Working together for a world free of chemical weapons  MEETING OF PROTECTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRES  SPIEZ, SWITZERLAND 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Implementation of Article X of the CWC Achievements and challenges in capacity building of the last 15 years 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons CWC – Four main objectives of the CWC  Disarmament - destruction of CWs and elimination or conversion of former CWPFs  Non-proliferation - verification of non-production of new CWs  Assistance and Protection against chemical weapons, Article X  International cooperation 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Obligations of States Parties under Article X  To provide annually to the Technical Secretariat information on its national programme related to protective purposes (Article X, paragraph 4)  To provide assistance through the OPCW by electing to take one or more of the three measures (i.e., voluntary fund, bilateral agreement or unilateral offers) (Article X, paragraph 7) 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Rights of States Parties under Article X  To access a data bank containing freely available information concerning various means of protection against chemical weapons (Article X, paragraph 5)  To receive expert advice and assistance in identifying their programmes for the development and improvement of a protective capacity against chemical weapons (Article X, paragraph 5) 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Rights of States Parties under Article X (Article X, paragraph 8) States Parties have the right to request and receive assistance in case of:  Chemical weapons have been used against a State Party  Riot control agents (RCA) have been used against a State Party as a method of warfare  A State Party is threatened by actions or activities of any State that are prohibited for States Parties by Article I of the CWC. 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Implementation of Article X of CWC  Development of protective capacity against CW of the MS 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Rights of States Parties  To receive expert advice in the development and improvement of their national protective capacity against chemical weapons.  Capacity – building national, regional or international 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  Period of (mainly) national capacity building projects  Request from SPs  Establishment or improvement of existing emergency response systems  Greece in preparation for the Olympics,  Portugal in preparation for the Euro Cup 2004  Few regional activities  Baltic country project with Norway and Sweden support  Central Asia project with Norway and Swiss support 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  Period of (mainly) national capacity building projects  Annual international basic courses organised with States Parties Switzerland, Switzerland,SwedenSlovakia Czech Republic Around 1800 individuals trained 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) Annual international medical training Islamic Republic of Iran Establishment of Protection Network (1999)  Group of experts in the field of protection to advise the Technical Secretariat 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  Workshops for coordination of assistance under article X  2001 Austria  2002 Switzerland  2003 Sweden  2004 Bulgaria 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  Annual SP international basic and advanced courses including specialized and TCT (toxic chemical training) and delivery of assistance modules including specialized and TCT (toxic chemical training) and delivery of assistance modules New international / regional training courses  Korea  China  Argentina  Brazil  Pakistan  India  Singapore  South Africa  Ukraine  ToT- Train the Trainers in OPCW head quarters in the Hague 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice (2013-…….  Annual SP international basic and advanced courses New international / regional training courses  Belarus  Poland  2014  Qatar 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) International trainings 08 June YearNumber of events Region / Number of Participants GRULACAsiaAfricaEEG WEOGTotal

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Number of participants in international training courses per region

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  National training courses - Improvement of existing emergency response systems long terms projects  With support from MS  Colombia with support from Sweden  With TS support enriched by external experts  Qatar in preparation for 15 th Asian Games  Perú in preparation for APEC, and Latin America- EU summits  Sri Lanka  Mexico in preparation for Pan-American Games, and for the G20 Summit  Poland in preparation for EURO June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( )  Increase in the regional projects  Central Asia project with Switzerland support  North Africa with the support from EU  East Africa with support from Czech Republic and UK  West Africa (English Speacking) with support of Switzerland and Norway  West Africa (french speacking) with the support of Norway and Serbia  Southern Africa with the support of Norway, and the technical support of SA  Caribbean Team with the support of UK – in preparation of Cricket World Cup 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) 08 June  Regional Workshops for coordination of assistance under article X  2007 Malaysia  2008 Slovakia  2010 Ethiopia, Peru  2011 China, Chile  2013 Mozambique, Qatar, Argentina

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) 08 June  Workshops for coordination of assistance under article X  2006 Ukraine  2008 Czech Republic  2009 Qatar  2011 The Hague  2012 Tivat, Montenegro  2013 The Hague

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) 08 June  Projects for exchanging of equipment  Due to the several request the TS start a project to exchange equipment from donor countries to recipient countries  Sweden  Switzerland

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Provision of expert advice ( ) 08 June Workshops for discussing training programmes Workshops for discussing training programmes  Slovakia 2005

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons The challenges of the projects: Tracking the participants Tracking the participants Train of Trainers Train of Trainers  The challenges of the projects of regional emergency response capacity building training  Keep the same elements of the teams  How are the OPCW trainees used at national or regional level to improve the capacity building  Regional networking 08 June Provision of expert advice challenges

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons The challenges of the projects:  Equipment available in the countries  (compatibility, liability, life time etc....)  Training of first responders responsible in dealing with new challenges in a new multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment  Bringing together trainees from various agencies, e.g, emergency situation, defense, interior and helping them work with each other 08 June Provision of expert advice challenges

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons The opportunities of the projects:  Getting to know the neighboring countries and their capacity and performance in mitigation of chemical disaster or attack  Familiarising themselves with capabilities of each other and working together to supplement each other  Cooperating with international organisations such as OPCW  Participating in regional and international exercises 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons Implementation of Article X of CWC  OPCW preparedness to respond to a request of assistance in case of use or threat of use of CW 08 June

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons  Assistance provided by the SP under paragraph 7 of article X  ACAT Assistance Coordination and Assessment Team  QE- qualified expert  Cooperation with other international organisations involved in the delivery of assistance  Exercises and lessons learned 08 June OPCW preparedness to respond to a request for assistance in case of use or threat of use of CW

Working together for a world free of chemical weapons  QUESTIONS??? 08 June