The aim of integrated maritime surveillance is to establish a common information sharing environment towards better situational awareness of activities at sea and to perform their duties better. In 2009 two specific operational pilot projects were launched. The workshop aims to identify priorities and challenges in the Mediterranean and the Northern Seas pilot projects. It will also discuss the extent to which work undertaken by the different Agencies will be conducive to integration in terms of the potential to interconnect existing information systems.

P R O G R A M M E

Wednesday 19, 14:30-16:15

Room: Sala 2 (Laboral)

CHAIR: Carla Montesi, Director for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

Dan Thorell, Project manager, Pilot project MARSUNO, Swedish Coast Guard

Jean-Marie Van Huffel (Vadm ret), BlueMassMed Project Director, General Secretariat of the Sea, France

Erik Berglund, Director of Capacity Building, European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)

Leendert Bal, Head of Department Operations, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

Beatrice Comby, Head of Unit Capacity Building,Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA)

Fernando del Pozo, Member of EDA's Wise Pen Team, European Defence Agency

(Lead: Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, D1 – European Commission)