New documents (in German only) by the Scientific Service of the German Bundestag.
1) The first one says that the introduction of a new SAR-zone and MRCC does not depend on the decision of IMO, but on the agreement of the memberstates.
The required skills (speaking English laguage, equipped with enough vessels etc) is mentioned in the IAMSAR-manual and it is „should have“ but not „must have“. That means, the IMO is not to blame.
Have a look inside for more interesting details:
See also a short overview about ongoing and necessary sues:
2) Frontex asked if they are obliged to give information about boats in distress to the „LCG“. According to the following statement they are not:
Frontex-Jahresbericht zur Umsetzung der EU-Verordnung 656/2014:
Press release of the German left party to prohibit frontex to give infos to the „LCG“ but to keep the MRCC Rome: