The WHO Regional Office for Europe has initiated a Member State-driven process for consultation towards the development of a new regional strategy and action plan to strengthen health emergency preparedness, response, and resilience in the WHO European Region (Preparedness 2.0). This renewed focus on strengthening health security capacities in the WHO European Region will be aligned with relevant strategies and ongoing processes and work streams on strengthening the health security architecture at all levels.

Preparedness 2.0 will be informed by and aligned with the multiple ongoing processes at global and regional level. These include, but are not limited to, the Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience framework; the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005); the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreements or other intentional instruments on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; the WHO/Europe COVID-19 Transition Plan; One Health Quadripartite Joint Plan of Action 2022–2026; Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development; and the European Union’s adoption of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU.