Today in Naples, at the Congress Center of the Station Marittima, in conjunction with the Naples Shipping Week, has opened a two days of work on the occasion of the Forum of the Functions of Mediterranean Coast Guard (MedCGFF), meeting organized by the Italian Coast Guard on behalf of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) of the European Commission which also co-financed the project. The objective of the Mediterranean Coast Guard Function Forum, chaired in the previous edition from France and Morocco, is that of facilitate cooperation on a wide range of issues such as safety of maritime transport, environmental protection marine, seeking solutions to problems common to the 24 countries participants, sharing skills and best practices.

The MedCGFF, born from an initiative promoted by the Guard Italian coast in 2009 in Genoa, represents an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation between all agencies international operating in the Mediterranean Sea through the sharing of experiences and practices useful to deal with the changes affecting the maritime sector.

"The success of the participation - he highlighted opening the work of the General Commander of the Italian Coast Guard, Admiral Chief Inspector Nicola Carlone - testifies to vitality of a formula chosen 13 years ago to promote a platform of dialogue between organizations performing Guard functions Coastal. Today a choice that we support with deep conviction, with the essential support of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility and with the important support of European agencies'.

In his speech, drawing up a balance sheet of the executive national led by Mario Draghi, the Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, recalled that 'in the last 19 months the Italian Government has put in place the role of the Mediterranean, the maritime sector, of the economy of the sea, also strengthening the Coast Guard Italian, an organization made up of men and women that I had way to appreciate. We've made the Coast Guard even more efficient, investing in means and infrastructures, with a view to decades-long'.