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Page 1: EN · Brussels, 16 March 2016 (OR. en) 7158/16 COAFR 76 ACP 43 CFSP/PESC 223 RELEX 191 COVER NOTE From: Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU,

7158/16 DZ/ln DG C 1 EN

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 16 March 2016 (OR. en)

7158/16

COAFR 76 ACP 43 CFSP/PESC 223 RELEX 191

COVER NOTE From: Secretary-General of the European Commission,

signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director date of receipt: 15 March 2016 To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of

the European Union No. Cion doc.: SWD(2016) 67 final Subject: JOINT STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

- First implementation report on the EU Gulf of Guinea Action Plan 2015-2020

Delegations will find attached document SWD(2016) 67 final.

Encl.: SWD(2016) 67 final

097129/EU XXV. GPEingelangt am 16/03/16

www.parlament.gv.at

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EN EN

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION FOR

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY

Brussels, 15.3.2016 SWD(2016) 67 final

JOINT STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

First implementation report on the EU Gulf of Guinea Action Plan 2015-2020

www.parlament.gv.at

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2

Firs

t im

plem

enta

tion

repo

rt o

n th

e E

U G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

Act

ion

Plan

201

5-20

20

Rega

rdin

g ac

tions

that

con

cern

s the

m, M

embe

r Sta

tes c

ontri

bute

d to

this

tabl

e, d

iscus

sed

in C

OAF

R on

27

Janu

ary

2016

SUM

MA

RY

OF

PRO

POSE

D F

IEL

DS

OF

AC

TIO

N

Ove

rall

Obj

ectiv

e: S

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent o

f Wes

t and

Cen

tral

Afr

ican

coa

stal

Sta

tes’

eco

nom

ies b

y pr

omot

ing

the

sign

ifica

nce

of a

wel

l-go

vern

ed, s

afe

and

secu

re m

ariti

me

sect

or.

Obj

ectiv

es

Exp

ecte

d R

esul

ts

Tim

elin

e1

1. A

n im

prov

ed c

omm

on

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

scal

e of

th

e th

reat

, and

the

need

to

addr

ess i

t am

ong

the

coun

trie

s in

the

regi

on a

nd th

e in

tern

atio

nal c

omm

unity

1.1

Bila

tera

l dia

logu

es w

ith E

CO

WA

S, E

CC

AS,

GG

C, A

fric

an U

nion

, and

N

atio

nal g

over

nmen

ts

I

1.2

Reg

ular

repo

rting

and

ana

lyse

s of r

isks

with

EU

Mem

ber S

tate

s and

in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

ers

I/M

1.3

Shar

ing

of in

form

atio

n on

act

iviti

es a

mon

g al

l sta

keho

lder

s inv

olve

d I/M

2. R

einf

orce

d m

ulti-

agen

cy

inst

itutio

ns a

t the

reg

iona

l and

na

tiona

l lev

els

2.1

Cap

acity

bui

ldin

g of

regi

onal

and

nat

iona

l ins

titut

ions

M

2.2

Impr

oved

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

and

dep

loym

ent o

f sta

te-o

f art

Info

rmat

ion

and

Com

mun

icat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

I/M

2.3

Impr

oved

law

enf

orce

men

t and

judi

cial

coo

pera

tion

(incl

. cus

tom

s, co

ast

guar

d, m

ariti

me

polic

e an

d ge

ndar

mer

ie)

I/M

2.4

Impr

ovem

ents

in tr

ansn

atio

nal (

zona

l) co

oper

atio

n M

1

Imm

edia

te; M

ediu

m (o

ne to

thre

e ye

ars)

; Lon

g te

rm (t

hree

to fi

ve y

ears

)

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3 3.

Mor

e pr

ospe

rous

and

res

ilien

t ec

onom

ies a

nd c

oast

al

com

mun

ities

3.1

Impr

oved

gov

erna

nce

of k

ey in

dust

ries (

incl

. fis

hing

and

ext

ract

ive

indu

strie

s)

M

3.2

Supp

ort f

or in

fras

truct

ure

proj

ects

, inc

ludi

ng p

orts

M

/L

3.3

Supp

ort t

o gr

owth

and

em

ploy

men

t in

coas

tal a

reas

M

/L

3.4

Faci

litat

ion

of re

sear

ch to

und

erst

and

cond

uciv

e ca

uses

, and

supp

ort t

o yo

uth

and

educ

atio

nal i

nitia

tives

to m

itiga

te c

rimin

ality

I/M

4.

Stre

ngth

ened

coo

pera

tion

stru

ctur

es w

ith th

e re

gion

, and

am

ongs

t EU

Mem

ber

Stat

es

and

inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

s

4.1

Enco

urag

emen

t of p

ract

ical

regi

onal

coo

pera

tion

beyo

nd d

ecla

ratio

ns o

f in

tent

I

4.2

Polit

ical

dia

logu

es a

nd c

oord

inat

ed lo

bbyi

ng fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e C

ode

of C

ondu

ct, M

oU.

I

4.3

Supp

ort t

o EC

OW

AS,

EC

CA

S an

d G

GC

inte

rnal

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith th

eir

MS;

with

eac

h ot

her,

and

with

ext

erna

l par

tner

s I/M

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4

Abb

revi

atio

ns

A

FIC

Afr

ica

FRO

NTE

X In

telli

genc

e C

omm

unity

A

IMS

A

fric

an In

tegr

ated

Mar

itim

e St

rate

gy

AIR

CO

P

Airp

ort C

omm

unic

atio

n Pr

ogra

mm

e A

MER

IPO

L

Coc

aine

Rou

te P

rogr

amm

e pr

ojec

t wor

king

in S

outh

Am

eric

a w

ith p

olic

e A

ML

Ant

i-mon

ey la

unde

ring

AM

L/W

A

Ant

i-Mon

ey-L

aund

erin

g A

ctiv

ities

in W

est A

fric

a A

PS

A

fric

a Pa

rtner

ship

Sta

tion

US

AFR

ICO

M C

omm

and

AR

AS

A

rmed

Rob

bery

At S

ea

AR

STM

Aca

dém

ie R

égio

nale

des

Sci

ence

s et T

echn

ique

s de

la M

er d

'Abi

djan

A

SEC

MA

R

Fren

ch n

atio

nal p

rogr

amm

e of

supp

ort i

n th

e fie

ld o

f mar

itim

e se

curit

y an

d sa

fety

A

LCA

O

Fr

ench

(?) p

rogr

amm

e of

lutte

con

tre le

traf

ic d

e co

caïn

e en

Afr

ique

de

l’Oue

st

AU

A

fric

an U

nion

C

GPC

S

Con

tact

Gro

up o

n Pi

racy

off

the

Coa

st o

f Som

alia

C

MC

Cel

lule

Mul

tinat

iona

l de

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

MR

Crit

ical

Mar

itim

e R

oute

s (pr

ogra

mm

e fu

nded

by

IcSP

) C

OM

EU C

omm

issi

on se

rvic

es

CO

RM

S

Coc

aine

Rou

te P

rogr

amm

e M

onito

ring

and

Supp

ort

CO

RY

MB

E

F

renc

h na

tiona

l pro

gram

me

of n

aval

mis

sion

s, or

gani

satio

n of

bila

tera

l exe

rcis

es d

edic

ated

to m

ariti

me

surv

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nce

and

law

e

nfor

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ent a

t sea

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roje

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com

mitt

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ts

CR

ESM

AC

R

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me

Secu

rity

Coo

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atio

n fo

r Cen

tral A

fric

a C

RES

MA

O

Reg

iona

l Cen

tre o

f Mar

itim

e Se

curit

y C

oord

inat

ion

for W

est A

fric

a C

RIM

GO

CM

R p

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e fig

htin

g pi

racy

and

arm

ed ro

bber

y at

sea

in th

e G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

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IMSO

N

Crit

ical

Mar

itim

e R

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itorin

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d Su

ppor

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Coc

aine

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te P

rogr

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e

CR

T

C

risis

Res

pons

e Tr

aini

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CSO

Civ

il So

ciet

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rgan

isat

ion

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5 D

EA

D

rug

Enfo

rcem

ent A

dmin

istra

tion

ECC

AS

Ec

onom

ic C

omm

unity

of C

entra

l Afr

ican

Sta

tes

ECO

WA

S

Econ

omic

Com

mun

ity o

f Wes

t Afr

ican

Sta

tes

ECSA

Euro

pean

Com

mun

ity o

f Shi

p-ow

ners

' Ass

ocia

tions

ED

F

Eu

rope

an D

evel

opm

ent F

und

EEA

S

Euro

pean

Ext

erna

l Act

ion

Serv

ice

EEZ

Excl

usiv

e Ec

onom

ic Z

one

EMPA

CT

Eu

rope

an M

ultid

isci

plin

ary

Plat

form

Aga

inst

Crim

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Thr

eats

EP

A

Ec

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on

EUM

S/IN

TCEN

Eur

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n U

nion

Mili

tary

Sta

ff/in

telli

genc

e C

entre

EU

SR

Eu

rope

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nion

Spe

cial

Rep

rese

ntat

ive

FRO

NTE

X

Euro

pean

Age

ncy

for t

he M

anag

emen

t of O

pera

tiona

l Coo

pera

tion

at th

e Ex

tern

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ine

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n Pl

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tre

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n IM

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terr

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Secu

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Inst

itute

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an, P

acifi

c fu

ndin

g pr

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mm

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S

(E

U) I

nstit

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ecur

ity S

tudi

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and

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hing

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EU)

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6 M

TISC

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ariti

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form

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n Sh

arin

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entre

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ulf o

f Gui

nea

NG

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N

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over

nmen

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N

atio

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ndic

ativ

e Pr

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mm

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PFM

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lic F

inan

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anag

emen

t PI

RA

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Sta

ndar

dise

d fo

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entry

softw

are

syst

em d

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EU Jo

int R

esea

rch

Cen

tre

POC

Poin

t of C

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S

Pe

ace

Secu

rity

and

Stab

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EC

R

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cono

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7 As

all

info

rmat

ion

rece

ived

can

not b

e in

clud

ed in

the

colu

mns

, in

som

e ca

ses,

add

itio

nal

info

rmat

ion

can

be fo

und

in th

e an

nex,

at t

he e

nd o

f the

doc

umen

t.

RE

SUL

T 1

: A

n im

prov

ed c

omm

on u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he sc

ale

of th

e th

reat

and

the

need

to a

ddre

ss it

am

ong

the

coun

trie

s in

the

regi

on a

nd th

e in

tern

atio

nal c

omm

unity

Exp

ecte

d R

esul

ts

Act

ions

2 , (L

ead

Act

ors)

3 and

(t

imel

ine)

T

ype

of a

ctio

n, a

chie

vem

ents

, and

stat

e of

impl

emen

tatio

n (if

any

)

1.1.

B

ilate

ral

dial

ogue

s w

ith

EC

OW

AS,

E

CC

AS,

G

GC

, A

fric

an

Uni

on,

and

Nat

iona

l go

vern

men

ts

focu

ssed

aro

und

the

EU

’s

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

an

d on

(a)

At

the

regi

onal

lev

el:

Iden

tific

atio

n of

key

act

ors

in r

egio

nal

orga

nisa

tions

(R

Os)

and

the

ir le

vels

of

influ

ence

to

enab

le

prod

uctiv

e bi

late

ral

dial

ogue

s (E

EA

S)

(I)

EU D

eleg

atio

ns a

lread

y ha

ve c

onta

cts

with

AU

, EC

OW

AS,

EC

CA

S, G

GC

at

diff

eren

t lev

els (

tech

nica

l and

/or p

oliti

cal)

Prop

osal

: Li

st o

f th

e m

ain

cont

acts

in

the

ROs

to b

e pr

epar

ed b

y EU

D

eleg

atio

ns b

y en

d of

Apr

il 20

16

(b)

At

the

regi

onal

lev

el:

EU P

oliti

cal

Dia

logu

es

with

th

e R

egio

nal

Org

anis

atio

ns r

egul

arly

ass

ess

secu

rity

Not

yet

a re

gula

r sub

ject

add

ress

ed d

urin

g EU

pol

itica

l dia

logu

es w

ith R

Os

(no

ECC

AS

polit

ical

dia

logu

e to

ok p

lace

sin

ce t

he a

dopt

ion

of A

ctio

n Pl

an,

but

mor

e re

gula

r co

ntac

ts a

t te

chni

cal

leve

l). G

ulf

of G

uine

a w

as i

nclu

ded

in t

he

2

The

Act

ions

con

stitu

te a

pre

limin

ary

impl

emen

tatio

n fr

amew

ork

for c

oord

inat

ed in

terv

entio

ns o

f the

EU

inst

itutio

ns a

nd E

U M

S 3

With

in th

eir c

ompe

tenc

es a

nd le

gal m

anda

tes.

This

foot

note

app

lies t

o al

l ref

eren

ces t

o "L

ead

Act

ors"

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8 pr

omot

ing

the

mai

nten

ance

of

pe

ace

and

stab

ility

in

ge

nera

l in

th

e G

ulf

of

Gui

nea

regi

on (

as s

et o

ut i

n U

NSC

re

solu

tions

20

18/2

011

and

2039

/201

2)

at s

ea a

nd o

n la

nd a

s w

ell

as g

aps,

trend

s an

d ne

eds

lead

ing

to

iden

tific

atio

n of

op

portu

nitie

s fo

r po

litic

al

and

oper

atio

nal

enga

gem

ent

(EE

AS)

(I

)

ECO

WA

S-EU

pol

itica

l di

alog

ue a

gend

a of

Nov

embe

r 20

14.

ECO

WA

S-EU

po

litic

al d

ialo

gue

of 2

015

post

pone

d to

201

6 (in

Bru

ssel

s)

Prop

osal

: thi

s sub

ject

will

be

prop

osed

to R

Os f

or a

ll ne

xt p

oliti

cal d

ialo

gues

(c)

At

the

natio

nal

leve

l: Id

entif

icat

ion

of

key

acto

rs

amon

gst

natio

nal

auth

oriti

es

lead

ing

to

high

le

vel

cont

acts

m

ade

with

re

gula

r lo

cal

mee

tings

agr

eed.

(MS/

EE

AS)

(I)

Fran

ce h

as a

nnua

l bi

late

ral

mee

tings

with

mos

t of

the

cou

ntrie

s in

volv

ed

(incl

udin

g on

pea

ce a

nd st

abili

ty)

Den

mar

k ha

s re

gula

r co

ntac

t/mee

tings

with

nat

iona

l m

ariti

me

auth

oriti

es i

n G

hana

(inc

ludi

ng G

hana

Min

istry

of T

rans

port,

Gha

na M

ariti

me

Aut

horit

y)

Act

ive

enga

gem

ent

of E

U D

eleg

atio

ns a

nd r

egul

ar d

ialo

gues

tak

ing

plac

e in

se

vera

l co

untri

es (

Togo

, Se

nega

l, C

ape

Ver

de,

Côt

e d'

Ivoi

re)

(cf

1.1.

(c)

in

anne

x at

the

end

of

the

docu

men

t). W

aitin

g fo

r fu

rther

info

rmat

ion

from

oth

er

coun

tries

Prop

osal

: Lis

t of t

he m

ain

cont

acts

in n

atio

nal a

utho

ritie

s to

be p

repa

red

by E

U

Del

egat

ions

by

end

of A

pril

2016

.

(d)

At

the

natio

nal

leve

l: Id

entif

icat

ion

and

asse

ssm

ent

on

whe

ther

w

e ar

e de

alin

g w

ith a

n im

plem

enta

tion

gap

or a

re

gula

tion

(gov

erna

nce)

gap

, or

bot

h.

(e.g

. re

gard

ing

the

build

ing

of r

obus

t m

ulti-

agen

cy m

ariti

me

adm

inis

tratio

ns)

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I

)

The

UK

fund

s th

e In

tern

atio

nal M

ariti

me

Org

anis

atio

n (I

MO

) to

cond

uct m

ulti-

agen

cy ta

ble

top

exer

cise

s w

hich

fos

ter

a m

ulti-

agen

cy a

ppro

ach.

The

UK

als

o fu

nds t

he U

NO

DC

to c

ondu

ct le

gal r

efor

m tr

aini

ng.

Loca

l mon

itorin

g by

Dan

ish

emba

ssie

s in

Abu

ja a

nd A

ccra

CR

IMG

O (

IcSP

pro

ject

: C

ritic

al M

ariti

me

Rou

tes

Prog

ram

me

Figh

ting

pira

cy a

nd a

rmed

rob

bery

at

sea

in t

he G

ulf

of G

uine

a).

CR

IMG

O4 :

is

ongo

ing

until

end

of 2

016.

4 C

RIM

GO

is a

n on

goin

g 4

year

s (un

til e

nd o

f 201

6) p

roje

ct fi

nanc

ed b

y th

e In

stru

men

t con

tribu

ting

to S

tabi

lity

and

Peac

e (A

mou

nt 4

.5 M

EU

R).

This

in

form

atio

n w

on't

be m

entio

ned

at e

ach

occu

rren

ce

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9

The

over

all o

bjec

tive

of C

RIM

GO

is to

sup

port

mea

sure

s to

impr

ove

mar

itim

e se

curit

y w

ith a

focu

s on

pira

cy a

nd a

rmed

robb

ery

at s

ea in

the

Gul

f of G

uine

a,

with

the

supp

ort o

f th

e EU

Mem

ber

Stat

es' e

xper

tise,

incl

udin

g su

ppor

t to

the

ICC

, exe

rcis

es a

t sea

and

aca

dem

ic tr

aini

ng..

GO

GIN

5 (IcS

P pr

ojec

t to

succ

eed

CR

IMG

O),

to st

art i

n 20

166

This

pro

ject

will

be

laun

ched

in

2016

. Th

e pr

ojec

t ai

ms

to s

uppo

rt th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

of a

net

wor

k w

hich

will

pro

vide

con

nect

ivity

and

inf

orm

atio

n sh

arin

g ca

pabi

lity

for

all G

ulf

of G

uine

a co

untri

es a

nd to

take

adv

anta

ge o

f its

pr

esen

ce

and

impa

ct

in

orde

r to

in

terv

ene

on

the

shor

tcom

ings

in

la

w

enfo

rcem

ent a

nd m

ariti

me

gove

rnan

ce.

The

spec

ific

obje

ctiv

es a

re to

sup

port

the

regi

onal

arc

hite

ctur

e de

cide

d af

ter t

he

Yao

undé

Sum

mit

(Jun

e 20

13)

by s

uppo

rting

a n

etw

ork

of c

omm

unic

atio

n an

d ac

cess

to in

form

atio

n an

d to

cap

italiz

e on

this

regi

onal

arc

hite

ctur

e to

con

tribu

te

to

the

over

all

harm

oniz

atio

n w

ork

on

law

re

form

, le

gisl

atio

n dr

aftin

g,

regu

latio

ns, s

ecto

r stra

tegi

es, e

tc.,

help

ing

coun

tries

and

regi

onal

inst

itutio

ns to

co

mpl

y w

ith th

e Y

aoun

dé C

ode

of C

ondu

ct.

New

pro

ject

s fo

rese

en, i

nclu

ding

und

er th

e 11

th E

DF

(Wes

t and

Cen

tral A

fric

a R

IPs)

Prel

imin

ary

asse

ssm

ent

has

take

n pl

ace

in s

ome

coun

tries

, m

ostly

bas

ed o

n in

form

al c

onta

cts.

Ana

lysi

s so

far

sug

gest

s it

is b

oth

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d re

gula

tory

gap

s tha

t nee

d to

be

addr

esse

d.

(e) S

uppo

rting

and

pro

mot

ing

idea

s to

impr

ove

intra

-reg

iona

l coo

pera

tion

dyna

mic

s; sh

owca

sing

exa

mpl

es a

s go

od m

odel

s to

follo

w w

here

pos

sibl

e,

Fran

ce h

as s

uppo

rted

the

Yao

undé

pro

cess

thr

ough

the

org

aniz

atio

n of

a

wor

ksho

p in

Bre

st, g

athe

ring

high

leve

l mar

itim

e of

ficia

ls fo

r Gul

f of G

uine

a in

Ju

ne 2

015.

5 G

OG

IN: G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

Initi

ativ

e (n

ame

of th

e pr

ojec

t not

con

firm

ed y

et)

6 Thi

s inf

orm

atio

n co

ncer

ning

GO

GIN

won

't be

men

tione

d at

eac

h oc

curr

ence

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10

like

MA

OC

–N

, MTI

SC-G

oG.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I

)

CR

IMG

O (c

f 1.1

.(e) i

n an

nex)

, G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) SE

AC

OP:

IcS

P Se

apor

t Coo

pera

tion

proj

ect.

