Indian ocean
5th steering committee of MASE on maritime security
Le programme MASE est le programme régional de promotion de la sécurité maritime dans la région de l’Afrique orientale et australe et de l’océan Indien (AfOA-OI). Ce programme, financé par l’Union européenne, est mis en œuvre par l’Autorité intergouvernementale pour...
What skills acquired in maritime data visualisation ?
Twelve trainees, 7 Malagasy and 5 Comorians, have finished a 7 week on-site training which was broken down into three training periods during a 6 month period (October 2016 to March 2017). In between the two first sessions, the students followed an additional 1 month...
Seychelles & Kenya enhance cooperation in information sharing
NAIROBI, 6 April 2017 (PSCU) – Seychelles President Danny Faure flew home from Nairobi today after a three-day State visit that triggered landmark agreement with Kenya ranging from fisheries to aviation. […] In fisheries, Kenya and Seychelles agreed to enhance...
Future trainers to monitor the maritime domain
Effective maritime surveillance is one of the keys to safety and security at sea, as recalled in the recent and tragic piracy attack off the coast of Somalia. Competent teams are required for analysing the data and information continuously transmitted from many...
Visualising maritime data in Madagascar
Every day thousands of maritime data are collected and stored from various sources, but they need to be selected, shared and formatted for being understandable and become a genuine maritime surveillance tool. With the EU CRIMARIO project, with the collaboration of the...
CGPCS working group meets in Dar es Salam
A meeting of the CGPCS Working Group 1, dedicated to regional capacity building, was held in Dar es Salam on 9 November 2016. This group focuses upon the Indian Ocean region and is charged to identify capacity building needs and offer at the regional level. The...
Ex-Seychelles president has bigger fish to fry now
It may be a small country with a population of just under one million but Seychelles reckons it can punch above its weight in the international arena by leading the way in what is called the “blue economy”. The notion, apt for an island nation, refers to...
Audit of the maritime information system
Olivier Bézier, responsible of Training component, carried out an audit of the information system of Comoros maritime agencies. Following the request of ANAM (National Agency of Maritime Affairs), he modernised the databases for registering and managing flag vessels...
In Comoros, special focus on coordination of State action at sea
During two days (30 November – 1 December 2016), CRIMARIO facilitated a workshop dedicated to interagency cooperation in the Comoros maritime domain. The high level participants (Maritime Affairs, Coast Guard, Civil Security, Port authorities and shipping...