Division 3.2.4 External coordination

In addition to coordination and collaboration with national authorities throughout the region, the OAS will coordinate and collaborate with other institutions and organisations during the execution of the project. The entities, listed below, may be in position to provide support on specific issues and help promote the initiative in the region:

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), including regional and national offices, where applicable: Global Firearms Programme, in particular transit and brokering controls;

• Central American Program on Small Arms and Light Weapons Control (CASAC) of the Central American Integration System (SICA): Promotion of regional initiatives for Central America through participation in regional workshops and follow-up on earlier EEAS-funded SALW projects;

• CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS): Coordination with the Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN);

• INTERPOL: Technical assistance in SALW training (iARMS);

• United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Technical expertise in SALW tracing (e-Trace);

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP): Technical cooperation for development of training on SALW identification and classification;

• Conflict Armament Research: Coordination and technical assistance for tracing SALW through the I-Trace initiative;

• Civil society organisations dedicated to prevention of crime and violence, including Central American Network for Peacebuilding and Human Security (REDCEPAZ – Red Centroamericana para la Construcción de la Paz y Seguridad Humana), Institute for Teaching for Sustainable Development (IEPADES – Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible – Guatemala), Interpeace (Central America), Violence Prevention Alliance (Jamaica), and the North Coast Empowerment Group (Trinidad and Tobago).