From 31 July to 3 August 2018, the Government of Burkina Faso, through the National Commission for the Fight against the Proliferation of Small Arms (CNLPAL), in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), in cooperation with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a series of consultative meetings and workshops on national frameworks on weapons and ammunition management (WAM) in Ouagadougou aimed at assisting the Government of Burkina Faso in designing and developing a technical roadmap for a comprehensive national WAM framework governing weapons and ammunition. The consultative process brought together a range of representatives, experts and practitioners from various Burkinabe institutions and security agencies. These included representatives and experts from CNLPAL, the High Authority on Arms Imports Control and Their Use (HACIAU), the Ministry of Security (MoS), the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Promotion (MoJ), the Ministry of Mines, Quarries and Energy (MMCE), the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, the National Police, the Gendarmerie, the Municipal Police, Water and Forestry Services, Customs, members of the National Assembly (from the Defense and Security Committee) as well as members of Burkina Faso’s civil society, including from the Association of Manufacturers, Repairers, Importers of Ammunition and Firearms (AFRIMA). Further, representatives and technical advisors from the UNIDIR, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of Liberia, and the Small Arms and Light Weapons Control Division of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) participated in and facilitated the process. Representatives from specialized international non-governmental organizations, including the Mine Advisory Group (MAG), also participated in the consultative process.