The CleanSeaNet service is designed to provide tailor-made services to the operational institutions in the Member States. A strong link with the user community in the Member States is therefore necessary to provide a service oriented towards user needs. With the intention of ensuring a strong link with the user community, EMSA decided to establish the CleanSeaNet User Group. The objectives of this group are:

• Performance assessment of the service
• Identification of elements for improvement
• Drafting of medium and long term goals.

Representatives from the Member States and candidate countries operationally involved in oil pollution monitoring and surveillance are invited to the CleanSeaNet User Group. The User Group meets regularly.

The summary and all presentations of the CleanSeaNet User Group meetings can be downloaded from the restricted part of the EMSA-CSN-website.