7th V-RMTC 5+5 NET EXPERTS’ MEETING Rome, 15-17 May 2012

Administrative Remarks STEERING GROUP SESSION Programme Outline for Wednesday , May 16th 2012 (Navy CPO Club – Viale Tor di Quinto, 111 ) 08.50 – 09.15 Transfer from ITN Lodge Officer Club – Lungotevere delle Armi nr. 24 to CPO Club 09.30 – 09.45 Administrative Remarks and Introductory notes 09.45 – 10.00 Group Picture 10.00 – 10.10 Welcoming Address by Rear Admiral (UH) Filippo Maria FOFFI 10.10 – 11.00 Steering Group working session 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break 11.15 – 12.30 Steering Group working session 12.30 – 14.00 Working Lunch at Navy’s CPO Club hosted by ITN (for SG and TT delegates) 14.00 – 14.30 Transfer to the ITN Lodge Officers Club FREE TIME (Shuttle service) 20.00 Rendez Vous at ITN Lodge Officer Club, Lungotevere delle Armi, 24 20.00 – 20.30 Transfer to ITN CPO Club 20.30 – 22.30 Official dinner at ITN CPO Club for all delegates (for SG and TT delegates)

Administrative Remarks STEERING GROUP SESSION Programme Outline for Thursday , May 17th 2012 (Navy CPO Club – Viale Tor di Quinto, 111 ) 08.30 – 09.10 Transfer from ITN Lodge Officer Club - Lungotevere delle Armi nr. 24 to Navy CPO Club 09.15 – 10.00 Final Minutes Steering Group 10.00 – 10.15 Closing Remarks 10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break 10.30 – 12.30 Train the Trainer Session 12.30 – 14.00 Working Lunch at Navy’s CPO Club hosted by ITN (for SG and TT delegates) 14.00 – 15.00 Transfer to ITN Fleet Hq (CINCNAV) 15.00 – 16.30 Visit to ITN Fleet Hq (CINCNAV) 16.30 – 17.30 Transfer to ITN Lodge AS NEEDED Delegates Departure

Administrative Remarks COUNTRY FLIGHT Dep. SHUTTLE PORTUGAL 06.15 (18 May) 04.45 FRANCE 17.30 (17 May) 14.30 ALGERIA 10.20 (18 May) 08.00 LYBIA 11.10 08.10 TUNISIA 12.20 09.20 MOROCCO 17.50

WELCOMING ADDRESS Rear Admiral (UH) Alessandro PIROLI

MARITIME SECURITY MARITIME SECURITY MARITIME CAPACITY BUILDING MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS MSA HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AS FOUNDATIONAL IN MARITIME SECURITY, ALONG WITH MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS (MSO ) AND MARITIME CAPACITY BUILDING (MCB). MSA GRANTS MARITIME STAKEHOLDERS IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT THE CAPACITY TO DETECT ANOMALIES AND DEVIATIONS FROM ESTABLISHED TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY TRAFFIC, AND ENABLES AUTHORITIES TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION BEFORE SECURITY IS COMPROMISED BY A POTENTIAL THREAT. OF COURSE MSA REQUIRES EFFECTIVE INFORMATION SHARING TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN A SOLID ORGANIZATIONAL AND GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK. NATIONS WORLDWIDE MADE PROGRESS DEVELOPING MSA, MOTIVATED BY A WIDE RANGE OF DRIVERS, INCLUDING SMUGGLING, ILLEGAL FISHING, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MARITIME SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND SECURITY NEEDS. THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING AND STORING MARITIME INFORMATION, THOUGH, HIGHLIGHTS A LACK OF INTERAGENCY STANDARDS AMONG THE WIDE VARIETY OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH EQUITIES IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SHARE AND CORRELATE DATA. MOREOVER, THE PECULIARITIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE RELATED SECURITY THREATS REQUIRE, EVEN MORE THAN IN OTHER REGIONS IN THE WORLD, A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THE RELEVANT ACTORS, TO ELABORATE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS. MARITIME SECURITY MARITIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 6

