Project news
Cooperation between ISMI and the GoGIN 2 project: Training on maritime information processing
From November 18 to 29, the Interregional Maritime Safety Institute - ISMI had the pleasure of hosting an enriching training in collaboration with the GoGIN 2 project. Intended for centers in the ECOWAS Commission region, this initiative brought together 24 trainees...
YARIS, main asset for the Grand African NEMO (GANO) 2024 exercise
Grand African NEMO 2024 (GANO 2024) is the annual event of operational cooperation, co-organized by France and the Yaoundé Architecture, aiming at reinforcing security and safety of maritime spaces in the Gulf of Guinea and increasing interoperability between the...
Training of Grand Popo Lookouts in YARIS 2.0 as part of Exercise GANO_24
The Beninese Navy trained lookouts at the Grand Popo Naval Base in the use of the new version of the YARIS platform, as part of the GANO 25 exercise which began this Monday, November 4. This initiative is part of an approach to optimizing maritime surveillance, with...
Maritime domain news
Technology and maritime security in Africa: Opportunities and challenges in Gulf of Guinea
[Source : Science Direct] Maritime security threats undermine safety and security at sea and, in turn, coastal states’ efforts to harness the resources in their maritime domain. This assertion is true for coastal states and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on...
EU updates Maritime Security Strategy
[Source : European Commission] Today, the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy to ensure a peaceful use of the seas and safeguard the maritime domain against new threats. They have...
EU supports MMCC Zone F with monitoring equipment
[Source : Ghanaian Times] The European Union (EU), through the Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security (SWAIMS), has donated monitoring equipment to the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) Zone F in Accra on Wednesday. The donation is to...
AN OPERATIONAL PLATFORM
for the maritime security community
YARIS is operational since September 2020. It offers a secure working environment to the community (collaborative intranet), and operational functions covering the spectrum of needs (anticipation, alert, coordination, command, legal) operated through the 3 application modules: advanced mapping, messaging, logbook.
YARIS can integrate various sources of information (third-party systems, sensors). Servers and encrypted data are hosted in an ISO27001 data centre. Access to YARIS is via a virtual private network.
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What is the GoGIN+ project?
The GoGIN+ project (Gulf of Guinea Inter-regional Network – Extension), financed by the European Union, is a direct extension of the GoGIN project, which was started in 2016 and completed in October 2021. Its aim is to contribute to maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea in order to promote the blue economy and the economic development of countries. Specifically, the GOGIN+ project supports the deployment, within the maritime authorities of the Gulf of Guinea, of the maritime information sharing and incident management platform called YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System), developed and designed in close partnership with the Yaoundé Architecture authorities.
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