Project News
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...
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...
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...
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...