OSCE organizes training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan

A two-week training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition (SALW and CA) concluded on 28 September 2019 in Bishkek and Osh.

The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, in close co-ordination with the General Staff of Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan and the State Committee for Defence Affairs.

Seventy specialists from all branches of military units of Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces, including the country’s General Staff of Armed Forces, the State Committee on Defense Affairs, and the State Border Service participated in the training course. The course aimed at building capacities of armed forces on maintaining an electronic database system for management, record-keeping and tracing of SALW and CA. The course was delivered by an international expert and provided hands-on experience in electronic record-keeping. Participants worked in classrooms on computers with specialized software.  

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek has been actively supporting the Kyrgyz Republic in strengthening the capacities towards the physical security and stockpile management of SALW and CA in the framework of its Project on Arms Control.