Training
Activities and achievements of EU CRIMARIO are published
This bilingual leaflet sums up the activities and achievements of the EU CRIMARIO project, for the period 2015-2019. EU CRIMARIO achievements – Réalisations de CRIMARIO from CRIMARIO Project
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...
Boost for blue economy as President Kenyatta commissions Bandari Maritime Academy
Nairobi, 8 July 2019 – Kenya’s efforts to position the blue economy sector as a key driver of the country’s transformation today received a major boost with the commissioning of the Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa County. President Kenyatta led...
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...
Cutlass Express 2019 Comes to a Close
PEMBA, Mosambique — Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, and the United States concluded the eighth iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2019, Feb. 7. The conclusion of Cutlass Express brought several...
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...
Training in Comoros: how the shipping works?
The Union of Comoros is committed to strengthen the security and safety of maritime areas under its jurisdiction and adjacent international maritime areas. The EU CRIMARIO project supports the coastal states of the western Indian Ocean to enhance their maritime domain...
How to analyse the maritime domain?
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 today in Mombasa by the two-weeks training session...
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...
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...
Kenya specialists trained on PELAGUS software
From 13 to 17 November 2017, ten operational specialists of Kenya were trained on PELAGUS software, aimed at managing a National AIS network. This capacity building exercise is part of the CRIMARIO technical assistance provided for Kenya in order to implement their...