Its

obje

ctiv

e is

to s

uppo

rt th

e fig

ht a

gain

st m

ariti

me

illic

it tr

affic

king

and

ass

ocia

ted

crim

inal

net

wor

ks

in s

elec

ted

coun

trie

s in

Wes

t A

fric

a an

d th

e C

arib

bean

/Lat

in A

mer

ica.

SE

AC

OP

is a

tra

ns-r

egio

nal

proj

ect

part

of

the

IcSP

Coc

aine

Rou

te

Prog

ram

me

and

is c

over

ing

sele

cted

cou

ntri

es i

n W

est

Afr

ica

and

the

Eas

tern

Car

ibbe

an. I

t is e

ndin

g in

Dec

embe

r 20

18.7

SEA

CO

P co

oper

ates

with

MA

OC

-N th

roug

hout

the

impl

emen

tatio

n, in

clud

ing

oper

atio

nal

exer

cise

s.

Join

t M

ariti

me

Con

trol

Uni

ts

have

so

fa

r be

en

esta

blis

hed

in B

enin

, C

ape

Ver

de,

Gha

na,

Sene

gal,

Sier

ra L

eone

and

Tog

o.

They

con

tinue

d to

be

supp

orte

d w

ith c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

activ

ities

(sp

ecia

lized

tra

inin

g an

d m

ento

ring)

. The

Por

ts &

Shi

ps D

atab

ase

whi

ch s

uppo

rts c

ount

ries

in c

olle

ctin

g cr

ew a

nd v

esse

ls-r

elat

ed d

ata

at e

ntry

/exi

t poi

nts i

n th

e ca

pita

l por

t, is

be

ing

rolle

d ou

t an

d te

sted

in

C

ape

Ver

de,

Sene

gal

and

Gha

na.

(Tra

ns)R

egio

nal t

rain

ings

and

exe

rcis

es a

re o

rgan

ized

on

a re

gula

r bas

is. (

cf 1

.1

(e) i

n an

nex)

Th

e U

K a

nd N

L vo

iced

sup

port

for

the

colla

bora

tive

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

proj

ect M

TISC

-GoG

and

enc

oura

ged

partn

ers

to s

uppo

rt it

in p

aral

lel w

ith th

e Y

aoun

dé C

ode

of C

ondu

ct; M

AO

C-N

and

MTI

SC G

oG w

ere

both

invi

ted

and

pres

ent a

t the

June

201

5 G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

even

ts in

Bru

ssel

s.

Prop

osal

: -

Port

ugue

se P

resi

denc

y of

the

G7+

+ F

oGG

gro

up (

from

201

6), t

o co

nsid

er

invi

ting

MAO

C-N

and

MTI

SC to

par

ticip

ate

-

To id

entif

y co

ncre

te le

sson

s le

arne

d fr

om th

ese

exam

ples

and

use

thes

e as

a

7 T

his i

nfor

mat

ion

conc

erni

ng S

EAC

OP

won

't be

men

tione

d at

eac

h oc

curr

ence

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11

guid

elin

e fo

r Yao

undé

impl

emen

tatio

n

(f)

At

the

EU l

evel

: Pa

rtici

patio

n an

d co

ntrib

utio

n at

FO

GG

and

/or

exte

nded

C

GPC

S m

eetin

gs,

regi

onal

(E

CO

WA

S/EC

CA

S)

min

iste

rial

mee

tings

and

AU

Sum

mits

to s

timul

ate

prac

tical

co

oper

atio

n in

su

ppor

t of

Y

aoun

proc

ess.

(MS/

EE

AS)

(I

)

The

Net

herla

nds,

Den

mar

k, U

K, F

ranc

e, S

pain

, Ita

ly a

nd P

ortu

gal a

ttend

mos

t re

gion

al, a

nd G

7++F

OG

G m

eetin

gs, t

he sa

me

for E

EAS

and/

or C

OM

. D

urin

g re

gion

al m

inis

teria

l mee

tings

, EU

Del

egat

ions

and

MS

Emba

ssie

s par

ticip

ate.

Pa

rtici

patio

n of

Com

mis

sion

to th

e IS

MI i

naug

ural

sess

ion

Fran

ce h

ad th

e Pr

esid

ency

of t

he G

7++

FOG

G in

201

4 an

d 20

15, a

nd P

ortu

gal

will

tak

e ov

er i

n 20

16.

The

appo

intm

ent

of a

mar

itim

e ex

pert

to E

CC

AS

(Fra

nce)

end

ed i

n D

ecem

ber

2015

and

the

one

pro

pose

d fo

r EC

OW

AS

coul

d no

t mat

eria

lise.

Supp

ort t

o th

e A

U S

umm

it on

mar

itim

e se

curit

y an

d sa

fety

and

dev

elop

men

t to

be h

eld

in L

omé

on 1

5 O

ctob

er 2

16 fr

om E

U a

nd so

me

MS.

Parti

cipa

tion

by E

EAS

and

EU D

eleg

atio

ns in

the

mar

itim

e an

d en

ergy

sec

urity

co

nfer

ence

in

Ang

ola

incl

. an

EU

pre

sent

atio

n on

"R

espo

nses

to

Mar

itim

e In

secu

rity:

Leg

al F

ram

ewor

k an

d In

ter R

egio

nal C

oord

inat

ion"

.

1.2.

R

egul

ar

repo

rtin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ris

ks w

ith

EU

M

S an

d in

tern

atio

nal

part

ners

(a)

Impr

ovin

g un

ders

tand

ing

by t

akin

g a

risk-

base

d ap

proa

ch a

nd p

rodu

cing

a

mat

rix;

mat

chin

g lik

elih

ood

of t

he r

isk

occu

rrin

g w

ith

the

impa

ct

or

cons

eque

nce

of t

hat

risk

on E

U a

nd

Gul

f of

Gui

nea

inte

rest

s. (M

S/E

EAS)

(I

/M)

EEA

S (E

UM

S/IN

TCEN

) ke

eps

a re

gula

r ch

eck

on G

oG m

ariti

me

crim

inal

ity

and

prov

ide

6 m

onth

ly

pape

rs

and

brie

fings

(b

ut

can

upda

te

freq

uenc

y de

pend

ant o

n m

ariti

me

crim

inal

ity e

volu

tion)

(cf 1

.2.(b

) in

anne

x)

Prop

osal

: To

be d

evel

oped

by

EEAS

(IN

TCEN

/EU

MS)

and

MS

(b)

Inte

grat

ing

anal

ysis

at

lo

cal,

regi

onal

, an

d in

tern

atio

nal

(UN

, A

U)

leve

ls

as

wel

l as

at

th

emat

ic

and

geog

raph

ic l

evel

s w

ithin

the

EU

via

pa

rtici

patio

n/fa

cilit

atio

n of

Thi

nk T

ank

even

ts,

invo

lvem

ent

with

EU

Mem

ber

The

Net

herla

nds

co-o

rgan

ized

an

even

t dur

ing

the

UN

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y w

ith

Togo

(Sep

tem

ber 2

015)

. Th

is e

vent

was

als

o ai

med

at r

aisi

ng a

war

enes

s for

the

upco

min

g A

U-s

umm

it in

Lom

e, T

ogo

(now

for

esee

n to

tak

e pl

ace

on 1

5 O

ctob

er 2

016)

. Fr

ance

has

inv

ited

EU M

embe

r st

ates

, re

gion

al o

rgan

izat

ions

, pr

ivat

e se

ctor

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12

Stat

e ex

perts

, ind

ustry

, CSO

s, H

orn

of

Afr

ica

partn

ers,

priv

ate

sect

or, i

ndus

try

and

ship

ping

com

pani

es.

(MS/

EE

AS)

(I

)

orga

niza

tions

to G

7++

FOG

G m

eetin

gs in

201

5.

Even

ts i

n B

russ

els

in J

une

2015

: Jo

int

ECSA

(Th

e Eu

rope

an C

omm

unity

Sh

ipow

ners

’ A

ssoc

iatio

ns

)-EE

AS/

DEV

CO

in

dust

ry

even

t, an

d jo

int

EU

Inst

itute

fo

r Se

curit

y St

udie

s (I

SS)/E

EAS/

DEV

CO

co

nfer

ence

“M

ariti

me

Secu

rity

in th

e G

ulf

of G

uine

a –

Wha

t has

bee

n do

ne, w

hat n

eeds

to b

e do

ne”

(cf 1

.2.(b

) in

anne

x)

EEA

S pa

rtici

patio

n at

EC

SA a

nd D

G M

OV

E pi

racy

task

forc

e m

eetin

gs w

here

G

oG i

s a

recu

rren

t ag

enda

ite

m.

EE

AS

mee

tings

with

ind

ustry

par

tner

s re

gula

rly

Lom

é E

U D

eleg

atio

n s

uppo

rted

a co

nfer

ence

on

coas

tal e

rosi

on in

Sep

tem

ber

2015

FRO

NTE

X,

in t

he c

onte

xt o

f th

e A

fric

a FR

ON

TEX

Int

ellig

ence

Com

mun

ity

(AFI

C)

prod

uces

joi

nt a

naly

sis

with

Afr

ican

par

tner

s. Th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

an

alys

is a

t lo

cal,

regi

onal

and

int

erna

tiona

l le

vels

(U

N-A

U)

coul

d al

so b

e di

scus

sed

and

anal

ysed

joi

ntly

by

FRO

NTE

X a

nd r

elev

ant

AFI

C c

ount

ries

in

the

annu

al A

FIC

repo

rt(s)

.

(c)

At t

he E

U le

vel:

Gul

f of

Gui

nea

on

agen

das

of p

oliti

cal d

ialo

gues

with

key

EU

cap

itals

and

par

tner

s; U

S, C

hina

, Ja

pan,

Bra

zil,

Sout

h A

fric

a, C

anad

a,

Aus

tralia

, et

c.

poss

ibly

le

adin

g to

sy

nchr

onis

ed

lobb

ying

ah

ead

of

regi

onal

an

d in

tern

atio

nal

sum

mits

. (M

S/E

EA

S)

(I)

Gul

f of

Gui

nea

is o

n th

e ag

enda

of

the

Fren

ch p

oliti

cal d

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith m

ain

partn

ers,

nota

bly

US,

Bra

zil,

Indi

a (c

f 1.2

(c) i

n an

nex)

.

Prom

otio

n of

the

DK

-FR

-ES-

PT n

on p

aper

for

mul

tilat

eral

coo

pera

tion

in th

e G

ulf

of G

uine

a, i

nclu

ding

syn

chro

nisi

ng n

aval

dep

loym

ents

with

int

eres

ted

third

cou

ntrie

s lik

e B

razi

l.

Exch

ange

of

info

rmat

ion

has

take

n pl

ace

in th

e EE

AS

with

the

US,

Chi

na a

nd

Aus

tralia

at B

russ

els a

nd th

roug

h po

litic

al d

ialo

gues

with

Sou

th A

fric

a, A

ngol

a.

Prop

osal

: To

add

Gul

f of

Gui

nea

mor

e sy

stem

atic

ally

to

the

agen

da o

f hi

gh-

leve

l mee

tings

with

key

par

tner

s

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(d)

At

the

natio

nal/r

egio

nal

leve

l: Pr

ovid

ing

repo

rting

&

an

alys

is

on

issu

es o

f int

eres

t (e.

g. h

ow to

con

tribu

te

to re

gion

al, n

atio

nal a

nd lo

cal d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing)

(MS/

EE

AS)

(I

/M)

Ong

oing

on

an a

d-ho

c ba

sis.

IcSP

CR

P-C

OR

MS

(Coc

aine

Rou

te P

rogr

amm

e-C

ocai

ne R

oute

Mon

itorin

g an

d Su

ppor

t Pr

ojec

t): B

riefin

gs,

natio

nal

wor

ksho

ps,

stak

ehol

der

awar

enes

s an

d C

SO m

eetin

gs in

Abu

ja, A

ccra

, Cot

onou

.

Poss

ible

refe

renc

e to

the

parti

cipa

tion

of c

erta

in G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

coun

tries

in th

e A

FIC

wor

ksho

ps a

nd a

nnua

l de

liver

y of

ris

k an

alys

is r

epor

ts i

n co

oper

atio

n w

ith F

RO

NTE

X.

In a

dditi

on, a

s of

Q2,

the

new

rep

ort c

alle

d A

FIC

Mon

thly

cou

ld m

onito

r th

e si

tuat

ion

(dep

endi

ng o

n th

e in

tere

st b

y th

e co

untri

es c

once

rned

and

thei

r inp

ut).

In 2

015

one

regi

onal

wor

ksho

p w

as c

ondu

cted

in S

eneg

al. I

n 20

16 o

ne o

f th

e re

gion

al A

FIC

wor

ksho

ps w

ill ta

ke p

lace

in A

ccra

, Gha

na.

Prop

osal

: E

U D

eleg

atio

ns t

o re

port

on

an a

nnua

l ba

sis,

befo

re e

ach

impl

emen

tatio

n re

port

(e)

At t

he p

rivat

e se

ctor

leve

l: m

aint

ain

clos

e lin

ks a

nd o

rgan

ized

con

sulta

tions

w

ith th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

, not

ably

ship

ping

co

mpa

nies

, in

dust

ry,

artis

anal

fis

herie

s an

d m

inin

g se

ctor

s, ta

king

th

eir

pers

pect

ives

in

to

acco

unt

to

ensu

re

com

plem

enta

rity

of

actio

n.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/M

)

Reg

ular

con

tact

s mai

ntai

ned

by th

ose

MS

mos

t act

ive

in th

e G

ulf o

f Gui

nea.

EE

AS

atte

ndan

ce t

o EC

SA m

eetin

gs,

and

parti

cipa

tion

at i

ndus

try a

nd N

GO

(e

.g. O

cean

s B

eyon

d Pi

racy

, Env

ironm

enta

l Jus

tice

Foun

datio

n) le

d ev

ents

ove

r th

e pa

st 6

mon

ths.

G

ood

cont

acts

with

ind

ustry

and

priv

ate

sect

or e

stab

lishe

d an

d m

aint

aine

d –

mai

nly

ship

ping

indu

stry

. A

d-ho

c m

eetin

gs w

ith E

urop

ean

com

pani

es a

nd in

vest

ors

nega

tivel

y af

fect

ed in

th

eir t

rade

and

loca

l pro

duct

ion

activ

ities

Pr

opos

al :

to o

rgan

ise

a ne

w e

vent

with

indu

stry

/NG

Os,

as a

follo

w-u

p of

the

June

201

5 on

e, a

fter

the

Lom

é Su

mm

it, a

nd t

o in

stig

ate

it as

a y

earl

y G

oG

even

t.

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1.3.

Sha

ring

of

info

rmat

ion

on

activ

ities

am

ong

all

stak

ehol

ders

in

volv

ed

(a)

At

the

natio

nal

leve

l: Id

entif

icat

ion

of k

ey d

onor

par

tner

s le

adin

g to

a c

lear

pi

ctur

e es

tabl

ishe

d of

th

e co

llect

ive

effo

rt at

the

loc

al l

evel

and

whe

re E

U

inst

itutio

n an

d EU

Mem

ber

Stat

es c

an

have

im

pact

and

pro

vide

add

ed v

alue

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I/M

)

Alre

ady

done

in so

me

coun

tries

(ex:

Tog

o, C

ape

Ver

de, S

eneg

al, C

ôte

d'Iv

oire

).

CR

IMG

O (c

f 1.3

.(a) i

n an

nex)

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

Prop

osal

: EU

Del

egat

ions

to p

repa

re a

sho

rt d

ocum

ent w

ith th

e in

terv

entio

n of

ke

y pa

rtne

rs (w

ho is

doi

ng w

hat),

join

tly w

ith M

S Em

bass

ies.

(b)

At

the

inte

rnat

iona

l le

vel:

Parti

cipa

tion

in c

oord

inat

ion

effo

rts o

f EU

Mem

ber

Stat

es a

nd k

ey p

artn

ers'

activ

ities

, in

or

der

to

max

imis

e co

mbi

ned

impa

ct a

nd a

void

dup

licat

ion.

(e

.g.

via

the

FOG

G O

cean

s B

eyon

d Pi

racy

da

taba

se

and/

or

othe

r to

ols)

(M

S/E

EA

S)

(I)

The

UK

ret

ains

clo

se li

nks

with

G7+

+ pa

rtner

s an

d or

gani

satio

ns s

uch

as th

e IM

O a

nd U

NO

DC

to e

nsur

e co

ordi

natio

n of

act

ivity

As

part

of t

he M

ariti

me

Secu

rity

Stra

tegy

of

the

Euro

pean

Uni

on,

Fran

ce,

Portu

gal,

Spai

n an

d D

enm

ark

have

:

- co

nclu

ded

a co

oper

atio

n ag

reem

ent

for

the

Gul

f of

Gui

nea,

in

orde

r to

im

plem

ent a

stru

ctur

e to

shar

e m

ariti

me

secu

rity

info

rmat

ion

; - l

ooke

d fo

r syn

ergi

es b

etw

een

the

navy

dep

loym

ents

in th

e re

gion

; - p

ropo

sed

mut

ual c

oope

ratio

n ac

tions

for l

ocal

nav

ies.

Parti

cipa

tion

to th

e tw

o an

nual

G7

++ F

OG

G m

eetin

gs

EEA

S (E

UM

S) m

aint

ains

a m

il-to

mil

rela

tions

hip

with

US

AFR

ICO

M o

n a

rout

ine

basi

s – a

nd a

mon

gst a

ctiv

e EU

MS.

MA

OC

-N is

a g

ood

exam

ple

of th

e co

ordi

natio

n of

the

effo

rts o

f EU

mem

ber

stat

es in

ord

er to

avo

id d

uplic

atio

n an

d m

axim

ise

impa

ct

SEA

CO

P:

Clo

se

wor

king

re

latio

nshi

p w

ith

UN

OD

C

Con

tain

er

Con

trol

Prog

ram

me

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15

(c)

At

the

natio

nal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l le

vel8 : M

appi

ng o

f ong

oing

act

iviti

es b

y na

tiona

l go

vern

men

ts,

regi

onal

an

d in

tern

atio

nal

orga

nisa

tions

an

d EU

M

embe

r St

ates

, so

as t

o id

entif

y ni

che

area

s of

jo

int

wor

king

am

ongs

t EU

M

embe

r St

ates

and

com

plem

enta

rity

of

effo

rt w

ith

inte

rnat

iona

l pa

rtner

s. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

)

Am

bitio

us o

bjec

tive

for

now

. R

eal

coor

dina

tion

is s

till

far

but

G7+

+ Fo

GG

sh

ould

pro

vide

a p

latfo

rm fo

r thi

s. M

eetin

g ke

y pa

rtner

s (U

S, IM

O, U

NO

DC

), EU

in

tere

sted

ag

enci

es

(EM

SA,

MA

OC

-N)

and

indu

stry

w

ill

help

fin

d op

portu

nitie

s.

CR

IMG

O: D

evel

opm

ent o

f a re

alis

tic a

nd d

etai

led

long

-term

pla

nnin

g of

ac

tiviti

es in

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith A

fric

an p

artn

ers,

prim

arily

thro

ugh

the

ICC

.

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

8

Poss

ible

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

by th

e m

ariti

me

com

mun

ity m

ust b

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

rele

vant

pro

visi

ons o

f the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Shi

p an

d Po

rt Fa

cilit

y C

ode.

Info

shar

ing

betw

een

mili

tary

and

non

-mili

tary

(priv

ate)

act

ors r

equi

res:

(a) a

com

plet

e im

age

for m

ariti

me

surv

eilla

nce

that

sh

ould

be

crea

ted

join

tly b

y th

e tw

o st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd (b

) the

cre

atio

n of

an

info

shar

ing

prot

ocol

bet

wee

n th

em a

nd w

ith th

ird a

ctor

s, si

nce

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

is in

adve

rtent

ly c

lass

ified

.

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16

RE

SUL

T 2

: R

einf

orce

d m

ulti-

agen

cy in

stitu

tions

at t

he r

egio

nal a

nd n

atio

nal l

evel

s E

xpec

ted

Res

ults

A

ctio

ns, (

Lead

Act

ors)

and

(tim

elin

e)

Typ

e of

act

ion,

ach

ieve

men

ts, a

nd st

ate

of im

plem

enta

tion

2.1.

