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Participants’ Stories: Highlighting Common Interests

“Before participating in the programme I wanted to really see what kind of common ideas would there be with all the country representatives and what themes we could take forward after this. I found it particularly interesting to see that there is a great interest in developing this network and cooperation within the Baltic Sea…

January 22, 2014

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Participants’ Stories: Your Ideas can become a Reality

Dariusz is 27 and works at the National Headquarters of State Fire Service of Poland, dealing with Civil Protection Policy at the international cooperation department. One of the main portfolios he is dealing with includes issues related to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The question that Dariusz had after having read the invitation to participate…

January 22, 2014

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Participants’ Stories: Giving Context and Network

Jürgen (54) is the Head of International Cooperation at Hamburg Fire Service Academy, which he joined after having worked in the department for disaster management at the city of Hamburg, where he was responsible for flood protection. After having read the introduction of the Baltic Leadership Programme, Jürgen was convinced immediately of the added value…

January 22, 2014

Children/Youth Flagship Projects

What is child protection about?

Comprehensive and sustainable child protection is a series of activities and actions lead by the Children’s Unit at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat. Focus areas include: promoting child rights including child-friendly justice; early intervention and prevention; protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation; protecting migrant children and child…

December 16, 2013

Flagship Projects Law enforcement

What is TRACE?

TRACE (Trafficking as a Criminal Enterprise) was a project terminated in October 2015 that aimed to support stakeholders in combating trafficking in human beings by assessing and consolidating information surrounding the perpetrators and the wider trafficking enterprise in order to make policy recommendations for disrupting this activity. TRACE adopted a multi-disciplinary approach: legal, criminological, socio-economical,…

December 16, 2013

Flagship Projects Law enforcement

What is Turnstone?

Turnstone, a project carried out with the support of PSF, aims to enhance law enforcement authorities cooperation between border agencies (Police, Border Police, Border Guard and Coast Guard organisations in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Poland) in the northern BSR corresponding to the need for border agencies to initiate compensatory measures and new models…

December 16, 2013

Flagship Projects

Why HAZARD?

HAZARD is a project that brings together rescue agencies, relevant authorities, logistics operators, and established knowledge partners on key safety and security issues from seven BSR countries. The project aims to contribute to a better use of risk analysis and assessment by responsible actors and will improve the communication and operational capability in emergencies between…

December 16, 2013

Flagship Projects

What is STROM?

STROM (Strengthening the Role of Municipalities) was a transnational project running in 2014-2015 that aimed to strengthen the capacity and role of municipalities in the chain of assistance to victims of human trafficking in the Baltic Sea Region. The participating countries were Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Read more on…

December 16, 2013

Civil Protection

Project Presentation @ CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop

The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Civil Protection Network organised a workshop in Helsinki on 27 November. It presented one of the main priorities of the Presidency programme, which is nuclear and radiation safety, with the focal point set on macro-regional risks within the area of nuclear and radiation issues. was one…

November 29, 2013