Division 4 Beneficiaries

The direct beneficiaries of objectives 1 through 4 are national institutions and authorities responsible for control of SALW, ammunition and explosives in Latin America and the Caribbean. With regard to physical security and stockpile management and destruction of SALW, ammunition and explosives, the ministries of defence and public security of the governments of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Panama will benefit from capacity development. In addition to these states, the ministries in Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay and Paraguay will directly benefit from capacity building for SALW marking and tracing. SALW control authorities throughout the region will benefit from training and information-sharing and regional cooperation and coordination initiatives. Local authorities in three of the most seriously affected countries by violent crime and other forms of armed violence will receive the benefit of training in violence prevention and mitigation. The ultimate beneficiaries of activities conducted toward all five objectives will be citizens of Central America, Caribbean, and selected South American nations that are affected by high levels of crime and armed violence.