Cap

acity

bu

ildin

g of

re

gion

al a

nd

natio

nal

inst

itutio

ns

(a) C

ondu

ctin

g a

need

s ass

essm

ent l

eadi

ng to

a

prog

ram

me

of c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

enga

gem

ent

bein

g m

appe

d ou

t to

disa

ble

pira

tes'

capa

citie

s on-

shor

e an

d of

f-sh

ore.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S) (

I/M

)

Fran

ce:

The

prog

ram

ASE

CM

AR

, w

as c

reat

ed i

n 20

11 t

o re

info

rce

the

mar

itim

e se

curit

y se

ctor

refo

rm in

15

coun

tries

of t

he G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

with

on

goin

g pr

actic

al a

nd t

heor

etic

al t

rain

ings

ada

pted

to

the

need

s of

the

be

nefic

iarie

s; a

udits

on

dem

and

in th

e fie

ld o

f mar

itim

e se

curit

y an

d sa

fety

SE

AC

OP:

R

egul

ar

men

torin

g vi

sits

up

datin

g on

em

ergi

ng

need

s co

nduc

ted

in se

lect

ed c

ount

ries i

n W

est A

fric

a (B

enin

, Cap

e V

erde

, Gui

nea

Bis

sau,

, G

hana

, Sen

egal

, Sie

rra

Leon

e, T

ogo)

.. Pr

opos

al: e

valu

ate

the

expe

rien

ces o

f the

diff

eren

t EU

mis

sions

in th

e H

orn

of A

fric

a, s

uch

as E

UC

AP N

esto

r, EU

TM S

omal

ia a

nd E

UN

AVFO

R At

alan

ta,

incl

udin

g le

sson

s le

arne

d on

enh

anci

ng e

ffect

ive

coor

dina

tion

betw

een

part

ners

and

act

iviti

es.

(b

) Pro

vide

ext

erna

l exp

ertis

e to

Inte

r-R

egio

nal

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

entre

acc

ordi

ng to

nee

ds a

nd

prio

ritie

s. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

)

New

pro

ject

s for

esee

n, in

clud

ing

unde

r the

ED

F

CR

IMG

O (

cf 2

.1.(b

) in

ann

ex),

in p

artic

ular

an

embe

dded

exp

ert

in I

CC

si

nce

Nov

embe

r 201

4

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

WA

PIS

- Int

erpo

l sup

porti

ng E

CO

WA

S an

d W

est A

fric

an P

olic

e C

hief

s of

Polic

e w

ith th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he W

est A

fric

an P

olic

e In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

. WA

PIS

is so

far i

nsta

lled

in B

enin

, Gha

na, N

iger

and

Mal

i.

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(c) S

uppo

rting

Inte

r-R

egio

nal C

oord

inat

ion

Cen

tre

in d

evel

opin

g a

com

mun

icat

ions

stra

tegy

and

pr

ovid

e re

gula

r upd

ates

on

actio

ns, r

esul

ts,

plan

ning

and

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith re

gion

al a

nd z

onal

m

ariti

me

cent

res.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/

M)

Publ

icat

ion

in 2

015

by F

ranc

e of

a n

on-p

aper

on

mul

tilat

eral

coo

pera

tion

in

the

Gul

f of G

uine

a. “

Vol

unta

ry n

aval

con

trol”

9 , CO

RY

MB

E op

erat

ion

and

NEM

O e

xerc

ise

New

pro

ject

s for

esee

n, in

clud

ing

unde

r the

ED

F

CR

IMG

O: i

s sup

porti

ng th

e se

t-up

of th

e IC

C th

roug

h an

em

bedd

ed e

xper

t

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

))

SEA

CO

P: P

lann

ed b

est p

ract

ices

exc

hang

e be

twee

n se

lect

ed c

ount

ries i

n W

est A

fric

a an

d th

e Ea

ster

n C

arib

bean

Thr

ee re

gion

al /

inte

r-re

gion

al

wor

ksho

ps p

lann

ed fo

r 201

6.

(d) H

elpi

ng e

stab

lish

24/7

foca

l poi

nts a

t nat

iona

l an

d re

gion

al le

vels

to b

e in

pla

ce –

as p

er th

e C

ode

of C

ondu

ct –

and

lead

ing

to C

ount

ry a

nd R

egio

nal

orga

nogr

ams c

reat

ed a

nd sh

ared

am

ongs

t rel

evan

t ce

ntre

s. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

I/M

)

Fre

nch

“Vol

unta

ry n

aval

con

trol”

(e) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

cou

ntrie

s in

deve

lopi

ng N

atio

nal m

ariti

me

stra

tegi

es o

utlin

ing

how

they

will

dev

elop

and

ben

efit

from

thei

r ex

clus

ive

econ

omic

zon

es–

as p

er th

e C

ode

of

Con

duct

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I/

M)

UK

: Thr

ough

the

IMO

, sup

port

to G

hana

’s d

evel

opm

ent o

f th

eir

Nat

iona

l M

ariti

me

Stra

tegy

Fran

ce:

Thro

ugh

the

ASE

CM

AR

pro

gram

, su

ppor

t to

mar

itim

e sa

fety

re

form

in B

enin

, Tog

o, G

hana

, Ivo

ry C

oast

and

Gui

nea

in 2

015,

pro

vidi

ng

natio

nal

audi

ts o

n de

man

d, i

n th

e fie

ld o

f m

ariti

me

secu

rity

and

safe

ty.

Det

achm

ent

of 1

9 na

val

offic

ers

to n

atio

nal

navi

es a

nd/o

r m

ariti

me

auth

oriti

es u

p to

Dec

embe

r 201

5.

9 Th

e ob

ject

ive

of th

e "V

olun

tary

Nav

al C

ontro

l" (C

NV

) is t

o en

sure

bet

ter m

ariti

me

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing,

usi

ng e

xist

ing

tool

s, i.e

. the

CN

V in

the

GoG

on

the

basi

s of w

hat F

ranc

e al

read

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es b

y ce

ntra

lisin

g in

Bre

st (C

ECLA

NT

and

CN

VG

G) t

he sh

arin

g of

dat

a an

d C

NV

allo

win

g an

exc

hang

e of

in

form

atio

n be

twee

n Fr

ench

ship

ow

ners

and

the

Nav

y.

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New

pro

ject

s for

esee

n, in

clud

ing

unde

r the

ED

F

In 2

014,

Côt

e d’

Ivoi

re re

leas

ed a

stra

tegy

for S

tate

act

ion

at s

ea (S

trat

égie

po

ur l’

Actio

n de

l’Et

at e

n m

er).

EU d

id n

ot h

elp

dire

ctly

to d

evel

op it

but

as

sist

ed

and

cont

ribut

ed

to

the

docu

men

t. EU

al

so

atte

nded

se

vera

l se

min

ars

and

draf

ting

sess

ions

org

anis

ed m

ainl

y by

the

Nat

iona

l Sec

urity

C

ounc

il. T

he o

vera

ll ob

ject

ive

now

for I

voiri

an a

utho

ritie

s is

to im

plem

ent

this

doc

umen

t (w

hich

still

mis

ses a

bud

get a

nd a

ctio

n pl

an) i

n 20

16.

CR

IMG

O s

uppo

rt to

the

esta

blis

hmen

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ocal

poi

nts

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been

pro

vide

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al

l par

tner

cou

ntrie

s the

y en

gage

with

.

(f) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

cou

ntrie

s st

reng

then

loca

l (na

tiona

l) in

stitu

tions

/age

ncie

s an

d th

eir o

wn

cent

res o

f ope

ratio

n an

d co

ordi

natio

n to

com

ply

with

the

Yao

undé

Cod

e of

C

ondu

ct (i

nclu

ding

pos

sibl

y em

bedd

ing

expe

rtise

in

to th

ese)

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

/M)

Bel

gium

sup

ports

sev

eral

pro

ject

s in

Ben

in, D

RC

, Con

go a

nd G

abon

(cf

2.

1.(f

) in

anne

x)

Fran

ce s

uppo

rt co

untri

es v

ia t

he A

SEC

MA

R p

roje

ct, a

nd o

pera

tiona

l co

-op

erat

ion

(cf 2

.1.(f

) in

anne

x)

CR

IMG

O: (

cf 2

.1. (

f) in

ann

ex)

New

pro

ject

s for

esee

n, in

clud

ing

unde

r the

ED

F an

d po

ssib

ly th

e Ic

SP

(g

) At t

he re

gion

al le

vel:

Impr

ovin

g m

ariti

me

inte

rven

tion

capa

bilit

ies v

ia m

ariti

me

capa

city

bu

ildin

g; c

oast

-gua

rd, n

avy,

law

enf

orce

men

t and

cu

stom

s age

ncie

s pro

perly

trai

ned

and

equi

pped

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

I/M

/L)

The

Net

herla

nds,

Bel

gium

, UK

, Fra

nce,

Por

tuga

l su

ppor

t in

terv

entio

ns a

t re

gion

al le

vels

(cf 2

.1.(g

) in

anne

x)

ECO

WA

S sh

ould

rece

ive

som

e fin

anci

ng fr

om a

10th

ED

F PS

S gr

ant w

hich

w

ill i

nclu

de a

seg

men

t de

vote

d to

mar

itim

e ac

tiviti

es,

incl

udin

g th

e re

crui

tmen

t of a

per

man

ent m

ariti

me

spec

ialis

t and

the

train

ing

of re

gion

al

mar

itim

e st

aff.

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gran

t is

in

its a

pplic

atio

n ph

ase,

act

iviti

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re b

eing

rev

iew

ed a

nd

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subj

ect t

o m

odifi

catio

ns b

efor

e si

gnat

ure

(not

bef

ore

end

2016

/ear

ly 2

017)

CR

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dent

ifica

tion

of re

gion

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aini

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eeds

and

rein

forc

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HR

cap

acity

bui

ldin

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rt th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

del

iver

y of

Reg

iona

l M

ariti

me

train

ing

capa

citie

s; S

uppo

rt to

the

AR

STM

and

RM

U th

roug

h th

e lim

ited

prov

isio

n of

equ

ipm

ent c

over

ed b

y th

e in

cide

ntal

bud

get n

eces

sary

to

the

cond

uct o

f the

cou

rses

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.1

.(f))

has

org

anis

ed a

join

t Tog

o/B

enin

mar

itim

e ex

erci

se in

N

ovem

ber 2

015.

A se

cond

mul

tinat

iona

l tra

inin

g is

in p

repa

ratio

n fo

r 201

6.

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

SEA

CO

P:

Nat

iona

l an

d re

gion

al

capa

city

bu

ildin

g (s

peci

aliz

ed

train

ing/

men

torin

g) f

or J

oint

Mar

itim

e C

ontro

l U

nits

(JM

CU

s) o

ffic

ers

from

B

enin

, C

ape

Ver

de,

Gha

na,

Sene

gal,

Sier

ra

Leon

e an

d To

go,

incl

udin

g on

rum

mag

ing,

and

mar

itim

e aw

aren

ess.

FRO

NTE

X h

as f

acili

tate

d bi

late

ral

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

EU M

S an

d ce

rtain

Wes

t A

fric

an c

ount

ries

unde

r th

e um

brel

la o

f th

e M

ariti

me

Join

t O

pera

tion

Her

a. L

aunc

hed

in 2

006

and

host

ed b

y Sp

ain,

the

ope

ratio

n fo

cuse

d m

ainl

y on

cou

nter

irre

gula

r m

igra

tion

tow

ards

the

Can

ary

Isla

nds

and

Sene

gal,

Mau

ritan

ia w

ere

deep

ly i

nvol

ved.

The

ope

ratio

n ha

s be

en

laun

ched

sin

ce t

hen

on a

n an

nual

bas

is a

nd h

as c

ontri

bute

d to

pro

vide

ad

ditio

nal c

apab

ilitie

s to

non

–EU

cou

ntrie

s (in

par

ticul

ar S

eneg

al) t

o be

tter

empo

wer

thei

r jur

isdi

ctio

n an

d in

crea

se th

e si

tuat

iona

l aw

aren

ess.

(h) S

uppo

rting

mul

tiage

ncy

capa

bilit

ies l

eadi

ng to

en

hanc

ed in

tero

pera

bilit

y be

twee

n th

e na

tiona

l an

d re

gion

al m

ariti

me

resp

onse

s. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

/M)

The

10th

ED

F EC

OW

AS

PSS

Gra

nt s

houl

d al

so c

ontri

bute

by

prov

idin

g eq

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ent

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enha

ncin

g th

e in

ter-

and

int

ra-z

onal

ope

rabi

lity

of t

he 3

EC

OW

AS

mar

itim

e zo

nes (

E, F

and

G)

Th

e gr

ant

is i

n its

app

licat

ion

phas

e, a

ctiv

ities

are

bei

ng r

evie

wed

and

su

bjec

t to

mod

ifica

tions

bef

ore

sign

atur

e.

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CR

IMG

O (c

f 1.1

.(e) a

bove

) G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) SE

AC

OP

proj

ect (

cf 2

.1.(h

) in

anne

x) In

tera

genc

y un

its se

t up

and/

or

supp

orte

d Jo

int M

ariti

me

Con

trol U

nits

(JM

CU

s) in

por

ts in

Ben

in, C

ape

Ver

de, G

hana

(2),

Sene

gal,

Sie

rra

Leon

e, a

nd T

ogo.

(i)

Pro

mot

ing

and

enco

urag

ing

use

of g

ood

mod

els

alre

ady

in o

pera

tion

for t

rain

ing

of p

erso

nnel

to

impr

ove

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

and

law

en

forc

emen

t coo

pera

tion

build

ing

on m

odel

s lik

e M

AO

C-N

, MTI

SC-G

oG, a

nd w

ith in

itiat

ives

such

as

Inte

rpol

/WA

PIS.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I)

The

Net

herla

nds s

uppo

rts b

oth

MTI

SC-G

oG a

nd M

AO

C-N

fina

ncia

lly.

The

Fren

ch A

SEC

MA

R p

roje

ct d

eliv

ers

train

ings

sin

ce 2

013

build

ing

on

good

pra

ctic

es a

lread

y in

ope

ratio

n

EEA

S an

d D

EVC

O m

eetin

gs in

Bru

ssel

s with

MA

OC

-N, M

TISC

-GoG

and

In

terp

ol, a

s w

ell a

s U

NO

DC

hav

e ta

ken

plac

e to

dis

cuss

Gul

f of G

uine

a in

pa

rticu

lar.

CR

IMG

O:

The

CR

IMG

O G

oogl

e +

com

mun

ity i

s a

tool

tha

t co

uld

be

supp

ortin

g th

is.

CR

IMG

O i

s re

gula

rly i

n co

ntac

t w

ith t

he M

TISC

-GoG

. In

tera

ctio

ns a

re s

ched

uled

dur

ing

the

CR

IMG

O c

ours

es a

t RM

U in

clud

ing

a vi

sit o

f the

MTI

SC-G

OG

and

the

CR

IMG

O c

ours

es.

SEA

CO

P: c

f 1.

1.(e

), 2.

1 (h

) &

'Po

rts a

nd S

hips

' sy

stem

cre

ated

by

SEA

CO

P. T

eam

s es

tabl

ishe

d in

Ben

in, C

ape

Ver

de, G

hana

(2)

, Sen

egal

, Si

erra

Leo

ne, T

ogo.

Dat

abas

e "P

orts

and

Shi

ps"

bein

g in

stal

led

and

test

ed

in C

ape

Ver

de, G

hana

, and

Sen

egal

.

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

Cap

e V

erde

car

ries

out

year

ly e

xerc

ises

with

MA

OC

-N. T

his

expe

rienc

e co

uld

be sh

ared

Prop

osal

: to

expl

ore

furth

er e

ngag

emen

t with

Eur

opea

n M

ariti

me

Secu

rity

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21

Agen

cy (E

MSA

) und

er th

e PT

Pre

side

ncy

of th

e G

7++

FOG

G

(j) S

uppo

rting

EC

CA

S an

d EC

OW

AS

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he C

RES

MA

C, C

RES

MA

O &

In

ter R

egio

nal C

oord

inat

ion

Cen

tre.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/

M)

Ger

man

y in

tend

s to

spe

nd a

roun

d €

1.00

0.00

0 fo

r th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

Mul

tinat

iona

l M

ariti

me

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

entre

s (M

MC

C)

F an

d G

and

the

M

ariti

me

Inte

r-R

egio

nal C

oord

inat

ion

Cen

tre (M

RC

C) i

n A

bidj

an

The

Fren

ch

ASE

CM

AR

pr

ojec

t su

ppor

ts

the

deve

lopm

ent

of

the

CR

ESM

AC

and

CR

ESM

AO

Th

e 10

th E

DF

ECO

WA

S PS

S G

rant

will

allo

w t

rain

ing

of s

taff

of

the

3 zo

nes (

E, F

and

G) a

nd a

lso

staf

f of E

CO

WA

S.

The

gran

t is

in

its a

pplic

atio

n ph

ase,

act

iviti

es a

re b

eing

rev

iew

ed a

nd

subj

ect t

o m

odifi

catio

ns b

efor

e si

gnat

ure.

CR

IMG

O: d

irect

supp

ort t

o th

e IC

C u

p to

the

end

of th

e pr

ojec

t. B

asic

sup

port

to C

RES

MA

C (

inte

rnet

, co

mpu

ters

) to

be

cont

inue

d w

ith

CR

ESM

AO

whe

n th

is c

entre

is re

ady.

G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d))

The

proj

ects

to b

e id

entif

ied

unde

r the

RIP

's of

Wes

t and

Cen

tral A

fric

a m

ay a

lso

cont

ribut

e to

this

(not

bef

ore

end

of 2

016/

early

201

7).

(k

) Est

ablis

hing

eng

agem

ent w

ith th

e oi

l and

fis

hing

indu

strie

s at t

he lo

cal a

nd n

atio

nal l

evel

s in

orde

r to

unde

rsta

nd th

eir n

eeds

and

requ

irem

ents

as

per

the

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M)

UK

and

Fra

nce

mai

ntai

n re

gula

r co

ntac

ts w

ith in

tern

atio

nal o

il co

mpa

nies

to

und

erst

and

thei

r op

erat

iona

l co

ncer

ns a

nd h

ow t

hey

can

cont

ribut

e to

in

tern

atio

nal e

ffor

ts

Prop

osal

: To

stre

ngth

en e

ngag

emen

t with

the

oil a

nd fi

shin

g in

dust

ries

in

2016

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22

2.2.

Impr

oved

in

form

atio

n ex

chan

ge a

nd

depl

oym

ent o

f st

ate-

of a

rt

Info

rmat

ion

and

Com

mun

icat

ion

Tec

hnol

ogie

s

(a) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

the

stre

amlin

ing

of c

omm

unic

atio

n ch

anne

ls a

mon

g m

ariti

me

and

othe

r law

enf

orce

men

t ent

ities

le

adin

g to

hig

her l

evel

s of m

ariti

me

crim

e re

porte

d an

d re

cord

ed. (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/M

)

Fran

ce, t

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R p

rogr

am ru

ns d

edic

ated

wor

ksho

ps.

CR

IMG

O o

rgan

ised

in

June

201

5 a

mul

ti-ag

ency

mar

itim

e ex

erci

se i

n Lo

invo

lvin

g al

l the

act

ors:

from

the

oper

atio

nal (

navy

, “ge

ndar

mer

ie”)

to

the

adm

inis

trativ

e an

d ju

dici

ary

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.2

.(a) i

n an

nex)

C

ape

Ver

de’s

exp

erie

nce

with

CO

SMA

R a

nd it

s co

oper

atio

n w

ith M

AO

C-

N c

ould

be

exte

nded

to o

ther

cou

ntrie

s G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) (b

) At t

he n

atio

nal l

evel

: Pro

vidi

ng su

ppor

t to

ensu

re th

at c

omm

unic

atio

n eq

uipm

ent a

nd

sens

ors a

re a

dapt

ed to

eac

h co

untry

but

as m

uch

as p

ossi

ble

inte

rope

rabl

e w

ithin

the

regi

on) a

nd

not o

verla

ppin

g ex

istin

g st

ruct

ures

lead

ing

to

bette

r use

of i

nfor

mat

ion

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

enha

nced

mar

itim

e si

tuat

iona

l aw

aren

ess.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/

M)

(c) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: I

mpr

ovin

g su

rvei

llanc

e an

d tra

ceab

ility

syst

ems,

safe

and

relia

ble

repo

rting

mec

hani

sms f

or e

ffec

tive

exch

ange

of

info

rmat

ion,

dat

a co

llect

ion

and

man

agem

ent.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/

M)

Finl

and

has

supp

orte

d G

hana

’s d

evel

opm

ent

prog

ram

on

mar

itim

e an

d co

asta

l sec

urity

with

a c

once

ssio

nal l

oan

faci

lity

of 1

6,62

5,83

5 Eu

ros,

the

proj

ect w

as im

plem

ente

d in

201

1-20

12 (c

f 2.2

.(c) i

n an

nex)

C

RIM

GO

(see

2.2

.(c) i

n an

nex)

G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) SE

AC

OP

(cf

2.1.

