CAMYOSFOP sub-regional Workshop on Data Collection on SDG Target 16.4.2 on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and the Application of International Tracing Instrument (ITI) on SALW in Central Africa

29/06/2021
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01/07/2021
Activity description

From 29 June to 1 July 2021, the Cameroon Youths and Students Forum for Peace (CAMYOSFOP), in partnership with the Cameroonian Ministry of External Affairs (MINREX), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and with funding from the United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR), organized a workshop for the 11 ECCAS member states on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 16.4.2 on small arms and light weapons (SALW) & the International Tracing Instrument on SALW in Yaounde. As part of the project, CAMYOSFOP developed a training guide on data collection. The workshop was organized as part of the project "Capacity building of 11 Member States of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on Data Collection of SDG 16.4.2  and the application of the International Tracing Instrument".

Project description

The project "Capacity building of 11 Member States of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on Data Collection of SDG 16.4.2  and the application of the International Tracing Instrument" is implemented by CAMYOSFOP with the financial support of UNSCAR.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Focus of Activity
International instruments
Record-keeping
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Partners
Angola
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
São Tomé and Príncipe
Implementers
Cameroon Youths and Students Forum for Peace (CAMYOSFOP)
Donors
UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)
Contact Details
Organization
Cameroon Youths and Students Forum for Peace (CAMYOSFOP)
Address
Avenue El HadjAhmadouAhidjo, Carrefour Warda, Immeuble HAJAL, Yaounde, 6th Floor, Apartment 601, P.O. Box 3873 Yaoundé, Cameroon
Phone
+237 677 329 361 or +237 222 670 911