Building Capacities on Arms Control in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region 2017

10/07/2017
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10/07/2017
Activity description

As part of the project ‘Building Capacities on Arms Control in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region’, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) organized an executive education course in Geneva on 10-14 July, 2017, with funding provided by the Government of Switzerland. The course was attended by 13 officials, diplomats and military officers from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, State of Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, and the Swiss Defence Attaché in Jordan. The course provided an opportunity for the participants to discuss international arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament instruments, as well as international regimes for the control of weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons. The course also addressed international humanitarian law and specific security challenges affecting the MENA region.

Project description

The project ‘Building Capacities on Arms Control in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region’ is being implemented by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and specifically seeks to engage both Geneva-based practitioners and regional stakeholders in the Middle East and North Africa on international arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. The project includes both courses in Geneva and courses in the MENA region focussing on weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons, international humanitarian law and specific regional security challenges.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Focus of Activity
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Partners
Egypt
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Morocco
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
Implementers
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Donors
Switzerland
Contact Details

Marc Finaud, Senior Programme Advisor
GCSP
Maison de la paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2D
1211 Geneva 1 (Switzerland)
Phone: +41 (0)22 730 96 41
Email: m.finaud@gcsp.ch