(h)

and

(i) a

bove

) M

ariti

me

Inte

llige

nce

Uni

ts a

nd

Dat

abas

e Po

rts &

Shi

ps.

Trai

ning

pro

vide

d in

Gha

na a

nd S

eneg

al o

n in

telli

genc

e ga

ther

ing

and

diss

emin

atio

n,

enha

nced

pr

ofili

ng,

sour

ce

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23

man

agem

ent.

Dat

abas

e be

ing

inst

alle

d an

d te

sted

in

Cap

e V

erde

, G

hana

, Se

nega

l. Th

e ne

wly

est

ablis

hed

Togo

lese

"Pr

éfec

ture

Mar

itim

e" w

ill r

ecei

ve

basi

c co

mm

unic

atio

n eq

uipm

ent (

scre

ens,

Inte

rnet

con

nect

ion)

U

nder

the

fis

herie

s pa

rtner

ship

agr

eem

ent,

Sene

gal

will

be

supp

orte

d to

ac

quire

sta

te o

f th

e ar

t sa

telli

te t

echn

olog

y fo

r th

e su

rvei

llanc

e of

fis

hing

ve

ssel

s (d

) At t

he re

gion

al le

vel:

Supp

ortin

g ef

fect

ive

impl

emen

tatio

n/di

ssem

inat

ion

of b

est p

ract

ices

(in

clud

ing

Ant

i-Pira

cy B

est P

ract

ice)

, In

form

atio

n sh

arin

g ce

ntre

s alig

ned

and

coor

dina

ted

and

com

plem

enta

ry in

pas

sing

on

sam

e m

essa

ges t

o m

arin

ers a

nd sh

ippi

ng

com

pani

es. (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I

/M)

Italy

has

inc

lude

d th

e St

ates

of

the

GoG

in

the

Tran

s-R

egio

nal

Mar

itim

e N

etw

ork

(T-R

MN

) and

in th

e V

irtua

l-Reg

iona

l Mar

itim

e N

etw

ork.

Nig

eria

pa

rtici

pate

s in

T-R

MN

Com

mun

ity si

nce

Oct

ober

201

5.

Ang

ola,

Con

go a

nd M

ozam

biqu

e ar

e in

tere

sted

in e

nter

ing

the

Com

mun

ity.

Portu

gal i

s im

plem

entin

g (i)

bila

tera

l agr

eem

ents

with

Ang

ola

and

Gui

nea-

Bis

sau

rega

rdin

g th

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

of th

e na

vy, (

b) b

ilate

ral a

gree

men

ts

with

Cap

e V

erde

and

São

Tom

e an

d Pr

ínci

pe r

egar

ding

the

cap

acity

bu

ildin

g of

the

coa

st-g

uard

. Po

rtuga

l ha

s al

so e

stab

lishe

d an

d si

gned

bi

late

ral A

gree

men

ts o

n th

e Jo

int M

onito

ring

of M

ariti

me

Spac

es u

nder

the

sove

reig

nty

or ju

risdi

ctio

n of

, res

pect

ivel

y, S

ão T

omé

e Pr

ínci

pe a

nd C

abo

Ver

de. P

ortu

gal a

lso

depl

oys,

annu

ally

, nav

al a

nd a

ir m

eans

to p

artic

ipat

e in

ex

erci

ses O

bang

ame

Expr

ess a

nd S

ahar

an E

xpre

ss, w

hich

con

tribu

tes t

o th

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

of t

he c

ount

ries

of A

fric

a A

tlant

ic c

oast

an

d to

the

in

tero

pera

bilit

y of

cap

abili

ties

Fran

ce, t

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R p

rogr

am ru

ns d

edic

ated

wor

ksho

ps.

Fren

ch «

Vol

unta

ry n

aval

con

trol »

C

RIM

GO

: (cf

2.2

.(d) i

n an

nex)

CR

IMG

O c

ours

es a

nd C

RTs

are

op

portu

nitie

s to

prep

are

mid

-man

ager

s and

stak

ehol

ders

for t

he u

se o

f bes

t pr

actic

es.

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24

SEA

CO

P "P

orts

& S

hips

Dat

abas

e", s

erve

r and

softw

are

prov

ided

to C

ape

Ver

de, G

hana

, and

Sen

egal

. G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) (e

) At t

he re

gion

al le

vel:

Stan

dard

izat

ion

of

reco

rdin

g an

d re

porti

ng m

odel

s to

spee

d-up

and

ea

se u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he d

ata

trans

mitt

ed.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.2

.(c) a

bove

) The

goa

l of C

RIM

GO

ELO

G is

to a

ddre

ss th

is

need

. Si

mila

rly,

PIR

ATE

S en

able

s au

thor

ities

to

regi

ster

inc

iden

ts i

n an

ac

cura

te m

anne

r by

usin

g a

stan

dard

ised

form

at fo

r dat

a en

try. F

urth

erm

ore,

th

e sy

stem

ena

bles

aut

horit

ies

to a

naly

se a

nd s

hare

the

pira

cy i

ncid

ent

info

rmat

ion.

PIR

ATE

S su

ppor

ts i

nfor

mat

ion

exch

ange

bet

wee

n di

ffer

ent

stat

es a

nd o

rgan

isat

ions

thro

ugh

a se

cure

web

-bas

ed n

etw

ork.

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25

2.3.

Impr

oved

la

w e

nfor

cem

ent

and

judi

cial

co

oper

atio

n

(a) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: A

ssis

ting

deve

lopm

ent

of n

atio

nal l

egal

fram

ewor

ks, a

s wel

l as t

he

adeq

uate

org

anis

atio

nal s

truct

ures

nee

ded

to

impl

emen

t the

Cod

e of

Con

duct

, lea

ding

to

ratif

icat

ion

of in

tern

atio

nal i

nstru

men

ts su

ch a

s U

NC

LOS,

SO

LAS,

AR

AS,

UN

FSA

, PSM

A a

nd

harm

onis

atio

n w

ith n

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n to

ena

ble

effic

ient

and

succ

essf

ul p

rose

cutio

ns.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M

)

Den

mar

k co

nduc

ts

capa

city

bu

ildin

g an

d pa

rtner

ing

with

m

ariti

me

auth

oriti

es in

Gha

na

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R p

rogr

am (l

ates

t rev

iew

in G

uine

a C

onak

ry

in D

ecem

ber 2

015)

G

OG

IN (s

ee 1

.1.d

abo

ve)

In th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

e IU

U R

egul

atio

n, D

G M

AR

E as

sist

s a

num

ber

of

coun

tries

of

the

GoG

to

deve

lop

and/

or r

evis

e th

eir

lega

l fr

amew

ork

gove

rnin

g fis

herie

s as

wel

l as

deve

lop

adeq

uate

org

anis

atio

nal s

truct

ures

to

man

age

fishe

ries

and

fight

aga

inst

IU

U f

ishi

ng.

DG

MA

RE

activ

ely

prom

otes

rat

ifica

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

all

the

rele

vant

int

erna

tiona

l le

gal i

nstru

men

ts to

fig

ht a

gain

st I

UU

fis

hing

. (cf

ann

exe

2.3.

(a)

for

mor

e in

fo)

Posi

tive

deve

lopm

ents

in so

me

coun

tries

, e.g

Tog

o (c

f 2.3

.(a) i

n an

nexe

) Pr

opos

als:

-

Und

erta

ke c

ompl

emen

tary

act

ions

with

cur

rent

ly e

xist

ing

dono

r pa

rtne

r pr

ogra

ms w

ith re

gard

s to

impr

ovem

ent o

f Rul

e of

Law

. -

Wor

k w

ith I

MO

and

/or

UN

OD

C to

con

duct

a b

asel

ine

revi

ew o

f sta

te o

f pl

ay

(b) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

and

st

reng

then

ing

com

plia

nce

with

app

licab

le

inte

rnat

iona

l leg

al in

stru

men

ts fo

r fis

hing

, of

fsho

re m

iner

al e

xplo

itatio

n (in

clud

ing

oil a

nd

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R p

rogr

am; o

n dr

ug tr

affic

king

, thr

ough

the

ALC

AO

pro

gram

(lu

tte c

ontre

le tr

afic

de

coca

ïne

en A

friq

ue d

e l’O

uest

) (c

f als

o re

gion

al le

vel)

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hydr

ocar

bon

thef

t), w

aste

dum

ping

, dru

g tra

ffic

king

and

trac

king

of f

inan

cial

flow

s, as

per

th

e C

ode

of C

ondu

ct.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

DG

MA

RE

is s

uppo

rting

cou

ntrie

s to

com

ply

with

int

erna

tiona

l la

w.

(cf

2.3.

(b) i

n th

e an

nex)

Po

sitiv

e de

velo

pmen

ts in

som

e co

untri

es, e

.g T

ogo,

Gha

na, T

he G

ambi

a10

(cf 2

.3.(b

) in

the

anne

x)

(c) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

an

effic

ient

ju

stic

e ch

ain

– co

mpe

tent

pol

ice

and

pros

ecut

ion,

inde

pend

ent a

nd e

ffic

ient

judi

ciar

y,

adeq

uate

det

entio

n fa

cilit

ies,

in o

rder

to d

eal

effe

ctiv

ely

with

pira

cy a

nd c

rimin

ality

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

M)

Finl

and

supp

orts

the

proh

ibiti

on o

f hu

man

traf

ficki

ng (

Nig

eria

), (c

f 2.

3.(c

) in

ann

ex).

Fr

ance

: Thr

ough

the

ASE

CM

AR

pro

gram

, has

run

a p

ract

ical

pro

gram

for

m

agis

trate

s fro

m E

quat

oria

l Gui

nea)

Po

rtuga

l: C

apac

ity-b

uild

ing

and

bette

r pra

ctic

es e

xcha

nge

with

São

Tom

é e

Prín

cipe

Pol

ice

at a

ll le

vels

(in

clud

ing

the

train

ing

of h

igh

leve

l off

icia

ls)

and

stre

ngth

enin

g of

cap

abili

ties

in S

ão T

omé

e Pr

inci

pe:

navy

and

co

mm

unic

atio

n eq

uipm

ent.

In s

ever

al c

ount

ries,

EDF

and

IcSP

pro

ject

s s

uppo

rt th

e ju

stic

e se

ctor

, and

al

so th

e po

lice

(ref

2.3

.(c) o

f the

ann

ex)

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

))

Prop

osal

: cf 1

.3.(a

) EU

Del

egat

ions

to p

repa

re a

sho

rt d

ocum

ent w

ith th

e in

terv

entio

n of

key

pa

rtne

rs (w

ho is

doi

ng w

hat),

join

tly w

ith M

S by

end

of A

pril

2016

. EEA

S to

pro

vide

the

tem

plat

e

(d) A

t the

regi

onal

leve

l: Su

ppor

ting

conv

entio

nal d

efin

ition

s tow

ards

a st

anda

rd le

gal

fram

ewor

k ac

hiev

ed a

nd sh

ared

acr

oss t

he

regi

on a

s per

the

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. (C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

/M)

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R p

rogr

am

(Wor

ksho

p in

Acc

ra, G

hana

, in

June

201

5 de

dica

ted

to ju

stic

e sy

stem

in E

CO

WA

S co

untri

es)

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

))

The

10th

ED

F EC

OW

AS

PSS

Gra

nt w

ill p

rovi

de a

tem

pora

ry le

gal a

dvis

ory

10

Lis

t of c

ount

ries n

ot e

xhau

stiv

e

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27

ag

ent

to s

uppo

rt th

e de

velo

pmen

t in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith E

CO

WA

S Le

gal

Aff

airs

Uni

t of s

peci

fic is

sues

rel

ated

to M

ariti

me

Law

and

rel

evan

t to

the

ECO

WA

S pe

ace

and

secu

rity

man

date

. The

gra

nt is

in it

s app

licat

ion

phas

e,

activ

ities

are

bei

ng r

evie

wed

and

sub

ject

to m

odifi

catio

ns b

efor

e si

gnat

ure

(Not

bef

ore

end

2016

/ear

ly 2

017)

W

API

S el

ectro

nic

polic

e in

form

atio

n sy

stem

: Reg

iona

l agr

eem

ent o

n cr

ime

cate

gorie

s to

be

deve

lope

d as

par

t of a

n EC

OW

AS

regi

onal

hub

for p

olic

e in

form

atio

n ex

chan

ge. S

o fa

r, EC

OW

AS

regu

latio

ns e

stab

lishe

d to

pro

cess

po

lice

info

rmat

ion.

(e

) At t

he re

gion

al le

vel:

Supp

ortin

g ag

reem

ents

fo

r law

enf

orce

men

t and

judi

cial

coo

pera

tion

betw

een

auth

oriti

es o

f the

cou

ntrie

s inv

olve

d.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S) (

I/M)

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh th

e A

SEC

MA

R a

nd A

LCA

O

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

))

The

proj

ects

to b

e id

entif

ied

unde

r the

RIP

Wes

tern

Afr

ica

and

Cen

tral

Afr

ica

may

als

o co

ntrib

ute

to th

is

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28

2.4.

Im

prov

emen

ts

in tr

ansn

atio

nal

(zon

al)

coop

erat

ion

(a) A

t the

regi

onal

leve

l: M

appi

ng o

f ass

ets

avai

labl

e in

the

Gul

f of G

uine

a to

man

age

a m

ariti

me

cris

is (C

RES

MA

C, C

RES

MA

O,

MO

WC

A a

nd In

ter-

Reg

iona

l Coo

rdin

atio

n C

entre

). (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

I/M

)

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

CR

IMG

O C

RTs

are

goo

d op

portu

nitie

s to

iden

tify

wha

t ass

ets a

re

avai

labl

e fo

r the

man

agem

ent o

f mar

itim

e cr

ises

.

(b) M

appi

ng o

f tra

inin

g ne

eds a

t nat

iona

l and

re

gion

al le

vels

. (C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

/M)

The

Net

herla

nds i

s will

ing

to u

se m

appi

ng re

sults

of t

rain

ing

need

s for

the

capa

city

bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

m w

ithin

Afr

ican

Win

ds 2

016

in o

rder

to b

uild

a

cohe

rent

trai

ning

pro

gram

with

AFR

ICO

M..

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.4

.(b) i

n an

nex)

As t

here

is n

o st

anda

rd fo

r tra

inin

g at

in

terr

egio

nal l

evel

, the

trai

ning

nee

ds a

re a

sses

sed

and

man

aged

by

CR

IMG

O p

er c

ount

ry, b

ut a

lso

at R

ECs l

evel

G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) SE

AC

OP

(onl

y na

tiona

l; pr

ior t

o an

y st

anda

rd c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

prog

ram

me

- Sco

ping

vis

its to

Ben

in, C

ap V

erde

, Gam

bia,

Gha

na,

Gui

nea

Bis

sau,

Sen

egal

, Sie

rra

Leon

e, T

ogo)

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29

(c) A

t the

regi

onal

leve

l: C

oord

inat

ing

use

of

exis

ting

and

futu

re c

ivili

an a

nd m

ilita

ry

tech

nolo

gies

and

cap

abili

ties f

or m

ariti

me

dom

ain

awar

enes

s, ca

paci

ty-b

uild

ing

and

train

ing/

exer

cisi

ng. (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

Fran

ce:

i) Th

roug

h th

e IM

SI (I

nter

regi

onal

Mar

itim

e Se

curit

y In

stitu

te) s

hort

term

an

d lo

ng-te

rm t

rain

ing

prog

ram

s, by

dem

and

of b

enef

icia

ry c

ount

ries

thro

ugh

the

Inte

rreg

iona

l co

ordi

natio

n ce

ntre

(I

CC

), w

hen

this

on

e be

com

es fu

lly fu

nctio

nal a

nd o

pera

tiona

l ii)

Sup

port

to t

he N

aval

Sch

ool

of B

ata

(Equ

ator

ial

Gui

nea)

: 3

Fre

nch

tech

nica

l ex

perts

are

con

duct

ing

Fren

ch l

angu

age

train

ing;

mar

itim

e ex

perti

se a

nd su

ppor

t to

the

train

eesh

ip p

rogr

am (2

00 0

00 E

uros

/yea

r)

Col

labo

ratio

n w

ith U

S pr

opos

ed o

n M

ariti

me

Dom

ain

Aw

aren

ess

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

(d

) Stre

ngth

enin

g in

ter-

agen

cy c

o-op

erat

ion

at

both

nat

iona

l and

regi

onal

leve

ls (C

MC

s tra

nsfo

rmed

into

mul

ti-di

men

sion

al c

entre

s –

with

a c

oast

guar

d fu

nctio

n to

wor

k in

line

with

th

e Y

aoun

dé C

ode

of C

ondu

ct).

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M/L

)

Fran

ce: o

ngoi

ng r

egio

nal m

ariti

me

exer

cise

s org

aniz

ed d

urin

g C

OR

YM

BE

Fren

ch N

avy

mis

sion

s, w

ith th

e he

lp o

f det

ache

d na

vy

offic

ers t

o na

tiona

l Afr

ican

nav

ies

CR

IMG

O (

cf 2

.2.(d

) ab

ove)

As

soon

as

mul

tinat

iona

l or

regi

onal

cen

tres

are

in th

e pr

oces

s of

ope

ratio

nal p

repa

ratio

n, C

RIM

GO

incl

udes

them

in

thei

r C

RTs

. CR

IMG

O c

ours

es a

re a

lso

prep

arin

g ac

tors

for

int

er-a

genc

y co

oper

atio

n, a

t any

leve

l. G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) SE

AC

OP

(cf

2.1.

(h)

and

(i) a

bove

) In

ter

agen

cy C

ontro

l un

its s

et u

p in

G

hana

(2)

, Se

nega

l, C

ape

Ver

de,

Ben

in,

Togo

, Si

erra

Leo

ne.

Reg

iona

l tra

inin

gs a

nd e

xerc

ises

org

aniz

ed o

n a

regu

lar b

asis

(e

) At t

he re

gion

al le

vel:

Stre

ngth

enin

g jo

ined

up

wor

king

with

dire

ct n

eigh

bour

s and

regi

onal

C

MC

s and

oth

er c

entre

s lea

ding

to su

cces

sful

op

erat

ions

and

stro

nger

secu

rity

and

mar

itim

e en

forc

emen

t/coa

stgu

ard

func

tions

/cap

abili

ties.

(CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.2

.(d) a

bove

) It i

s one

obj

ectiv

e of

mul

tinat

iona

l CR

Ts.

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(f)H

elpi

ng M

ariti

me

Zone

s D a

nd E

to b

ecom

e fu

lly o

pera

tiona

l (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

I/M

) Fr

ance

: As p

art o

f the

CO

RY

MB

E m

issi

on, “

NEM

O”

exer

cise

s (3

to 4

tim

e a

year

) tra

inin

g co

untri

es to

dev

elop

bila

tera

l coo

pera

tion

with

in

Mar

itim

e Zo

nes D

and

E, f

rom

Gha

na to

Con

go

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

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31

RE

SUL

T 3

: M

ore

pros

pero

us a

nd r

esili

ent e

cono

mie

s and

coa

stal

com

mun

ities

Exp

ecte

d R

esul

ts

Act

ions

, (Le

ad A

ctor

s) a

nd

(tim

elin

e)

Typ

e of

act

ion,

ach

ieve

men

ts, a

nd st

ate

of im

plem

enta

tion

3.1.

Impr

oved

go

vern

ance

of

key

indu

stri

es

(incl

. fis

hing

and

ex

trac

tive

indu

stri

es)

(a) S

treng

then

ing

the

regu

latio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t of f

ishe

ries a

nd e

xtra

ctiv

e in

dust

ries (

at b

oth

natio

nal a

nd

regi

onal

leve

ls) l

eadi

ng to

impr

oved

an

alys

is/re

porti

ng o

n th

e en

forc

emen

t ca

paci

ties o

f diff

eren

t ini

tiativ

es a

nd

impr

ovem

ents

requ

ired

or g

aps w

here

EU

cou

ld a

ssis

t. (C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

)

Dia

logu

es/P

roje

cts

alre

ady

goin

g on

in s

ome

coun

tries

(To

go, S

eneg

al)

(cf

3.1.

