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North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum

Map of the countries that are members of the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum: Belgium, Germany, Norway, Canada, Iceland, Poland, Denmark, Ireland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands and United States

The objective of the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF), which was formed in 2007, is to increase cooperation amongst member countries on matters related to maritime safety and security in the region. At the inaugural meeting it was agreed that the NACGF would be non-binding, voluntary, neither policy nor regulatory-oriented and would operate within existing legal frameworks. It was agreed that this forum would not duplicate work undertaken in other international fora.

The inaugural meeting was hosted by Sweden and included the following countries:

Belgium	Iceland	Portugal
Canada	Ireland	Russia
Denmark	Latvia	Spain
Estonia	Lithuania	Sweden
Finland	Netherlands	United Kingdom
France	Norway	United States
Germany	Poland

Early activities of the NACGF were the following:

create working groups;
develop a charter and organizational framework for this forum;
conduct regular meetings for both subject matter experts and Coast Guard leaders.

Meetings

Each year two meetings will be held:

Subject matter experts (March);
Coast Guard leaders (September).

Norway will host the 2010 meetings.

Working Groups

There are currently seven working groups:

Working Group	Chair	Link
Environmental Response	Canada	Extranet
Fisheries Enforcement Working Group	Iceland	Extranet
Illegal Drug Trafficking Working Group	Denmark	Extranet
Illegal Migration Working Group	Spain	Extranet
Maritime Security	France	Extranet
Search and Rescue	Latvia	Extranet
Technical Working Group	Sweden	Extranet