Streamlining Maritime & Riverine (Sub)RegionalSecurity Initiatives

Marco HekkensGoodwill Ambassador of AMSSA

Agenda

• Only Maritime focus; or Littoral, Land and Riverine and Lake focus?

• Ends, Ways and Means• A recognised ‘Clearing House’ for all

initiatives and activities?

• Future Risks

Only Maritime focus; or Littoral, Land, and Riverine & Lake focus?

• Guard proactively against possible seams being exploited

• Invest in routines for hand-over and monitoring of responsibilities between traditionally organised ‘commands’ and agencies– Principle of Supported – Supporting Interrelationships– Conduct continuous Civil – Military Comprehensive Planning for

Contingencies– Introduce and Conduct regular ‘Shared Awareness and Deconfliction

Meetings’ (SHADE)

• Expand and nurture new (sub) Regional Frameworkshttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/have-you-seen-the-bulletproof-texas-gunboats-equipped-with-automatic-machine-guns-that-will-battle-drug-cartels-on-the-water/

Shared Situation Awareness &Information Management

Ends, Ways and MeansPresent situation

• Paucity of assets, despite regional naval investments• Challenges remain – inter alia – in areas of:

– Interoperability– Shared Situational Awareness– Cross border cooperation and response options for

(un)likely scenarios– Civil-Military Fusion of ‘actionable intelligence’

• Insufficient persistent innovation,coherence and ‘jointness’ of all activities in the various environments

Source: Forbes Insights

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Littoral Engagement, Influence & Assistance Zones

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Ends, Ways and Means – 1

• Intermediate stepping stone towards envisaged (regional) “End State”:

– Linked ‘Civil – Military Command and Information Centres’, with a clear, unambiguous Chain of Command, and with an endorsed regional reach

– Coherence in Training and Education investments

• Note: the ‘End State’ must be periodically reviewed!

Ends, Ways and Means – 2a

• A flexible, adaptive Action Plan, based on assessments and influenced by concurrent ‘work on the ground’

• Strengthen the viability of sanctions and control mechanisms, and deter future violators

• Introduce and use innovative’ technologies such as Modelling and Simulation to support ‘current operations’

• Communication strategy• Adaptive legislation……

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Ends, Ways and Means – 2b

• Pursue and create the conditions to attract the maritime leisure industry – ‘eco tourism’

• ‘By-products’– Job creation– Revenues (that will also be directed to support

maritime investments)– Positive domino effect for (sub)region– Economic diversity

Ends, Ways and Means – 2c

• Embark on a roadmap to be capable to conduct Maritime Irregular Warfare (MIW), “sooner than later” *

• Initiate focused Regional Training and Education programme– ‘Brokered’ or Facilitated by AMSSA?

• Research regional ‘Pooling and Sharing’ and ‘Save and Reinvest’ philosophies– Possible advice by European Defence Agency?

• Investigate, and lobby for funding support through the (EU) ‘Instrument for Stability ‘(IfS)

* Characterizing and Exploring the Implications of Maritime Irregular Warfare, RAND National Defense Research Institute (2012)

Ends, Ways and Means – 3a

• Expand (international) port affiliations• Unified training effort through the use of

accredited specialists– active and former defence, and civilian

expertise– through a single portal [AMSSA?]

• Cultural Competence and Sensitivity

Ends, Ways and Means – 3b

• Craft versatility and capacity to engage “24/7”– Policing (Offshore guarding against asymmetrical

threats, illegal transits, environmental protection)– Sea Control (presence, territorial integrity, ISR, protect

SLOCs)– Humanitarian missions (SAR, disaster response and

evacuation ops)

• Maritime ISR and EW (linked to air and ground ISR)

• Certified Private Maritime Security Companies 7 – 8 May 2012: OSV

hijacked and boarded

Is there a need for a recognised Clearinghouse for all activities? – 1

• “Yes” (I personally believe so…!)• Consensus – to what level?

• In the spirit of the Paris Declaration (2005) and Accra Agenda for Action (2008): Ownership – Alignment – Harmonisation – Results – Mutual Accountability – Inclusive Partnerships

Future Risks

• Continued insecurity - Who are the real ‘enemy’?• Prepare for ‘intentional hostile acts’ by networks

that see their illegal businesses cut short / terminated:– Increased bribing, intimidation, kidnapping, murder– Complexity of the situation >

It may, or will get worse before it gets better!Islamic fighters of d’Ansar Eddine // 8 April 2012 Easter Sunday Car Bomb, Kaduna, Nigeria

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