Maritime domain awareness
Third SHARE.IT Interoperability Conference: presenting the latest technological developments and formalising the community, to strengthening maritime security through fast communication
Between the 21st and 24th of November, 48 directors, officials, and technical experts from the regional and national Information Sharing and Information Fusion Centres in the Indo-Pacific met in Bangkok for the 3rd SHARE.IT Conference, to discuss progress and future...
Somaliland Coast Guards join the IORIS community
Between the 4th and the 9th of November, CRIMARIO provided IORIS training to the Somaliland Coast Guard for the first time. Seventeen officials participated in the Foundation and Advanced courses, learning how to use the IORIS Platform, to communicate with other...
CRIMARIO in Cape Town to participate to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) High Level meeting
Between the 24 and the 26 of October, CRIMARIO II participated in the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) High-Level meeting on the implementation of the Jeddah Amendment to the DCoC, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa. During the meeting, which saw the...
Re-enforcing regional governance through IORIS for safety and security at sea in the Indo-Pacific region.
Over 80 officials from 21 African countries, across Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America, together with European partners, participated in the first IORIS Steering Committee Policy Board and Working Group Meetings in the past few days (16-18 October) in Nairobi....
Common Standard for the enhancement of Maritime Security and Safety in the Indo-Pacific region
CRIMARIO II organised a workshop (9-13 Oct 2023) to test the effectiveness of the IORIS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), developed to enhance maritime security and safety in the Indo-Pacific region. During the course IORIS, the neutral and secure maritime...
Maritime Security: EU updates Strategy to safeguard maritime domain against new threats
On the 10th of March, the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy to ensure a peaceful use of the seas and safeguard the maritime domain against new threats. They have also adopted an...
Improving maritime law enforcement through forensic diving training
A truly international team met between the 3rd and the 13th of January in Maldives for a Forensics diving course which was organised by CRIMARIO II, in collaboration with the French National Gendarmerie (CNING Centre National d’Instruction Nautique de la...
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...
India-EU Workshop on MDA and Interoperability
On 8 December 2021, over 150 participants from India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh attended the joint India-EU MDA & interoperability workshop hosted by CRIMARIO and IFC-IOR. The event was opened by Mr Seppo Nurmi, Deputy Head of EU Delegation to India &...
Participate in CRIMARIO webinars series #1
Now that the Inception Phase drawing to a close, EU CRIMARIO II is organising a series of webinars for decision-makers, maritime experts and managers of maritime centres of the Western Indian Ocean countries. South and Southeast Asia target audiences will be...
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...
EU CRIMARIO, an active stakeholder of the amended Djibouti Code of Conduct
CRIMARIO participated in recent meetings organised by IMO under the Djibouti Code of Conduct amended in Jeddah named DCoC (JA): on 14-15 October to DCoC Coordination Committee and Regional Capacity Building Coordination Working Group, held in Djibouti, at DRTC; on...