African Union-BICC Consultative Workshop for the Development of Standard Operating Procedures on the Management of Recovered Small Arms and Light Weapons in Chad

01/12/2021
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12/12/2021
Activity description

On 1-2 December 2021, as part of the joint AU-BICC project and with funding from Germany, the African Union and BICC organized a Consultative Workshop for the Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on the Management of Recovered Small Arms and Light Weapons in N’Djamena, Chad,  following a request of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). The SOPs will codify procedures for proper identification of SALW, registration and record keeping, including the conditions and circumstances weapons were recovered. The SOPs will also provide for safeguarding and secure storage, underlining the need not to keep the recovered SALW indefinitely. As such, the SOPs should further provide for the timely handover of recovered SALW to the designated national authorities in the respective countries.

Project description

The AU-BICC project on Arms Control in Africa is implemented by the African Union Commission in cooperation with BICC and with funding from Germany. The project started in April 2021 and aims at continuing providing support to the African union its Regional Economic Communities, Regional Bodies and Member States to coordinate and implement arms control measures on a strategical, technical and policy level.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Border controls
Diversion
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
Record-keeping
Regional cooperation
Reporting on arms transfers
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Transfer controls
Partners
Benin
Cameroon
Chad
Niger
Nigeria
Implementers
African Union (AU)
Donors
Germany
Contact Details
Organization
The African Union Commission - Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) Department
Address
Roosevelt Street (Old Airport Area) W. 21 K 19 P.o.Box 3243 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone
(+251-11)5513822