Fourth Training Course in Implementation of the ATT

09/11/2015
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13/11/2015
Activity description

The ATT Network organized a fourth professional training course on the implementation of the ATT, this time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (the second one in French), which was opened to officials and NGOs from Francophone countries that had signed the ATT. It offered an opportunity to review the obligations contained in the ATT, understand the implications of its entry into force and its implementation for States Parties, in particular in establishing control lists for exports and imports or conventional arms as well as regulation of transit, transshipment, and brokering. Some focus was also made on international cooperation in preventing or fighting the diversion of licit arms trade to illicit markets.

Project description

The ATT Network was launched in September 2013 by the Geneva Forum and GCSP. Since May 2015, it is composed of: the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), the GCSP, Small Arms Survey, and UNIDIR. It acts as a platform to exchange information, elaborate and provide practical guidance on ATT implementation, build related capacities and implementation resources, develop networks among implementation actors and communities, and help states preparing for ATT follow-up meetings. The Network is inclusive, informal, and works through activities such as thematic public meetings, training workshops, working group discussions, and the production of implementation guidelines.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Brokering controls
Control list
Diversion
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Transfer controls
Transit and trans-shipment controls
Partners
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Comoros
Côte d’ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Republic of the Congo
Senegal
Togo
Implementers
ATT Network
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Donors
Netherlands
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)
Contact Details

Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Maison de la paix
Chemin Eugene-Rigot 2D
P.O. Box 1295
CH – 1211 Geneva 1
T: +41 22 730 96 00
F: +41 22 730 96 49
E: info@gcsp.ch

Marc Finaud, GCSP Senior Programme Advisor, ATT Network Coordinator
E: m.finaud@gcsp.ch