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  • 04.03.14

    The VLIZ Young Marine Scientists’ Day has become an established event for all marine and coastal scientists in Flanders/Belgium and its neighbouring regions. This event has evolved since 2000 into an annual interdisciplinary and informative forum. More than 300 – mostly young – marine and coastal experts from all disciplines come to this event to share knowledge from lectures, posters, demonstrations and interactive sessions. Not to be missed on Friday 7 March 2014!

    Read more on http://www.vliz.be/jcd/en

     
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  • 28.02.14


    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
     

  • 26.02.14

    The following days, the ministry of Defence organizes several job days (technical staff, Air Force, Artillery). More information, click here.

    Vloot also has several vacancies, see here and for a position as pilot, see here.

  • 25.02.14

    Wednesday 20 February 2014 the policy-making body of the Coast Guard assembled in Brussels. It consists of the heads of division or general directors of all coast guard partners. They meet several times a year to coordinate the cooperation between the different parties and to issue advice for the ministers and the government.

    On the meeting of February 20th, a presentation was given on the possibilities of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel for vessels. The recent audits by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) were reviewed, and some thought was given to a better supervision of environmental and shipping infringements. Finally, a project for a better coordination and more information exchange between the different coast guard organisations within Europe was discussed.

  • 19.02.14
    Table top exercises drowning persons

    On 11, 17 and 18 February 3 table top exercises were organized to test the procedure for saving drowning persons under the coordination of the governor of West-Flanders Province. A table top exercise is an exercise in which an emergency situation is 'imitated'. The participants have to put on paper how they would react in real life. This means that no actual emergency services or means are deployed.

  • 12.02.14


    Wednesday 26 February 2014 the Coordination Point Sustainable Coastal Managment organizes the Coastal Forum. On the agenda: the increase in ageing population, the sustainability and innovativeness of coastal enterprises. 

    Casino Koksijde
    From 18h00
    www.kustbeheer.be

  • 29.01.14
    Belgian Boat Show 2014

    Belgian Boat Show : 8 - 10 February and 14 -16 February in Flanders Expo Ghent.

  • 17.01.14

    The Notices to Mariners nr 1 and the tidals charts for 2014 are available. You can order these publications of the Flemish Hydrography (Vlaamse Hydrografie) by post or you can make an appointment with Coastal Division to come and collect your copy at the reception desk in Ostend.

    For more information, go to www.vlaamsehydrografie.be.

  • 20.12.13

    The coast guard secretariat wishes everyone happy holidays!

  • 18.12.13

    At the beginning of December 2013, the Dutch Hit and Run Cargo Team Rotterdam and the public prosecutor’s office organised an action against a drug smuggling operation by ship in the North Sea. The help of the Dutch Coast Guard was needed: the Royal Navy, a police helicopter and a police team specialised in arrests at sea, were mobilised.