Project news
The development of the YARIS platform follows a collaborative approach
The development process of the YARIS platform requires regular discussions and decisions involving all the key stakeholders: the managers of the GoGIN components (Information systems, Training and Organisation), the Yaounde Architecture (YA) representatives and the IT...
Understanding YARIS: Interview by GoGMI
Discover the interview conducted by Stéphanie Schandorf, Associate Director at the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (GoGMI) where Gilles Chehab, Head of Capacity Building of GoGIN, presents the interest of YARIS for information sharing in the framework of the Yaoundé...
The YARIS national network connects the maritime agencies of São Tomé e Príncipe
[São Tomé, 16 September 2022], Captain Armindo Pinho da Fonseca e Silva Rodrigues, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Santomean Army, chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) user training programme, in the presence of the...
Maritime domain news
Nigeria hosts the global maritime security conference
The maritime domain of the Gulf of Guinea is of major geostrategic, economic and social importance. The insecurity is still very strong and endangers the economies and societies of the region. With this in mind, the Nigerian authorities have decided to organize a...
Chiefs of Naval of Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso Sign MoU on Maritime Security
[Source : ECOWAS] Accra, 25th July 2019.The Chiefs of Naval staff of Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone as well as the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the high Commander of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso have signed a Memorandum of understanding...
Recommandations of Symposium on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea
[Source: ITF] When piracy or armed robbery happen at sea, seafarers are on the frontline, at risk of being injured, assaulted, taken hostage or killed. Attacks have increased dramatically impacting thousands of seafarers and their families who fall victim and suffer...
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.
ABOUT
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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