Friends of the Gulf of Guinea examine how to improve maritime security
The G7 Group of Friends of the Gulf of Guinea (G7++ FoGG) plenary session took place virtually from December 1 to 3, 2020, under the co-presidency of Gabon and the USA (online video). It brought together more than 80 participants from the Gulf of Guinea including...
A pool of trainers introduced to TESS, the online learning management system of the Yaoundé Architecture
From May 11th to 14th, about twenty participants (GoGIN team, ICC, CRESMAO, CRESMAC and ARSTM representatives) have been introduced and trained on the initial version of the online learning management system TESS. The session was conducted by Edouardo Perdido from the...
Pool of trainers initiated to YARIS, the maritime information sharing platform of Yaoundé architecture
From May 4th to 7th, approximately twenty participants (GoGIN team and ICC, CRESMAO, CRESMAC and ARSTM representatives) have been introduced and trained on the first version of the YARIS platform. The session was conducted by Fernando Alves from the...
Workshop : How to build regional training capacity for maritime law enforcement?
The GoGIN project, represented by Bertrand Demez and Eric Glotin, participated in the workshop “Building a sustainable regional training capacity for maritime law enforcement”, co-organised by Interpol, the UNODC, and the US State Department (Accra, 25 to 28 February...
Detect illegal activities at sea with maritime domain awareness
[Douala – February 28th] A course on maritime domain awareness (MDA – Maritime Domain Awareness) was carried out from February 24 to 28, 2020 by the European project GoGIN in collaboration with the multinational coordination center-zone D in Douala (MMCC zone D)...
Training : Crisis response in Cape Verde
The GoGIN team organised a complete crisis management exercise in Cape Verde from 4 to 12 December 2019 in collaboration with the coast guard of Cape Verde. This first collaboration with the Cape Verde authorities enabled work with thirty participants from 8...
Ghana : Towards improved maritime domain awareness
A course on Maritime Domaine Awareness (MDA) was given within the premises of the multinational coordination centre- zone F (MMCC zone F) in Accra from November 16th-30th, 2019. Led by GoGIN and carried out in close collaboration with the ICC and CRESMAO training...
Accreditation of pool of specialists to secure the waters of the Gulf of Guinea
Abidjan, 23 October 2019 – Twenty seven professionals from the maritime sector from 9 countries in the Gulf of Guinea have recently successfully completed a 2 month training programme in maritime safety and security. The training was delivered by the ISMI...
Guinean authorities determined to secure the governance of their maritime space
With the extension of the legal evaluation mission carried out in Guinea in May 2019, a team from the GoGIN project and centres from the Yaoundé Architecture went to Conakry from 22 to 27 September 2019 to respond to the maritime prefecture’s proposals. The GoGIN team...
Oil spill pollution : maritime agencies of Benin train to fight
At the request of Benin, and under the auspice of the Yaoundé architecture, GoGIN, in collaboration with GI WACAF, organized a national level training exercise on the fight against oil spill between 25 June and 4 July. Articulated in three phases (theoretical...