Central and East African Regional Seminar on Best/Promising Practices on Armed Violence Reduction and Prevention (AVRP)

23/02/2011
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25/02/2011
Activity description

As part of the Geneva Declaration's Best Practice Seminars, a regional seminar was held in Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the seminar were to: 1) Review the development and progress of the implementation of armed violence prevention policies and strategies within the Central and East African regions; 2) Share experiences, lessons-learnt and good practices on armed violence prevention programming; 3) Increase regional cooperation between governments, international organisations, civil society and development co-operation agencies; 4) Continue to bridge the gap between the security, arms control and development sectors, as well as with actors working on citizen security frameworks, for the development of policies aimed at preventing and reducing armed violence.

Project description

The Best Practice Regional Seminars aim at further implementing the “programming” pillar of the Geneva Declaration as its purpose is to bring together practitioners from government, civil society, international organizations and academia to provide concrete experiences and lessons learned in reducing and preventing armed violence. These experiences will then be further disseminated to the wider community of practitioners throughout the world.

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Ethiopia
Kenya
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Implementers
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence Secretariat
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Contact Details

Geneva Declaration Secretariat
c/o Small Arms Survey
Maison de la Paix
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2E
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
T: +41 22 908 5777
F: +41 22 732 2738
E: info@genevadeclaration.org
W: www.genevadeclaration.org