Participants from Kenya, Seychelles and Tanzania are attending a regional training course for search and rescue (SAR) administrators and the Second Meeting of the regional SAR Coordinating Committee for the East African Maritime Search and Rescue Region, in  Victoria, Seychelles (11-15 May). The course and meeting aim to support the improvement of national SAR services and the enhancement of regional cooperation, as well as assisting the countries in the region to further develop their regional SAR Plan, in support of the enhancement of the Global SAR Plan.

Kenya, Seychelles and Tanzania cover the Eastern Africa Maritime Search and Rescue Region, led by the Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (R-MRCC) in Mombasa, Kenya, and supported by MRCCs in Seychelles and Tanzania.