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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1788/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1788",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1788 of 19 November 2018 in support of the South-Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap on combating illicit arms trafficking in the Western Balkans",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1788",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Description",
  "text": "The Western Balkans partners reconfirmed at the Western Balkans Summit in London on 9 July 2018 the common determination and reinforced commitment to put an end to illicit possession, misuse and trafficking of firearms through the endorsement of the Roadmap. The regional Roadmap, developed through a thorough consultative process and with SEESAC's support, complements existing Union activity to counter that threat, specifically the 2015–2019 Action Plan, the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative on elements towards an EU strategy against illicit firearms, SALW and their ammunition, and Europol's EMPACT work in the region. The Roadmap is a testimony to the consensus reached among all stakeholders in the region about the current challenges, the overall targets to be reached and the timeline of actions to be taken. It provides an overall platform for the achievement of commonly agreed KPIs at strategic, policy and operational level. As such, the work under this component will result in: an effective coordination of the implementation of the Roadmap at regional level; tailor-made support for SALW commissions and relevant authorities in the implementation of their Roadmap action plans; periodic monitoring and evaluation of progress against the jointly agreed KPIs; as well as a better understanding of the capacities of the beneficiaries to implement the actions under the functional areas of the Roadmap.\nSpecifically, the project envisages the coordination of the implementation of the Roadmap through:\nformal regional Roadmap coordination meetings focusing on taking stock of progress and information exchange;\nthe provision of expert and technical support to local Roadmap coordination meetings monitoring the implementation of partners' action plans;\nthe development of biannual monitoring and evaluation reports documenting progress, challenges and needs in the implementation of the Roadmap based on the commonly agreed KPIs;\na mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the Roadmap action plans, including capacity assessment for the six beneficiaries on SALW control;\nRoadmap outreach and visibility activities (including the establishment of an online platform, stakeholder engagement and awareness raising).\nProject results/implementation indicators:\nOrganisation of up to six regional Roadmap coordination meetings;\nEnabling taking stock of progress, information exchange, knowledge transfer and standardisation;\nOrganisation of local coordination meetings (up to 36 in total);\nDevelopment of biannual monitoring and evaluation reports (up to six);\nMid-term evaluation, including capacity assessment prepared for six Roadmap beneficiaries;\nEstablishment of an online platform to ensure proper outreach and visibility of the Roadmap.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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