(a)

in th

e an

nex)

D

G M

AR

E, i

n th

e fr

amew

ork

of t

he I

UU

Reg

ulat

ion,

wor

ks a

t en

cour

agin

g co

untri

es to

stre

ngth

en th

e re

gula

tion

and

man

agem

ent o

f the

ir fis

herie

s (c

f 3.1

.(a)

in th

e an

nex)

.

(b) E

ncou

ragi

ng c

ount

ries t

o in

cent

ivis

e ch

ange

with

eco

nom

ic

inst

rum

ents

(fis

cal i

ncen

tives

for t

hose

co

mpa

nies

that

com

ply

with

re

gula

tions

, rev

iew

ing

tax

ince

ntiv

es/

subs

idie

s etc

.). (C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

)

DG

MA

RE

indi

rect

ly e

ncou

rage

s G

oG c

ount

ries

to i

ncen

tivis

e ch

ange

with

ec

onom

ic in

stru

men

ts to

favo

ur th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he le

gitim

ate

fishi

ng in

dust

ry

and

disc

oura

ge

illeg

al

oper

ator

s to

op

erat

e in

th

e re

gion

. B

y ta

king

in

to

cons

ider

atio

n, in

ter

alia

, the

leve

l of

sanc

tions

and

lice

nce

fees

in it

s di

alog

ue a

nd

coop

erat

ion

with

the

coun

tries

of t

he G

oG in

the

fram

ewor

k of

the

IUU

Reg

ulat

ion

Thes

e ac

tions

hav

e be

en o

n-go

ing

sinc

e th

e en

try in

to fo

rce

of th

e IU

U R

egul

atio

n an

d D

G M

AR

E co

ntin

ues

to i

mpl

emen

t th

is p

olic

y. O

ver

the

past

few

yea

rs a

si

gnifi

cant

num

ber

of c

ount

ries

of th

e G

oG h

ave

incr

ease

d th

eir

sanc

tions

as

wel

l as

thei

r lic

ence

fees

(e.g

. Cap

e V

erde

, Gha

na, G

uine

a an

d Se

nega

l).

(c) R

einf

orci

ng th

e m

anda

te o

f Gul

f of

Gui

nea

coun

tries

' Reg

iona

l Fis

herie

s M

anag

emen

t Org

anis

atio

ns (R

FMO

s)

lead

ing

to im

prov

ed c

oope

ratio

n an

d ef

fect

iven

ess o

f the

regi

onal

or

gani

satio

ns a

nd re

cord

ing

and

repo

rting

of c

atch

es. (

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

DG

MA

RE,

in th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

e IU

U R

egul

atio

n, a

ctiv

ely

prom

otes

reg

iona

l co

oper

atio

n in

the

GoG

, as w

ell a

s com

plia

nce

with

RFM

Os,

incl

udin

g w

ith re

spec

t to

reco

rdin

g an

d re

porti

ng o

f cat

ches

obl

igat

ions

(cf 3

.1.(c

) in

the

anne

x)

The

Gam

bia,

Sen

egal

, Mau

ritan

ia, G

uine

a B

issa

u, G

uine

a, C

ape

Ver

de a

nd S

ierr

a Le

one

have

est

ablis

hed

a Su

b-R

egio

nal F

ishe

ries

Com

mis

sion

(SR

FC) –

a re

gion

al

fishe

ries

orga

niza

tion

who

se

obje

ctiv

es

are

to

rein

forc

e co

oper

atio

n an

d co

ordi

natio

n of

the

man

agem

ent

of t

he m

ainl

y m

arin

e fis

herie

s re

sour

ces

amon

g

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mem

ber s

tate

s. Th

e SR

FC h

as b

een

supp

orte

d by

a 9

th E

DF

proj

ect i

n th

e pa

st

3.2.

Sup

port

for

infr

astr

uctu

re

proj

ects

, in

clud

ing

port

s

(a) A

t the

regi

onal

leve

l: Su

ppor

ting

acce

ss to

ene

rgy

and

basi

c se

rvic

es

linke

d to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f por

ts a

nd

mar

itim

e in

dust

ries l

eadi

ng to

an

enha

ncem

ent o

f int

ra-A

fric

an tr

ade

as

wel

l as a

ttrac

ting

EU in

vest

men

t in

the

Afr

ican

mar

itim

e tra

nspo

rt se

ctor

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

/L)

The

Net

herla

nds

cont

ribut

es

finan

cial

ly

to

prog

ram

mes

fo

cuse

d on

fu

rther

in

tegr

atio

n of

the

finan

cial

mar

kets

in W

est-A

fric

a.

Fina

ncia

l mar

ket i

nteg

ratio

n an

d tra

de fa

cilit

atio

n in

EC

OW

AS

(201

5: E

700.

000)

UEM

OA

Cus

tom

s Uni

on In

stru

men

ts o

n TF

(201

5: E

2.64

3.00

0)

The

Net

herla

nds

plan

s to

fac

ilita

te t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of t

rade

cor

ridor

s in

Wes

t A

fric

a. T

he a

im is

to e

nhan

ce in

fras

truct

ure

with

in th

e re

gion

, im

prov

e cr

oss-

bord

er

mov

emen

ts a

nd d

ecre

ase

trade

bar

riers

, inc

ludi

ng f

urth

er d

evel

opm

ents

of

ports

in

the

regi

on.

Fran

ce, t

hrou

gh d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

ams

in s

ever

al p

ort c

ities

of

the

Gul

f of

Gui

nea,

fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e ac

cess

to

ener

gy,

wat

er,

sani

tatio

n an

d ot

her

basi

c se

rvic

es (

e.g.

: D

oual

a, P

oint

e-N

oire

…).

The

Econ

omic

Par

tner

ship

Agr

eem

ents

(EP

A)

with

Wes

t Afr

ica

and

Cen

tral A

fric

a (C

amer

oon)

will

cre

ate

clea

r ru

les

and

a st

able

fra

mew

ork

for

EU in

vest

ors

in th

e re

gion

.

The

EPA

with

Wes

t A

fric

a is

cur

rent

ly i

n th

e si

gnat

ure

phas

e an

d is

ex

pect

ed t

o en

ter

into

for

ce i

n 20

16. T

he E

PA w

ith C

amer

oon

is c

urre

ntly

und

er

impl

emen

tatio

n.

(b) A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el: S

uppo

rting

po

rt co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith IM

O IS

PS C

ode

lead

ing

to m

ore

secu

re, e

ffec

tive

&

effic

ient

por

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

and

oper

atio

ns a

nd im

prov

ed re

venu

es fo

r G

over

nmen

ts. (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

Trai

ning

on

port

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity to

ok p

lace

in s

ome

coun

tries

. Th

e in

tra-A

CP

prog

ram

me

Supp

ort

to t

he m

ariti

me

trans

port

sect

or i

n A

fric

a pr

ovid

ed s

peci

fic

train

ing

on p

ort s

afet

y on

15-

19 Ju

ne 2

015.

A n

ew tr

aini

ng se

ssio

n is

fore

seen

bef

ore

the

end

of 2

015

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33

(c) F

acili

tatin

g in

vest

men

t in

rele

vant

in

fras

truct

ure

like

ports

(fin

anci

al

inst

rum

ents

, inc

entiv

es, d

onor

co

ordi

natio

n et

c.) (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M)

The

Net

herla

nds

cont

ribut

es t

o th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

mar

itim

e in

fras

truct

ure

in

Sene

gal,

Cap

e V

erde

and

Ben

in (c

f 3.2

.(c) i

n an

nex)

Fran

ce p

rovi

des s

ubsi

dies

to A

bidj

an a

nd L

omé

ports

.

Prop

osal

: to

exp

lore

pos

sibi

litie

s of

ass

ista

nce

from

the

EU

MS

and

of f

inan

cial

in

stitu

tions

.

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3.3.

Sup

port

to

grow

th a

nd

empl

oym

ent i

n co

asta

l are

as

(a) T

akin

g du

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of th

e ne

eds o

f coa

stal

com

mun

ities

in

deve

lopm

ent s

trate

gies

, inc

l. fis

hing

co

mm

uniti

es. (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M

/L)

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

ams i

n se

vera

l cou

ntrie

s of t

he G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

(b) S

uppo

rting

job

and

grow

th c

reat

ion

in th

e fis

herie

s and

aqu

acul

ture

sect

ors

thro

ugh

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

val

ue

chai

n. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

/L)

The

Net

herla

nds c

ontri

bute

s to

the

aqua

cultu

re se

ctor

in th

e fo

llow

ing

coun

tries

:

Ben

in: i

mpr

ovin

g re

silie

nce

of fi

shin

g co

mm

uniti

es (2

015:

E28

0.00

0)

Cap

e V

erde

: im

prov

ing

resi

lienc

e of

fish

ing

com

mun

ities

(201

5: E

675.

000)

Finl

and

prov

ided

hum

anita

rian

aid

(cf 3

.3.(b

) in

anne

x)

The

EPA

enc

oura

ges

loca

l val

ue a

dditi

on b

y lib

eral

isin

g th

e ac

cess

to q

ualit

y ca

pita

l go

ods a

nd m

achi

nery

from

the

EU, b

y in

trodu

cing

mor

e fle

xibl

e ru

les o

f orig

in w

hich

al

low

for c

umul

atio

n be

twee

n al

l cou

ntrie

s w

hich

are

in a

n EP

A a

nd g

uara

ntee

s du

ty-

free

quo

ta fr

ee a

cces

s to

the

EU m

arke

t. Th

e EP

A w

ith W

A a

lso

fore

sees

an

enha

nced

co

oper

atio

n w

ith r

egar

d to

fis

herie

s (a

rt. 4

9).

The

EPA

with

WA

is c

urre

ntly

in th

e si

gnat

ure

phas

e an

d is

exp

ecte

d to

ent

er in

to fo

rce

in 2

016.

The

EPA

with

Cam

eroo

n is

und

er im

plem

enta

tion

Seve

ral

EDF

(or

othe

r) p

roje

cts

in s

ome

coun

tries

, in

Sen

egal

or

The

Gam

bia

for

inst

ance

(cf 3

.3.(b

) in

anne

x) su

ppor

t thi

s sec

tor

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(c) I

mpr

ovin

g sa

fety

con

ditio

ns in

fis

herie

s and

ext

ract

ive

sect

ors

incl

udin

g pe

rson

nel t

rain

ing.

(M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

M)

In t

he f

ram

ewor

k of

the

fis

herie

s pa

rtner

ship

agr

eem

ent,

inte

rven

tions

cou

ld b

e fo

rese

en in

the

field

s of i

nsur

ance

and

secu

rity

for t

he a

rtisa

nal f

ishi

ng se

ctor

(d) P

rom

otin

g m

ariti

me

train

ing

and

stud

y of

mar

itim

e te

chno

logy

lead

ing

to m

ore

jobs

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I/M

)

Den

mar

k an

d G

hana

sig

ned

in 2

015

an a

gree

men

t on

mut

ual r

ecog

nitio

n of

sea

fare

rs,

enab

ling

them

to s

eek

empl

oym

ent o

n D

anis

h ve

ssel

s (a

nd v

ice

vers

a) to

ena

ble

job

crea

tion

and

skill

s tra

nsfe

r in

the

sect

or.

Fran

ce: H

ighe

r edu

catio

n pr

ogra

m fo

cuse

d on

por

ts in

Lom

é, T

ogo;

Tra

inin

g of

C

ongo

lese

(Bra

zza)

civ

il se

rvan

ts in

the

real

m o

f mar

itim

e af

fairs

.

CR

IMG

O: (

cf 3

.3.(d

) in

anne

x) T

he p

roce

ss o

f int

egra

tion

of C

RIM

GO

cou

rses

w

ithin

bot

h m

ariti

me

univ

ersi

ties'

shor

t-cou

rse

cata

logu

es is

impr

ovin

g ov

eral

l m

ariti

me

train

ing,

and

hel

ping

to a

dd n

ew a

reas

(mar

itim

e se

curit

y or

safe

ty sk

ills)

to

stan

dard

cou

rses

.

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

(e) S

uppo

rt ef

fect

ive

judi

cial

syst

ems

in a

dmin

istra

tive,

civ

il an

d co

mm

erci

al

law

, as k

ey e

nabl

ers o

f sus

tain

able

gr

owth

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(M

)

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh c

oope

ratio

n pr

ogra

ms o

n la

w e

nfor

cem

ent.

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3.4.

Fac

ilita

tion

of r

esea

rch

to

unde

rsta

nd

cond

uciv

e ca

uses

, and

su

ppor

t to

yout

h an

d ed

ucat

iona

l in

itiat

ives

to

miti

gate

cr

imin

ality

(a) U

nder

stan

ding

and

add

ress

ing

the

soci

o-ec

onom

ic c

ause

s of c

rimin

ality

in

this

regi

on. W

ith p

artic

ular

at

tent

ion

to y

outh

une

mpl

oym

ent a

nd

radi

calis

atio

n, il

lega

l mig

ratio

n an

d sm

uggl

ing.

(CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M

)

EPA

sup

ports

incl

usiv

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e ec

onom

ic g

row

th a

nd jo

b cr

eatio

n. T

he E

PA

with

WA

is c

urre

ntly

in th

e si

gnat

ure

phas

e an

d is

exp

ecte

d to

ent

er in

to fo

rce

in 2

016.

Th

e EP

A w

ith C

amer

oon

is u

nder

impl

emen

tatio

n

Ong

oing

ref

lect

ion

in T

he G

ambi

a fo

r a

proj

ect

impr

ovin

g th

e em

ploy

abili

ty o

f po

tent

ial a

nd/o

r ret

urni

ng m

igra

nts

thro

ugh

agric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n, v

ocat

iona

l tra

inin

g an

d sm

all e

nter

pris

e de

velo

pmen

t.

(b) I

dent

ifyin

g vu

lner

able

/at r

isk

com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

tool

s suc

h as

the

Con

flict

Ear

ly W

arni

ng, C

onfli

ct R

isk

Ass

essm

ents

and

EU

Hum

an R

ight

s st

rate

gies

. (C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

I/M

)

NIP

s of s

ome

coun

tries

may

con

tribu

te th

roug

h th

eir f

ocal

sect

or in

an

ad h

oc m

anne

r

(c) A

ddre

ssin

g co

ncer

ns o

f coa

stal

co

mm

uniti

es w

ith re

gard

to il

lega

l fis

hing

and

was

te d

umpi

ng.

(CO

M/E

EA

S)

(M

)

Prop

osal

: to

invo

lve

CSO

s and

NG

Os w

orki

ng o

n th

is su

bjec

t to

expl

ore

oppo

rtun

ities

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(d) E

ncou

ragi

ng a

cces

s to

educ

atio

n an

d al

tern

ativ

e liv

elih

oods

via

tra

inin

g in

cent

ives

lead

ing

to a

re

duct

ion

of o

vera

ll cr

imin

ality

. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(

M)

The

Net

herla

nds c

urre

ntly

supp

orts

the

educ

atio

nal s

ecto

r in

the

follo

win

g co

untri

es:

Ben

in: 2

015

2.5

M. E

UR

Gha

na: 2

015

250.

000

EUR

Fran

ce:

ongo

ing

deve

lopm

ent

prog

ram

s in

sev

eral

cou

ntrie

s of

the

Gul

f of

Gui

nea,

fo

cusi

ng o

n ed

ucat

ion,

redu

ctio

n of

dom

estic

vio

lenc

e an

d ge

nder

issu

es.

(e) I

ncre

asin

g co

mm

unity

pa

rtici

patio

n in

loca

l eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent a

nd su

ppor

t ini

tiativ

es.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/

M)

Spai

n su

ppor

ts se

vera

l pro

ject

s:

AEC

ID A

gric

ultu

re

(Bila

tera

l sup

port

to E

CO

WA

S (A

RA

A)

(3 te

chni

cal a

ssis

tant

s)

AEC

ID F

AO

sup

port

(3

mill

ion

€)

AEC

ID N

EPA

D (

Fund

for

em

pow

erm

ent

of w

omen

in

Afr

ica

(77

proj

ects

) M

oU

12/0

6/20

07 2

0 M

EU

R

ECO

WA

S Fu

nd (

53 p

roje

cts o

f ins

titut

ions

of c

ivil

soci

ety)

MoU

200

8 10

M E

UR

Fran

ce: T

hrou

gh in

volv

emen

t of c

ivil

soci

ety

in d

efin

ition

of d

evel

opm

ent p

roje

cts a

nd

prog

ram

s pro

mot

ing

the

rise

of c

ivil

soci

ety.

Con

stan

t dia

logu

e w

ith lo

cal N

GO

s

11th

ED

F N

IP o

f som

e co

untri

es m

ay c

ontri

bute

thro

ugh

thei

r foc

al s

ecto

r in

an a

d ho

c m

anne

r

Som

e on

goin

g pr

ojec

ts (c

f 3.4

.(e) i

n an

nex)

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RE

SUL

T 4

: Str

engt

hene

d co

oper

atio

n st

ruct

ures

with

the

regi

on, a

nd a

mon

gst E

U M

embe

r St

ates

and

inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

s

Exp

ecte

d R

esul

ts

Act

ions

, (Le

ad a

ctor

s) a

nd

(tim

elin

e)

Typ

e of

act

ion,

ach

ieve

men

ts, a

nd st

ate

of im

plem

enta

tion

4.1.

Enc

oura

gem

ent

of p

ract

ical

reg

iona

l co

oper

atio

n be

yond

de

clar

atio

ns o

f int

ent

(a) S

uppo

rting

regi

onal

coo

rdin

atio

n ce

ntre

s (C

RES

MA

C a

nd

CR

ESM

AO

) to

be in

pla

ce le

adin

g to

im

prov

ed p

lann

ing,

coo

rdin

atio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n am

ongs

t reg

iona

l pa

rtner

s. (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

/M)

Fren

ch G

7++

FOG

G p

resi

denc

y in

201

4-20

15 P

ortu

gal w

ill ta

ke o

ver i

n 20

16

The

proj

ects

to b

e id

entif

ied

unde

r th

e R

IPs

of W

este

rn a

nd C

entra

l Afr

ica

may

al

so c

ontri

bute

to th

is.

C

RIM

GO

: S

uppo

rt to

the

IC

C a

nd o

ther

reg

iona

l en

titie

s (C

RES

MA

C a

nd

CR

ESM

AO

inc

ludi

ng i

nteg

ratin

g th

em i

nto

mul

tinat

iona

l tra

inin

gs)

thro

ugh

the

mob

ilisa

tion

of a

poo

l of

shor

t ter

m e

xper

ts o

n in

form

atio

n sh

arin

g pr

oces

s, la

w

enfo

rcem

ent,

or a

ny o

ther

exp

ertis

e ne

eded

(TA

, org

anis

atio

n of

wor

ksho

ps, …

) G

OG

IN (c

f 1.1

.(d) a

bove

) (b

) Hel

ping

key

regi

onal

and

nat

iona

l ag

enci

es a

nd in

stitu

tions

to h

ave

info

rmat

ion

flow

s, pl

anni

ng a

nd

deci

sion

-mak

ing

proc

esse

s in

plac

e.

(MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I/M

)

Dan

ish

mar

itim

e m

ilita

ry a

dvis

or a

t the

AU

in A

ddis

Aba

ba, h

as c

ontri

bute

d to

the

form

ulat

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Afr

ican

Int

egra

ted

Mar

itim

e St

rate

gy

(AIM

S)

The

proj

ects

to b

e id

entif

ied

unde

r th

e R

IPs

of W

este

rn a

nd C

entra

l Afr

ica

may

al

so c

ontri

bute

to th

is.