STRONG MARITIME CONNOTATION OF 5+5 COUNTRIES THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND ITS ATLANTIC APPROACHES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SEA AREA IN THE WORLD AND ITS POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY MANY NATIONS. IN ORDER TO THIS 5+5 COUNTRIES FOR WHICH MED SEA REPRESENT A PILLAR A OF THEIR SOCIETY, SHOULD CONSIDER IT AS CENTRE OF ANY STRATEGIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT. BUT BEFORE STARTING TO TALK OF DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMY AND CULTURE IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE MARITIME SECURITY AND PREVENT ANY KIND OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. DUE TO THE COMPLEX NATURE OF MARITIME ENVIRONMENT, COMMON SECURITY COULD BE REACHED ONLY THROW COOPERATIVE APPROACH WHICH, PRATICALLY, IS ACHIEVED WITH A PLATFORM CAPABLE TO ELABORATE COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS. SECURITY

PROMOTING REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL ENDEAVOUR MSA CRUCIAL TO MARITIME SECURITY PROMOTING REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL ENDEAVOUR ENCOURAGING INFORMATION SHARING TO ACHIEVE MSA AND HARMONIZING RELATED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS HARMONIZING NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MSA AND MSO EFFORTS TO OBTAIN A COST-EFFECTIVE SYNERGY MSA MARITIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (MSA) HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY CRUCIAL TO THE MARITIME SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, TO COUNTERACT ILLICIT ACTIVITIES AND DENY TO CRIMINAL AND TERRORIST INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ANY POSSIBILITY TO EXPLOIT THE SEAS AND ITS CONNECTED LITTORAL AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURES. IN THIS SENSE, MSA MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOST COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIFIC LOCAL BEHAVIOURS, ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY, BY: PROMOTING REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIP TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL ENDEAVOUR; ENCOURAGING INFORMATION SHARING, TO ACHIEVE THE MOST ACCURATE MARITIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (MSA) BY ALSO ADOPTING CROSS-SECTORIAL METHODOLOGIES UNDER AN INTERAGENCY APPROACH AND, POSSIBLY, HARMONIZING LEGAL FRAMEWORKS RELATED TO THE INFORMATION SHARING IN RESPECT OF NATIONAL POLICY HARMONIZING NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MSA AND MSO EFFORTS TO OBTAIN A COST-EFFECTIVE SYNERGY; 8

THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE 5+5 INITIATIVE IS TO PROMOTE AN EFFECTIVE DIALOGUE , AND THE CORRECT APPROACH REQUIRES A STRONG SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS AMONG OUR COUNTRIES, WHICH LIES ON A CONCRETE ATTITUDE TOWARDS INFORMATION SHARING. PROMOTING AND MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OF THE GLOBAL MARITIME TRADITION IS YET A KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS, BECAUSE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS IS CRITICAL TO ANY NATION’S LONG-TERM ECONOMIC WEALTH. UNTIL NOW THE V-RMTC, HAS PROVED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT THAT, WHILE ENHANCING MSA, ALSO STRENGTHENS MUTUAL TRUST AND BUILDS CONFIDENCE AMONG SHAREHOLDERS. AND IN THIS SENSE INCREASING ATTITUDE TO SHARE CONTACTS OF THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT IS A TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESSULL OF THE SYSTEM. 5+5: a key multilateral Initiative

V-RMTC VISIBILITY 2011 Maritime Commanders Conference Multinational Experiment 7 INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY OF THE SYSTEM IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE SUCCESS GAINED UNTIL NOW. POSITIVE FEEDBACKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN MOST OF THE FORA AND VENUES ADDRESSING MSA WORLDWIDE 2011 International Seapower Symposium IMO World Maritime day

Regional Seapower Symposium of the Mediterranean and Black Sea VENICE, 16-18 OCTOBER 2012 ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VRMTC FROM TRADITIONAL ROLES TO EMERGING MARITIME SECURITY CHALLENGES: NAVAL FORCES’ IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS IN A DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT.

