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.