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RACVIAC Members
Members:
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria*
Croatia
former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia**
Greece
Montenegro
Romania
Serbia
Turkey
Observers:
Canada
Moldova
Poland
Slovakia
Ukraine
United States
RACVIAC in figures
• Budget: 600,000.00
• Staff:
countries
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RACVIAC Steering Body
Associate
members:
Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
29 staff members seconded from10
By the end of 2011 RACVIAC have hosted more
than 8500 participants and lecturers in 277
activities.
The Multinational Advisory Group (MAG) is the
steering committee to RACVIAC, composed of
representatives from Members, Associate
Members and Observers.
* Bulgaria didn't signed the new Agreement on RACVIAC yet
** Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional
name
RACVIAC
Partners
RACVIAC
Stari hrast 53
10437 Bestovje
Croatia
Tel: +385 1 3330 803
Fax: +385 1 3330 809
E-mail: info@racviac.org
www: racviac.org
April 2012
CENTRE
FOR
SECURITY
COOPERATION
… fostering dialogue and cooperation
in South East Europe

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
RACVIAC - Centre for Security Cooperation, established
back in 2000 as the Regional Arms Control Verification and
Implementation Assistance Centre, is an independent,
international, non-profit, regionally owned, academic
organization with the mission to foster dialogue and
cooperation on security matters in South East Europe.
Tailored to the needs of the region, situated in the region
and comprising presonnel from the countires of the
region, RACVIAC perfectly embodies the expression
“regional ownership” .
As a premier platform for dialogue on security
cooperation, RACVIAC contributes to openness,
transparency and predictability in the region by
encouraging exchanges of information, views and ideas.
PROGRAMME
RACVIAC’s annual programme of activities includes up to
30 activities: seminars, training courses, workshops,
conferences, roundtables, meetings and a number of
other extracurricular activities. In order to fulfill its mission
and to implement its strategic objectives, RACVIAC
maintains its current structure with three pillars:
• Cooperative Security Environment with focus on
Arms Control
• Security Sector Reform
• International and Regional Cooperation with
focus on European and Euro - Atlantic Integration.
SSR Pillar
The scope of activities of this specific programme
domain is characterized by the permanent adaptation of
Security Sector Reform solutions to changing security
challenges and needs of the countries from the region.
The SSR Pillar focuses on four main programme areas:
• Defence Resources Management
• Compatibility and Regional Cooperation:
Promoting NATO Smart defence / Pooling and
Sharing
• Democratic Oversight and Accountability
• Human Rights, Civil Society
The new Agreement on RACVIAC and the adopted
Strategy 2012-2015 enable the Centre to capitalize from
the progress and achievements made so far, endowing it
at the same time with sufficient capacity, flexibility and
credibility to address new challenges and respond to the
changing security needs of the region in a timely manner.
CSE Pillar
The Cooperative Security Environment with focus on
Arms Control Pillar has developed into a veritable regional
forum for cooperation and dialogue on a variety of
security issues. It has continued to be a unique pillar and
the only structure of this kind in the region focused
exclusively on arms control. The CSE Pillar has spared no
effort to foster trust and cooperation among security
forces in the region and beyond.
CSE Pillar focuses mainly on:
• Arms Control treaties and agreements
• Implications and the role of Arms Control Policy aimed
at confidence and security building
• Regional aspects of Arms Control in SEE.
• Physical Security and Stock Pile Management.
IRC Pillar
International and Regional Cooperation with focus on
European and Euro - Atlantic Integration Pillar has
focused its scope of activities from mainly regional
security cooperation issues to broader politico-military
issues of Euro-Atlantic integration in accordance with
the RACVIAC Strategy paper.
Programme area of this pillar focuses on:
• Euro-Atlantic Integration
• European Integration
• Cooperation with international and regional
organizations
• Emerging security challenges.
RACVIAC
- Centre for Security Cooperation
... fostering dialogue and cooperation in SEE