C

RIM

GO

(cf 2

.2.(d

) abo

ve)

GO

GIN

(cf 1

.1.(d

) abo

ve)

WA

PIS

- Reg

iona

l WA

PIS

plat

form

und

er E

CO

WA

S a

egis

with

Inte

rpol

te

chni

cal e

xper

tise

on d

ata

trans

fer,

data

man

agem

ent,

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

and

da

ta p

rote

ctio

n. W

API

S al

read

y in

stal

led

in i

n B

enin

, Gha

na, N

iger

, and

Mal

i –

and

a fu

rther

EC

OW

AS

rollo

ut p

ossi

ble

in 2

016

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(c) S

harin

g an

d di

scus

sing

EU

le

sson

s lea

rned

as a

ppro

pria

te fr

om

Hor

n of

Afr

ica

(e.g

. pas

sing

on

expe

rienc

e fr

om th

e C

onta

ct G

roup

on

Pira

cy o

ff th

e C

oast

of S

omal

ia,

in su

ppor

t of t

he c

oord

inat

ion

and

coop

erat

ion

effo

rts o

f EC

OW

AS,

EC

CA

S an

d th

e G

GC

). (M

S/C

OM

/EE

AS)

(I

)

EEA

S an

d in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

ers

(US,

indu

stry

and

EU

MS)

par

t of

the

Info

rmal

In

ters

ervi

ce C

onta

ct G

roup

on

Pira

cy a

nd b

eing

inv

olve

d w

ith t

he m

anag

ing

of

oper

atio

ns in

the

Hor

n A

fric

a, d

iscu

ss a

nd d

raw

on

Less

ons

Lear

ned

to f

eed-

into

Y

aoun

dé p

roce

ss.

Con

fere

nce

in A

ngol

a in

Oct

ober

201

5.

CR

IMG

O (c

f 2.2

.(d) a

bove

) Les

sons

lear

ned

from

the

Hor

n of

Afr

ica

are

used

as

appr

opria

te g

iven

ther

e is

no

one

size

fits

all

appr

oach

.

d) S

harin

g EU

exp

erie

nce

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of "

coas

t gua

rd

func

tions

". (

MS/

CO

M/E

EA

S)

(I)

PT, F

R, E

S, U

K, N

L ha

ve b

i-lat

eral

coo

pera

tion

with

Cap

e V

erde

’s c

oast

gua

rd.

FRO

NTE

X h

as W

orki

ng A

rran

gem

ents

in p

lace

with

Cap

e V

erde

and

Nig

eria

in

the

regi

on. W

ith S

eneg

al th

e W

orki

ng A

rran

gem

ent i

s und

er d

iscu

ssio

n.

Bot

h C

ape

Ver

de a

nd N

iger

ia h

ave

parti

cipa

ted

in E

urop

ean

Patro

l N

etw

ork

mee

tings

org

anis

ed b

y FR

ON

TEX

in re

latio

n to

Coa

st g

uard

and

bor

der g

uard

ing.

C

ape

Ver

de p

artic

ipat

ed a

s w

ell a

s ob

serv

er in

som

e Jo

int O

pera

tions

coo

rdin

ated

by

FR

ON

TEX

.

(e) E

xplo

ring

Sout

h-So

uth

coop

erat

ion

initi

ativ

es w

ith S

outh

ern

and

East

ern

Afr

ican

or C

arib

bean

co

untri

es in

clud

ing

seek

ing

oppo

rtuni

ties f

or p

artn

erin

g.

(MS/

EE

AS)

(

I/M

)

SEA

CO

P - W

orks

hops

and

tran

s-re

gion

al tr

aini

ng e

vent

s/be

st p

ract

ices

exc

hang

es

orga

nize

d on

a re

gula

r bas

is b

etw

een

the

bene

ficia

ry c

ount

ries

in W

est A

fric

a an

d th

e Ea

ster

n C

arib

bean

/sel

ecte

d La

tin A

mer

ican

cou

ntrie

s. B

razi

l, C

olom

bia

and

Sout

h A

fric

a to

be

poss

ibly

ass

ocia

te a

s tra

inin

g pa

rtner

s de

pend

ing

on t

heir

inte

rest

and

will

. (se

e 4.

1.(e

) in

anne

x)

Tran

s-re

gion

al

best

pr

actic

es

exch

ange

s/ca

paci

ty

build

ing

even

ts

betw

een

coun

tries

in

Afr

ica

and

Latin

Am

eric

a/th

e C

arib

bean

are

reg

ular

ly t

akin

g pl

ace

unde

r ot

her

proj

ects

of

the

Coc

aine

Rou

te P

rogr

amm

e, s

uch

as t

he A

IRC

OP

(Airp

ort

Com

mun

icat

ion)

pro

ject

, or

the

AM

ERIP

OL-

EU p

roje

ct (

ende

d in

D

ecem

ber 2

015)

.

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4.2.

Pol

itica

l di

alog

ues a

nd

coor

dina

ted

lobb

ying

fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e C

ode

of

Con

duct

, MoU

.

(a) E

ncou

ragi

ng th

e re

gion

al

orga

nisa

tions

to fu

lfil t

heir

Yao

undé

M

emor

andu

m o

f Und

erst

andi

ng

oblig

atio

ns a

nd re

info

rce

thei

r in

stitu

tiona

l lin

ks w

ith th

e A

U a

nd

its A

IM 2

050

Mar

itim

e Se

curit

y st

rate

gy. (

MS/

EE

AS)

(I

/M)

The

UK

has

an

ECO

WA

S Li

aiso

n O

ffic

er w

ho w

orks

with

the

Peac

e an

d Se

curit

y D

epar

tmen

t to

assi

st w

ith th

eir m

ariti

me

deve

lopm

ent w

ork.

O

ngoi

ng w

ork

in su

ppor

t of t

he A

U S

umm

it in

Lom

é (f

ores

een

on 1

5 O

ctob

er

2016

), pl

us Ju

ne G

oG fo

cuse

d ev

ents

in B

russ

els.

A M

ariti

me

and

Ener

gy S

ecur

ity C

onfe

renc

e w

as o

rgan

ized

by

the

Ang

olan

G

over

nmen

t, w

ith t

he h

elp

of t

he U

S an

d Ita

ly (

Oct

ober

201

5).

It fo

cuse

d on

m

ariti

me

secu

rity

and

prot

ectio

n of

oil

plat

form

s, an

d ga

ther

ed in

tern

atio

nal a

nd

regi

onal

sta

keho

lder

s (E

CO

WA

S, E

CC

AS,

GG

C, S

AD

C)

in th

e G

ulf

of G

uine

a an

d So

uthe

rn A

fric

a re

gion

s. Th

e C

onfe

renc

e's k

ey d

eliv

erab

le w

as t

he L

uand

a D

ecla

ratio

n on

Mar

itim

e an

d En

ergy

Sec

urity

. It

stre

sses

the

nee

d to

sha

re a

nd

exch

ange

inf

orm

atio

n, e

xper

ienc

e an

d be

st p

ract

ices

bet

wee

n A

ngol

a an

d its

pa

rtner

s. (b

) Pro

vidi

ng a

dded

-val

ue re

gion

al

focu

s, co

mpl

emen

ting

the

Sahe

l St

rate

gy a

nd c

onfli

ct p

reve

ntio

n in

itiat

ives

. (M

S/E

EA

S)

(I)

Prop

osal

: EU

SR S

ahel

and

GoG

seni

or c

oord

inat

or to

wor

k cl

oser

on

this

issu

e in

20

16

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4.3.

Sup

port

to

EC

OW

AS,

EC

CA

S &

GG

C in

tern

al

coor

dina

tion

with

th

eir

Mem

ber

Stat

es;

with

eac

h ot

her,

and

w

ith e

xter

nal

part

ners

(a) F

acili

tatin

g ex

tern

al p

artn

ers'

supp

ort t

hrou

gh th

e G

7++

Frie

nds o

f G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

and

othe

r G7+

gr

oups

on

Serio

us a

nd O

rgan

ised

C

rime

lead

ing

to g

reat

er

colla

bora

tion

and

de-c

onfli

ctin

g ac

tivity

. (M

S/E

EA

S)

(I)

EEA

S an

d se

vera

l MS

atte

ndan

ce to

G7+

+ FO

GG

mee

tings

G7+

on

serio

us a

nd o

rgan

ised

crim

e ne

xt m

eetin

g fo

rese

en in

201

6 (B

russ

els)

(b) I

dent

ifyin

g ex

istin

g ga

ps a

nd

wea

knes

ses i

n ca

paci

ty (A

buja

, Y

aoun

dé, L

ibre

ville

, Lua

nda)

and

op

portu

nitie

s for

qui

ck d

eliv

erab

le

prop

osal

s to

addr

ess p

oliti

cal

bloc

kage

s. (M

S/E

EA

S)

(I)

Prop

osal

: EU

Del

egat

ions

, jo

intly

with

MS

Emba

ssie

s in

the

4 c

ount

ries

to

addr

ess t

his s

peci

fic is

sue.

CO

RM

S (f

or C

ocai

ne R

oute

Pro

gram

me)

/CR

IMSO

N (

for

Crit

ical

Mar

itim

e R

oute

s)

mon

itorin

g m

issi

ons

colle

ct i

nfor

mat

ion

on b

enef

icia

ry c

apac

ity

and

need

s

(c) I

dent

ifyin

g th

e le

vel o

f reg

iona

l st

ate

buy-

in. (

MS/

EE

AS)

(

I/M

) S

ee 4

.3.b

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42

AN

NE

XE

1.1.

c TO

GO

: R

egul

ar d

ialo

gue

with

the

Min

iste

r "H

aut C

onse

iller

pou

r la

mer

" an

d hi

s sta

ff.

Parti

cipa

tion

and

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e A

nnua

l Ple

nary

Mee

ting

of th

e Pr

esid

entia

l Cou

ncil

for

the

Sea,

cha

ired

by th

e H

ead

of S

tate

, hel

d on

ce a

yea

r si

nce

2014

. Su

ppor

t to

the

AU

Sum

mit

on m

ariti

me

secu

rity

and

deve

lopm

ent

(orig

inal

ly s

ched

uled

in

Nov

embe

r 20

15,

post

pone

d to

mar

ch 2

016)

, re

gula

r di

alog

ue w

ith th

e M

inis

ter

of F

orei

gn A

ffai

rs a

nd h

is s

ervi

ces.

Tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

for

the

draf

ting

of c

oncl

usio

ns +

300

.000

€ fin

anci

al s

uppo

rt to

A

fric

an p

artic

ipan

ts' a

ttend

ance

and

the

orga

nisa

tion

of si

de-e

vent

s C

oton

ou a

rt 8.

pol

itica

l di

alog

ue m

eetin

gs i

nclu

de a

poi

nt o

n M

ariti

me

secu

rity

and

deve

lopm

ent.

Nex

t po

litic

al d

ialo

gue

mee

ting

(20

Nov

embe

r 20

15).

SE

NEG

AL:

A

d-ho

c m

eetin

gs w

ith r

elat

ed a

ctor

s su

ch a

s th

e "H

aute

Aut

orité

cha

rgée

de

la C

oord

inat

ion

de la

Séc

urité

mar

itim

e, d

e la

Sûr

eté

mar

itim

e et

de

la

Prot

ectio

n de

l’En

viro

nnem

ent m

arin

(HA

SSM

AR

)" a

s w

ell a

s th

e "E

tat-M

ajor

de

la M

arin

e" b

ut n

o fo

rmal

dia

logu

e w

ith m

eetin

gs h

eld

on a

regu

lar

basi

s and

at a

hig

h le

vel;

R

egul

ar m

eetin

gs w

ith th

e G

over

nmen

t for

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

fishe

ries p

artn

ersh

ip a

gree

men

t (te

chni

cal a

nd p

oliti

cal l

evel

s on

an a

nnua

l bas

is:

mix

ed c

omm

issi

on).

The

fishe

ries p

artn

ersh

ip a

grem

eent

has

bee

n si

gned

abo

ut a

yea

r ago

but

alth

ough

fund

s hav

e be

en d

isbu

rsed

(EU

R 0

.75

M

annu

ally

ove

r 5 y

ears

) its

impl

emen

tatio

n ha

s not

star

ted

yet.

The

com

mon

ope

ratio

nal f

ram

ewor

k ha

s bee

n va

lidat

ed a

nd o

pera

tions

shou

ld st

art i

n D

ecem

ber 2

015

with

the

arriv

al o

f an

EU m

issi

on fo

r loc

al c

apac

ity b

uild

ing.

C

APE

VER

DE:

In

stitu

tions

are

iden

tifie

d an

d co

llabo

rate

with

the

EU a

nd M

S in

the

fram

ewor

k of

the

Secu

rity

and

Stab

ility

pill

ar o

f the

EU

-CV

Spe

cial

Par

tner

ship

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43

CO

TE D

'IVO

IRE:

R

egul

ar c

onta

cts w

ith: P

resi

denc

e (C

onse

iller

s), C

onse

il N

atio

nal d

e Sé

curit

é (C

NS)

, Mar

ine

Nat

iona

le, D

G d

u Po

rt d’

Abi

djan

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44

1.1.

e

Und

er C

RIM

GO

pro

ject

: -C

oord

inat

ion

of C

RIM

GO

act

iviti

es:

Dev

elop

men

t of a

real

istic

and

det

aile

d lo

ng-te

rm p

lann

ing

of a

ctiv

ities

in c

oord

inat

ion

with

Afr

ican

par

tner

s, pr

imar

ily th

roug

h th

e IC

C;

Supe

rvis

ion

and

coor

dina

tion

of th

e di

ffer

ent p

roje

ct’s

com

pone

nts;

Pla

nnin

g of

the

team

’s m

issi

ons o

n th

e gr

ound

. A v

alid

atio

n of

this

pla

nnin

g w

ith

Afr

ican

par

tner

s will

be

rese

arch

ed b

y th

e Te

am L

eade

r. - F

oste

ring

the

inco

rpor

atio

n of

CR

IMG

O a

ctiv

ities

into

regi

onal

pro

cess

es:

Org

anis

atio

n of

regu

lar i

nfor

mat

ion

mee

tings

in th

e re

gion

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

need

s; O

rgan

isat

ion

of a

yea

rly p

roje

ct a

dvis

ory

com

mitt

ee (C

PAC

) to

disc

uss p

rogr

ess a

nd to

intro

duce

the

proj

ect’s

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent t

o th

e pa

rtner

s. In

ord

er to

dev

elop

the

capa

city

for r

egio

nal c

oope

ratio

n to

hol

d co

ast-g

uard

func

tions

and

impr

ove

secu

rity

and

safe

ty in

the

GoG

, CR

IMG

O a

ims

at

impl

emen

ting

mea

sure

s on

the

basi

s of t

he fo

llow

ing

mai

n pr

inci

ples

: 1)

ad

just

men

t to

the

evol

ving

GoG

and

Yao

undé

pro

cess

; 2)

al

ignm

ent o

n th

e EU

stra

tegy

on

GoG

, EU

mar

itim

e se

curit

y st

rate

gy, a

nd th

e Ic

SP m

ultia

nnua

l ind

icat

ive

prog

ram

me

and

stra

tegy

pap

er;

3)

top-

dow

n ap

proa

ch th

roug

h re

gion

al e

ntiti

es (E

CC

AS

and

ECO

WA

S vi

a IC

C);

4)

botto

m-u

p ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

appr

oach

to p

ave

the

way

to in

ter-

agen

cy/in

ter-

regi

onal

coo

pera

tion.

Th

is h

as b

een

achi

eved

thro

ugh

a pl

an o

f act

ions

rela

ting

to 2

mai

n co

mpo

nent

s:

1)

com

mon

exe

rcis

es o

r pilo

t ope

ratio

ns li

ke C

RT;

2)

a

regi

onal

mar

itim

e se

curit

y an

d sa

fety

trai

ning

func

tion

base

d on

the

2 re

gion

al m

ariti

me

univ

ersi

ties (

RM

U a

nd A

RST

M) c

apac

ities

. Fu

rther

mor

e, C

RIM

GO

is u

sing

a G

oogl

e+ w

eb c

omm

unity

, the

net

wor

k of

the

CR

IMG

O c

ours

es g

radu

ates

, and

the

CR

T to

impr

ove

intra

-reg

iona

l co

oper

atio

n dy

nam

ics.

CR

P - S

EAC

OP:

IcSP

fund

ed S

eapo

rt co

oper

atio

n pr

ojec

t to

supp

ort t

he fi

ght a

gain

st m

ariti

me

illic

it tra

ffic

king

and

ass

ocia

ted

crim

inal

net

wor

ks in

th

e ta

rget

ed c

ount

ries a

nd re

gion

s.

1. R

einf

orce

seap

ort c

ontro

l and

inte

llige

nce

capa

citie

s by

cons

olid

atin

g an

d eq

uipp

ing

dedi

cate

d U

nits

in se

apor

ts o

r sen

sitiv

e co

asta

l are

as.

2. Im

prov

e or

set u

p lo

cal m

ariti

me

info

rmat

ion

and

cont

rol s

yste

ms.

3. E

nhan

ce th

e op

erat

iona

l del

iver

y an

d co

oper

atio

n at

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al a

nd tr

ans-

regi

onal

leve

ls.

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SEA

CO

P co

oper

ates

with

MA

OC

-N th

roug

hout

the

impl

emen

tatio

n, in

clud

ing

oper

atio

nal e

xerc

ises

. 1.

2.b

Wid

e at

tend

ance

to b

oth

Bru

ssel

s ev

ents

incl

udin

g M

S, a

genc

ies

(like

EM

SA a

nd M

AO

C-N

), in

tern

atio

nal p

artn

ers

(US,

IMO

, UN

OD

C),

thin

k ta

nks

(Cha

tham

Hou

se, R

USI

), N

GO

's (I

CG

, Env

ironm

enta

l Jus

tice

Foun

datio

n), i

ndus

try a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

. Thi

s ha

s le

d to

bet

ter c

oord

inat

ion

effo

rts (e

.g.

betw

een

EU a

nd U

S, E

MSA

), be

tter e

xpos

ure

of th

e EU

stra

tegy

and

Act

ion

Plan

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s w

ithin

for e

.g. i

ndus

try a

nd p

rivat

e st

akeh

olde

rs to

ge

t inv

olve

d, p

lus t

rust

-bui

ldin

g an

d re

latio

nshi

ps e

stab

lishe

d w

ith a

wid

e-ne

twor

k of

inte

rest

ed st

akeh

olde

rs (e

.g U

N).

EUM

S/IN

TCEN

201

5 fa

cts:

Firs

t sem

este

r in

line

with

pre

viou

s yea

rs. S

econ

d se

mes

ter i

mpr

oved

sign

ifica

ntly

.

Onl

y 1

succ

essf

ul sh

ip h

ijack

and

car

go st

olen

(Jan

)

Onl

y 1

pira

cy a

ttack

sinc

e Ju

ne 2

015

B

oard

ing

atte

mpt

s foc

used

on

anch

orag

e si

tes i

n te

rrito

rial w

ater

s of G

oG m

ajor

har

bour

s M

ost s

ucce

ssfu

l atta

cks o

ccur

in N

iger

ian

inte

rnal

wat

erw

ays r

esul

ting

in h

igh

num

ber o

f kid

napp

ings

for r

anso

m

1.3.

a

CR

IMG

O:

-Est

ablis

hmen

t of e

xcha

nges

of i

nfor

mat

ion

and

deve

lopm

ent o

f rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith o

ther

initi

ativ

es; I

nvol

vem

ent i

n C

MR

eve

nts t

o fa

cilit

ate

the

exch

ange

of g

ood

prac

tices

and

the

coor

dina

tion

of E

U a

ctiv

ities

on

the

grou

nd.

-Set

ting

up o

f a c

omm

unic

atio

n pl

an a

imin

g at

the

appr

opria

tion

of th

e pr

ojec

t out

puts

and

out

com

es b

y be

nefic

iarie

s. Th

is p

lan

will

be

elab

orat

ed in

co

ordi

natio

n w

ith C

RIM

SON

and

agr

eed

by th

e Eu

rope

an C

omm

issi

on, a

nd w

ill ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt, b

enef

icia

ries,

the

EU G

ulf o

f Gui

nea

stra

tegy

and

its

act

ion

plan

.

2.1.

b

CR

IMG

O:

-Sup

port

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of t

he IC

C, i

nclu

ding

initi

al a

nd ro

utin

e IC

C a

ctiv

ities

as d

escr

ibed

in th

e IC

C d

raft

actio

n pl

an fo

r 201

4-20

16 /

Stra

tegi

c or

ient

atio

n do

cum

ent –

obj

ectiv

e 1,

that

is b

oth

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

and

the

prov

isio

n of

lim

ited

equi

pmen

t sup

port;

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-Sup

port

to th

e IC

C a

nd o

ther

regi

onal

ent

ities

(CR

ESM

AC

, CR

ESM

AO

) thr

ough

the

mob

ilisa

tion

of a

poo

l of s

hort

term

exp

erts

on

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

proc

ess,

law

enf

orce

men

t, or

any

oth

er e

xper

tise

need

ed (t

echn

ical

ass

ista

nce,

org

anis

atio

n of

wor

ksho

p if

need

be)

;

-Sup

port

the

ICC

wor

king

gro

up d

edic

ated

to th

e as

sess

men

t if I

CC

task

s.

