Naval Response
No activity planned or implemented.
Industry Response
No activity planned or implemented.
Plight of Seafarers
No activity planned or implemented.
Messaging and Advocacy
No activity planned or implemented.
Regional Capacity
IGAD works closely with the European Union as an implementing organization in the region. Among the initiatives implemented by IGAD are the Regional Maritime Security Program (MASE) and SmartFish.
IGAD serves as one of the four regional organization implementing the MASE project. The MASE project commenced in 2013, after the completion of a start-up program in June of 2013. The project has a budget of 37 million EUR and will be implemented over a five-year period. Full details of the MASE project can be found here.
In addition to MASE, IGAD also implements the joint EU-IOC SmartFish program, which works to develop better fisheries management in Somalia and the surrounding region.
Somali Capacity
IGAD worked closely with the Transitional Federal Institutions, and continues to support the Federal Government of Somalia. In November 2012, shortly after the establishment of the Federal Government of Somalia, the President of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, met with the IGAD Executive Secretary in Mogadishu. They discussed issues of cooperation and support for Somalia, particularly security development and the role of IGAD in assisting the Somali government.
As an implementing organization of the European Union, IGAD works alongside the EU and other regional implementing organizations to administer the Regional Maritime Security Programme (MASE), which seeks to develop Somali, and regional, capacity. In addition to MASE, IGAD also implements the joint EU-IOC SmartFish program, which works to develop better fisheries management in Somalia and the surrounding region.
Rule of Law
No activity planned or implemented.
Coordination
The African Union, COMESA, the EAC, the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), the IGAD, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopted a regional action plan and framework for exchanging information, cooperation, joint action and capacity building measures at the COMESA-IOC Regional Workshop on Piracy for the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), held in Seychelles on the 19th and 20th July 2010. The Regional Action Plan against Piracy is divided into two pillars: an action plan for inland Somali actions and off-shore and regional action against piracy at national, regional and the international level. IGAD is leading the first pillar of the action plan. The Actions for inland Somalia plan takes account of the Reconstruction and Development Plan (RDP) and the EU Country Strategy Paper (CSP). The IGAD has helped coordinate between the Transitional Federal Institutions and the International Community.
Additionally, IGAD coordinates with the EU on the SmartFish and MASE projects.
