With the upcoming transfer of IUAPPA’s secretariat to Korea a period of 43 years in the United Kingdom comes to its end. The move reflects that the region which suffers most seriously of bad air quality is presently in East Asia. Because Europe is among the regions which a long experience in fighting pollution IUAPPA’s departure from Europe it is important to actively keep the relations open. To symbolise the will at the European side EFCA’s president sent an encouraging message to KOSEA; the video was presented on 5 November at KOSEA’s annual meeting