THE KEY-FACTORS OF THE SUCCESS CONFIDENCE BUILDING/MUTUAL TRUST (NOT ONLY TECHNOLOGY) SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE AND OWNERSHIP INFOSHARING CONCEPT/ PUSH-PULL MECHANISM WILL-TO-SHARE LOW COST AND EASY TOOLS NON-MANDATORY POLICY WISHING TO SUM UP THE KEY-FACTORS OF THE MODEL SUCCESS COME MAINLY FROM AN APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH, REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS. CONFIDENCE BUILDING AND MUTUAL TRUST ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT CAN GRANT EFFECTIVE RESULTS; AS A SHAREHOLDING COMMUNITY, PARTICIPANTS ARE REGULARLY INFORMED ABOUT THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCES AND ALL THE AVAILABLE UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF PERIODIC DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE REPORTS (WEEKLY, QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL). ON A YEARLY BASIS, THE ITALIAN NAVY HOSTS THE STEERING AND THE OPERATIONAL WORKING GROUPS, WHICH REPRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POCS OF THE PARTICIPATING NATIONS TO SHARE VIEWS AND IDEAS, TO INTERACT WITH THE OPERATIONAL TEAM AND TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE TO THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE. THE “INFOSHARING” CONCEPT UPON WHICH THE MODEL IS BASED DIFFERS FROM THE “INFORMATION EXCHANGE” IN TERMS OF ADVANTAGES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, IN A “PUSH-PULL” MECHANISM. V–RMTC IS OPEN TO NAVIES’ FREE DECISION AND WILL TO SHARE DATA THE MOTTO “LOW COST & EASY” WELL EXPLAINS HOW THE V-RMTC IS A VERY SIMPLE TOOL, BASED ON THE INTERNET, AND ADOPTING A HTTPS PROTOCOL TO GRANT THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF SECURITY IN THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. ASSOCIATED TOOLS INCLUDE USEFUL AND USER-FRIENDLY TOOLS LIKE FORUM, CHAT AND EMAIL; THE NON-MANDATORY POLICY, NOT BINDING NOR SUPERSEDING THE SINGLE NATIONS’ PREROGATIVES, IN MOST CASES HELPS OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS AND CONCERNS. THE SYSTEM, BY ITS NATURE, IS BASED ON A SHARED WILL AND EQUAL OWNERSHIP, RESULTING IN EQUALITY AMONG MEMBERS 12

V-RMTC 5+5 NET – ACHIEVED RESULTS SUCH IMPORTANCE IS WITNESSED BY 1.THE DATA VOLUME SHARED SINCE THE SYSTEM KICK-OFF 2. AS WELL AS BY ITS EMPLOYMENT IN“REAL WORLD” CIRCUMSTANCES 3. AND FOR TRAINING AS YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY THANKS TO THE GRAPHS ON THE SLIDE, THE STATISTICS SHOW A GENERAL INCREASING OF THE SHARED INFORMATION. ONLY LAST YEAR, DUE TO LYBIAN CRYSIS AND CONSEQUENT SUSPENSION OF THE CREDENTIAL THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF THE CONTACT REPORTS.

V-RMTC 5+5 NET – ACHIEVED RESULTS THE OVERALL AND PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN EXCHANGED CONTACTS IS VERY WELL SHOWN BY THE FIGURES ON THIS SLIDE LET ME SAY THAT PROBABLY THIS RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF V-RMTC’ APPLICATION IN THE 5+5 CONTEXT.

Operational Exploitation Effective employement in: Libya In the Post conflict phase to re-establish dialogue, confidence and operational cooperation Tunisia to share infos iot mitigate illegal migration at sea AN EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEMENT WAS BEEN :

EXERCISE SEABORDER 2012 V-RMTC 5+5 NET AS BACKBONE OF MARITIME INFORMATION SHARING SUPPORTING OPERATIONAL PHASE EXTENSIVE USE OF PKI ENCRYPTED E-MAIL AS EFFICIENT TOOL FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF SENSITIVE/RELEVANT INFORMATION AMONG PARTNERS EXERCISE SEABORDER 2011 WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED TOOLS. IN PARTICULAR, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PKI ENCRYPTED E-MAIL ALLOWED TO EXCHANGE CERTIFIED AND ENCRYPTED E-MAIL AMONG THE 5+5 PARTNERS.

