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.