About Goa Maritime Symposium 2024:
- It is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation, and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region.
- Theme: The theme for the event is Common Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Progressing Lines of Efforts to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as illegal and unregulated fishing and other illegal maritime activities.
- It will be participated by the representatives from 12 Indian Ocean Littoral countries – Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Observers from Kenya and Tanzania
Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS)
- It was conceptualised and instituted by the Indian Navy in 2016.
- It is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
- The symposium is conducted biennially by the Naval War College (NWC), Goa.
Q1: What is the Indian Ocean Rim Association?
It was established in 1997 as an intergovernmental organisation of States on the rim of the Indian Ocean. It has members from Africa, West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia ,Europe and Oceania. The Association’s membership has expanded to 23 member states and 11 dialogue partners.
Source: CURTAIN RAISER GOA MARITIME SYMPOSIUM (GMS) 2024
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