CICS is one of the world’s leading centres of research and programme evaluation on issues of small arms, development and conflict. Areas covered under the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) project include:
CICS has conducted substantial research on the relationships between arms flows, accumulations and misuse and development issues. For example, it co-organised a conference at Wilton Park on this issue in March 2003 with the UK Government’s Department for International Development ( (External) DfID ) and the independent non-governmental organisation (External) Saferworld .
More recently, CICS conducted a major research project on armed violence and poverty (AVPI) with DfID. This examined the impact of armed violence and the threats of armed violence, particularly that involving Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), on the economy, state, social fabric, households, and communities in order to assess the overall impact of armed violence on poverty and development.
CICS has also prepared a series of briefing papers on SALW/Armed Violence issues and key programming areas, prepared for DfID. The papers in the series aimed to review key issues related to SALW and to identify opportunities for tackling SALW and armed violence, to elaborate how tackling SALW can contribute to the policy goals of poverty alleviation.
CICS has played an active role in developing, designing and examining Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) programmes, particularly in transitional and developing countries. Since 2003 we have been carrying out a project on Tackling Poverty by Reducing Armed Violence ( AVPI ), which has analysed a series of projects and measures designed to promote SALW reduction and control, and examined their wider impact on conflict dynamics, peace-building and development. It also exposed obstacles and highlighted opportunities for implementing these sorts of programmes. The assessment led to a series of recommendations for the design, implementation and evaluation of future SALW programmes.
CICS has been prominently involved with the development of UN agreements and programmes relating to Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) since the mid-1990s. This has included the preparation of policy reports, co-organising international workshops and conferences; providing expert support and advice to negotiations, and several other areas.
Much of this work has recently been carried out in partnership with (External) Saferworld and (External) International Alert in the Biting the Bullet project , which aims to promote the implementation and further development of the UN Programme of Action (PoA) on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Similarly, CICS co-chairs an international consultation to develop shared international understandings and specific recommendations on international guidelines for national SALW transfer controls, and on tackling SALW transfers to Non-State Actors.
CICS has produced a series of activities and projects concerned with the development and implementation of EU policies and programmes relating to SALW. These include the EU Joint Action on Small Arms and the EU Code of Conduct for Arms Exports.
More widely, in a research context, CICS members are involved in the EU COST ( (External) European Science Foundation ) Action, bringing together European researchers on Small Arms. CICS staff are members of the three working groups: Armed Violence, Arms Transfers, and Methodology. In addition, Owen Greene is chair of the Armed Violence working group, and CICS hosted a COST meeting on Armed Violence in September 2004.
CICS has carried out a wide range of projects recently relating to SALW and other arms transfers, and arms transfer controls.
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