On 24 and 25 September 2019, Aas part of the second phase of the European Union’s P2P ATT Outreach Project, Expertise France organised an ATT awareness session in Cotonou, Benin, for representatives of the Government, the National Assembly and the Civil Society, involved in the implementation of the ATT in Benin. 

This workshop provided the opportunity to debate and exchange ideas among the participants.  Among the principal topics discussed with the speakers were: 
-    Arms transfer regulations based on ATT requirements;
-    The creation and implementation of a system to control conventional arms transfers (imports, exports, transit/trans-shipment and brokering);
-    The current arms control mechanisms in Benin and the developments planned. 

The aim of these discussions was to support Benin in its future work to draft ATT-related legislation, pending the ratification, by the President of the Republic, of the law on small arms and light weapons adopted by the National Assembly on 24 January in order to implement the ECOWAS Convention.