This Guide addresses countries that wish to start improving their approaches to and practices of arms and ammunition management and are at relatively early stages of improvement. The current version of the Starter Guide will be developed further this year.

The “Starter Guide towards strong Arms and Ammunition Management Practices” was jointly developed by the following institutions:

 
• Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC),  
• Bundeswehr Verification Center, 
• US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), 
• The HALO Trust, 
• Mines Advisory Group (MAG), 
• Small Arms Survey, 
• United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and 
• United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).