Promote info exchange on illegal activities at sea using the V-RMTC V-RMTC 5+5 NET - EXERCISE SEA BORDER 2012 SPAIN ALGERIA PORTUGAL THIS YEAR EDITION WILL BE A FURTHER OCCASION TO IMPROVE THE COORDINATION AMONG ALL 5+5 INITIATIVE COUNTRIES MOC’S AND SPEED UP DECISION MAKING PROCESS. LIVEX ON THE 27 OF SEPTEMBER IN THE GULF OF CADIZ. AIM: To exercise joint and cooperative maritime safety and security operations, as a contribution to the action of the state at the sea, in order to enforce national and international applicable laws Promote info exchange on illegal activities at sea using the V-RMTC 17

EXERCISE CANALE OPENING TO 5+5 COMMUNITY AUGUSTA 18-22 GIUGNO V-RMTC 5+5 NET IS A PERMANENT MUTUAL TRUST & OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ENABLER V-RMTC TOOLS EASE THE INTEGRATION AMONG 5+5 NAVIES VIS A VIS MODERN MARITIME CHALLENGES AND RISKS CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OPPORTUNITY, THE CANALE EXERCISE 2010 WAS A CONSOLIDATED TRAINING OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AT OPERATIONAL LEVEL THE V-RMTC CONNECTING ALL THE 5+5 NAVAL OPERATIONAL CENTRES INVOLVED IN THE EXERCISE SCENARIO. DUE TO KNOWN EVENTS LAST YEAR EDITION WAS CANCELLED, BUT THIS YEAR EDITION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN ITALY WATER, WILL SEE OF COURSE THE USE OF V-RMTC AS THE PRINCIPAL PLATFORM TO EXCHANGE MARITIME INFORMATION MALTA ITALY LIVEX AUGUSTA, 18-22 JUNE

OASIS 2012 LIVEX AUGUSTA AND IONIAN SEA 11 - 15 JUNE 2012 “OASIS” IS AN ANNUAL LIVE EXERCISE BILATERALLY ORGANIZED BY TUNISIAN AND ITALIAN NAVIES. THE EXERCISE IS ALTERNATIVELY LED BY ONE OF THE TWO NAVIES, EDITION 2012 WILL BE LED BY THE ITALIAN NAVY. THE AIM IS TO CONDUCT A LIVE EXERCISE AT SEA FOCUSED ON THE CAPABILITY OF TUNISIAN AND ITALIAN NAVIES TO COOPERATE IN COMBINED MARITIME OPERATIONS. LIVEX AUGUSTA AND IONIAN SEA 11 - 15 JUNE 2012 19

5+5 Regional Information Sharing Exercise THE 5+5 RISE IS A “AT HOME COMPUTER BASED EXERCISE” AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO CONSOLIDATE THE COOPERATION AND INTEROPERABILITY AMONG THE 5+5 NET NAVAL OPERATIONAL CENTRES (NOCS). In accordance with the exercise’s aim and objective, DIREX acted to promote: confidence with the system; proper functionality of available tools; knowledge of last SOP draft as well as endorsed “Common procedures manual in the field on maritime security”; All the participating NOCs proved, once again, that V-RMTC is a valuable tool to share maritime information in a very fast and reliable way and to promote confidence building in the 5+5 arena; ALL INVOLVED NOCS PROVED SKILLED KNOWLEDGE OF SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES AND CONFIRMED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXERCISE. MORE OFTEN AND MORE CHALLENGING SCENARIOS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR FUTURE SIMILAR EXERCISES, IN ORDER TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS MORE COMPLEX LEVEL OF COOPERATION. WISH FOR THE FUTURES AS OUTCOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS IMPRESSIONS, THE COMMON PERCEPTION IS FOR A MORE FREQUENT SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES. ITALIAN NAVY WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE A COMMON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO ALLOW EACH NOC TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT SIMILAR EXERCISES ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS.

