News 2025
EUR-OPA 84th Joint Meeting
The EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres held their (84th) joint meeting in Paris on 6 and 7 November. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss and adopt a Recommendation on the citizen-centred prevention and preparedness in the face of natural...
Third Workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry and Preserved Structures
On 14 and 15 October 2025, the Security Innovation Center hosted the third workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry in Preserved Structures in Belgrade. The workshop, organised under the aegis of the EUR-OPA Network of Scientific Centres, gathered specialists from the European...
Global Fire Management Hub
On 10-12 June 2025, the Executive Secretary of the Agreement participated in Rome in the first Plenary meeting of the Global Fire Management Hub organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. The Plenary was a conclusion of a three-year long process of establishing, through a series of...
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
On 4 – 6 June 2025 the Executive Secretary of the Agreement participated in Geneva in the Eight Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) held under the theme “Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today”, convened and organised by UNDRR. Over 3000 participants from a...
EUROMED PROTECT-NET - Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Disaster Risk Governance, Health Preparedness and Networking Advancement
At the invitation of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine (CEMEC) of San Marino, the directors of Specialised Scientific Centres met on 22-24 May 2025 at the Centre for Global Studies at Palazzo Masi in San Marino (and online) to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation among the...
EUR-OPA’s 83rd Committee of Permanent Correspondents Meeting
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its 83rd meeting on 20 May 2025 by videoconference. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss “Perceptions of global warming and threats of natural hazards and on eco-emotions and differences in perception of...
2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad Results
The Storm Chasers team from Liceul “Regina Maria”, Romania , secured the top spot in the 2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad held on 12 March. The Pauchichi team from Prirodoslovna škola Vladimira Preloga , from Croatia and the Abysseteam from Gymnasio Agiou Ioannou Chrysostomou, Cyprus placed second and...
2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad
The EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement invites secondary school students in all Council of Europe member states to participate in the 2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad that will be held on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 09:00 (CET). Participants will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of natural and...