Information Sharing
For INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY we interviewed Marianne Peron-Doise, Political Adviser for CRIMARIO II project
What are today the greatest common challenges in maritime security? By far the most problematic source of maritime insecurity for States is the phenomenon of obstacles to the freedom of the seas. I would add that the most commonly cited risks and threats at sea, such...
Maritime agencies from the Horn of Africa and ATALANTA together to enhance maritime security
For the first time ever the Yemen Maritime Affairs Authority, the Somali Maritime Administration (Mogadishu), the Puntland Maritime Police Force, the Somaliland Coast Guard and the Djibouti Coast Guard coordinated their joint actions on maritime security and...
Palau and the Philippines test their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to respond to simulated incidents at sea using IORIS
On the 21 and 22 of February maritime agencies from Palau and the Philippines joined a tabletop / command post exercise using IORIS, a secure and neutral, web-based maritime coordination and information-sharing tool for national and regional multi-agency use developed...
SHARE.IT: a structured, secure, fast means of communication to strengthening maritime security
From 16 to 20 January 2023, directors, officers, and technical experts from the main Information Fusion Centres (IFC) in Singapore, Madagascar, Peru, Vanuatu, India met in Bangkok and online for the 2nd SHARE.IT Interoperability Framework Conference to discuss how to...
Fighting maritime threats through the IORIS platform
On the 6 and 7 December, more than 80 senior officials from 20 countries across the Indo Pacific met in Mahé, to discuss how IORIS, a neural and secure web-based communications tool, could be used to exchange information and respond effectively to maritime security...
Madagascar: IORIS platform users strengthen their know-how
The CFIM (Maritime Information Fusion Center), brings together the State authorities involved at sea (Naval Forces, Port Authorities, Search and Rescue Centre, Fisheries Surveillance, Environment, Gendarmerie, Police, Customs, etc.). Created in 2015 under the...
CRIMARIO Launches in South Asia with National Maritime Foundation
CRIMARIO is launching itself remotely by region and was fortunate enough to be welcomed to South Asia through a webinar co-organised with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) through the lead and moderation of Vice Admiral (Retd) Pradeep Chauhan. The webinar, which...
IFC Singapore and EU CRIMARIO discuss maritime information sharing in Indian Ocean and Asia
The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) based in Changi, Singapore and EU CRIMARIO II project organised a first, productive, video-conference on the 30th June 2020, with a view to presenting briefs on their respective mission and objectives, and information-sharing tools...
CRIMARIO paves the way to CRIMARIO II
Mombasa 17 December 2019: the EU CRIMARIO project shared its achievements and concrete contribution to a better maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean during a 2-day workshop organised to mark the project closing. Senior speakers were invited to discuss...[VIDEO] IORIS 2.0 in action during maritime exercice
Video shot at RMIFC (Madagascar) and RCOC (Seychelles) during the recent Cutlass Express exercice, led by US Navy in the western Indian Ocean (November 2019). Learn more about the utilisation of IORIS platform for maritime information sharing and incident management...
IORIS v 2.0 is available
IORIS (Indian Ocean Regional Information Sharing) platform is the web-based communications tool for regional and national multi-agency use. Its primary functions are dictated by the role of the specific centre. For example, for a regional operational and coordination...
EU, India discussing maritime security in the Indian Ocean
Maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region has been identified as a key topic to be developed through a new track 1,5 dialogue conducted between the European Union and India, with the National Maritime Foundation acting as the leading interlocutor on the Indian...
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