Third Training Course in Implementation of the ATT

13/04/2015
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17/04/2015
Activity description

The ATT Network organized a third professional training course on the implementation of the ATT in Geneva (the second one in English), which was opened to officials and NGOs from 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
Import controls
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Transfer controls
Transit and trans-shipment controls
Partners
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Côte d’ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Madagascar
Mozambique
Namibia
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Zambia
Implementers
ATT Network
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Donors
Australia
Switzerland
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