Division 4.1.2 Benefit to EU arms control initiatives

iTrace training and mentoring programmes respond to actions addressed in the EU SALW Strategy - to support national capacities to 'track and trace the origins of illicit SALW and ammunition in conflict zones' - and directly and indirectly enhance a wide array of Member State-supported arms control initiatives. Direct impacts include supporting national law enforcement authorities to trace SALW in line with the International Tracing Instrument, enhancing national capacity to gather data on traced arms within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 16.4.2, and supporting Member State-initiated weapon and ammunition management programmes. Indirect impacts include 'feeding back' information gathered on site, such as alerting Member States to diversion risks encountered in partner countries and detecting diversion from national stockpiles and providing this information to Union-supported PSSM programmes.