supportingregionalcooperation on pssm issues for the...
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Supporting regional cooperationonPSSMissuesforthebenefitoftheSEEregionas
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KloaldaKamberiPlanningandLiaisonOfficerforSEE
Podgorica, ME, October 2017
OUTLINE
• HistoricalBackground• RACVIACProgamme• CapacityBuildingin PSSM• WayAhead
HISTORICALBACKGROUNDRegionalArmsControlVerificationandImplementationAssistanceCenter
• EstablishedinOct. 2000
• StartedasabilateralprojectbetweenGermanyandCroatia
• 2003– 2007MissionExpansion
• December2011– NewAgreemententeredintoforce
• RACVIAC– CenterforSecurityCooperation
• StatusofaDiplomaticMission
*TurkeyrecognizestheRepublicofMacedoniawithitsconstitutionalname** Thisdesignationiswithoutprejudicetopositionsonstatus,andisinlinewithUNSCR1244andtheICJOpinionontheKosovoDeclarationofIndependence.(InaccordancewithArrangementsregardingregionalrepresentationandcooperation.)
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AustriaCzechRepublicDenmarkFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorwayRussiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnitedKingdom
9MEMBERS 14ASSOCIATEMEMBERS
AlbaniaBosniaandHerzegovinaCroatiaGreecetheformerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia*MontenegroRomaniaSerbiaTurkey
6OBSERVERS
CanadaMoldovaPolandSlovakiaUkraineUnitedStatesofAmerica
OnOctober10th,2014,MAGinvitedKosovo** toparticipateonapermanentbasis,atalllevelsandonequaltermsinallactivitiesandmeetingsofRACVIAC/MAG.
MEMBERS
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Director
SupporttoManagement,ServiceBranch,Administration
andFinance
InternationalandRegionalCooperationwithfocusonEuro-AtlanticIntegration
CooperativeSecurityEnvironmentwithfocuson
ArmsControl
SecuritySectorReform/Transformation
DeputyDirector
CounteringWeaponsofMassDestruction
Network
ORGANIZATIONALCHART
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„Tofosterdialogueandcooperation onsecuritymatters
inSouth-Eastern Europe through partnershipbetween
theMembersand theirinternationalpartners.”
MANDATE
OSCECodeofConduct
DefenceRecources
Management
SecurityChallengesfor
Europe
DemocraticOversightandAccountability
Private(Military)SecurityCompanies
HumanRights/GenderEquality
RACVIACPROGRAMME
CounterTerrorism
SearchandRescue
IndustrialSecurity
BuildingIntegrityandPreventingCorruption
CyberSecurity
EnergySecurity
RACVIACPROGRAMME
Developing aNationalWMDCounterproliferation
StrategyNuclearSecurity
DetectionArchitecture
RACVIACPROGRAMME
Vienna Document 2011
Chemical Weapons
Convention
Arms Control Symposium
Physical Security and Stockpile Management
Dayton Article IV
Convention on Cluster
Munitions
RACVIACPROGRAMME
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
PSSM-related activities:
• November 2010 – PSSM Executive Management Course, HR• November 2011 - International Agreements and Emergency
Planning, AT• November 2012 - PSSM, Technical Level Course, HR
Rewarehousing exercise
• February 2014 – Best international Practices in PSSM, HR• March 2015 – Common ground for regional cooperation in
the SEE region regarding PSSM, HR• May 2016 – Safe, secure and sustainable stockpiles
management, HR
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
• Themainobjectivesoftheseactivities are:– Toraiseawarenessofthis complexissueintheregionandenhanceregional/nationalownership;
– Totrainexpertsinexecutingtheirprofessional tasks;
– Toanalyze the main challengesinstockpilemanagementandfindwaysforimprovement;
– Tostrengthenthecommitmentofrelevantdecisionmakersandexpertsfrompoliticaland military domains;
– TopromotethepropermanagementandsecurityofnationalstockpilesinSEE;
– TosetthepathforfutureprojectsinSEEbasedon thelessonslearnedandbestpractices.
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
The main topics discussed:• PhysicalSecurityMeasuresandAmmunitionsSurveillance,Marking,Storage,etc.;
• EmergencyPlanningandResponse;• RiskManagement;• Laboratory Testing Methods;• SALWProliferation Threats;• UnplannedExplosionsatMunition Sites.
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
• Conversinginthesamelanguage;• Importanceof regional cooperation;• Poolingandsharingoftheresources;• Databaseoftheexpertsintheregion;
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
Trainedintotal(2010-2016):• 93participantsfrom13countries (AL,BA,HR,MK,HU,BU,RS,TR,ME,RO,MD,RU,SI).
• 36lecturers from AU,BwVC,DE,NATO,DTRA,SEESAC,ITF,SAS,UK,USA,OSCE,UNODC,HR,EUFORALTEA,BE,HALOTrust,MSIACNATO,etc.
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
PSSMactivityin2017(6 – 9November):
The main topics tobediscussed:• Life CycleManagementofAmmunition(LCMA)• National defence policieswithregardtoPSSM.
CAPACITYBUILDINGINPSSM
NeedsassessmenttobeconductedintheregiondefiningthecurrentcapacitiesandnewchallengesintheareaofPSSM
WAY AHEAD
Formoreinformationpleasevisitourwebsite:http://www.racviac.org
THANKYOU!