From 28 to 31 August 2023 two officers from NMIOTC participated as Subject Matter Experts to the Maritime Security workshop in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania. The event, framed in the NATO Defence Capacity Building Initiative for Mauritania, was aimed to support the partner country in the fields of Maritime Interdiction Operations, Search and Rescue and Maritime Surveillance. Relevant Mauritanian stakeholders, together with NATO and Allied Nations representatives actively contributed to the success of the event, highlighting the possible fields in which the Alliance can provide support in the near future.