A DYNAMIC PROCESS TOWARDS MARITIME DOMAIN CONTROL

Proposal for West Africa

Captain (N) Oumar Baila KANEChief of Senegalese Navy

MARITIME DOMAINE CONTROL

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

SYNERGY OF ACTION WITH NEIGHBOURS

PRESENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES

MAJOR THREATS VS MARITIME CAPABILITIES IN WEST AFRICA

Drug and small arms trafic

Potential maritime terrorism

Illegal migration & human trafic

UUI fishing

Aging platforms (25 years plus)

No training autonomy (rely on foreign training centres)

Deficit of land based surveillance system

Deficit of regional coordination

WEST AFRICAN MARITIME OPERATIONS COORDINATION CENTER

WAMOCC

The way forward

INFORMATION SHARING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

REGIONALLY COMBINED OPERATIONAL

ACTIVITIES

COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND

EQUIPMENTS ACQUISITION

WAMOCC

For a West African maritime domain control

WAMOCC

Collaborative platforms acquisition programs

Common land-based surveillance systems

Common training centres

Combined naval patrols

Regional information sharing

Interface for western and african partners

POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO BUILD ON

2007 A.U declaration in Abuja

ECOWAS collaborative Security programs

MOWCA: MOU integrated Coast Guard

INFORMATION SHARING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

REGIONALLY COMBINED OPERATIONAL

ACTIVITIES

COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND

EQUIPMENTS ACQUISITION

WAMOCC

For a West African maritime domain control