
Christine Beeck
Phone: +49 228 91196-55
E-Mail: christine.beeck(at)bicc.de
Key expertise
Christine Beeck's expertise encompasses the control of small arms and light weapons (SALW), disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), as well as experience in the editing and writing of SALW control training modules for capacity-training purposes.
(Academic) education / CV:
MA in International Conflict Analysis (2000); BA in European Studies (1999).
2001–2003 various voluntary research & consultancy positions (Handicap International Germany, Mines Action Canada, DECOSAC Project (Development Cooperation and Small Arms Control) at German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Osaka, Japan).
2003–2004 Consultant based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (for BICC, Small Arms Survey (SAS), and EU ASAC (EU Assistance on Curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons in Cambodia).
2004–2007 Executive Editor, Project Leader and Researcher at BICC (TRESA, DDR in Aceh, surplus military small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Germany and the drawing up of a training module on the issue of marking and tracing of conventional SALW and their ammunition).
2008 IIGEP (International Independent Group of Eminent Persons) Project Manager for International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2010 and 2011 Research Consultant for Saferworld, UK.
Recent Publications:
List of publications (pdf)Projects:
- An analysis of the implementation of DD&R in Aceh Province, Indonesia
- Supporting small arms and light weapons (SALW) control in Africa
- Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa
- Marking and tracing of small arms and light weapons
- TRESA – Training and Education on Small Arms
- Small Arms Control