Project news
CRESMAO strengthens its capacity to analyse maritime information via YARIS
From January 17 to 19, 2023, a capacity-building workshop on the analysis of information and maritime surveillance via the YARIS platform (Yaounde Architecture Regional Information System) was held at CRESMAO headquarters in Abidjan. The workshop was facilitated by...
The YARIS Platform Helps Enhance Maritime Surveillance in Guinea
At the request of Guinea's Maritime Prefecture, a training session on maritime surveillance and crisis management was coordinated by GoGIN and CRESMAC experts from 12 to 16 December 2022. Training on crisis management The event was attended by 17 operational managers...
YARIS: a monitoring tool but also a means for analysis
Permanent surveillance of the seas is a prerequisite for the peaceful and sustainable utilisation of the marine and maritime resources. Such surveillance is a necessary condition for conducting targeted maritime policing operations in cases of suspected illegal or...
Maritime domain news
Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea
[Source: StableSeas report] Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea explores the connections between maritime governance themes and security challenges, drawing on interviews conducted with experts and practitioners in seven countries across the region. Maritime insecurity...
BMP West Africa : A navigation guide to improve browser safety
[Source: ICS] The maritime security situation off the West Coast of Africa is complex and dynamic. BMP – West Africa (WA) has been produced to help ships and seafarers avoid becoming the victims of maritime security incidents in these waters. This publication aims to...
Follow the live events at sea in the Gulf of Guinea
Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) is a cooperation centre between the Royal Navy (UKMTO) and the French Navy (MICA-Center) in support of the Yaounde Process. This centre has been in operation since the 20th June 2016. The primary output...
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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