EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN MAJOR HAZARDS AGREEMENT (EUR-OPA)Priority Activities Programme of Work • November 27th, 2019
The EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement lost the financial contribution of Turkey (325k€/year), due to the Turkish decision to withdraw from the Agreement as of January 2019. The Russian Federation withheld its membership fee to the Council of Europe since 2017, due to divergences within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In July 2019, the Russian Federation paid its 2019 financial contribution to the Organisation. EUR-OPA has lost in one-year 325k€, out of a total budget of 1025k€ (staff + activities), which represents a loss of -32%. Therefore, the funding for the activities was reduced and the posts of the Deputy Executive Secretary and one Project Assistant were suppressed to maintain an acceptable ratio between activity/staff from a managerial point of view.
