The Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (GoGMI) International Maritime Security Working Group (IMSWG) 2024 first quarter meeting on the topic: ''SECURING VITAL SEA LANES: THREATS TO GLOBAL MARITIME COMMERCE''.
KEY POINTS:
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Deal with the situations as they need to
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Continue open dialogue between stakeholders for global shipping
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Identify the risks, threats and collective roles of all stakeholders
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Nations of the gulf of guinea must leverage on the tremendous opportunities
to create attractive alternatives for global shipping.
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INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SECURITY WORKING GROUP
IMSWG
The International Maritime Security Working Group (IMSWG), formed by the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute, is the Institute’s flagship forum focused on stimulating dialogue and policy innovation aimed at addressing maritime security and safety concerns in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region. The IMSWG forum is notable as a knowledge exchange and research network on regional issues while keeping an eye on the pulse of international perspectives.
Made up of experts from government, industry, private sector, universities, research institutions and diplomatic community in ocean governance practice, the forum occasionally engages in exchanging ideas and making salient recommendations for heads of organizations and policymakers to comprehensively deepen reforms and strategy development, actively promote maritime safety development, and build communal consensus for social and economic prosperity. IMSWG is also governed by the Chatham House Rule: a rule or principle according to which information disclosed during a meeting may be reported by those present, but the source of that information may not be explicitly or implicitly identified.
In each forum, members and participants are engaged in in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics under the theme, and offer suggestions for the promotion and development of ocean governance and the sustainable blue economy. These discussions are available in reports and recommendations on the Institute’s website and serve as a repository for policymakers and institutions working on maritime safety development in the Gulf of Guinea region.
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IMSWG REPORTS
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DEVELOPING THE BLUE ECONOMY OF GHANA:Â PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
FIRST MEETING REPORT
This report is a product of the collaborative efforts among representatives of various governmental agencies
and institutional experts, as well as stakeholders in the maritime industry which was led by the Gulf of Guinea
Maritime Institute (GoGMI) with the support of the Kofi International Peacekeeping Center.
MARINE PLASTIC LITTER, A DANGER TO OCEAN HEALTH AND THE BLUE ECONOMY
SECOND MEETING REPORT
This report is a product of the collaborative efforts among representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, Regional Environmental Office of the UK Embassy and institutional experts, as well as stakeholders in the maritime industry which was led by the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGIES: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
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The first GoGMI-IMSWG online virtual meeting held on 10th July, 2020 was organized to discuss the prospects and challenges for Regional and National Strategies in governing and managing the Gulf of Guinea maritime space. Major highlights of the meeting have been compiled into a report.
