Planning and supervision skills provided in this course can be utilized to mitigate a variety of conventional and unconventional threats that could arise while conducting compliant or non-compliant boarding operations at sea. For example, an officer from the Coastal, Lake and Riverine Police indicated that the training “will solve problems…on how to conduct boarding because we did not know what means should be applied when conducting boarding on ships or boats. This is to say we did not know how far we could go and where within the boarding of a ship or boat.” He further stated that this training helped him learn new skills on boarding and that these skills will assist in the development of his institution’s capabilities.
In addition, the course also covered fundamentals of maritime domain awareness, chartwork, tide tables, communications procedures and survival at sea and helped identify and prepare national trainers who will work alongside UNODC mentors to conduct future iterations of the training.
This course aligns with
UNODC Strategic Vision for Africa 2030, which seeks to strengthen crime prevention, enhance justice, address organised crime, ensure a balanced response to drugs, improve the rule of law and bolster resilience.
This course was successful implemented through support from the government of Japan through the Project for the Enhancement of Counter-Terrorism Capacity in Cabo Delgado Province.
