Project News
The IORIS training curriculum is running
IORIS, the web-based platform for information sharing and incident management at sea, is operational from 1st July 2018. A specific curriculum has been designed by EU CRIMARIO in order to both have a pool of trainers and skilled teams in the partner organisations and...
CRIMARIO-MASE: a win-win partnership
Objectives of CRIMARIO The EU project CRIMARIO, funded (5,5M€) by the Direction General of International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) of the European Commission within the Critical Maritimes Routes programme initiated in January 2015, is dedicated to the...
Success of IORIS inauguration in Seychelles
On 3-4 September 2018 in Mahé (Seychelles), more than 60 senior officials from 20 Indian Ocean countries and international organisations discussed the added value of the IORIS web-based platform, its operationalisation and its future regional governance. Initiated by...
IORIS, Indian Ocean Regional Information Sharing platform, operational
Version 1.0 of IORIS operational 1st July 2018! Initiated by EU CRIMARIO project, the new secure information sharing and incident management tool will enable member countries to set up a collaborative working environment to improve the understanding of the maritime...
Maritime security conference in Mauritius
The 28th and 29th of April represented a historical moment for the Indian Ocean countries: indeed, 5 of them (Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Djibouti) signed two intergovernmental agreements, one on maritime information sharing, the latter on...
State of Maritime Piracy 2017
Rizal Suma, Ambassador of Indonesia in London, introduced the conference by recalling the importance of the sea not only for his country, vast archipelago State, but for the world. He announced that the next annual Our Ocean’s Conference will be held in Bali, next...
First training on IORIS, the platform for incident management at sea
The EU CRIMARIO project supports the design and implementation of IORIS, the regional platform for information sharing and incident management in the Indian Ocean. To prepare the launch of IORIS, the first training was held in Seychelles on 16-18 April 2018, to...
CRIMARIO at ESDC course
The European Security and Defence College (ESDC) offers around 100 training and education opportunities per year. Training audiences comprise experts from EU Member States and EU institutions as well as personnel selected for or deployed in CSDP missions and...
Kenya & Madagascar specialists trained in data visualisation
A new session of the “Maritime Data Processing” programme was delivered in Mombasa (Kenya) from 25 March to 6 April 2018. Following the first level session, this session (MDP4 level 2) deepened the skills in maritime data visualisation. Participants...
In Kenya, CRIMARIO trains how to visualise the events at sea
The development of the blue economy requires the control of crimes and incidents at sea. As a response, the EU CRIMARIO project advocates regional cooperation and interagency coordination, which are illustrated by this new training session dedicated to maritime data...
Development of IORIS platform in progress
The development of the IORIS platform is on schedule for April 2018 after the review made by the CRIMARIO team (David Nattrass and Olivier Bézier) with Polymorph developers on 6th February in UK. The official launch will be preceded by the first ‘Train the Trainer’...
Madagascar & Comoros’ civil servants reached a good command of maritime English
The European CRIMARIO project continues its capacity building programme to the benefit of coastal states of Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (ESA-IO), committed in establishing the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC). From 15 to 19...
Des fonctionnaires de Madagascar et des Comores maîtrisent l’anglais maritime
Le projet européen CRIMARIO poursuit son programme de renforcement des capacités au profit des États côtiers de l’Afrique Orientale, Australe et Océan Indien (AfOA-OI) engagés dans la constitution du Centre Régional de Fusion d’Informations Maritimes (CRFIM). Du 15 au...