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The Guidelines for the Management of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Police Organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter the Guidelines) aim to promote an efficient and uniform approach by police officers in ensuring the safe storage and handling of weapons for their use, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Compliance with these Guidelines will contribute to reducing the risk of uncontrolled and unauthorized access to weapons in police organizational units, decreasing the likelihood of unauthorized use of SALW, and thereby increasing the safety of police officers during the performance of their duties.

Guidelines for enhancement of inter-institutional communication and outreach of the SALW Control Coordination Board (SALW CCB) as presented do not intend to replace communication strategies or communication plans of the institutions represented in the SALW CCB and/or law enforcement agencies in regard to this topic and their regular, planned or ad-hoc activities.

A poll implemented by the Consultant of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on internal and external communication practices among the institutions represented in the Co-ordination Board for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in BiH (hereinafter SALW Control Coordination Board) in April/May 2022 pointed to the lack of common monitoring and evaluation practices in place in regard to communication and outreach activities on this topic. Individual institutions represented in this body apply different methods and tools for the monitoring and evaluation of topics of their interest, whereas the most used ones are media analysis/press clipping and post-event evaluation surveys.

This report maps and promotes opportunities for enhancing co-operation between monitoring actors and border police authorities in South-Eastern Europe, and is designed to further the discussion on best practices and transferable knowledge in this area.

To participate in a study visit on media and security issues focused on small arms and light weapons, to be organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 22 December 2022.

Head of presence's remarks in the training of the special regime's prison staff on the human rights compliant management of high-risk prisoners, 30 November 2021.

To the 15th Anniversary Conference of the OSCE HCNM Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies, Panel 1: The Policing Recommendations 15 years on: Successes and challenges in implementation.

To the 15th Anniversary Conference of the OSCE HCNM Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies

To the 15th Anniversary Conference of the OSCE HCNM Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies, Panel 2: Recruitment and representation of national minorities in police services in order to improve operational practices, trust and accountability when preventing and managing conflict: “Lessons Learned for National Policing from BLM and January 6th Insurrection: United States Passed the Stress Test”.

To the 15th Anniversary Conference of the Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies, Vienna, 5 November 2021.