2.1.

f

BEL

GIU

M:

Ben

in:

- Gen

eral

dev

elop

men

t of a

mar

itim

e ca

paci

ty, t

o en

able

them

to

regi

onal

cou

nter

-pira

cy a

nd c

ount

er-m

ariti

me

crim

e.

- D

emin

ing

train

ing

and

educ

atio

n at

the

‘C

entre

de

Perf

ectio

nnem

ent

aux

Act

ions

pos

t-con

flict

uelle

s de

Dém

inag

e et

de

Dép

ollu

tion’

(C

PAD

D,

Qui

dah

– éc

ole

natio

nale

à v

ocat

ion

régi

onal

e).

- duc

atio

n an

d Tr

aini

ng o

f nav

al a

nd o

ther

off

icer

s at B

elgi

an e

duca

tiona

l and

trai

ning

cen

tres.

- Sup

port

to P

SO tr

aini

ng o

f BEN

arm

ed fo

rces

ena

blin

g th

em to

par

ticip

ate

in U

N-o

pera

tions

. In

this

rega

rd, B

E fo

rmed

and

trai

ned

quic

k de

ploy

able

pa

ratro

oper

s. -

Tech

nica

l fo

rmat

ion

of n

avy

pers

onne

l an

d he

licop

ter

crew

s. In

par

ticul

ar,

BE

orga

nise

d in

201

4 an

d 20

15 a

‘M

ine

coun

term

easu

re v

esse

ls

Ope

ratio

nal S

ea T

rain

ing’

. A

fter b

eing

par

alyz

ed b

y pi

racy

and

crim

e, th

e po

rt of

Cot

onou

is a

gain

ope

ratio

nal,

parti

ally

thro

ugh

BE

effo

rts in

mar

itim

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing.

Fo

rmat

ion

and

train

ing

of n

avy

offic

ers a

nd c

rew

, as w

ell a

s mar

ines

, will

con

tinue

thro

ugh

2016

. A

lso,

edu

catio

n an

d tra

inin

g of

Ben

in n

avy

pers

onne

l to

enab

le th

em to

man

thei

r new

mar

itim

e fo

rce

of th

ree

patro

l shi

ps. T

his r

esul

ted

in a

con

cret

e de

terr

ent e

ffec

t alo

ng th

e B

enin

coa

st.

Forw

ard

plan

ning

201

6-20

18: c

ontin

ue e

duca

tion

and

train

ing

of p

erso

nnel

in B

E an

d co

ntin

ue m

ariti

me

capa

city

bui

ldin

g th

roug

h pa

rtici

patio

n in

m

ultin

atio

nal m

ariti

me

sea

exer

cise

s.

RD

Con

go

- Edu

catio

n an

d Tr

aini

ng o

f nav

al a

nd o

ther

off

icer

s at B

elgi

an e

duca

tiona

l and

trai

ning

cen

tres.

- Sup

port

by m

ilita

ry a

dvis

ors t

o th

e ‘A

cadé

mie

mili

taire

’ (K

anan

ga) a

nd ‘E

cole

Eta

t-maj

or’ (

KIN

SHA

SA).

- Reg

ular

org

anis

atio

n of

cou

rses

for c

ouns

elor

s in

law

of w

ar.

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47

For

war

d pl

anni

ng 2

016-

2018

: edu

catio

n an

d tra

inin

g as

men

tione

d be

fore

will

con

tinue

, as w

ell a

s con

solid

atio

n of

ear

lier r

esul

ts. S

yner

gies

with

m

ultil

ater

al a

ctiv

ities

in E

U a

nd U

N fr

amew

ork

will

be

purs

ued.

Gab

on &

Con

go

Lim

ited

stru

ctur

al c

oope

ratio

n: B

ilate

ral c

oope

ratio

n ag

reem

ent r

egar

ding

edu

catio

n an

d tra

inin

g of

staf

f off

icer

s, in

clud

ing

nava

l off

icer

s. FR

AN

CE:

- The

ASE

CM

AR

pro

gram

pro

vide

s the

pos

sibi

lity

to c

ondu

ct n

atio

nal a

udits

on

dem

and,

in th

e fie

ld o

f mar

itim

e se

curit

y an

d sa

fety

and

of c

ours

e th

roug

h th

e he

lp o

f nav

y of

ficer

s det

ache

d to

nat

iona

l nav

ies a

nd/o

r mar

itim

e au

thor

ities

, are

acc

ompa

nyin

g ho

stin

g co

untri

es in

thei

r will

to d

evel

op

or to

impr

ove

thei

r nat

iona

l mar

itim

e st

rate

gy

- Ope

ratio

nal c

o-op

erat

ion

:

a) C

OR

YM

BE

nava

l mis

sion

s, or

gani

zatio

n of

bila

tera

l exe

rcis

es d

edic

ated

to m

ariti

me

surv

eilla

nce

and

Law

enf

orce

men

t at s

ea;

b) F

renc

h m

ilita

ry b

ases

(Dak

ar, L

ibre

ville

, Djib

outi)

, per

form

ing

of c

o-op

erat

ion

activ

ities

, cou

rses

and

trai

ning

(si

gnal

stat

ions

, pro

tect

ion

of p

orts

and

nava

l bas

es, f

or in

stan

ce).

CR

IMG

O:

-Mar

itim

e ex

erci

ses o

rgan

isat

ion

and

plan

ning

; Com

mun

icat

ion,

adv

ocac

y an

d aw

aren

ess r

aisi

ng a

ctiv

ities

-

Elab

orat

ion

of a

n an

alys

is r

epor

t an

d se

t of

rec

omm

enda

tions

to

be d

istri

bute

d to

par

ticip

atin

g ad

min

istra

tions

(PO

C)

afte

r ea

ch c

risis

res

pons

e tra

inin

g (C

RT)

. Tho

se g

uide

lines

incl

ude

oper

atio

nal f

eedb

ack

(Ide

ntifi

catio

n of

dra

wba

cks,

stre

ngth

s,…).

This

is d

one

syst

emat

ical

ly a

fter e

ach

CR

T.

The

feed

back

col

lect

ed, C

RT

afte

r C

RT,

is s

hare

d am

ongs

t par

tner

s’ c

ount

ries:

Thi

s is

a r

egio

nal f

eedb

ack

proc

ess,

and

coun

tries

are

lear

ning

fro

m

prev

ious

CR

Ts.

-Ide

ntifi

catio

n of

reg

iona

l tra

inin

g ne

eds

and

rein

forc

emen

t of

HR

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g; S

uppo

rt th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d de

liver

y of

Reg

iona

l M

ariti

me

train

ing

capa

citie

s

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48

Seve

ral c

ount

ries a

lread

y be

nefit

from

oth

er p

rogr

amm

es fi

nanc

ed b

y th

e EU

(SEA

CO

P, th

e C

ocai

ne R

oute

Pro

gram

me

and

the

intra

-AC

P "S

uppo

rt to

th

e m

ariti

me

tran

spor

t sec

tor i

n Af

rica

". T

hese

pro

gram

mes

pro

vide

mai

nly

train

ing

(incl

udin

g m

ariti

me

exer

cise

s by

CR

IMG

O) a

nd a

dvic

e, a

s wel

l as

limite

d eq

uipm

ent (

SEA

CO

P).

2.1.

g

The

Net

herla

nds h

as ta

ken

part

in se

vera

l mar

itim

e ca

pabi

lity

build

ing

exer

cise

s, fo

r exa

mpl

e O

bang

ame

Expr

ess a

nd A

fric

an W

inds

. The

Net

herla

nds

will

org

aniz

e th

e na

val e

xerc

ise

Afr

ican

Win

ds in

201

6.

Bel

gium

is c

ontri

butin

g to

mar

itim

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

thro

ugh

boar

ding

and

trai

ning

of p

erso

nnel

of B

enin

, DR

Con

go, G

abon

, Con

go, T

ogo

and

Côt

e d’

Ivoi

re):

2014

: Par

ticip

atio

n to

the

‘Afr

ican

Par

tner

ship

Sta

tion’

(APS

, US

AFR

ICO

M) w

ith B

NS

God

etia

. 20

15: P

artic

ipat

ion

to th

e ‘A

fric

an P

artn

ersh

ip S

tatio

n’ (A

PS, U

S A

FRIC

OM

) with

BN

S Le

opol

d I.

A

PS a

llow

s fa

st tr

aini

ng a

nd ‘

on th

e jo

b’ tr

aini

ng o

f na

vy c

rew

, ena

blin

g th

em to

con

duct

cou

nter

-pira

cy m

issi

ons.

How

ever

, APS

and

bila

tera

l sea

ca

mpa

igns

nee

d to

be

augm

ente

d by

cou

rses

, as t

hose

del

iver

ed b

y B

E in

Ben

in.

Pend

ing

polit

ical

dec

isio

n, a

noth

er c

ampa

ign

is p

lann

ed w

ith B

NS

God

etia

, sai

ling

to th

e G

oG in

201

6

UK

, thr

ough

the

UN

OD

C, s

uppo

rts t

he G

hana

Mar

ine

Polic

e an

d th

e Sa

o To

me

mar

ine

law

enf

orce

men

t ag

enci

es t

o de

velo

p St

anda

rd O

pera

ting

Proc

edur

es a

nd im

prov

e th

eir c

apac

ity.

Fran

ce, t

hrou

gh th

e re

gion

al p

art o

f the

ASE

CM

AR

pro

gram

, ded

icat

ed w

orks

hops

to b

uild

a b

ette

r reg

iona

l coo

rdin

atio

n; H

elp

give

n to

the

IMSI

in

Abi

djan

, de

dica

ted

to i

nter

regi

onal

tra

inin

gs;

Ope

ratio

nal

co-o

pera

tion

: w

ithin

CO

RY

MB

E na

val

mis

sion

s, or

gani

zatio

n of

mul

tilat

eral

exe

rcis

es

dedi

cate

d to

mar

itim

e su

rvei

llanc

e (N

EMO

) Po

rtuga

l sup

ports

(201

5-20

18) S

ão T

omé

e Pr

ínci

pe (S

treng

then

ing

of c

apab

ilitie

s: n

avy

and

com

mun

icat

ion

equi

pmen

t. C

apac

ity b

uild

ing:

Coa

st

Gua

rd; C

usto

ms,

Mig

ratio

n, E

nfor

cem

ent;

Pass

port

and

docu

men

ts a

naly

sis;

risk

pre

vent

ion

and

emer

genc

y ac

tions

) and

Gui

nea-

Bis

sau

(cap

acity

-bu

ildin

g on

an

ti-fr

aud

issu

es (d

ocum

ents

)).

2.1.

h

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49

SEA

CO

P: R

einf

orce

thei

r sea

port

cont

rol a

nd in

telli

genc

e ca

paci

ties b

y se

tting

up,

con

solid

atin

g an

d eq

uipp

ing

dedi

cate

d U

nits

in se

apor

ts o

r sen

sitiv

e co

asta

l are

as; I

mpr

ove

or se

t up

loca

l mar

itim

e in

form

atio

n an

d co

ntro

l sys

tem

s; E

nhan

ce th

e op

erat

iona

l del

iver

y an

d co

oper

atio

n at

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al

and

trans

-reg

ion

leve

ls.

Act

iviti

es in

clud

e e.

g. c

reat

ing

inte

r-ag

ency

Join

t Mar

itim

e C

ontro

l Uni

ts (J

MC

Us)

and

Mar

itim

e In

telli

genc

e U

nits

(MIU

s) in

key

por

ts, i

mpr

ovin

g co

oper

atio

n at

regi

onal

and

tran

s-re

gion

al le

vel,

incl

udin

g on

inte

llige

nce-

shar

ing,

and

cre

atin

g na

tiona

l mar

itim

e in

form

atio

n sy

stem

s and

pro

mot

ing

the

shar

ing

of in

form

atio

n re

gion

ally

as w

ell a

s the

est

ablis

hmen

t of i

nter

-age

ncy

team

s, a

Dat

abas

e of

Por

ts a

nd S

hips

as a

sim

ple

to u

se p

ort

mov

emen

t log

syst

em fo

r sea

ports

and

vul

nera

ble

coas

tal a

reas

to fa

cilit

ate

info

rmat

ion

colle

ctio

n on

ple

asur

e cr

aft a

nd c

rew

.

2.2.

a

CR

IMG

O:

- Set

ting

up o

f a c

omm

unic

atio

n pl

an a

imin

g at

the

appr

opria

tion

of th

e pr

ojec

t out

puts

and

outc

omes

by

bene

ficia

ries.

This

pla

n w

ill b

e el

abor

ated

in

coor

dina

tion

with

CR

IMSO

N a

nd a

gree

d by

the

Euro

pean

Com

mis

sion

, and

will

take

into

acc

ount

, ben

efic

iarie

s, th

e EU

Gul

f of G

uine

a st

rate

gy a

nd

its a

ctio

n pl

an;

- Dev

elop

men

t and

pro

duct

ion

of a

dapt

ed c

omm

unic

atio

n to

ols;

an

elec

troni

c lo

g bo

ok (E

LOG

) cre

ated

and

pro

mot

ed b

y C

RIM

GO

is a

tool

to

incr

ease

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

am

ongs

t the

diff

eren

t mar

itim

e ac

tors

. It h

as b

een

test

ed th

roug

h 5

natio

nal C

RTs

and

a m

ultin

atio

nal o

ne. T

his t

ool i

s w

elco

med

, but

the

softw

are

need

s to

be im

prov

ed. F

urth

erm

ore,

the

softw

are

syst

em P

IRA

TES

– de

velo

ped

by th

e JR

C –

was

han

ded

over

to

CR

IMG

O e

nd o

f 201

3. W

ith P

IRA

TES

an o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r the

mar

itim

e st

akeh

olde

rs in

the

Gul

f of G

uine

a re

gion

was

cre

ated

to se

t up

a fo

rmal

sy

stem

for r

egis

terin

g an

d ex

chan

ging

pira

cy in

cide

nt in

form

atio

n.

- Con

tribu

tions

to th

e C

MR

por

tal/w

ebsi

te to

fost

er C

MR

Pro

gram

me

visi

bilit

y

2.2.

c

FIN

LAN

D:

Ves

sel

Traf

fic M

anag

emen

t In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

(V

TMIS

): Th

e G

MA

, un

der

the

ausp

ices

of

the

Min

istry

of

Tran

spor

t, ob

tain

ed

Parli

amen

tary

app

rova

l fo

r a

Finn

ish

conc

essi

onal

loa

n fa

cilit

y of

16,

625,

835

Euro

s to

pro

cure

, ins

tall

and

oper

ate

a V

TMIS

for

the

pur

pose

s of

es

tabl

ishi

ng a

24

hour

ele

ctro

nic

surv

eilla

nce

and

mon

itorin

g of

Gha

na’s

coa

stlin

e in

clud

ing

the

Excl

usiv

e Ec

onom

ic Z

one

(EEZ

) to

ens

ure

the

prot

ectio

n of

our

mar

itim

e re

sour

ces

as w

ell a

s of

fsho

re in

stal

latio

ns, o

il te

rmin

als,

gas

pipe

lines

and

pre

vent

ion

of il

lega

l, un

repo

rted

and

unre

gula

ted

(IU

U) f

ishi

ng, p

iracy

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pre

vent

ion

of sh

ip so

urce

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lutio

n. h

ttp://

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w.g

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50

CR

IMG

O:

- Sup

port

to th

e IC

C a

nd o

ther

regi

onal

ent

ities

(CR

ESM

AC

, CR

ESM

AO

) thr

ough

the

mob

ilisa

tion

of a

poo

l of s

hort

term

exp

erts

on

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

proc

ess,

law

enf

orce

men

t, or

any

oth

er e

xper

tise

need

ed (t

echn

ical

ass

ista

nce,

org

anis

atio

n of

wor

ksho

p if

need

be)

- Ela

bora

tion

of a

n an

alys

is re

port

and

set o

f rec

omm

enda

tions

to b

e di

strib

uted

to p

artic

ipat

ing

adm

inis

tratio

ns (P

OC

) afte

r eac

h m

ariti

me

exer

cise

. Th

ose

guid

elin

es sh

all b

e pr

opos

ed o

pera

tiona

l fee

dbac

ks a

nd m

ilest

ones

to th

e ne

xt m

ariti

me

exer

cise

.

2.2.

d

CR

IMG

O:

- Est

ablis

hmen

t of e

xcha

nges

of i

nfor

mat

ion

and

deve

lopm

ent o

f rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith o

ther

initi

ativ

es; I

nvol

vem

ent i

n C

MR

eve

nts t

o fa

cilit

ate

the

exch

ange

of g

ood

prac

tices

and

the

coor

dina

tion

of E

U a

ctiv

ities

on

the

grou

nd.

- Org

anis

atio

n of

regu

lar i

nfor

mat

ion

mee

tings

in th

e re

gion

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

need

s; O

rgan

isat

ion

of a

yea

rly p

roje

ct a

dvis

ory

com

mitt

ee (C

PAC

) to

disc

uss p

rogr

ess a

nd to

intro

duce

the

proj

ect’s

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent t

o th

e pa

rtner

s.

2.3.

a Th

ese

actio

ns h

ave

been

ong

oing

sinc

e th

e en

try in

to fo

rce

of th

e IU

U R

egul

atio

n an

d D

G M

AR

E co

ntin

ues t

o im

plem

ent t

his p

olic

y.

DG

MA

RE

has

been

dia

logu

ing

and

coop

erat

ing

with

the

vast

maj

ority

of

the

coun

tries

of

the

GoG

. With

this

ass

ista

nce,

mos

t of

thes

e co

untri

es

deve

lope

d or

rev

ised

the

ir le

gal

fram

ewor

k as

wel

l as

dev

elop

ed a

dequ

ate

orga

nisa

tiona

l st

ruct

ures

. 3

coun

tries

of

the

GoG

wer

e no

tifie

d of

the

po

ssib

ility

of

bein

g id

entif

ied

as n

on-c

oope

ratin

g in

the

fight

aga

inst

IU

U (

Gui

nea,

Gha

na a

nd T

ogo)

. Out

of

thes

e 3

coun

tries

, 2 h

ave

seen

thes

e de

mar

ches

term

inat

ed (G

hana

and

Tog

o) th

anks

to th

e ta

ngib

le re

sults

ach

ieve

d (in

cl. r

evis

ion

of le

gal f

ram

ewor

ks, d

evel

opm

ent o

f MC

S ca

paci

ties,

etc.

), an

d 1

was

iden

tifie

d an

d lis

ted

as n

on-c

oope

ratin

g th

ird c

ount

ry (G

uine

a). S

imila

rly, D

G M

AR

E al

so w

orks

with

flag

Sta

tes

who

se fl

eets

ope

rate

in

the

regi

on. M

ost o

f the

se c

ount

ries h

ave

achi

eved

sign

ifica

nt re

form

s (e.

g. B

eliz

e, K

orea

and

Pan

ama)

. So

me

posi

tive

deve

lopm

ents

: TO

GO

: the

laun

ch o

f the

"H

aut C

onse

il po

ur la

mer

" in

Sep

tem

ber 2

014,

brin

ging

toge

ther

all

the

adm

inis

tratio

ns p

layi

ng a

role

in th

e m

ariti

me

affa

irs

dom

ain,

has

bee

n a

maj

or st

ep to

impr

ove

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

and

stru

ctur

ed m

ariti

me

stra

tegy

. The

new

"co

de d

e la

mar

ine

mar

chan

de"

(ado

pted

by

the

Cou

ncil

of M

inis

tries

in D

ecem

ber 2

014)

mus

t be

adop

ted

by th

e N

atio

nal A

ssem

bly.

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2.3

.b

The

prin

cipl

e un

derly

ing

the

IUU

Reg

ulat

ion

is th

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith in

tern

atio

nal l

aw. D

G M

AR

E is

ther

efor

e su

ppor

ting

and

stre

ngth

enin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith a

pplic

able

inte

rnat

iona

l leg

al in

stru

men

ts th

roug

h di

alog

ue a

nd c

oope

ratio

n w

ith th

ird c

ount

ries.

