The Djibouti Regional Training Centre is in the final stages of building work before its scheduled opening on 12 November 2015. IMO’s Chris Trelawny made a site visit on Wednesday (21 October), accompanied by H.E. Tatsuo Arai, Ambassador of Japan to Djibouti and Djibouti’s Minister of Equipment and Transport, Mr. Moussa Ahmed Hassan. The centre, envisaged as a vital component in the provision of maritime training in the Gulf of Aden and West Indian Ocean region, is being built by the Government of Djibouti with funds provided by IMO. The Government of Japan is the primary donor.