ECOWAS-BICC Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Nigeria

20/05/2019
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24/05/2019
Activity description

On 20-24 May 2019 ECOWAS, in collaboration with the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG) and BICC, conducted the second regional training on PSSM activities for the region in Nigeria. The activity, which mainly focused on storage techniques, risk assessments and Physical Security of sites, saw the attendance of 22 participants from Military and Police forces from 14 of 15 ECOWAS states. The course meant to provide the participants with technical knowledge of the weapons together with the practical expertise to organise their storage and security

Project description

BICC, with the goal to strengthen the capacities of its regional partners on SALW controls and Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM), launched in 2018 a project to organise regional and national-level training activities in the field. The ultimate goal is to cooperate for the concrete implementation of the ECOWAS Convention and to support the African Union for the fulfillment of its obligations under the Silencing the Guns Plan of Action. The project will be running until December 2020

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d’ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Implementers
Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
Multinational Small-Arms _ Ammunition Group (MSAG)
Donors
Germany
Contact Details

Bonn International Center for Converstion (BICC)

Pfarrer-Byns-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany

Tel.:+49-228-911 96-0
E-mail: bicc(at)bicc.de
Point of Contact: Karl Wagner 
E-mail: karl.wagner@bicc.de

Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS)
Executive Secretariat
6 King George V Rd,
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel.: +234 1 63 68 41
http://www.ecowas.int