Designed initially to reduce armed violence in Kosovo and increase community safety, KOSSAC has, throughout the years, evolved into a comprehensive armed-violence prevention project with a strong focus on security sector reform and capacity development.
In the past 5 years, KOSSAC has established itself as a credible partner and primary source for technical advice and assistance to national and local institutions in a variety of fields.
The project has tackled various aspects of small arms control, including laws on production, marking, registration and tracing, storage and inventory management, destruction of surplus arms, awareness-raising among the population, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration as well as international trade.
Because of the ongoing EU integration process and, more concretely, the conditions specified in the feasibility study for Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and the Visa Liberalization Roadmap, KOSSAC’s technical assistance to Kosovo institutions is crucial in helping the government to comply with these EU requirements.