The European Coast Guard Functions Forum was founded in 2009. It is a non-binding forum, between the coast guard organisations or different European member states. The main goal of this forum is to make coast guard related activities more coherent within the different member states, to stimulate mutual cooperation, to set up networks and to exchange information on best practices and experiences. Once a year there is an plenary meeting and the chairmanship rotates between the different countries. In 2014 the president is Italy. Up until now, the federal police has represented Belgium on this forum and provides feedback for the other coast guard partners. There is a website of the forum with more information on the various activities. A possible project for the future could be the establishment of a network of coast guard training centres. More information on www.ecgff.eu
