12-15 September 2023

Train the Trainer Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies in Rivers and Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta Region.

10-12 October 2023

Training for Law Enforcement Agencies Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in the Niger Delta Region.

24-26 October 2023

Training for Law Enforcement Agencies Calabar, Cross River State in the Niger Delta Region.

7-9 November 2023

Training for Law Enforcement Agencies Asaba, Delta State in the Niger Delta Region.

27-29 November 2023

Training for Law Enforcement Agencies Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta Region.

12-15 December 2023

Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies Rivers State in the Niger Delta Region.

From Sept. 12th to Sept. 15th at Grand Montecito Hotel & Resort, GRA, Port Harcourt Nigeria, has taken place the TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS WORKSHOP. Among the hosts and the event partners: the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Niger Delta University, Representatives of European Union, Italian Shipping Academy and several other experts and associations.

C-7 WEST AFRICA is a project implemented by the Italian Shipping Academy, AAPW, HOMEF and WANEP in collaboration with the Nigeria Maritime University Okerenkoko Delta State.

Day 1

Last May 4th and 5th, within the framework of project “C7 West Africa” the Fondazione Accademia Italiana della Marina Mercantile (FAIMM) and the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) have jointly held an advocacy event and cooperative workshop about the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on conflict and security in coastal communities of the country.

The project has been implementing, during late 2022 and early 2023, an awareness raising campaign across Nigerian Security Agencies, visiting several agencies including the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police and Marine Police, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Force, the Federal Fire service.

C7-WA experts have implemented visits and meetings with top managers of the agencies, presenting the interim results of the C7 project. The culmination of this path has been represented by the event to held in Yenagoa on the 4th and 5th of May 2023.
The event has set the stage for the launch of a capacity building and training programme for the target security agencies, which will start during Summer 2023.

Project staff met with members of the Community Stakeholders Network to implement the Activity dedicated to “Training and Capacity Building for Communities”.

Eastern Obolo Town Hall meeting and CSN members

Esuk Mba Town Hall meeting and CSN members

The community meeting was held at the Inua Eyet Town Hall. Ms. Ogechi Cookey_HOMEF, Mr. Tega Edeki_APPW, Mr. Ken Omavuayenor_AAPW and Mr. Godson Jim-Dorgu_AAPW discuss the results of the research and development of the toolkit with the community.

The active participation of the communities is essential for the success of the project.
Thanks to the Finma community for participating so actively.

The Project team presenting the Research Report to the Amadabo of Finima, Chief Dagogo Brown in his palace.

This week, AAPW staff met Kono Community at the Town Hall in order to develop tools and methods for conflict-sensitive climate change mitigation and adaptation in coastal communities.

Our reaserchers’ team continued their missions visiting Esuk Mbak and Creek Town in Cross River State and Okoroette and Ibeno in Akwa Ibom State.

They met with representatives of the local governments and interviewed several members of these communities, who shared their thoughts about how climate change is hugely affecting their communities’ life, mentioning effects like increasing poverty, houses’ destruction from floods and erosions, poorer agriculture and fishery.

Interviewees agreed on the fact that the rising of poverty leads to a rise in crime and insecurity.

Our researchers’ team has visited three coast communities in Delta State (Madangho, Ogidigben and Ajudaibo) and two in Bayelsa State (Etieama, Agbakabiriyai and Igbetaewoama) in order to investigate what are the actual effects of climate change on territory and daily life of people.

Community members who were interviewed agreed on attributing to climate change the great loss of fishery resources as well as the increasing problem of floods and erosions, which is thought to be a potential cause of insecurity and conflict at several levels.