COPE° Webinar - Risks at sea during navigation: Safety vs. security and challenges in the Americas

COPE° held a virtual webinar titled “Risks at sea during navigation: Safety vs. security and challenges in the Americas” on 27 June 2024.
The topics that were covered are as follows:
- [Peace Through Prosperity: Normalizing peace and security through economic development]
- [Main situations affecting safe navigation in the Americas]
- [Pirates and terrorist attacks in the red sea: implications beyond Europe]
- [Estrategias de Protección Marítima en la región latinoamericana]
- [Aspectos técnicos relevantes para mejorar la seguridad marítima en el caribe]
- [Buenas prácticas, contratos y optimización de la seguridad marítima]
Participants included Eric Dawicki of the Northeast Maritime Institute, Javier Franco of the Universidad Externado, Jakob Larsen of BIMCO, Kristina Siig of the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Lisbeth Laurie of the Organization of American States CICTE, and maritime expert Mauricio Ochoa.
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