February 11th, a workshop on the renewed Contingency Plan for the North Sea took place in the naval base in Zeebrugge on the initiative of the governor of West-Flanders province. In total there were 120 participants, amongst whom the majority of our coast guard partners. The structure and organization of the prinicpal actors in the contingency plan were clarified and a panel discussion at the end of the day provided the audience with the opportunity to ask questions and to state their observations.