UNIDIR-ECOWAS Weapons and Ammunition Management Baseline Assessment in Benin

28/03/2022
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01/04/2022
Activity description

From 28 March to 1 April 2022, the Government of Benin, via its National Commission for the Fight Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Benin, in cooperation with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organized a national WAM baseline assessment aimed at establishing a baseline of existing WAM activities, institutions and processes in place, identifying areas to be strengthened, and presenting recommendations for programmatic and policy responses to inform the development of a national framework governing the management of weapons and ammunition.

Project description

The activity was implemented as part of UNIDIR’s Research Project on Strengthening Policies and Frameworks for Weapons and Ammunition Management, with funding from Germany, Finland and Switzerland.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Destruction
Diversion
Enforcement
Gender based violence (GBV)
Import controls
International instruments
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
National action plan (NAP)
Record-keeping
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Transfer controls
Partners
Benin
Implementers
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Donors
Finland
Germany
Switzerland
Contact Details
Contact Person
Hardy Giezendanner, giezendanner@un.org
Organization
UNIDIR, Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme
Address
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone
+41 22 917 11 41