Operational Arrangement ACCORDING WITH OA STEERING GROUP WILL PERIODICALLY MEET TO REVIEW THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAMME. ITALY AS LEADING NATION WILL COORDINATE THE EVENT. THE LAST 6TH V-RMTC 5+5 NET EXPERTS’ MEETING WAS A VALID OCCASION TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAMME’S PROGRESS AND ITS PERSPECTIVES AT STEERING GROUP LEVEL AS WELL AS PROVIDE FOR DEDICATED OPERATIONAL AUDIENCE AN UPDATE TRAINING ON THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL STATUS OF THE SYSTEM.

V-RMTC 5+5 NET – KEY EVENTS DATE 1st 5+5 Chief of Naval Staff Meeting MADRID, 20th MAY 2005 1st V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting LA SPEZIA, 03rd MAY 2006 2nd 5+5 Chief of Naval Staff Meeting TOULON, 13th JUN 2006 2nd V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting NAPLES, 02nd–03rd MAY 2007 3rd 5+5 Chief of Naval Staff Meeting – OA signature NAPLES, 29th-30th MAY 2007 Exercise Canale 07 01st-09th JUN 2007 V-RMTC 5+5 NET – Interim Operational Capability 10th JUN 2007 TESTBED & ACTIVATION of V-RMTC MODEL 07 OCT-NOV 2007 Note of Accession to OA by Tunisian Navy TUNIS, 30th NOV 2007 3rd V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting NAPLES, 16th-17th APR 2008 4th 5+5 Chief of Naval Staff Meeting TRIPOLI 26th-27th MAY 2008 4 th V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting ROME, 4-7 APR 2009 5 th V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting ROME, 14-15 APR 2010 6 th V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting ROME, 12-14 APR 2011 IN PARTICULAR, THE V-RMTC IS THE PREMINENT EXPRESSION OF THE INTRINSIC NATURE OF THE MARITIME DIMENSION OF THE 5+5. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE V-RMTC 5+5 NETWORK STARTED ITS INTERIM OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY PHASE DURING CANALE 07, ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF ITS OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENT DURING THE CNS MEETING OF NAPLES ON THE 30th OF MAY 2007. THE FORMAL ADHESION OF THE TUNISIAN NAVY ON 30th NOVEMBER 2007 AND THE LIBYA’S SIGNATURE OF THE OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENT ARE THE LAST TWO LANDMARK EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SYSTEM. THE NETWORK IS NOW WELL CONCEIVED AS SECURE AND PERMANENT NETWORK FOR THE 5+5 NAVIES.

V-RMTC 5+5 NET - DEVELOPMENTS Outcomes from the 6° V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting. Rome, 12th- 14th April 2011 – Steering Group Session the opportunity to exploit the V-RMTC 5+5 NET for effective maritime data sharing in support of all the 5+5 maritime activities; the need to keep updated the lists of operational and technical points of contact (POC’s), to facilitate prompt and direct liaison among Experts and operators at the various Naval Operation Centres (NoCs) of participating Navies for both operational and technical problems solution; the need to extensively use the Standard Operational Procedures (SOP – third draft disseminated during the SG session), to verify their effectiveness in day-by-day NOCs activities, with particular reference to the introduction of contacts classification as per Common procedure Manual in the field of Maritime Security. the opportunity to provide ITN Main Communication Centre (MARITELE ROMA) with inputs in terms of possible improvements of the system to meet the operational needs of the 5+5 community; the requirement for ITN technical support, to consolidate the overall efficiency and interoperability of the network; FOCUSING THE ATTENTION ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE V-RMTC 5+5 NET. LET ME RECAP THE RESULTS AND THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SYSTEM DISCUSSED DURING THE 6TH ANNUAL EXPERTS’ MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN ROME ONE YEAR AGO.

