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Update on CICTE’s Maritime Security Program

Update on CICTE’s Maritime Security Program. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE). CICTE’s Maritime Security Program: overview. Largest and most complex program 3 sub-programs

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Update on CICTE’s Maritime Security Program

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  1. Update on CICTE’s Maritime Security Program Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)

  2. CICTE’s Maritime Security Program: overview • Largest and most complex program • 3 sub-programs • Partners: the U.S. Coast Guard; Transport Canada; private sector—e.g. Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC); and other OAS Departments (CICAD and CIP) • In 2008-2009: More than 25 events under three projects, training approximately 1,500 officials from Latin America and the Caribbean on the ISPS Code

  3. CICTE’s Maritime Security Program: activities • APEC economies / OAS Member States: Chile, Mexico and Peru • Chile: • Crisis Management Exercise - June 24-26, 2009 • Sub-regional Best Practices Workshop for Southern Cone – last quarter 2009 • Mexico: • Sub-regional Best Practices Workshop for Central America/Mexico/Dominican Republic – November, 2008 • Port Security Assessment and Follow-on Training (Cozumel, Manzanillo, Los Cabos, and Coatzacoalcos) – October, 2009 • Peru: • Crisis Management Exercise - April 28-30, 2008 • Sub-regional Best Practices Workshop for Andean Countries – June, 2008 • Port Security Assessment and Follow-on Training (El Callao) – October, 2009

  4. CICTE’s Maritime Security Program: APEC Manual • APEC Manual on Port Security Drills and Exercises • Workshop on the APEC Manual on Port Security Drills and Exercises, in Vancouver, Canada (February 25-27, 2009) • First Training Workshop on the APEC Manual on Port Security Drills and Exercises: beneficiary States: English-speaking Caribbean - St. Lucia (June 24-26, 2009) • Translation into Spanish in process and conduct of a second workshop for Spanish-speaking OAS countries in 2010

  5. THANK YOU! Maritime Security Program Mr. Pablo Martinez Assistant Secretary of CICTE pmartinez@oas.org Mr. Ignacio Ibáñez Project Manager iibanez@oas.org Inter-American Committee against Terrorism Organization of American States 1889 F. St., N.W. (8 Floor) Washington D.C. Phone: +1 +202.458.6110 Fax: +1 +202.458.3857 www.cicte.oas.org

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