In li

ne w

ith th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he

IUU

Reg

ulat

ion,

cou

ntrie

s tha

t do

not f

ulfil

thei

r obl

igat

ions

und

er in

tern

atio

nal l

aw m

ay b

e pr

e-id

entif

ied

(doe

s not

ent

ail s

anct

ions

) and

subs

eque

ntly

id

entif

ied

and

liste

d (e

ntai

l san

ctio

ns).

So

me

posi

tive

deve

lopm

ents

: TO

GO

: the

est

ablis

hmen

t of t

he "

Hau

t Con

seil

pour

la m

er"

has g

iven

new

impe

tus t

o th

e ra

tific

atio

n of

inte

rnat

iona

l leg

isla

tion.

The

Gov

ernm

ent h

as

adop

ted

over

the

past

yea

r sev

eral

ratif

icat

ion

bills

but

they

mus

t be

still

vot

ed b

y th

e N

atio

nal A

ssem

bly.

TH

E G

AM

BIA

: the

Nat

iona

l Mar

itim

e Se

curit

y C

omm

ittee

(NM

SC) w

as in

augu

rate

d by

the

Vic

e-Pr

esid

ent (

also

cha

irper

son

of th

e C

omm

ittee

) in

June

201

5. T

he G

ambi

a M

ariti

me

Age

ncy

(GM

A) a

nd G

ambi

a Po

rts A

utho

rity

(GPA

) are

bot

h in

volv

ed in

the

NM

SC. T

he N

MSC

is e

stab

lishe

d to

co

ordi

nate

all

mar

itim

e se

curit

y ac

tiviti

es a

nd is

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e G

ambi

a M

ariti

me

Ship

ping

Act

(GM

SA) a

nd th

e Y

aoun

dé C

ode

of C

ondu

ct.

The

NM

SC is

the

impl

emen

ting

agen

cy fo

r int

erna

tiona

l mar

itim

e co

nven

tions

to w

hich

The

Gam

bia

is a

par

ty.

2.3.

c

- Fin

land

sign

ed o

n 12

/01/

2015

a M

OU

bet

wee

n th

e M

inis

try o

f the

Inte

rior a

nd th

e N

iger

ian

Nat

iona

l Age

ncy

for t

he P

rohi

bitio

n of

Tra

ffic

in P

erso

ns

and

Oth

er R

elat

ed M

atte

rs (N

APT

IP)

.

- Fin

land

supp

orte

d in

coo

pera

tion

with

UN

OD

C a

nd th

e N

iger

ian

Nat

iona

l Age

ncy

for t

he P

rohi

bitio

n of

Tra

ffic

in P

erso

ns a

nd O

ther

Rel

ated

Mat

ters

(N

APT

IP)

a ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

proj

ect f

or N

APT

IP’s

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Act

ion

Plan

aga

inst

Hum

an T

raff

icki

ng w

ith 8

55 0

00 E

UR

in 2

010-

2012

(s

econ

d ph

ase

of th

e pr

ojec

t + e

xper

ts’ v

isit)

. The

firs

t pha

se o

f the

pro

ject

in 2

009-

2010

was

fina

nced

by

Switz

erla

nd a

nd N

orw

ay.

TO

GO

: Bet

wee

n 20

14 a

nd 2

017,

a 1

0th E

DF

prog

ram

me

with

an

amou

nt o

f 3

M€

aim

s at

pro

vidi

ng s

uppo

rt to

the

forth

com

ing

Eco

le n

atio

nale

de

polic

e du

Tog

o

SEN

EGA

L: c

onst

ruct

ion

of 4

trib

unal

s in

coas

tal a

reas

or n

ot fa

r; th

e co

mpu

teris

atio

n of

4 ju

dici

al sy

stem

s and

con

nexi

on o

f reg

iona

l jur

isdi

ctio

n; th

e cr

eatio

n of

"ju

stic

e ho

uses

" in

clud

ing

1 in

a c

oast

al a

rea

to e

nhan

ce a

cces

s to

just

ice;

as w

ell a

s ref

orm

s to

enha

nce

rele

vanc

e an

d ef

ficie

ncy

of th

e sy

stem

(jud

icia

l org

anis

atio

n, p

enal

cod

e w

ith n

ew in

frac

tions

, civ

il pr

oced

ure,

etc

.)

Und

er th

e SE

AC

OP

proj

ect,

the

Join

t Mar

itim

e C

onta

iner

Con

trol U

nit a

nd th

e M

ariti

me

Inte

llige

nce

Uni

t hav

e be

en c

reat

ed a

nd st

reng

then

ed w

ith

train

ing

(tota

l of 5

trai

ning

s for

104

trai

nees

) and

equ

ipm

ent (

incl

udin

g fo

r rum

mag

e); u

nder

the

AIR

CO

P pr

ojec

t, th

e Jo

int A

irpor

t Int

erdi

ctio

n Ta

sk

Forc

e ha

s bee

n cr

eate

d an

d tra

ined

(tot

al o

f 10

train

ing

for 2

5 tra

inee

s) a

nd e

quip

men

t has

bee

n do

nate

d; u

nder

the

Ant

i-mon

ey la

unde

ring

in W

est

Afr

ica

proj

ect,

11 tr

aini

ng a

ctiv

ities

hav

e be

en o

rgan

ised

for a

tota

l of 6

5 Se

nega

lese

law

enf

orce

rs, a

n on

-line

trai

ning

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

and

put

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52

onlin

e an

d th

e fin

anci

al in

telli

genc

e un

it ha

s bee

n co

nnec

ted

to th

e re

gion

al in

form

atio

n ex

chan

ge sy

stem

FIU

.net

and

equ

ippe

d; u

nder

the

GLA

CY

pr

ojec

t, ar

ound

60

law

enf

orce

rs a

nd ju

dici

al e

nfor

cers

hav

e be

en tr

aine

d on

cyb

ercr

ime

inve

stig

atio

n an

d ad

judi

catio

n in

clud

ing

on th

e us

e of

el

ectro

nic

evid

ence

; und

er th

e R

EPT

prog

ram

me,

no

conc

rete

act

iviti

es h

ave

yet t

aken

pla

ce

CO

TE D

'IVO

IRE:

The

reco

nstru

ctio

n of

Ivor

ian

just

ice

(wid

ely

supp

orte

d th

roug

h N

IP o

n 10

th E

DF)

afte

r the

201

1 cr

isis

is st

ill o

ngoi

ng a

nd h

as lo

gica

lly o

ther

pr

iorit

ies t

han

mar

itim

e la

w a

nd se

curit

y. B

ut a

regi

onal

ass

ista

nce

to h

arm

oniz

e le

gal f

ram

ewor

k w

ould

pro

babl

y be

wel

com

ed

2.4.

b C

RIM

GO

: Su

ppor

t the

iden

tific

atio

n of

regi

onal

mar

itim

e tra

inin

g ne

eds a

nd c

apac

ities

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith n

atio

nal m

ariti

me

agen

cies

, reg

iona

l org

anis

atio

ns,

and

in li

aiso

n w

ith p

artn

er re

gion

al U

nive

rsiti

es a

nd o

ther

rele

vant

trai

ning

initi

ativ

es

3.1.

a TO

GO

: Po

licy

dial

ogue

in th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

e tra

nspa

renc

y of

Ext

ract

ive

Indu

strie

s ini

tiativ

e: m

onito

ring

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

con

cilia

tion

repo

rts

in t

he f

ram

ewor

k of

dia

logu

e ar

ound

sta

tistic

s an

d PF

M.

Wor

k w

ith W

B o

n ar

eas

to b

e co

vere

d by

a p

rogr

amm

e in

sup

port

of m

inin

g se

ctor

go

vern

ance

. Wor

k go

ing

on w

ith S

tatis

tic o

ffic

e an

d A

FRIT

AC

to im

prov

e qu

ality

of e

xpor

t and

pro

duct

ion

data

. C

ontri

butio

n to

the

cons

olid

atio

n o

f the

nat

iona

l EIT

I Sec

reta

riat p

ositi

on, t

hus e

nsur

ing

cont

inua

tion

of su

ppor

t via

the

WB

man

aged

trus

t Fun

d.

SEN

EGA

L: P

roje

ct "A

mén

agem

ent D

urab

le d

es P

êche

ries d

u Sé

néga

l (A

DuP

eS)"

(10t

h ED

F).

Res

ults

ach

ieve

d so

far i

nclu

de th

e se

t-up

of a

co

oper

ativ

e to

man

age

shrim

p fis

herie

s (C

oopé

rativ

e sé

néga

lais

e de

s exp

loita

nts d

e cr

evet

tes p

rofo

ndes

) whi

ch w

ill in

trodu

ce a

regu

latio

n sy

stem

by

Janu

ary

2016

and

the

elab

orat

ion

of a

n or

gani

satio

n pl

an fo

r the

oct

opus

fish

ery

and

its e

arly

impl

emen

tatio

n D

G M

AR

E's

wor

k is

don

e bo

th a

t nat

iona

l (bi

late

ral d

ialo

gue

and

coop

erat

ion)

and

reg

iona

l (en

cour

agin

g ne

ighb

ourin

g co

untri

es to

coo

pera

te a

nd

thro

ugh

regi

onal

and

sub-

regi

onal

org

anis

atio

ns) l

evel

s. Th

ese

actio

ns a

re a

lso

supp

orte

d th

roug

h th

e se

ctor

sup

port

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g ac

tions

und

er t

he S

usta

inab

le F

ishe

ries

Partn

ersh

ip A

gree

men

ts

(SFP

As)

(MA

RE)

Th

ese

actio

ns h

ave

been

on-

goin

g si

nce

the

entry

int

o fo

rce

of t

he I

UU

Reg

ulat

ion

and

DG

MA

RE

cont

inue

s to

im

plem

ent

this

pol

icy.

With

the

as

sist

ance

of

the

DG

MA

RE

mos

t of

the

coun

tries

of

the

GoG

stre

ngth

ened

the

regu

latio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t of

fishe

ries.

The

exam

ple

of G

hana

is

parti

cula

rly r

elev

ant

whe

n it

com

es t

o re

gula

tion

and

man

agem

ent

of t

heir

fishe

ries.

Gha

na, w

hich

was

pre

-iden

tifie

d in

201

3 an

d ha

s se

en t

hese

de

mar

ches

term

inat

ed in

201

5, h

as u

nder

take

n an

in-d

epth

refo

rm o

f its

fish

erie

s m

anag

emen

t ado

ptin

g an

am

bitio

us fi

sher

ies

man

agem

ent p

lan

and

fleet

stra

tegy

. Sim

ilar

refo

rms

wer

e ac

hiev

ed b

y ot

her

coun

tries

in th

e re

gion

and

cou

ntrie

s w

hose

fle

ets

oper

ate

in t

he G

oG.

Sect

or s

uppo

rt an

d ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

actio

ns u

nder

SFP

As a

re im

plem

ente

d du

ring

the

dura

tion

of th

e Pr

otoc

ol.

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3.1.

c Th

ese

actio

ns a

re a

lso

supp

orte

d th

roug

h th

e se

ctor

sup

port

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g ac

tions

und

er t

he S

usta

inab

le F

ishe

ries

Partn

ersh

ip A

gree

men

ts

(SFP

As)

as

wel

l as

the

EU a

ctio

n in

RFM

O. T

hese

act

ions

hav

e be

en o

n-go

ing

sinc

e th

e en

try i

nto

forc

e of

the

IU

U R

egul

atio

n an

d D

G M

AR

E co

ntin

ues t

o im

plem

ent t

his p

olic

y. T

he e

xam

ple

of G

hana

is p

artic

ular

ly re

leva

nt w

hen

it co

mes

to re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n an

d co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith R

FMO

s. G

hana

has

sol

ved

prob

lem

s on

non

-com

plia

nce

to IC

CA

T ru

les

and

assu

mes

a le

ader

ship

role

in re

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n in

the

GoG

in th

e fig

ht a

gain

st

IUU

3.2.

c N

ethe

rland

s:

Sene

gal:

OR

IO/D

RIV

E Zi

guin

chor

por

t dev

elop

men

t (20

15: E

830.

000)

Cap

e V

erde

: OR

IO/D

RIV

E in

fras

truct

ural

dev

elop

men

t of p

orts

(201

5: E

934.

000)

Ben

in:

the

Port

of A

mst

erda

m su

ppor

ts th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he C

oton

ou H

arbo

ur a

nd h

inte

rland

infr

astru

ctur

e.

3.3.

b FI

NLA

ND

:

Hum

anita

rian

aid

(incl

. fig

ht a

gain

st E

bola

): (f

ight

aga

inst

Ebo

la is

incl

uded

her

e be

caus

e of

the

soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

impa

ct o

n th

e th

ree

Ebol

a af

fect

ed c

ount

ries S

ierr

a Le

one,

Lib

eria

and

the

Rep

ublic

of G

uine

a)

- Fig

ht a

gain

st E

bola

, tot

al 1

1,35

MEU

R.

(7,1

MEU

R to

UN

Mis

sion

for E

bola

Em

erge

ncy

Res

pons

e an

d 4,

25 M

EUR

thro

ugh

inte

rnat

iona

l an

d Fi

nnis

h N

GO

s. - E

bola

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

by

the

Finn

ish

NG

Os t

o Si

erra

Leo

ne, L

iber

ia a

nd th

e re

gion

was

65

000

EUR

in 2

015

and

321

300

EUR

in 2

014.

Man

y ac

tiviti

es o

f the

NG

Os c

over

als

o th

e po

st E

bola

reco

very

pha

se. S

tate

of i

mpl

emen

tatio

n: p

artly

ong

oing

.

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- EU

trus

t fun

d (E

U E

mer

genc

y Tr

ust F

und

for S

tabi

lity

and

Add

ress

ing

Roo

t Cau

ses o

f Irr

egul

ar M

igra

tion

and

Dis

plac

ed P

erso

ns in

Afr

ica)

: Fin

land

w

ill p

artic

ipat

e in

the

EU E

mer

genc

y Tr

ust F

und

with

5 M

EUR

of w

hich

1 M

EUR

will

be

allo

cate

d to

Sah

el a

nd th

e La

ke C

had

regi

on. S

tate

of

impl

emen

tatio

n: n

ot st

arte

d - F

inla

nd is

impl

emen

ting

a fe

w re

gion

al d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

ams i

n W

este

rn A

fric

a (n

ot li

nked

to m

ariti

me

secu

rity)

. - S

ever

al F

inni

sh N

GO

s, su

ppor

ted

by th

e M

inis

try fo

r For

eign

Aff

airs

, are

impl

emen

ting

thei

r pro

ject

s in

the

regi

on. T

he N

GO

pro

ject

s inc

lude

su

ppor

t to

the

capa

city

bui

ldin

g fo

r loc

al d

evel

opm

ent a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent.

The

VIK

ES N

GO

pro

ject

supp

orte

d tra

inin

g of

jour

nalis

ts sp

ecia

lized

in

rese

arch

jour

nalis

m (w

aste

dum

ping

, oil

thef

t, fla

ring

etc.

) in

Nig

eria

. - F

inla

nd h

as a

lso

fund

ed tw

o Fi

nnis

h V

olun

teer

s at t

he R

egio

nal C

entre

for P

eace

and

Dis

arm

amen

t in

Afr

ica

(UN

REC

) in

Lom

é, T

ogo.

Sta

te o

f im

plem

enta

tion:

end

ed.

SEN

EGA

L:

proj

ect "

Ges

tion

Inté

grée

des

Zon

es C

ôtiè

res,

ongo

ing,

ach

ieve

men

t inc

lude

s the

dev

elop

men

t and

ado

ptio

n of

1 n

atio

nal a

nd 4

coa

stal

zon

es

inte

grat

ed m

anag

emen

t pla

ns ;

the

crea

tion

of jo

bs th

roug

h th

e re

stor

atio

n of

430

hec

tare

s of c

oast

al e

cosy

stem

s

proj

ect "

Gou

vern

ance

, pol

itiqu

es d

e ge

stio

n de

s res

sour

ces m

arin

es e

t réd

uctio

n de

la p

auvr

eté

dans

l'Ec

orég

ion

WA

LMER

" (D

CI-

FOO

D),

resu

lts

achi

eved

unt

il 20

14 in

Sen

egal

incl

ude

seve

ral m

easu

res (

e.g.

stud

ies)

to e

nsur

e pr

otec

tion

of m

arin

e ar

eas i

nclu

ding

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a n

atio

nal

stra

tegy

, the

con

trol o

f 300

piro

gues

lead

ing

to 1

38 fi

nes f

or a

tota

l of E

UR

1.8

9 M

reco

vere

d; th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f 2 sm

all f

ishe

ries w

ith tr

aini

ng a

nd

equi

pmen

t don

ated

; con

stru

ctio

n of

a sm

all m

arke

t; an

d a

spee

dboa

t will

soon

be

dona

ted

to S

eneg

al

In th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

e fis

herie

s par

tner

ship

agr

eem

ent,

supp

ort w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed to

the

artis

anal

fish

ing

sect

or (h

as n

ot st

arte

d ye

t)

THE

GA

MB

IA:

GC

CA

pro

ject

- "G

loba

l Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Alli

ance

'': In

tegr

ated

Coa

stal

Zon

e M

anag

emen

t Pla

n un

der p

repa

ratio

n in

201

5.

WA

MER

Pro

ject

- "G

over

nanc

e, P

olic

ies o

f Mar

ine

reso

urce

s man

agem

ent a

nd p

over

ty re

duct

ion

in th

e W

AM

ER e

co re

gion

'' (D

CI-

FOO

D):

Res

ults

achi

eved

to d

ate

in th

e G

ambi

a in

clud

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f a N

atio

nal F

ishe

ries P

latfo

rm in

201

4 an

d pu

rcha

se o

f one

surv

eilla

nce

vess

el (v

edet

te) i

n

2015

for i

n sh

ore

coas

tal m

onito

ring.

''

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3.3.

d

CR

IMG

O:

- Pro

mot

ion,

pla

nnin

g an

d el

abor

atio

n of

join

t tra

inin

g an

d op

erat

iona

l act

iviti

es so

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f com

mon

initi

ativ

es w

ith o

ther

app

ropr

iate

pr

ojec

ts (A

SEC

MA

R, A

fric

om, I

MO

, etc

.) ca

n fe

ed th

e fu

ture

sust

aina

bilit

y of

act

iviti

es

- Sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f tra

inin

g pl

ans t

o de

velo

p in

divi

dual

com

pete

ncie

s in

the

field

of S

tate

act

ion

at se

a in

acc

orda

nce

with

thei

r exp

erie

nce

and

assi

gnm

ent;

Bas

ic a

nd a

dvan

ced

train

ing

cour

ses;

Sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a c

olla

bora

tion

betw

een

the

2 un

iver

sitie

s and

all

mar

itim

e tra

inin

g st

akeh

olde

rs in

th

e re

gion

;

3.4.

e TO

GO

: Su

ppor

ting

Civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

satio

ns a

nd th

eir

role

as

med

iato

rs b

etw

een

the

Adm

inis

tratio

n an

d co

mm

uniti

es h

as b

een

a cr

oss-

cutti

ng is

sue

and

a se

ctor

of i

nter

vent

ion

unde

r the

10th

ED

F an

d w

ill re

mai

n un

der t

he 1

1th E

DF

(the

futu

re p

rogr

amm

e is

cur

rent

ly b

eing

pre

pare

d). B

etw

een

2011

and

20

16,

the

PASC

REN

A p

roje

ct p

rovi

des

capa

city

bui

ldin

g to

civ

il so

ciet

y or

gani

satio

ns a

nd p

rom

otes

the

ir pa

rtici

patio

n in

the

dev

elop

men

t, th

e de

moc

ratis

atio

n an

d th

e na

tiona

l rec

onci

liatio

n pr

oces

s.

4.1.

e

SEA

CO

P:

Enha

nce

the

oper

atio

nal d

eliv

ery

and

coop

erat

ion

at n

atio

nal,

regi

onal

and

tran

s-re

gion

al le

vels

.

Act

iviti

es in

clud

e im

prov

ing

coop

erat

ion

at re

gion

al a

nd tr

ans-

regi

onal

leve

ls, i

nclu

ding

on

inte

llige

nce

shar

ing,

and

supp

ortin

g na

tiona

l mar

itim

e in

form

atio

n sy

stem

s and

pro

mot

ing

the

shar

ing

of in

form

atio

n re

gion

ally

.

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