History
- 2010 : 1st Ministerial meeting of the ESA-IOregion with the participation of the European Union (EU), October 7th, 2010 in Mauritius and adoption of an ESA-IO strategy to the fight against maritime piracy
- 2013: Implementation of the ESA-IO strategy through the MASE program with 5 results and the 5th Result concerns the development of a regional exchange of information mechanism which is piloted by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC).
- 2015 : Call for application to ESA-IO States to host the RMIFC
- 2016: Confirmation of Madagascar as RMIFC host country and signature of the host agreement