The overall framework for the Working Table is "Security Sector Reform". On the basis of the Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Security Sector Reform York University Centre for International Security Studies in Canada has prepared an Inventory and Gaps Analysis with the double aim of obtaining a clearer picture of the security sector reform activity in the region and determining gaps where Stability Pact can be of added value.

An important output of the Research carried out by the York University has been the creation of an Inventory of Security Sector Reform initiatives in South Eastern Europe. This database, currently containing information on roughly 500 initiatives, can be found at http://ssr.yciss.yorku.ca/ .

The main objective of this inventory is to encourage transparency and information-sharing in security sector reform, and to provide an accessible decision-making tool for those countries and international organizations involved in this process.

In line with the aim of contributing to the building up of confidence and security in the region the Working Table III interacts with various international organisations. Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Center (RACVIAC) that was established in Zagreb on October 22, 2000, as a Stability Pact Quick Start Project is especially important in this regard.

SECI Center for Fighting Transborder Crime is another regional organisation that the Working Table III has close links with. This relationship is enhanced with Dr Erhard Busek's position of coordinator of both SECI and the Stability Pact.

The regional countries jointly condemned the terrorist attacks in the US during a Stability Pact meeting in Budapest, on 21 September 2001. The Stability Pact has then facilitated the Declaration on the Contribution of the Countries of South Eastern Europe to the International Fight against Terrorism, also known as the Bucharest Anti Terrorism Declaration, dated 26 October 2001.