Division 4.1.1 Project objective

iTrace training and mentoring programmes provide national authorities in conflict-affected states with the methods and skills to self-diagnose and address conventional arms diversion. Training aims to enhance often non-existent capacity to identify and trace illicit conventional arms, while mentoring allows iTrace project staff to identify critical capacity gaps in real time and immediately tailor solutions to address them. iTrace training and mentoring programmes, moreover, cement relations between the iTrace project and national authorities, allowing its field investigation teams greater access to seized and recovered conventional arms —thereby enhancing the full spectrum of iTrace data gathering, analysis, and reporting.