UNIDIR-ECOWAS Weapons and Ammunition Management Baseline Assessment in Togo

29/11/2021
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03/12/2021
Descripción de la actividad

From 29 November to 3 December 2021, the Government of Togo, via the National Commission for the Fight Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (CNLPAL)  of Togo in partnership 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.

Descripción del Proyecto

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

Tipo de actividad
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Technical material or financial assistance
Enfoque de la Actividad
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
Socios
Togo
Implementadores
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Donantes
Finland
Germany
Switzerland
Contacto
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