A Sub-regional Workshop was organised by the implementing entity BAFA in San José, Costa Rica, on 22-23 January 2020, in the framework of the EU Arms Trade Treaty Outreach Project (EU ATT OP II). This activity was the last out of three sub-regional workshops for the Latin American region in the current project phase; the first one had taken place in Iquitos, Peru (May 2018) and the second one in Leticia, Colombia (April 2019).
The Sub-regional Workshop gathered a total of 60 participants from the different authorities involved in ATT implementation in Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Belize, Haiti, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago. While the majority of participants came from the countries Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, following a proposal of Costa Rica also a smaller number of participants from Peru, Belize, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago had been invited, which allowed to extend the perspective from Central America into both geographical directions: South America and the Caribbean (CARICOM states). 
The agenda focused on the exchange of experiences with ATT implementation and best practices among the invited countries and included a number of roundtable discussions and presentations as well as cases shared by the invited countries.
Overall, the Sub-regional Workshop in San José counted with numerous and active participation and offered a forum for open debates about the different agenda items and challenges that the invited country face when implementing the ATT. In this way, the event managed to foster the exchange at the crossroads of Latin America and the Caribbean. 
The activity was supported by five international experts from Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, CARICOM IMPACS and the Small Arms Survey.