Article 1
1. With a view to the implementation of the EU SALW Strategy, the purpose of this Decision is to address armed violence in the Americas. To that effect, the Union shall finance the project described in the Annex, the aim of which is to counter the proliferation of and illicit trafficking in firearms and munitions, and preventing engagement with firearms in highly impacted communities. 2. Pursuant to paragraph 1, the objectives of this Decision are the following: (a) to strengthen the National Firearms Regulatory Framework, considering international normative and good practices; (b) to improve the operational capacity of national authorities to mark, trace, store, and destroy firearms; (c) to optimise small arms control through the use of the Regional Communication Mechanism on Licit Transfers of Firearms and Ammunition (MCTA); (d) to strengthen community resilience to gun violence and reduce access to illicit/and or unwanted firearms; (e) to develop a Central American Firearms Roadmap to equip the countries with a practical and management tool through a regional, coordinated, and evidence based approach. 3. A detailed description of the project is set out in the Annex to this Decision.