YARIS, main asset for the Grand African NEMO (GANO) 2024 exercise

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...
Maritime safety: delivery of the Yaris platform is delayed

Maritime safety: delivery of the Yaris platform is delayed

Initially expected for April 2025, the completion of the GUlfofGuinea Interregional Network project, known as “GoGIN Il”, risks being postponed by several months. Launched in May 2023, this initiative led by Expertise France (structure attached to the French...
Successful YARIS 2.0 Training Mission during SIREN 24

Successful YARIS 2.0 Training Mission during SIREN 24

From September 24 to 26, 2024, a team of experts from the GoGIN II Project and the Yaoundé Architecture successfully carried out a training course dedicated to the YARIS platform, as part of the SIREN24 exercise, organized at the Pôle Écoles Méditerranée Nord (PEM) in...
Launch of the “Safe Domain III” operation

Launch of the “Safe Domain III” operation

On Monday, 5 August 2024, the launch of the operation “Safe Domain III”, for the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMC) in the ECOWAS area covering Togo, Nigeria and Benin, was held in Cotonou. The YARIS system is one of the platforms selected by the...
Guinea’s Maritime Prefecture in the YARIS 2.0 era

Guinea’s Maritime Prefecture in the YARIS 2.0 era

Invited by the Maritime Prefecture of Guinea, represented by Colonel Sow, Expertise France through GoGIN II, the project that promotes the YARIS platform and financed by the European Union, organised a training workshop on the latest version of the platform known as...
The Yaoundé Architecture strengthens its pool of YARIS trainers

The Yaoundé Architecture strengthens its pool of YARIS trainers

[Abidjan-ARSTM, 15 December 2023] The Permanent Secretary for State Action at Sea, represented by Colonel AKE Josée Nicole, chaired the closing ceremony of the train of trainers session in the use of YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System), in the...
Equatorial Guinea centres trained at YARIS

Equatorial Guinea centres trained at YARIS

[Malabo, 20 to 24 November 2023] The coordination of maritime safety and security is essential to monitor and combat any illegal activity at sea (suspicious vessels, armed attacks, acts of piracy, pollution, illegal fishing, etc.). In Equatorial Guinea, this is...
Effective cooperation during pirate attacks, thanks to YARIS

Effective cooperation during pirate attacks, thanks to YARIS

In the framework of the fight against maritime insecurity and the response to an event, access to knowledge of the maritime domain is crucial, as well as the sharing of information to prompt the cooperation of the authorities in crisis situations. The YARIS platform...
YARIS and SKYLIGHT join forces to better monitor the sea

YARIS and SKYLIGHT join forces to better monitor the sea

Combating illicit activities at sea is crucial for ensuring a peaceful and sustainable use of marine resources. But how can governments and nongovernmental organisations identify illegal fishing, drug trafficking, bunkering, and other activities among the thousands of...
EU updates Maritime Security Strategy

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...
Spanish Navy surveillance centre trained to use YARIS

Spanish Navy surveillance centre trained to use YARIS

Six operators from COVAM (Spanish Navy Maritime Surveillance and Security Centre) were trained on the YARIS platform on 16 and 17 February 2023, in Cartagena (Spain). The YARIS trainer of the European project GoGIN+, Diego Ron, presented all the functionalities of...