On 27-28 March, in Warsaw, Poland The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP) hosted the 3rd meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Research Network on Societal Security (BSR-RNSS) project (funded by the Swedish Institute). The project aims to support demand-driven research by bringing researchers in the field of societal security closer to the practitioners.…
5-7 March 2019, Helsingør, Denmark. The first Baltic Border Committee (BBC) meeting under the Danish Presidency in the Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (BSRBCC) gathered representatives from the police, border and coast guard as well as customs authorities from Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden, as well as from the…
On February 21-22, 2019 the Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, current chair of the CBSS Civil Protection Network, hosted a meeting of the CPN Senior Experts in Riga. 18 experts representing 9 countries in the Baltic Sea Region and the CBSS Secretariat delegation spent two days discussing challenges and successes in the implementation of…
Because of climate change, the risk of unpredictable weather events such as droughts, floods, forest fires and extreme temperatures increased. To make the Baltic Sea Region more resilient, CASCADE project (which received funding from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) brings together civil protection specialists and climate change adaptation experts to identify and measure such risks…
Following the kick-off meeting in Stockholm, Baltic Sea Region Research Network on Societal Security (BSR-RNSS) met for the second time in Helsinki on 22-23 January 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Laurea University and gathered 25 participants from the partners’ organisations. This time, Lund University (Sweden), Saint-Petersburg University of State Fire Service of Emercom…
In the project STAC-CBRNE (Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE Agents related Emergencies), funded by the Swedish Institute, the partners identified common gaps and capability challenges in crisis management of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea Region and developed a concept of “Treff” – a large Baltic Sea Region CBRNE networking forum. The…
Over the last two years, national rescue boards of five countries from Baltic and Nordic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Frederiksborg from Denmark and South-West Finland - have been involved in an EU financed project with an aim to develop a universal and comprehensive model for evaluating the results of prevention measures. The research was…
During the Baltic Leadership Programme Alumni conference in Riga in November 2018, PA Secure sat down with Dr Magnus Ekengren, Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University and visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium to talk about societal security in the Baltic Sea region. During the interview, he answered questions about present and future…
28 November 2018, Riga. The PA Secure Steering Group meets biannually to receive updates and make important strategic decisions for the work in this policy area. This meeting, organised in connection with the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference: ‘Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region – Challenges and…
The Latvian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network – the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, in cooperation with the CBSS Secretariat, the Swedish Institute, EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and Riga Stradiņš University, hosted the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference “Societal security in the Baltic Sea…