Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 25th meeting of COOMET Presidential Council was held online on Zoom platform on 26 June 2020. Members of Presidential Council, Chair of COOMET Joint Committee for Measurement Standards and representatives of national COOMET secretariats in Germany, Russia and Ukraine took part in the meeting.

COOMET Presidential Council adopted the following main resolutions:

• to approve holding of the 30th COOMET Committee meeting in the second half of September 2020 via online videoconference on Zoom platform involving only COOMET Committee members or their official representatives under the shortened agenda. To hold a web-seminar ahead of the 30th COOMET Committee meeting to discuss possible fields of joint scientific research.
• to adopt the draft COOMET Strategy for 2020 – 2025 and Roadmap for its implementation (as of 26.06.2020) and to hold a COOMET web-seminar to discuss the draft COOMET Strategy for 2020 – 2025 (on 13 July 2020) on Zoom platform involving COOMET Committee members or their official representatives, members of the Working Group for Preparation of the COOMET Development Strategy, as well as Chairs of COOMET structural bodies. Final versions of the Strategy and Roadmap will be submitted for approval at the 30^th COOMET Committee meeting.
• to adopt the draft COOMET Development Program for 2020 – 2022 (as of 26.06.2020). The final version of the Program will be submitted for approval at the 30^th COOMET Committee meeting.
• to adopt the draft Plan of training activities of COOMET for 2020 – 2021 and use it as a guide in organizing training activities under the auspices of COOMET.
• on the basis of the invitation from COOMET Vice-President, Mr. Peter Ulbig, to hold the next International competition “The Best Young Metrologist of COOMET” in Germany in April 2021.

In connection with the changes to the transition period to ISO/IEC 17025 (extended until 1 June 2021) and in view of JCRB Resolution 42/01 Presidential Council decided on the need to update the document “Policy and Plan of the Technical Committee of the COOMET Quality Forum related to the transition to ISO 17034:2016 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for peer reviews of QMS of COOMET NMIs and DIs”. This document will be submitted for approval at the 30th COOMET Committee meeting.  Peer reviews of QMS of VNIIM, VNIIMS, VNIIOFI, VNIIFTRI, KazInMetr (the period of validity of COOMET confirmations of recognition of NMIs/DIs QMS of which for compliance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034 was extended until 1 March 2021) will be held during the period from October 2020 to February 2021.

Due to the shift in the schedule of meetings of COOMET steering bodies owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was agreed to hold the 31st COOMET Committee meeting in June 2021. Taking into account the fact that COOMET will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its establishment on 12 June 2021, holding of the COOMET Committee meeting on these dates will allow for organization of the COOMET’s anniversary celebration. The venue and dates of the meeting will be agreed in due course.

Owing to the uncertainty about the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, COOMET Presidential Council recommended Zoom platform as a service for holding official COOMET meetings and events under the auspices of COOMET in the form of videoconferences/webinars. Chairs of COOMET structural bodies (TC 1.1- TC 1.12, TC2, COOMET Quality Forum, TC 3.1 and TC4) were requested to inform COOMET Secretariat by 10.08.2020 about the possible dates of online CSB meetings in year 2020 as an alternative to conventional meetings if they are impossible owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Holding of the 26th COOMET Presidential Council meeting is scheduled for the second half of February 2021 (it will be held either in Germany or via online videoconference, depending on the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic).