Annual Conference of the Multinational Industrial Security Working Group (MISWG)

Copenhagen, 13-15 September 2022

From September 13 to 15, 2022, representatives from the Directorate of Classified Information Security participated in the 36th Annual Conference of the Multinational Industrial Security Working Group (MISWG) held in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark. At the conference plenary, the progress made in the work was ascertained and important decisions were made for the further functioning of the forum. The plenary adopted a new set of rules and procedures, reached an agreement on the host countries for the next few years and on the members of the Executive Committee, provided guidance and support to all established MISWG ad hoc working groups and agreed steps on the status of candidate countries sponsored for participation in the MISWG before holding the plenary.

On the sidelines of the conference, meetings of the MISWG ad hoc working groups were held, including Ad hoc Working Group 9 – Arrangements for International Manual Transfer of Classified Documents, Equipment and Components and Ad hoc Working Group 10 – Control and Influence of Foreign ownership (FOCI) in whose work the representatives of the Directorate participated.