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Cooperation areas

The common Article of the funding Regulations of EFCA, EMSA and Frontex identifies five areas for cooperation, as follows:

  1. ‘Sharing, fusing and analysing information available in ship reporting systems and other information systems hosted by or accessible to those agencies, in accordance with their respective legal bases and without prejudice to the ownership of data by Member States;

  2. Providing surveillance and communication services based on state-of-the-art technology, including space-based and ground infrastructure and sensors mounted on any kind of platform;
  3. Building capacity by drawing up guidelines and recommendations and by establishing best practices as well as by providing training and exchange of staff;
  4. Enhancing the exchange of information and cooperation on coast guard functions including by analysing operational challenges and emerging risks in the maritime domain;
  5. Sharing capacity by planning and implementing multipurpose operations and by sharing assets and other capabilities, to the extent that these activities are coordinated by those agencies and are agreed to by the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.'