT Firearms and ENFSI networks

• 3 case studies including visits to national authorities

• Data analysis and writing of a restricted summary report for EMPACT Firearms and participating states

• End of project briefing on results and findings on the margins of a relevant regional event

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Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC)


Strengthening the fight against firearms trafficking in Southeastern Europe (Project SIRAS) HOME/2015/ISFP/AG/TDFX/4000008735 Mr. Dan Cristea, E-mail: [email protected]; Mr. Robert Patrancus, [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION 36 months, December 2016 - December 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES SELEC, The General Inspectorate of Romanian Police, The Bulgarian Department for Countering Organized Crime, The Police Directorate of Albania, The Ministry of Security of Bosnia-Herzegovina, The Central Directorate of Criminal Police of Italy

DONOR European Union (Internal Security Fund)

FUNDING AMOUNT 505,864.80 EUR

FUNDING GAPS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES ▪ Enhancing interoperability: Developing, disseminating and promoting interoperability and data collection through facilitation of the use of a common set of indicators and specialized IT&C infrastructure/databases for tracking, investigation and analysis in the field of firearms control;

▪ Identifying, building and sharing best practices and developing common investigation capacities for detection of the use of deep-web/dark net markets for firearms trafficking;

▪ Promoting networking, mutual learning and cooperation through the promotion of multinational and inter-disciplinary team work, establishing and developing a regional firearms experts network in South-eastern Europe, supporting police cooperation, joint investigations and common best practices in firearms deactivation in SE Europe.


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • First-level training in investigating firearms trafficking on the Surface Web and the Dark Net (Bucharest, Romania) – 11-15 March and 8-12 April 2019

• Study visit on the deactivation of firearms (Brescia, Italy) – 1-5 April 2019



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• Interdisciplinary regional workshop on the links between firearms trafficking and terrorism (Istanbul, Turkey) – 14-15 May 2019

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Second-level training in investigating firearms trafficking on the Surface Web and the Dark Net (Bucharest, Romania) – 10-14 June 2019

• Drafting of a handbook of best practices in investigations on the Dark Net

• Operational meetings

• Pilot projects in 3 non-EU countries - in order to strengthen data collection capabilities and allow the LEA responsible with firearms control to use and test the databases and possibly expand its use for their national use, ensuring in the same time interoperability and compliance with Firearms Directive 2008/51/EC

• Creation and development of the SELEC Associated Firearms Experts Network (SAFE-N)

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GIZ, CILC, Italian Ministry of Interior


IPA/2017 Countering Serious Crime in the Western Balkans

PROJECT DURATION January 2018-December 2019

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES State Prosecutors Offices competent for transnational organized crime, Ministries of Justice, Ministries of Interior and Law Enforcement Agencies competent for transnational organized crime of the six WB countries

DONOR European Union, Germany


FUNDING GAPS (IF ANY) /

PROJECT OBJECTIVES The project’s objective is to raise the effectiveness of and the cooperation among regional and

national institutions in fighting serious and organised crime. Cooperation among investigation

institutions of the countries, of the region and of the EU is crucial to improve overall security.

Therefore, the project provides permanent support to investigations and contributions

andsupports the conclusion and realization of cooperation agreements and enhance the use of

communication means to better investigate serious and organised crime across borders (for

example, through so-called Joint Investigation Teams).

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • Goal 2: By 2024, ensure that arms control policies and practices in the Western Balkans are

evidence based and intelligence led.

• Goal 3: By 2024, significantly reduce illicit flows of firearms, ammunition and explosives (FAE)

into, within and beyond the Western Balkans.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) Co-organization and co-chairing of the JAD 2018 Debriefing meeting with EMPACT Firearms group (led by Spain), 25-26 February 2019, Sarajevo

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PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • -Regional study visit to France on Firearms investigations for six prosecutors from the region

• -Technical workshop on ballistics between the EU and the WB countries, in cooperation with EMPACT Firearms (led by UK)

• -Support to and participation in the JAD Western Balkans 2019

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ITF Enhancing Human Security


Conventional Weapons Destruction and Physical Security and Stockpile Management in Montenegro Mr GREGOR SANČANIN Project Manager E: [email protected]

PROJECT DURATION Three years

PROJECT BENEFICIARY/IES Ministry of Interior - Emergency Management Directorate of Republic of Montenegro Ministry of Defense of Republic of Montenegro

DONOR United States of America



PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Destruction of stored outdated and/or hazardous ERW in Podgorica/Rogami storage facility

• Adaption and technical equipping of inappropriate and outdated ERW storage facilities in Podgorica/Rogami

• Assessment/Potential Clearance of ERW abandoned storage in Herceg Novi/Petrovići – Potkop

• ERW destruction polygon - setting up and technical equipping

• MoD stockpile destruction

CONTRIBUTING TO THE ROADMAP GOAL • GOAL 6: Systematically decrease the surplus and destroy seized small arms and light weapons and ammunition


CURRENT ACTIVITIES (January – May 2019) • 12,720 kg (6,655 pieces) of various type of ammunition has been destroyed

• Tender for designing reconstruction work on ammunition storage site Rogami (MOI Emergency Management Directorate) is being announced


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• Signing of contract with selected contractors for destruction of 87.300 kg obsolete ammunition in possession of Ministry of Defense is underway

PLANNED ACTIVITIES UNTIL END 2019 • Tender for reconstruction work on the adaptation of ammunition storage site Rogami is expected to be announced

• Cleaning of Petrovići Tunnel, Herceg Novi

• Destruction of ERW for MoI, EMD (Fall 2019 / Spring 2020)

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