- Development. Security. Armament. How much Security does Development need?
‘No development without security, no security without development’. This is a recurring mantra in development cooperation. The question is: What kind ...
- Supporting Weapons and Ammuntion Management Coordination in Africa
Security governance across the African continent is enhanced, the responses to arms control challenges by the African Union, its Regional Economic...
- Multi-dimensional Measurement of Militarization (Pilot project)
It can be argued that militarisation is the defining Zeitgeist of the new 'post-post-Cold War era'. Despite a rich tradition of research, the...
- Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Control in Africa
This project takes on the current challenges in small arms and light weapons (SALW) control in Africa from the practical to the strategic level. bicc ...
- Small arms and light weapons (SALW) control and physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) of weapons and ammunition in Africa.
This project continues the work undertaken in two previous projects:Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and...
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa
This project allows BICC to continue capacity development activities for the African Union as well as for select focus states in the Sahel region...
- G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel
Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed a...
- Demobilisation and small arms control in West Africa - Sahel region
BICC plans to continue working in Mali in 2015, building on experience gained over the course of a short project in 2014 on assessing the state of...
- Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
Germany is one of the world’s largest arms exporters. While weapons can enhance security, they can also cause insecurity and fuel violent conflicts. F...
- Expert group arms exports and report of the Gemeinsame Konferenz Kirche und Entwicklung (GKKE)
bicc has been involved in the Expert Group on Arms Exports of the Conference Church and Development (GKKE) for many years. Since 2012, a bicc...
- Database on security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
The website www.ruestungsexport.info (in German only) offers data and facts on the situation of recipient countries of German arms exports. Not only d...
- Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
The Global Militarization Index (GMI) not only depicts levels of global militarization but also documents the development since 1990. The GMI is...
- Smart Technology in SALW Control: Civilian Protection, the UN-POA, and Transfer Control (SmartCon)
On behalf of the German Foreign Office, BICC organized an international conference from 17 to 18 June 2013 in Berlin, entitled “Smart Technology in S...
- Analysis on MANPADS
MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) are relatively small weapons with potential huge effects. They can be used especially for asymmetrical...
- Interactive Guide on small arms and light weapons (SALW)
What types of small arms and light weapons are there and in which countries? Where are which types of small arms produced? What are the different...
- SARCOM: Sub-regional small arms control mechanism - Sudan, Chad etc.
Since November 2012, BICC is supporting efforts to control the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Sudan and its Western and Southern...
- SALW-Guide: Online database on small arms control
In 2012 BICC developed upon request of the German Federal Foreign Office (aa) and in co-operation with the Bundeswehr Verification Center (zvbw) an...
- Support and consultancy on small arms control in Sudan
BICC is working within the framework of a training and consultancy project funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) to support the Sudan...
- Studies on arms exports
The Gemeinsame Konferenz Kirche und Entwicklung (GKKE) has asked BICC to write the annual Arms Exports Report. The Report analyzes and assesses...
- Support and capacity-building in stockpile management of SALW, ammunition and surplus weapons in the Republic of South Sudan
South Sudan became a sovereign state last year. Recent months have shown just how fragile progress towards development and peace actually is. The...
- Small arms survey in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In cooperation with GRIP (Groupe de Recherche et d’Information sur la Paix et la Sécurité) and the National Commission on Small Arms Control in the DR...
- Traditional Conflict Resolution and Small Arms & Light Weapons as a Development Factor
Between November 2008 and May 2009, BICC conducted a project (generously funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...
- Capacity-building on SALW control and DD&R in Southern Sudan
From August 2007 to March 2008, BICC implemented a capacity-building project on small arms control and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration...
- Supporting the development and implementation of a civilian SALW training program in West Africa
A joint project of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, KAIPTC, the ECOWAS Small Arms Unit, the German Development Cooperation...
- Assessment of the broader aspects of the HALO Trust SALW disposal actions in Afghanistan
BICC was commissioned during 2006 by the German Foreign Office and the Netherlands Foreign Ministry to assess a Weapons and Ammunition Destruction...
- Perspectives for the German defense industry in the framework of alternative scenarios
German companies working in the field of defense technology are at the beginning of a restructuring process, which is the result of reduced budgets...
- Security, armaments and development in countries receiving German arms exports
In 2007, a web-based interactive map component was added to the arms export database, which BICC has been using since 2006 to study how 170 countries...
- Training in small arms control in South Sudan
Sudan has suffered from conflict and war for more than 50 years. In January 2005, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, formally putting...
- Development of training materials and further training courses on small arms control (TRESA)
BICC's TRESA project (Training and Education on Small Arms), which was launched in 2003, develops training material on small arms control....
- Security, armaments and development in recipient countries of German arms exports
With a database accessible at www.bicc.de/ruestungsexport/, BICC examines how 170 countries meet the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. The database ...
- Consultancy in the field of small arms
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa
