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Two regional maritime centres conduct simulation exercise
Olivier Bézier, CRIMARIO Training and Capacity Building component manager, organized and conducted a Command Post Exercise (CPX) focused in drug trafficking to the primary benefit of RMIFC in Antananarivo and RCOC in Mahé. A third player joined the exercise, Mauritius...[Video] IORIS a secure platform for maritime information sharing in the Indian Ocean region
IORIS, a secure web platform for information sharing, collaboration and incident management at sea is fully operational and utilised by 2 regional maritime centres (RMIFC & RCOC), 5 western Indian Ocean countries, and the membership is growing daily. The duplicate...[Video] Skills achieved during Maritime Data Analysis training
This video illustrates the skills achieved during the maritime data processing training cycle (MDP) delivered in Mombasa, Kenya by EU CRIMARIO in 2018-2019. Olivier Bézier, CRIMARIO training and capacity building component manager, introduces the whole training cycle...
Training in maritime analysis contributes to a better surveillance at sea
CRIMARIO organised the final session of the training cycle dedicated to maritime data analysis for 14 participants of Kenya, Madagascar and Seychelles (13-23 May, Mombasa, Kenya). The EU CRIMARIO project has designed a complete training programme on maritime data...
CGPCS meetings in Copenhagen and Mauritius
CRIMARIO team was present at both CGPCS meetings: Marianne Péron-Doise, political advisor, attended the “Friends of the Chair strategy meeting” from 27 to 28 May 2019 in Copenhagen; François-Régis Cloup-Mandavialle, project coordinator, attended the plenary session in...
Maritime information sharing in the core of Jeddah amendment of the Djibouti Code of conduct
François-Régis Cloup Mandavialle and David Nattrass attended the high level workshop on the implementation of the Jeddah amendment to Djibouti code of conduct, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 23 to 25 April 2019. This workshop entitled “Addressing Maritime Security...
IORIS at the Comoros Maritime Information Center
From April 29 to May 2, 2019, Olivier Bézier organized and conducted training session for some twenty officers of the new National Maritime Information Fusion Centre of the Union of the Comoros. The session included a practical module on the law of the sea, and basic...
Seychelles & Mauritius: certified analysts in the maritime domain
Mauritius and Seychelles are achieving the full programme in maritime data analysis. The previous sessions were delivered in 2018 (May, June and October 2018); this fourth and final session was attended by the 14 participants who successfully completed the test...
Validation of the IORIS transfer of ownership to IOC
The IORIS platform has been designed to become the primary tool for information sharing and event management at sea among the coastal countries of the Indian Ocean Region. From the beginning, the European CRIMARIO project has focused on ownership and management of the...
Crimario at 1st EU-India conference on maritime security
On the 7-8 February, Marianne Péron-Doise, CRIMARIO strategic advisor, took part to a 1,5 track EU-India conference on maritime security organized by the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) and the National Maritime Foundation with the support of...
IORIS successfully used during Cutlass Express exercise
Cutlass Express (CE19) was the first and timely opportunity for IORIS to be used on a regional scale (Indian Ocean wide) during a maritime exercise. Cutlass Express is an annual maritime exercise sponsored and conducted by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The nine-day...
CRIMARIO meets Eastern Africa Standby Force
During the summit of the Blue Economy in Nairobi, the CRIMARIO team led by Admiral François-Régis Cloup-Mandavialle and Glen Forbes, Principal from Oceanus, visited the planning headquarters of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) in order to explore opportunity of...
Crisis management exercise with IORIS
Short crisis management exercie organised after the IORIS train the trainer course, with RMIFC and Comorian maritime specialists, on 17-18 December 2018. CRIMARIO carried out a train-the-trainers course on IORIS web-based platform, in Antananarivo (December 17-18) for...