Following the national Covid vaccination campaign, the Recognised Religions and the Ministry of Justice have been discussing a new protocol to allow outdoor worship in Belgium. Mr Van Quickenborne, the Minister of Justice, desired that all the Recognised Religions and the Vrijzinnigheid/Laïcité should produce a common text - and this has given us all a great opportunity to welcome Mr Carlo Luyckx, president of the Buddhist Union of Belgium, to our deliberations, since Buddhism is now very close to achieving full legal recognition: https://justitie.belgium.be/nl/themas_en_dossiers/erediensten_en_vrijzinnigheid/erediensten_en_georganiseerde_vrijzinnigheid We therefore have two protocols for worship. The NAP#11 for indoor worship (the full text will be published next week) and the NP#1 for outdoor worship (the FR and NL texts are here). We hope to announce further relaxations to the indoor protocol in June.