SafeSeas is a network of academic institutions that studies maritime security governance. It investigates responses to maritime threats and how they are related to other areas of ocean governance, such as ocean health or the blue economy.
SafeSeas develops key guidelines and best practices for maritime security governance and the coordination, programming and implementation of maritime security capacity building. Best practices have been consolidated in a best practice toolkit, titled “Mastering Maritime Security. Reflexive Capacity Building and the Western Indian Ocean experience”. SafeSeas is in the process of building an evidence base on Transnational Organised Crime at Sea (TOCAS) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK and also develops regional guides for several maritime regions.
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Growing, yet cautious, optimism – maritime security in the Philippines
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Safeseas directors present at the Global Maritime Security Conference, Nigeria
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Building safe seas in the Gulf of Guinea
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Workshop on Security Sector Reform in the Philippines
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Into the sea: capacity-building innovations and the maritime security challenge
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International Affairs special issue on Maritime Security edited by Safeseas Directors
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Presentation at MAST Copenhagen
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New article summarises insights from Best Practice Toolkit
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Maritime Security Ideaslab in Copenhagen
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Welcoming our new research associate
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SafeSeas is a registered voluntary commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14 (OceanAction14234) and has received financial support by the British Academy, Cardiff University, the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK, University of Copenhagen, University of Bristol and the University of Stellenbosch