Division 2.2.1 Regional workshops

The project will take the form of up to eight two-day workshops for third countries’ state officials, providing training in relevant areas of conventional arms export controls. Participants in the seminar would include third countries’ state officials, such as customs and enforcement officers, officers from relevant ministries and enforcing agencies, representatives from national parliaments, and industry and civil society representatives. Training will be imparted by experts from Member States’ national administrations, representatives of countries that have aligned themselves with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, officials of relevant Union institutions, representative of the private sector and civil society.

The workshops may take place in a beneficiary country or in another location to be determined in consultation with the Council Working Group on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM) and the High Representative.

The regional workshops will be organised for the following countries:

1. (a)

   up to 3 workshops for the countries in South Eastern Europe;

2. (b)

   up to 3 workshops for the Eastern European and Caucasian countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

3. (c)

   up to 2 workshops for the North African Mediterranean countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy.