Division 8 Partnerships and synergies

During the implementation of the project, UNREC will organise meetings with the EU Delegations and the Member States Embassies located in the six States of the Sahel region and keep them regularly informed about the project's activities in each country. EU Delegations and Member States representatives will be informed in advance of project activities (for example workshops) and invited to participate. UNREC will also consult and cooperate, as appropriate, with the EU Common Security and Defence Policy missions EUCAP Sahel Niger and EUCAP Sahel Mali.

In addition, UNREC will coordinate with other partners to avoid duplication of efforts and identify areas of collaboration and complementarity that support the project's objectives. Some of these partners include: AU, African regional organisations (including ECOWAS, ECCAS, RECSA), NATO, UN Country Teams, UNODC, the technical and financial partners engaged in the field of security, international NGOs (including Small Arms Survey, Handicap International, Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Parliamentarians for Global Action), Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG) and industry.

Finally, UNREC and the other implementing partners will consult entities involved in the investigation of diversion and trafficking, among others by means of tracing and tracking of illicit SALW and ammunition in the Sahel region, including experts from UN Panels of Experts monitoring arms embargoes, arms experts attached to UN peace support operations, Small Arms Survey and Conflict Armament Research (‘iTrace’ global monitoring mechanism, supported under Decision 2013/698/CFSP). UNREC will also encourage the relevant authorities of the beneficiary countries to make use of the EU-funded INTERPOL Illicit Arms Records and tracing Management System (‘iARMS’).