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The British Academy’s Sustainable Development Programme Policy Workshop on Sustainable Governance

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Senior SafeSeas researcher Dr Rupert Alcock presented key findings and policy implications from SafeSeas’ initial 18-month period of research funded by the British Academy. The workshop took place at the British Academy in London on 16 April 2018. It was opened by Programme Director Professor Paul Jackson and was attended by policy makers from UK and European government departments whose work focuses on sustainable governance and capacity building.

Dr Alcock opened his presentation by tracing the growing global political attention attracted by the maritime domain and the world’s developing ocean resources, before outlining the core question addressed by SafeSeas: how can we assist countries in the Western Indian Ocean region and elsewhere in tackling maritime insecurities such as piracy? He then outlined some core guidelines for redirecting capacity building efforts that were consolidated in SafeSeas’ best practice toolkit ‘Mastering Maritime Security’ that the team launched at its high-level symposium in Nairobi in March 2018.

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SafeSeas presents best practices at Pacific Island Forum workshop

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The Pacific Islands are seeking to strengthen their regional collaboration in maritime security and are in the process of negotiating a new agreement — the so-called Biketawa plus agreement. To discuss how information sharing and maritime domain awareness will feature in the agreement the Pacific Island Forum is holding a three-day workshop in the Solomon … Read more

United Nations Special Envoy opens SafeSeas Symposium

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The Special Envoy for the Oceans of the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, formally opened the SafeSeas Symposium on Capacity Building for Maritime Security on the 2nd of March. The goal of the high-level symposium is to rethink the strategy and methods of capacity building in the Western Indian Ocean region.

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SafeSeas publishes Best Practice Toolkit

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SafeSeas is pleased to announce the publication of the Best Practice Toolkit entitled Mastering Maritime Security: Reflexive Capacity Building and the western Indian Ocean Experience. The report presents the core results of the SafeSeas project drawing on 16 months of research and work with a wide range of partners from the Western Indian Ocean region. The … Read more

Lecture at Military Academy of South Africa

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On January 31st, Professor Christian Bueger will be giving a lecture to the staff and students of the Military Academy of South Africa. Drawing on the core insights from SAFESEAS, in particular, the current draft of the best practice toolkit and the recent article in International Affairs, Prof Bueger will contextualize maritime security and speak about … Read more

SafeSeas in Lisbon

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On the 30th of May, Dr. Christian Bueger, principal investigator of SafeSeas gave a keynote lecture to the International Conference on Maritime Security hosted by the Lusiada Research Centre for International Policy and Security, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. In the lecture titled “Situating Maritime Security” he discussed how maritime security is related to the broader … Read more

SAFE SEAS team attends international conference of ISA

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From the 20th to 25th of February the project team of SAFE SEAS will attend the annual convention of the International Studies Association, held in Baltimore, USA. At the conference, we will connect with our colleagues from the wider discipline of International Relations. A theorey-oriented paper that informs the work of SAFE SEAS will be … Read more

First Concept Note Published: Introducing the SPIP methodology

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SAFE SEAS Concept Notes outline initial project results. These are work in progress documents that have the primary purpose of serving as consultation and discussion drafts. We have published the first Concept Note titled Maritime Security Capacity Building: Spotting the Gaps. The note discusses which methodologies are available for assessing maritime security sectors. It introduces the … Read more