Events
Making the Difference in Peacebuilding, Security and Development: Results-Based Management (RBM) and Beyond, 2019
COURSE
Making the Difference in Peacebuilding, Security and Development: Results-Based Management (RBM) and Beyond, 2019
9-12 July 2019
Policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of peacebuilding, security and development still lack critical skills in results-based management (RBM) and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). This course, now in its 9th year, provides skills development in these disciplines, with results-based approaches and theories of change, as well as the implementation of monitoring and evaluation.
Small Arms Survey events at Geneva Peace Week
EVENTS
Geneva Peace Week, 5-9 November 2018
The Small Arms Survey is holding two events at Geneva Peace Week, and co-organizing a workshop with the Maison de la Paix Gender and Diversity Hub.
Small Arms Survey First Committee side event
SIDE EVENT ROUNDTABLE
First Committee, 25 October 2018, New York
The Small Arms Survey is holding a side event roundtable at First Committee in New York.
Small Arms Survey side events at CSP4
SIDE EVENTS
CSP4, 20-24 August 2018, Tokyo, Japan
The Small Arms Survey is holding two side events at the Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in Tokyo, Japan.
The Geneva Dialogues: Disarmament that Saves Lives
EVENT
15 August 2018, 17:00-19:00 / Auditorium 2 (Pétale 2), Maison de la Paix, Geneva
‘Disarmament that saves lives’ is the second in a four-part event series organized to move forward on the Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament.
The Geneva Dialogues on Securing our Common Future: Taking forward the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament
EVENT SERIES
The Geneva Dialogues on Securing our Common Future: Taking forward the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament
On 24 May 2018, the United Nations released Secretary-General António Guterres’s Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament in a major policy speech at the University of Geneva.
The Survey has joined a range of Geneva-based institutions to organize a series of events to engage with policymakers, researchers and practitioners to take forward the SG’s Agenda for Disarmament and build new momentum for comprehensive and integrated disarmament.
Small Arms Survey side events at the Third Review Conference of the UN Small Arms Programme of Action
SIDE EVENTS
18–22 June 2018
UN Headquarters, New York
The Small Arms Survey is organizing the following side events at RevCon3:
- Monday 18 June: How many firearms are there in the world? Global numbers on arms holdings: Small Arms Survey update
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Tuesday 19 June: Paving the way to RevCon3 and beyond
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Thursday 21 June: Monitoring SDG 16: Arms flows and violent deaths in North Africa and the Sahel
- Friday 22 June: Legal loopholes and terrorism: Converted firearms in Europe and beyond
Results-based Management (RBM) for Peacebuilding, Security and Development
COURSE
3–6 July 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
Policy-makers and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding, security and development still lack critical skills in RBM. This four-day workshop, now in its 8th edition, provides a thorough grounding in the discipline, covering programme cycle planning, theories of change, results-based approaches as well as the practical implementation of monitoring and evaluation processes using simulations and field-based case studies.
EAPTC 2018
MEETING
22–24 May 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
On 22-24 May 2018, more than one hundred high-level trainers, strategic thinkers and other leading experts on peacekeeping and peace operations, from Europe and beyond, will gather at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva.
Introducing a new report on global violent deaths
Peace is one of the five areas of critical importance for humanity in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Sustainable development Goal 16 commits states to ‘promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective and accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Bullets & Borders
Transnational Armed Groups and Violence in the Sahara-Sahel Region
Transnational illicit arms traffickers take advantage of ungoverned spaces and insecure borders in the understudied Sahara-Sahel region, which has a significant impact on armed violence dynamics in states like Chad, Libya, and Niger.
First Committee side event: 'Arms Control 2.0'
FIRST COMMITTEE SIDE EVENT, 'ARMS CONTROL 2.0: OPERATIONALIZING SDG TARGET 16.4'
Monday, 23 October 2017, 1.15–2.45pm
Conference Room 9, United Nations Headquarters
New York City
The side event 'Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4’ will see the launch of a new Small Arms Survey Briefing Paper on the SDGs and the Programme of Action, as well as a discussion on how the implementation of international arms control instruments supports the aim of reducing illicit arms flows in line with SDG Target 16.4.
Transparency and Reporting
CSP3 SIDE EVENT
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 1–3pm
Room 4, Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG)
17 rue de Varembé, Geneva
The side event 'Transparency and Reporting’ will present the key findings of the Small Arms Survey Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows (including the 2017 edition of the Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer) and the ATT-BAP report Reporting in Review: Examining ATT Reporting Experiences. It will also provide an opportunity for the co-chairs of the working group on transparency and reporting to provide some thoughts on next steps for ATT transparency and reporting.
Second Meeting of the Arms Transfers Dialogue
SECOND MEETING OF THE ARMS TRANSFERS DIALOGUE
30 May 2017, 13.15-14.45
Geneva, Switzerland
Promoting a Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Illicit Arms Flows: Exploring Synergies between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and other relevant Multilateral Instruments
Results-based Management (RBM) for Peacebuilding, Security and Development
COURSE
3–7 July 2017
Geneva, Switzerland
Policy-makers and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding, security and development still lack critical skills in RBM. This five-day workshop, now in its 7th edition, provides a thorough grounding in the discipline, covering programme cycle planning, theories of change, results-based approaches as well as the practical implementation of monitoring and evaluation processes using simulations and field-based case studies.
Weapons and ammunition identification
WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS
9–10 February 2017
Nairobi, Kenya
The objective of this workshop is to expand and improve reporting on weapons and ammunition.
Measuring conflict deaths in support to Agenda 2030
PUBLIC EVENT
Thursday, 17 November 2016 - 18:00-19:00
Venue: Room S9, Maison de la Paix,
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva
The objective of this event is to discuss the strengths and challenges of developing an indicator on conflict-related deaths to monitor peaceful and inclusive societies.
