The 2025 SEOS and ATARES Coordination Board meetings were successfully held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 28 to 30 January 2025.
During these annual sessions, national representatives deliberated and voted on key agenda points in accordance with the SEOS and ATARES Technical Arrangements. As always, the face-to-face nature of these multinational gatherings fostered numerous bilateral discussions and strengthened networks for future cooperation.
The meetings provided a valuable platform for discussing payment solutions for air, land, and sea-related services. The Coordination Board Chair (MCCE Director, Col Cassarà) placed particular emphasis on the cross-exchange mechanism between SEOS and ATARES, which enables the use of air and surface credits to be used for compensation of services in the reciprocal domain and vice versa. The respective Secretariats then explained the intricacies of the cross-exchange mechanism and how this enhanced the flexibility and breadth of opportunity for facilitating payment for movement and transportation services.
Special thanks are extended to our colleagues of the Bulgarian Logistic Support Command for their outstanding hospitality and for hosting the event in Sofia and additionally to the venue hosts, the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence.