Provision of shore-based Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) equipment to ENP and Enlargement countries

the traffic monitoring capabilities of the beneficiary countries, promoting Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) information sharing at regional level and implementation of Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information Systems (VTMIS) as tools to improve the safety of navigation and consequently envi

ronmental protection. Lack of or inadequate shore-based AIS infrastructures, in some of the beneficiary countries, has been identified as a limitation for the full utilization of the possibilities offered by a fully operational monitoring s