TY - GEN
T1 - EU’s Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA)
T2 - Proceedings of MICRADS 2021
AU - Almeida Silveira, João
N1 - UIDB/04627/2020
UIDP/04627/2020
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The growth in intensity, proliferation, and dispersion of maritime activities in the 2000s increased the pertinence and difficulty of Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA). Consequently, the EU engaged in advancing doctrines and mechanisms of MSA. This article examines the strategy and practices the EU followed in the four key elements of MSA: (1) surveillance and data collection, (2) data fusion and knowledge development, (3) coordination and dissemination of information, and (4) management and improvement of MSA structures. It argues that the EU is well prepared and engaged in MSA, through the use of multiple agencies. The multiple agencies grant specific expertise to the EU in several domains, but the institutional dispersion hinders the coherence, effectiveness, and cumulative knowledge of the organization. This article concludes that the advancements and limitations of MSA within the EU seem to suggest the EU would benefit from a centralized maritime authority.
AB - The growth in intensity, proliferation, and dispersion of maritime activities in the 2000s increased the pertinence and difficulty of Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA). Consequently, the EU engaged in advancing doctrines and mechanisms of MSA. This article examines the strategy and practices the EU followed in the four key elements of MSA: (1) surveillance and data collection, (2) data fusion and knowledge development, (3) coordination and dissemination of information, and (4) management and improvement of MSA structures. It argues that the EU is well prepared and engaged in MSA, through the use of multiple agencies. The multiple agencies grant specific expertise to the EU in several domains, but the institutional dispersion hinders the coherence, effectiveness, and cumulative knowledge of the organization. This article concludes that the advancements and limitations of MSA within the EU seem to suggest the EU would benefit from a centralized maritime authority.
KW - MSA
KW - Maritime Situational Awareness
KW - EU
KW - European union
KW - Maritime Security
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119327392&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4884-7
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4884-7
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-981-16-4883-0
VL - 255
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 383
EP - 395
BT - Developments and Advances in Defense and Security
A2 - Rocha, Álvaro
A2 - Fajardo-Toro, Carlos Hernan
A2 - Riola Rodríguez, José María
PB - Springer Singapore
CY - Singapore
Y2 - 18 August 2021 through 20 August 2021
ER -