Indian ocean
UN anti-drug body to return to Seychelles
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will reestablish its presence in Seychelles as of April, while the island nation will increase cooperation with the U.N. body, said the office’s new Eastern Africa representative. Amado Philip de Andrés made these...
CTF 150 nets an enormous drugs haul in the Indian Ocean
International assets from Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), teamed up in a counter drugs operation in the Indian Ocean on January 24, 2018, seizing 834 bags of heroin weighing 915 kilograms. This is the fourth confiscation of...
Indian Ocean Commission chairs the CGPCS
The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) succeeds the Republic of Seychelles as the Chair of the CGPCS. Ambassador Barry Faure, Secretary of State of Seychelles and Chairperson-in-Office of the Contact Group, symbolically passed the baton to the IOC Presidency, represented...
Seychelles, India sign new version of Assumption Island military deal
Seychelles and India signed a 20-year agreement on Saturday that will enable the construction of military infrastructures on Assumption Island. The agreement was signed for the second time after revisions were made to the previous one that the Secretary of State in...
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...
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...
Clarification meeting in Seychelles prior to start coding IORIS
Before starting the coding of IORIS, clarification meetings were held in Seychelles on 23-24 November to discuss the possible amendments, taking into consideration the latest technical requirements of the regional stakeholders. Fruitful discussions were held with both...
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...
A new session within the training in data analysis
The EU CRIMARIO project, in collaboration with RMIFC, is continuing its training programme in visualization and analysis of maritime data. From 11 to 22 September 2017, in Antananarivo, 31 specialists of Comoros and Madagascar, belonging to administrations and...
The course on maritime domain analysis starts in Antananarivo
CRIMARIO starts a new training on maritime data analysis. The first course is delivered in Antananarivo (Madagascar) from 24 July to 4 August 2017 for 28 participants from Comoros and Madagascar. The future analysts will deepen their knowledge of maritime domain and...
Recruiting expertise for AIS network implementation in Comoros
Expertise France, implementing agency of CRIMARIO, is recruiting a short term expert. Details on Expertise France website. CRIMARIO is supporting the Union of Comoros in its will to establish a national terrestrial AIS network which data would be shared regionally. ...
Blue Economy course starts July 2017
The Commonwealth of Learning, in collaboration with the University of Seychelles’ James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute, is offering a free online course on the Blue Economy. The course, titled “Understanding the Blue Economy,” is aimed at individuals new to...
India, Mauritius to firm up coop in maritime security
NEW DELHI, May 27: India announced a USD 500 million line of credit to Mauritius as the two countries decided to firm up cooperation in the field of maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. The two sides signed a maritime security agreement after extensive talks...