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SUMMARY:Man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS)
DESCRIPTION:Man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS)\nOn behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium\, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) organised an ad-hoc workshop in Brussels on 27 November on the diversion risks of man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS)\, attended by approximately 55 government officials and non-governmental experts from Europe and elsewhere. Jacek Bylica\, European External Action Service Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation\, who had initiated the workshop\, noted that MANPADs exemplify the interactive nature of the key threats identified in the European Agenda on Security: in this case\, terrorism\, organised crime and proliferation. \nThe workshop addressed the level of risk\, the level of awareness and the actions needed to alleviate risks. A technical session explained the history\, design\, components\, use\, and variations of MANPADS\, more than one million of which have been produced in the last 50 years. Over the past decade\, about 20\,000 have been transferred\, often with insufficient transparency. Some of these weapons can be used with little training and they can last for decades in the right climate conditions. Trade and diversion trends were explained\, and the export controls that have introduced\, including best practices promoted by the OSCE and the authorization system introduced by one company to prevent illicit use of its weapons. \nBriefings covered the situation in specific regions and conflict zones around the world\, including northern Africa\, the Levant\, South America\, eastern Africa\, Southeast Asia\, and Eastern Europe. While the situation in the Horn of Africa remains fraught\, here are serious risks in Venezuela\, where the unstable government has procured over 500 MANPADS launchers and dispersed them to 42 military units around the country\, and in the Donbas region of Ukraine\, where Russian-supported rebels have seized government stockpiles. Elsewhere\, government secrecy is as much of a problem as capacity constraints in impeding the tracing of transfers. \n  \n \nAgenda\nTuesday\, 27 November 2018\n08:45 – 09:00\nRegistration \n09:00 – 09:15\nIntroductory remarks\nJacek Bylica\, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation\, EEAS\nMark Fitzpatrick\, Director\, Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy\, IISS \nPart I: MANPADS global issues and responses\nThese first two sessions will aim to address the following elements: \n\nMANPADS basics:history\, design\, main components\, use\, variations\nMANPADS lifecycle\, durability and longevity\nExpertise and training needed for effective operation.\nNumbers produced\nTrade and diversion trends\nExport controls\nTechnical end-use control features\nPrinciples and best practices\n\n09:15 – 10:15\nSession I a: Threat assessment\, technical introduction\, production\, control features\nSpeakers: \n\nBen Barry\, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare\, IISS\nTomasz Brodniewicz\, Head of the Precise Ammunition Department\, MESKO\n\n10:15 – 11:00\nSession I b: Trade\, export controls and best practices\nSpeakers: \n\nSiemon Wezeman\, Senior Researcher\, Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure\nProgramme\, SIPRI\nRobin Mossinkoff\, Head FSC Support Section\, Conflict Prevention Centre\, OSCE\n\n11:00 – 11:30\nCoffee break \nPart II: Focus on specific regions and conflict zones\nIn each of the following sessions we will seek\, as best possible\, to address: \n\nAvailability and use of MANPADS\nPerceptions of threat\nActions undertaken to address the issue\nCapacity of local governments and regional institutions to mitigate threat\nOutside assistance needed\n\n11:30 – 12:15\nSession II a: Regional focus –North Africa\nSpeakers: \n\nMatt Schroeder\, Senior Researcher\, Small Arms Survey\nDavid Diaz\, Chief of Staff\, Strategic Capacity Group\n\n12:15 – 13:00\nSession II b: Conflict zones – The Levant\nSpeakers: \n\nDavid Diaz\, Chief of Staff\, Strategic Capacity Group\nSiemon Wezeman\, Senior Researcher\, Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure\nProgramme\, SIPRI\n\n13:00 – 14:00\nLunch \n14:00 – 14:45\nSession II c: Regional focus – Southeast Asia\nSpeaker: \n\nShang-Su Wu\, Research Fellow\, Military Studies Programme\, Institute of Defence and\nStrategic Studies\, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies\n\n14:45 – 15:30\nSession II d: Regional focus – South and Central America\nSpeaker: \n\nAndrei Serbin Pont\, Research Director\, La Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones\nEconómicas y Sociales (CRIES)\n\n15:30 – 15:45\nCoffee break \n15:45 – 16:45\nSession II e: Regional focus – East Africa\nSpeakers: \n\nDr Nelson Alusala\, Research consultant\, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)\nClaudio Gramizzi\, Head of Regional Operations – West Africa\, Conflict Armament\nResearch\n\n16:45– 17:30\nSession II f: Regional focus – Eastern Europe (Ukraine)\nSpeaker: \n\nDr Margarita Konaev\,Non-Resident Fellow\, Modern War Institute at West Point\n\n17:30 – 17:45\nConcluding remarks\nJacek Bylica\, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation\, EEAS
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/manpads/
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott\, Avenue des Olympiades 6\, Brussels\, 1140\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Ad Hoc Seminars
