On 11-12 April 2018, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) hosted the first European Annual Coast Guard event, which took place in La Toja, Spain. It was co-organised by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and brought together more than 120 participants including from the Member States’ national authorities responsible for the various coast guard functions and the European Commission.
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EU agencies meet on future activities of the European Coast Guard
2018-04-12
The event provided participants with the opportunity to give an insight into the activities relevant for the five areas of interagency cooperation: information sharing to improve maritime situational awareness to facilitate operations at sea; maritime surveillance and communication services; capacity building such as training and risk assessment strategies, and sharing of capacity in the form of multipurpose operations.
“This meeting is an important occasion to embed the operational needs of the Member States to feed the further developments of the European Coast Guard Function Strategic Action Plan with our partners from the maritime agencies,” said Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri. “Our cooperation is essential, especially in the fight against cross-border crime in the maritime domain.”
“This meeting is an important occasion to embed the operational needs of the Member States to feed the further developments of the European Coast Guard Function Strategic Action Plan with our partners from the maritime agencies,” said Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri. “Our cooperation is essential, especially in the fight against cross-border crime in the maritime domain.”