I work in the Department of Security and Justice, which is part of

FIIAPP. As the name of Department suggests, we sort out the

strengthening of the justice and security sectors in developing
countries around the World. We work hard with the European
Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and three of its
programmes: Cocaine Route, Heroine Route and Fight against
Terrorism.
Specifically, I am the Project officer of SEACOP (Seaport Cooperation
Project). The overall objective of this project is to support the fight
against maritime illicit trafficking and associated criminal networks
in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
My Project is implemented by a number of experts (mainly police
officer with experience in drug trafficking) that develop activities like
trainings in the targeted countries.
The main activities of the project are:
1. Create inter-agency Joint Maritime Control Units (JMCUs) and
Maritime Intelligence Units (MIUs) in key ports.
2. Comprehensive training in maritime search techniques, and in
maritime intelligence and targeting, by EU Member State Experts.
3. Procurement of search equipment, protective clothing and
information technology to support the activities.
4. Planned mentoring activity maintained following the training.
5. Improving cooperation and information sharing at regional and
trans-regional level.
6. Establish national maritime information systems and promote the
sharing of information regionally.
We are working in a variety of cultures and languages, but mainly
English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
The Project Officers like me usually monitor the successful
implementation of the activities and the budget execution. We also
travelled regularly to represent FIIAPP in activities such as Regional
Workshops, where we talk about the project milestones.