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SUMMARY:Mine Action Donor Strategies
DESCRIPTION:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n  \n \nMine Action Donor Strategies – Lessons for the Revision of the EU Guidelines for Mine Action\n  \nOn 28 November 2018\, the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium organized an Ad-Hoc Seminar on Mine Action Donor Strategies – Lessons for the Revision of the EU Guidelines for Mine Action\, which was held at the Palais des Nations\, Geneva\, on the margins of the 17th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine-Ban Convention (the Ottawa Convention). The event brought together nearly 60 participants from States Parties to the Convention\, the UN (UNMAS)\, the EU (EEAS\, Commission)\, and the main NGOs in the field of Mine action. \nThe objective of this Ad-Hoc Seminar was to collect lessons learned\, views and inputs regarding Mine action donor strategies\, with a view to feed the revision of the EU guidelines for Mine action. The EU is one of the world’s top donors. EU’s assistance is still led by the “guidelines for Mine action” dating from 2008 and which has to be revised. \nAs a result\, seven main donor countries explained their Mine action strategies (the UK\, Germany\, the USA\, the Netherlands\, Japan\, Switzerland\, Norway) along with key donors at regional (the EU) and global (the UNMAS) levels. Thanks to Afghanistan\, Angola\, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Colombia\, the participants were provided with accurate lessons learned from the ground. Significant messages were sent to donor countries and operators. And exchanges with some of the more relevant operators helped European officials fuel the reflexion about the revision of the EU guidelines. \n \nAgenda\nTuesday\, 27 November 2018\n19:00 Welcome Dinner \n  \nWednesday\, 28 November 2018\n08:15 – 08:45 \nRegistration & Welcome Coffee \n  \n08:45 – 09:00 \nIntroduction and Welcoming Remarks \nAhmad Helal Atmar\, Afghan presidency of the 17th Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention \nBenjamin Hautecouverture\, Senior research fellow\, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique \n  \n09:00 – 11:00 \nPresentation of National Mine Action Donor Strategies  \nChair: Frank Meeussen\, Policy officer\, Disarmament\, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control\, SECPOL1\, European External Action Service \nSpeakers: \n\nElizabeth McGarva\, Conflict\, Humanitarian and Security Department\, Department for International Development United Kingdom\nIngrid Schøyen\, Humanitarian Affiars\, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs\nOliver Bräuner\, Desk Officer\, Europe and Humanitarian Mine Action\, Federal Foreign Office Germany\nSteven Costner\, Deputy Director\, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement\, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs\, Department of State USA\nKoen Höcker\, Directorate Stability & Humanitarian Aid\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, The Netherlands\nAlessandro Palmoso\, Programme Officer\, Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs\, Switzerland\nJun Yamada\, First Secretary\, Defense Attaché\, Delegation of Japan for the Conference on Disarmament\, Geneva\n\n  \n11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break \n  \n11:15 – 13:00 \nRegional and Global Mine Action Strategies  \nChair: Anne Kemppainen\, Deputy Head\, EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva \nSpeakers: \n\nAgnès Marcaillou\, Director\, UN Mine Action Service\nFotini Antonopoulou\, Programme Manager in charge of Mine Action\, Operations Section III\, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina\nAsa Massleberg\, Advisor\, Strategic Management\, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining\nTomaž Lovrenčič\, Director\, ITF Enhancing Human Security\n\n  \n13:00 – 15:00 Lunch \n  \n15:00 – 16:30 \nDonor strategies – perspectives from affected Countries  \nChair: Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi\, Director\, Directorate of Mine Action Coordination\, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority \nSpeakers: \n\nAdriano Gonçalves\, Head\, Cabinet of International Cooperation and Assistance\, Angola\nSaša Obradović\, Director\, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre\nMiguel Ceballos\, High Commisioner for Peace\, Colombia\n\n  \n16:30– 16:45 Coffee break \n  \n16:45 – 18:30 \nDonor Strategies – perspectives from operators  \nChair: Hector Guerra\, Director\, International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition \nSpeakers: \n\nTim Kreuk\, Head\, Halo Trust Europe office\nJosephine Dresner\, Country Representative\, Mines Advisory Group\nEmmanuel Sauvage\, Director\, Armed Violence Reduction Unit\, Handicap International\nHans Risser\, Head of Operations\, NPA\nSteve Priestley\, Director\, MA Programs\, Janus Global operations LLC\n\n  \n18:30 – 18:40 \nConcluding Remarks \nBenjamin Hautecouverture\, Senior research fellow\, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique \nFrank Meeussen\, Policy officer\, Disarmament\, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control\, SECPOL1\, European External Action Service \n 
URL:https://nonproliferation.eu/evenement/mine-action-donor-strategies/
LOCATION:Palais des Nations\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Ad Hoc Seminars
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