The first EUROMARFOR Sub-working Group meeting of the year took place on 23rd and 24th of April at the “Spanish Navy ThinkThank Centre” in Madrid, attended by both representatives of the EMF Member nations Naval Staffs and the EMF Permanent Cell (located at the Italian Fleet HQs, Santa Rosa - Rome).
The EUROMARFOR Sub-working Group (SWG EMF) is in charge of Force’s technical and planning issues and conducts studies on training and operational topics, thus helping to support the decision-making process of the EMF Political Military Working Group (POLMIL WG).
The meeting, chaired by the Portuguese Navy as secretariat nation and hosted by the Spanish navy, focused on the outcomes of the last 6 months activities and on the upcoming activations that will take place during the Italian Command (2023-2025). 
A particular focus was on the incoming activations for the current year as well as the Activity Plan 2026 – 2028, that aims at developing an strong presence in the Wider Mediterranean Sea.
EMF will continue working to further develop the interoperability among units and personnel thus ensuring the maritime security through an high level of info sharing among the EMF Navies operational HQs as well as an endless cooperation with other international organizations, namely EU, NATO and the UN.
At the operational level, the Commander of the European Maritime Force (COMEUROMARFOR) is appointed every two years, being currently held since September 26th of 2023 by the Commander in Chief of the Italian Fleet, Vice Admiral Aurelio DE CAROLIS.
The COMEUROMARFOR (CEMF) relies on both national staff and the EMF Permanent Cell (EMF PC) for the planning / execution of the assigned tasks. The EMF PC is composed of a Director, who is a Captain/Colonel of the CEMF nationality, and four national representatives (Commander or Lieutenant Commander) from each EMF Nation.