Copa-Cogeca together with the UECBV and APCPR organised a meeting in Bucharest aimed at increasing awareness and sharing good practices on biosecurity among European pigmeat farmers. As one of the countries that is most severely affected by African Swine Fever (ASF), Romania was the ideal place to host this first event, which marked the launch of a series of conferences. The next meetings will take place in Poland (Warsaw, January 14th ) and Germany ( Munster, February 6th). The conference also served as a reminder that African Swine Fever is a pan-European problem which requires a strong, coordinated response. Besides concrete measures and regulations to ensure enhanced biosecurity on pig farms, one of the key focuses of the discussion was on how to ensure continued awareness in the farming community during and after epidemics.