The Bureau of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its second meeting of the year on 2 October, by videoconference.

The first draft of the Medium-Term Plan 2021-2025, the programme of work 2020-2021 and the draft resolution on the inclusion of biological hazards in the scope of topics covered by the Agreement were discussed. The meeting was also the occasion to discuss the draft agenda of the next Joint meeting of Permanent Correspondents and Directors of Specialised Centres, initiate the preparations for the 2021 Ministerial Conference and hold a preliminary exchange of views on the Agreement’s contribution to the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) which will be held in November 2021 in Matosinhos, Portugal.