The National Crisis Centre
The National Crisis Centre (NCCN) is part of the Federal Public Service Home Affairs The NCCN plays a central role in strengthening our country's national security and resilience. We constantly collect, analyse and transmit the essential information needed by governments, security services, emergency services and administrations.
Our mission, defined in the Royal Decree of 18 April 1988, places us at the heart of crisis management and involves us in the various stages of the risk cycle (identification, analysis, resilience, coordination, assessment and recovery). The NCCN's role is to coordinate, facilitate and provide strategic advice to all its partners.
The OSCS (Operational Security and Crisis Support) service is part of the National Crisis Centre. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It constantly gathers, analyses and transmits important information to partner services so that they can react quickly and appropriately if necessary.
The NCCN and the Coastguard
The National Crisis Centre (NCCN) plays a coordinating role in the partnership with the Coast Guard. The NCCN is a neutral partner that facilitates dialogue and cooperation. The NCCN provides the federal chairman of the Coast Guard's strategic body and the federal secretary of the Coast Guard.
The NCCN also contributes to national and international cooperation on maritime security and crisis management.
As part of the General Emergency and Response Plan North Sea (GERP), the Governor can trigger the provincial phase of crisis management. The Governor is then responsible for coordinating crisis management. In certain specific cases, the federal phase may also be triggered in the North Sea. In such cases, the Minister of the Interior will assume responsibility for coordinating crisis management. The NCCN then supports the Home Secretary.