National Crisis Center Belgium (NCCN)

Description

Missions

The NCCN wants to be a reliable and neutral partner for governments, security services, disciplines and administrations with a view to strengthening the safety and resilience of our country. This translates into the following missions:    

1. To increase the resilience of our society: The NCCN is developing a global strategy to increase the resilience of our society. Components of this strategy are the development of a methodology for national and operational risk analyses, the launch of preventive information campaigns on risks in Belgium, the coordination of the security and protection of critical infrastructures, contributing to maritime safety, cybersecurity, etc. 
2. To organise emergency planning and crisis management at the national level: The NCCN is responsible for organising and coordinating emergency planning and crisis management at the national level. The NCCN has efficient, appropriate and adequate infrastructure, personnel and procedures at its disposal to do so. To this end, the NCCN also cooperates with international partners and partner organisations (EU, NATO, UN, etc.). 
3. To ensure active vigilance: as a national and international contact point for alerts, the NCCN collects and analyses all notifications that may have an impact on the security of our country 24/7 and disseminates this information to the competent authorities. The NCCN also coordinates the safety of large events and the protection of persons and institutions in Belgium. 
4. To process passenger data (BelPIU): the Belgian Passenger Unit within the NCCN collects, processes and stores data of passengers travelling by international transport in the fight against terrorism and serious and organised crime.    

Vision and organisation 

The NCCN is a multidisciplinary, interdepartmental, inter-federal and internationally oriented organisation which, from a central key position, responds to societal challenges, offers strategic support to all its partners in synergy with all security actors, and has efficient, appropriate infrastructure at its disposal to deal with crises of all kinds, regardless of their nature and dimensions. 

The NCCN and its staff are committed to the following 6 principles:

• Being a flexible, proactive and reliable organisation
• Striving for and guaranteeing a high level of expertise
• Reflecting our society by maximising equal opportunities, diversity and well-being within the 'NCCN way of working'
• A continuous multidisciplinary and transversal orientation of all tasks
• Fulfilling a support role for partner services and governments
• Pursuing maximum deployment of new technologies