On 18 November 2021, UNREC participated in the CRSV MARA Working Group monthly meeting organised by the Women’s Protection Adviser of MINUSMA. UNREC exchanged with the DPO’s CRSV Team in the Policy and Best Practices Service of DPET on the new policy for preventing and responding to CRSV in field missions. UNREC debriefed on its work with the gender and SALW control project in CAR and encouraged participants to consider the links between small arms proliferation and misuse and CRSV.

On 18 November 2021, UNREC received the President of the NGO Groupe de Travail Femmes, Jeunes, Paix et Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel (GTFJPSAOS)/TOGO who expressed the desire to receive UNREC technical support to develop and implement gender sensitive peace education and disarmament projects.

On 16 November 2021, UNREC held a working session with Plan International requesting UNREC support to draft and submit an application to the UNSCAR call for proposals.

On 11 November 2021, UNREC presented on the gender and small arms control project during the second Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting organised by UNMAS in collaboration with the DRC’s National Commission on SALW.

On 5 November 2021, UNREC took part in the Security Management Team (SMT) in Togo.

Still on 27 October 2021, UNREC participated in a Town Hall of the UNCT in the host-country to mark the 2021 edition of the UN.

On 27 October 2021, UNREC took part in a meeting hosted by CAB which was also attended by other Regional Centres, to brainstorm on possibilities for a successor process to the EUfunded project on gender mainstreaming in arms control.

On 25 October 2021, UNREC held a meeting with CAB concerning a project to develop WAM training materials for the UN peace operations, which UNODA manages in cooperation with DPO and AMAT. UNREC has agreed to host the pilot workshop in Lomé, which tentatively is scheduled to take place from 24 to 26 November.