CCCPA Joint Training Course Regarding Illicit Transfer of SALW in the North Africa and Sahel Regions I 2014

19/10/2014
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22/10/2014
Activity description

As part of the project 'Enhancing the Capacity of Local Actors in Efforts to Improve Peace and Stability in North Africa, the Sahel and Great Lakes Partners' CCCPA held this first training course on illicit transfer of SALW together with Small Arms Survey on 19-22 October 2014. 19 representatives from Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs from countries in the North Africa and Sahel Regions participated in the training course.

Project description

The project 'Enhancing the Capacity of Local Actors in Efforts to Improve Peace and Stability in North Africa, the Sahel and Great Lakes Partners' is aimed at strengthening the capacities of national and regional actors in areas of border management, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict resolution and crisis management. It is financed by the government of Japan and UNDP. The implementing partners of the project are the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA). The latter provides training modules of capacity-building to diplomats, military and police personnel, parliamentarians, media representatives and NGOs. CCCPA also support peacekeeping missions in Africa. The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs founded the CCCPA in 1997.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Focus of Activity
Diversion
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Partners
Egypt
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
South Sudan
Tunisia
Implementers
Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)
Small Arms Survey (SAS)
Donors
Japan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Budget
USD
Contact Details

Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) 1 Omar Makram Street, Tahrir Square
Cairo
Egypt
Tel.: +20 (2) 27 92 89 10
+20 (2) 27 92 89 50
E-mail: info@cairopeacekeeping.org