SafeSeas 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. A major area of concern is improving maritime security capacity building. Safeseas started as a pilot project that studied lessons from maritime security capacity building in the Western Indian Ocean.
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 received financial support from the Sustainable Development Programme of the British Academy, Cardiff University, the University of Bristol and the University of Stellenbosch. SafeSeas is a registered voluntary commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14 (OceanAction14234). The project is a collaboration between Cardiff University and the University of Bristol and implemented with a range of universities as well as capacity building organizations.
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SafeSeas participates in discussion on maritime security architecture in WIO
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SafeSeas presents best practices at Pacific Island Forum workshop
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United Nations Special Envoy opens SafeSeas Symposium
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SafeSeas publishes Best Practice Toolkit
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Best Practices: Integrating blue economy work
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Best Practices: Identifying Points of Contact
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Best Practices: Maritime Security Strategies
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Best Practices: The ‘tool-box’ of capacity building
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Best Practices: Maritime Domain Awareness
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Lecture at Military Academy of South Africa
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