On 5-16 November 2018, the Regional Centre for Small Arms (RECSA), with funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), conducted a capacity building exercise for Central African Republic’s National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (CNC-ALPC) members and armed forces. On the first week, RECSA held a a capacity development workshop aimed to guide the CNC-ALPC in fulfilling the responsibilities given to the commission by the President and in accordance with the provisions of the Nairobi Protocol and other regional and international instruments on small arms and light weapons (SALW). The workshop aimed to contribute to the development of the National Action Plan on SALW. During the second week, RECSA conducted a training of 40 senior officials drawn from various state agencies on international best practices in weapons and ammunition management. The training was facilitated by the RECSA-region Senior Instructors drawn from the armed forces of Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya.