Bilateral activity dedicated to accident investigation was carried out in Ankara, Turkey on 9 – 13 September 2019 on the request of its national maritime administration.

The course which was organised under the EU funded Black and Caspian Sea regions Project was attended by 11 participants. It introduced all relevant stages in the process of conducting a marine casualty safety investigation as well as the relevant principles and tools to support the conduct of witness interviewing, analysis of human factor and underlying conditions, safety recommendations and follow up and dealing with investigation reports.

The training event was carried out by lectures, practical examples and group exercises with the active participation on behalf of the participants split in working groups and raised the technical capacity of the Turkish accident investigators.