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Churches |
National
Councils of Churches |
|
| 1. Raise
Awareness |
Create Bible study groups
Create women and youth groups
Host retreats
Host camp meeting
|
Organize seminars and conferences
Share information
Perform symbolic actions
|
Use media:
-Educate journalists
-Participate on radio programmes
-Create jingles
Disseminate publications:
Information booklets, leaflets, posters and stickers
Share information and resources among and between NCCs
Organize marches and other events on July 9th, International Small Arms
Day
Target awareness raising in rural areas
Designate a small arms contact person within each NCC and ensure to
report back to FECCIWA regularly
|
| 2. Improved
domestic legislation on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) |
Advocacy |
Advocacy
Train security personnel
Monitor legislation and its enforcemen
t
Train civil society
|
Organize a workshop on domestic legislatio
n
Organize media campaigns
Lobby government and parliament
|
| 3. Improved
Controls Governing the Production and Transfer of Small arms
|
Advocacy
Provide information and documentation
Provide education
|
Advocacy
Provide information and documentatio
n
Provide education
|
Seek to have one member representing ENSA (Ecumenical Network on Small
Arms) in National Commission on Small Arms
Network and alliance build (eg National Action Network on Small Arms
- NANSAs)
Create and disseminate publications
Host workshops
Work with traditional leaders for border control |
| 4. Removal
of Weapons from Post-Conflict Situations and Ensuring Their Destruction |
Sensitize the public
Advocacy
Implement buyback programmes
|
Sensitize the public
Advocacy
Implement buyback programmes
|
Work with government and UN missions to develop “swords into ploughshares”
buyback schemes and destruction of SALW programmes
Work with media for sensitization
Lobby governments
|
| 5. Reduction
of Small Arms in Non-Conflict Zones |
Advocacy
Sensitize the public
Educate for no tolerance for civilian use of small arms (except for
legitimate purposes with strict controls, e.g. hunting)
|
Advocacy
Sensitize the public
Support creation of gun-free zones
|
Provide information
Create stickers to publicize gun-free zone
s |
| 6. Youth
|
Deglorify culture of violence/machismo
Redirect energy of youth to positive, non-violent alternatives
|
Encourage
and develop national programmes to bring youth together from different communities |
Organize recreational activities e.g. computer training, sports programmes,
music lessons
Call on youth to launch a campaign against small arms
Provide training workshops and capacity building for youth
Introduce peace education courses in school
s
Provide advocacy training to youths so they work with churches and police
|
| 7. Women |
Involve women as
leaders in peace and human security issues |
Encourage women’s
departments working on gender issues and domestic violence to also become
involved in struggle against small arms
Equip women to lead struggle against small arms |
Put small arms
on the agenda of women’s meetings
Provide training workshops and capacity building for women
Link with other women’s groups internationally |
| 8. Partnerships/
Linkages Between Different Groups |
Identify and engage
with relevant groups concerned with small arms proliferation.
Lobby arms producers, traders and trade unions |
Identify and engage
with relevant groups concerned with small arms proliferation.
Lobby arms producers, traders and trade unions
Network with other civil society organisations: public health groups; women’s
groups, other religious groups, human rights groups; peace institutes, security
centres, police; political parties and legislatures |
Meet and talk with
other organisations
Work with business community and public figures including celebrities
Engage with National Action Networks on Small Arms (NANSA) as well as the
West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA) and the International
Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
|
| 9. Victim
Support and Reintegration/Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants |
Provide ministry
and counseling to victims
Provide alternatives and education |
Train trainers
in churches and civil society |
Network to support
one another |
| 10. Refugees
|
Provide ministry
and counseling to refugees and internally displaced persons
Provide alternatives and education |
Support refugee
programmes |
|
| Objectives |
Tasks
and strategies |
| |
Fellowship
of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa |
All
Africa Council of Churches |
World
Council of Churches |
|
| 1. Raising
Awareness |
Create
website on micro-disarmament
Hold an annual sub-regional conference |
Create
website on micro-disarmament
At upcoming AACC General Assembly, ensure that small arms is a Council focus
through organizing sub-regional workshops on small arms, and providing informational
materials in English, French and Portuguese
Before AACC General Assembly, consider how to involve and encourage North
and Central African regions to work on small arms |
Create
ENSA listserver
Lead a survey of church work on small arms with AACC and FCCs |
Provide
information, training and facilitate networking on sub-regional, regional
and international levels |
| 2. Capacity
Building |
Host workshops
and accommodate resource sharing on a sub-regional level
Focus capacity building workshop on achieving ECOWAS advocacy objectives
(listed in advocacy section)
Seek co-operation and assistance from national councils as appropriate |
Host workshops
and accommodate resource sharing on a regional level |
Provide
resources to FECCIWA and AACC |
Provide
and funnel necessary resources towards advocacy agenda |
| 3. Advocacy |
Lobby
ECOWAS to:
Implement ECOWAS moratorium;
Respect code of conduct;
Harmonise legislation within the sub-region;
Improve border control;
Control and repatriate mercenaries;
Reprioritize government expenditures; and
Put money towards implementation of UN PoA and other practical disarmament
programmes |
Lobby
African Union to focus on reprioritization of government expenditures
|
Lobby
UN, governments, inter-governmental bodies and missions in Geneva and New
York
Lobby to reprioritize government expenditures
Develop advocacy strategy and actions for 2003 UN Review Conference
Promote SALW agenda with churches, ecumenical organizations and supply countries |
Advocate
that governments:
Promote good relations between heads of states for confidence and trust
building
Call for accountability from international arms manufacturers |
| 4. Partnerships
and Linkages |
Engage
with WAANSA and IANSA
Network with other sub-regional civil society organisations, including:
-public health organisations; -women’s groups, other religious groups,
human rights groups and peace institutes; -security centres and police
Dialogue with arms producers and dealers |
Network
with other continental civil society organisations and NGOs working on SALWA
Engage with IANSA |
Network
with other international NGOs working on SALWA
Engage with IANSA
Increase church and ecumenical action on SALW through ENSA |
Promote
and strengthen co-operation among and within ecumenical organizations |
| 5. Programme
and Policy Development |
Develop
2003-2005 consolidated programme budget on SALW in co-operation with AACC
and WCC
Adopt policy on small arms |
Develop
2003-2005 consolidated programme budget on SALW in co-operation with FCCs
and WCC
Adopt policy on small arms |
Develop
2004-2005 consolidated programme and budget on microdisarm-ament with AACC
and FCCs
Fundraise
Provide core information materials on small arms to NCCs, AACC and FECCIWA |
Ensure
communication is open and transparent at every level, both at the planning
and reporting stage
Develop plans for a roundtable with NCCs and agencies engaged in SALWA |
