Acting chairperson of the CGPCS Maciej Popowski from the EEAS presented the work of the CGPCS in the light of the future of the maritime security architecture in the Indian Ocean at two international conferences. At the conference titled “The Indian Ocean: A Maritime Region on the Rise” organized by the German ministry of foreign affairs, Popowski outlined that the CGPCS is a useful model for networked governance which will be helpful for establishing a future security architecture in the region (read the speech here). At the 9th national maritime conference, held equally in Berlin, Popowski foregrounded the importance of a functional approach to maritime security centered on cooperation and coordination (read the entire speech here).
