CIAO DATE: 07/05

Small Arms and Light Weapons Awareness Support Pack

Abstract

SEESAC is mandated to provide technical advice on the crucial issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Awareness throughout the South Eastern Europe (SEE) region. During initial consultations with regional stakeholders from 2002 onwards SEESAC was made aware both of the pressing need for increased SALW Awareness in SEE, and the lack of resources available to those wishing to implement such programmes.

In the young and developing field of SALW Awareness comparatively few examples exist for practitioners to draw upon. There has, as yet, been no systematic attempt to capture emerging best (and worst) practices at the operational level. For those implementing programmes the paucity of experience and resources has serious implications. Inappropriate SALW Awareness programmes could conceivably – whether because of inappropriate messages and materials, or lack of sensitivity – increase societal tensions, worsen communities' perceptions of their security, or result in undesirable casualties. At the very least they may fail in their stated purpose and simply waste project funds.

Foreword and Contents (PDF, 6 pages, 1.14 MB)

SASP - Introduction (PDF, 3 pages, 782.5 KB)

SASP - The Concepts and Approach (PDF, 22 pages, 2.73 MB)

Information Collection and Management (PDF, 15 pages, 1.35 MB)

Analysis and Strategy Planning (PDF, 9 pages, 701.2 KB)

Designing Messages, Activities and Materials, and Choosing Media (PDF, 29 pages, 2.68 MB)

Field-testing (PDF, 2 pages, 778.9 KB)

Implementing Activities (PDF, 4 pages, 1.23 MB)

Monitoring and Evaluating Activities and Materials (PDF, 5 pages, 845.9 KB)

Annex A (PDF, 3 pages, 493.8 KB)

Annex B (PDF, 3 pages, 992.5 KB)

Annex C (PDF, 18 pages, 2.01 MB)

Annex D (PDF, 2 pages, 582.9 KB)

Annex E (PDF, 3 pages, 832.8 KB)

Annex F (PDF, 2 pages, 753.0 KB)

Annex G (PDF, 3 pages, 577.3 KB)