Call for action – pilot project for institutionalizing research end-user cooperation

Once again a new project? Yes, but you can join! This is a project to overcome the unnecessary gap between theoretical and practical knowledge and experience in the field of societal security! The 16-month pilot is funded by the CBSS Project Support Facility. Project organizing team: Swedish Defence University UiT The Arctic Universityof Norway University…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 3, 20190Comments

Law enforcement

BSTF Operational and Planning Committee in Gdansk

The second meeting of the BSTF (Baltic Sea Task Force on Organised Crime) Operational and Planning Committee during the German-Polish chairmanship took place in Gdańsk on 18-19 June 2019. It was chaired by Mr Adam Cieślak, the Deputy Head of the Central Investigation Bureau of Police and his collaborators. The central themes discussed during the…

Byadmin_bsrJune 20, 20190Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure at the 10th EUSBSR Annual Forum – presenting four important flagships

12 – 13 June, Gdansk. A multitude of authorities, civil society organisations, universities and international organisations gathered to discuss and review the progress of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region at the 10th EUSBSR Anniversary Forum . Policy Area Secure Coordinators were at the Forum’s Networking Village to present the progress within the…

Byadmin_bsrJune 14, 20190Comments

Children/Youth PA Secure

BSR youth learns to work together for safer region

The first Baltic Youth Camp was organised in Gdansk on 8-11 June 2019 in days leading to the EUSBSR 10th Annual Forum. The Camp was planned as a three-day festival where youth representatives from the Baltic Sea Region gather to explore friendship, culture and politics through workshops, small seminars and social activities. PA Secure's contribution to…

Byadmin_bsrJune 13, 20190Comments

PA Secure Sendai Framework

PA Secure presents EUSBSR cooperation and CASCADE at ECCA

28 – 31 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. “Not acting is not an option – Climate Change is a current problem and the last four years have been the hottest ever” stressed João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Portugal's Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition, in his opening remarks for the 4th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference…

Byadmin_bsrJune 1, 20190Comments

Civil Protection

17th Meeting of DGs for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region in Riga

On 28-29 May 2019, the Latvian chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network hosted the 17th Meeting of the Directors General for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region. The meeting concluded the eventful chairmanship, during which the Latvian Fire and Rescue Service initiated several joint activities, including the BLP Alumni Conference in Riga and…

Byadmin_bsrMay 30, 20190Comments

Sendai Framework

PA Secure at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

13-17 May 2019, Geneva. Throughout the week, 4,000 people debated the most important achievements and challenges in the implementation of the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. More than 170 countries were represented at the Global Platform along with dozens of international and regional organisations from five continents. Over 150 different events took place. Mami…

Byadmin_bsrMay 19, 20190Comments

Flagship Projects Research

Fire and Rescue Innovation Network grows. FIRE-IN in Barcelona

Catalan Fire and Rescue Service hosted the second Annual Dissemination Workshop of the FIRE-IN project in Barcelona on 15 May 2019. FIRE-IN (Fire and Rescue Innovation Network) is a five-year Horizon 2020 project, which started in 2017 with an aim to identify practitioners’ current needs and connect them with relevant innovative solutions, research and standardisation…

Byadmin_bsrMay 17, 20190Comments

PA Secure

Policy Area Secure met in Stockholm for a Workshop and the 11th Steering Group meeting

On 6 – 8 May 2019, the Policy Area Secure Steering Group gathered in Stockholm for a workshop on effective strategies for stakeholder engagement, and to discuss updates and future actions in the spring Steering Group meeting. The workshop “The Baltic Sea Region – an interconnected system: PA Secure – planning for policy impact” offered the…

Byadmin_bsrMay 7, 20190Comments

Flagship Projects Volunteerism

PA Secure visit to Denmark: rescue volunteers, youth and veterans

On 28 of March 2019, PA Secure's Andriy Martynenko, Adviser at the CBSS Secretariat, was invited to present PA Secure, FIRE-IN project and the CBSS civil security activities at the symposium in the city of Sønderborg (Denmark). The symposium was organised by the Nordic Dialogue and gathered more than 50 participants from Danish fire and…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 29, 20190Comments