Cooperation
France and Kenya sign two regional maritime security agreements
On the sidelines of the Sustainable Blue Economy International Conference held in Nairobi, France and Kenya have signed two regional maritime security agreements of which Comoros, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles are signatories. November 28th, 2018,...
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...
CRIMARIO strengthens the Kenyan AIS network
The AIS network of Kenya will benefit from equipment provision, installation and maintenance provided by EU CRIMARIO. The final timeline was agreed on 3rd September beside the IORIS inauguration, for a complete set-up by end of May 2019. During a side meeting held at...
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...
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...
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’...
Stronger maritime cooperation in Madagascar & Comoros
On 27 October 2017, in Antanarivo (Madagascar), the Prime Minister of Madagascar chaired the closing ceremony of the CRIMARIO last training session and the signing ceremony of maritime information sharing agreements between the MIFC (Maritime Fusion Centre of...
Djibouti Code of conduct broadened to maritime illicit activities
An international agreement (the Djibouti Code of Conduct) that has been instrumental in repressing piracy and armed robbery against ships in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden has seen its scope significantly broadened to cover other illicit maritime...