V-RMTC 5+5 NET - DEVELOPMENTS Outcomes from the 6° V-RMTC 5+5 NET Experts’ Meeting. Rome, 12th- 14th April 2011 – Training Session The value of training sessions to the benefit of trainers from individual participating Navies, in line with the “Train-the-Trainers” formula. Nevertheless ITN will continue to provide support when requested by participating Navies. THE TRAINING ENDEAVOUR CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE V-RMTC PROGRAMME CONTINUE TO GATHER CONSENSUS OF THE ENTIRE 5+5 COMMUNITY AS UNIQUE MOMENT FOR THE EXPERTS TO DISCUSS EACH OTHER ON TECHNICAL ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST 24

V-RMTC 5+5 NET - DEVELOPMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS to support the extensive employment of V-RMTC 5+5 NET in the conduct of any operational and training activities within the community, also through the use of contact classification introduced in compliance with Common Procedure Manual in the field of Maritime Security; to exploit the system’s flexibility and its technical developments, aiming to foster shared surveillance capabilities for the improvement of common situational awareness in the maritime environment; to stress the need that participating Navies continue their increased efforts to insert data concerning maritime traffic of interest; Recommendations to defence 5+5 Steering committee

V-RMTC 5+5 NET - DEVELOPMENTS OPERATIONAL MAIN GOALS: to underline the opportunity that participating Navies insert data concerning vessels smaller than 300 tons, fishing vessels and any other type of ship when they consider them relevant for the recognized merchant maritime picture in the area of mutual interest as defined in the V-RMTC 5+5 NET OA; to extensively adopt the use of encrypted tools, such as the PKI encrypted e-mail to enhance the security of the data sharing process; to continue improving the system’s knowledge at national level and also through the implementation of Computer Based Training (CBT) applications and the periodic conduct of “at home exercises” that can be organized also on short notice and based on exercise documents already available; to consider that the V-RMTC 5+5 NET based on its collaborative spirit can eventually support the development of a comprehensive approach in the 5+5 maritime dimension. 26

V-RMTC 5+5 NET - DEVELOPMENTS TECHNOLOGY MAIN GOALS: Develop new solutions to make V-RMTC more effective for the Communities, harmonised with operational users' needs. SMART (Service-oriented infrastructure for MARitime Traffic tracking) 27

TURNING WORDS INTO ACTIONS PROCESS Information Sharing Dialogue & Cooperation AT THE END I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL APPROACH AND IN PARTICULAR THE ROLE THAT THE NAVIES CAN PLAY WITHIN THE 5+5 MARITIME DIMENSION. WE CAN ACHIEVE ALL GOALS MENTIONED THANKS THE COMMON VALUES AND HISTORIC HERITAGE OF OUR COUNTRIES AND OUR ATTITUDE TO SHARE EXPERIENCE. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT REGIONAL DIMENSION IS THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT TO EFFECTIVELY START TO DEVELOP BASIC COOPERATION NAVIES, OPERATING IN THE HIGH SEAS, CAN REPRESENT AN ADDED VALUE AND WOULD BE THE BEST COST/EFFECTIVENESS SOLUTIONS. THE SYNERGIES OBTAINED BY HARMONIZATION AND COOPERATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL CAN GREATLY ENHANCE THE OVERALL MARITIME SECURITY IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN OF INTEREST. THE 5+5 V-RMTC NET IS, INDEED, A SUCCESS STORY THAT WE ALL MUST BE PROUD OF: THROUGH IT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY AMONG OUR NAVIES, BUT ALSO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN SHARING INFORMATION AND EFFECTIVELY FOSTER DIALOGUE & COOPERATION

STAY ON COURSE.. THE SEA WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO BE A DETERMINING FACTOR IN THE FUTURE, AND WE TOGHETER, IN TERMS OF GENERAL RESULTS MUST STAY ON COURSE.