According to this article, the director of the Seychellois Division of Risk and Disaster Management (DRDM) Paul Labaleine defined the two-day table-top exercise organised by the CRIMARIO project to test the country’s response capabilities to oil spill pollution as “the most intense ever undertaken”. He remarked that apart from the exercise, the event also consisted…
Crisis management exercises are regularly conducted by Seychelles maritime authorities, with the support of international organisations, namely European Union. The European Union is particularly involved in strengthening the maritime security in the Indian Ocean with EUNAVFOR Atalanta operation (European Navy vessels patrolling and monitoring the IO waters), and the Critical Maritime Routes programme, including the…
Further cooperation on maritime security in the western Indian Ocean area was discussed between members of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretariat and staff from the EU Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO). The talk focused on cooperation with Member States to enhance information sharing in the region. They also discussed an EU-funded project to develop…
The social networks are the best way to enhance the visibility of project activities and relay information related to maritime security issues. The EU CRIMARIO Project has opened new accounts on the two of the most visited social media: Twitter and LinkedIn. The two pages will allow the readers to be updated with the…
EUNAVFOR coordinated a fruitful meeting at its headquarters in Northwood (UK), where MSCHOA, IOC/MASE and CRIMARIO discussed possible synergies and shared their views in capacity building activities, to strengthen maritime security in the Indian Ocean. The respective teams agreed to establish permanent and regular exchanges, share their working plans and develop common training activities.
In the framework of the CRIMARIO project, a new training session was held in Mombasa from 25 to 29 April, to promote the culture of maritime situational awareness with a focus on information sharing and capacity building in maritime data analysis. During the course twenty-six participants from Kenya and coastal countries of Indian Ocean (Comoros, Madagascar,…
