Renaming of the Baltic Leadership Programme (BLP)

On 19 February 2016, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm, together with the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of the Republic of Poland (KGSP) and the CBSS Secretariat, co-hosted a seminar focusing on the BLP and future development of the leadership programme. The way ahead, after the end of financial…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 9, 20160Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices of the Baltic Leadership progarmme – Camilla Sieljaks

"The region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations" about international cooperation? At DEMA we work on a policy level with the EU and NATO and Nordic cooperation and of course also the CBSS. But given that the region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices from the Baltic Leadership Programme – Heikki Laurikainen

"Projects come to an end, but the culture of cooperation remains. " about international cooperation? I would say it is very important to have. When you meet people from abroad, it is not necessarily that you come up with a detailed project that would work instantly and smoothly. But in the long run it’s important…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

VOICES FROM THE BALTIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME – Mariia Karagacheva

"New contacts, new experience, new thinking " about the course? It is a very interesting course, with great speakers. But it is even more interesting to have conversations during the breaks, when people talk about their real challenges and successes at work, their concrete experiences that I can identify with. I can get a lot from these…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Voices from the Baltic Leadership Programme – Adrian Bucalowski

"The strength of the BSR region is very visible. " about the course? It is good that the course combines both academic and practical perspectives and that we are touching on social media, on building the culture of safety in an organisation and an atmosphere for making improvements. Now I will think of my work…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices of the Baltic Leadership Programme – Jürgen Krempin

"Now I have new partners that I will be able to contact directly " about the course? I know 8 or 9 people here already from the activities we have had before. However, it is always good to meet regularly and to strengthen our network. Here we can all bring our assets, our impacts – how we are dealing…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision Makers 2015 in Warsaw

From 23-26 November 2015, the second Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision makers took place in Warsaw, with around 30 Civil Protection professionals from the 11 CBSS member states. After a great kick-off with Helena Lindberg, Director General of the Swedish Contingencies Agency, Ambassador Michal Czyz, representing the Polish Presidency, Åsa Lundmark from the Swedish…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 1, 20150Comments

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Priit Laaniste, Behind the scenes of the Baltic Leadership Programme, Ministry of Interior, Estonia

"Sometimes the smallest idea is the most useful" about international cooperation? "We have a saying in Estonian, 'to get stuck in a “frog’s pond', meaning if you only swim back and forth in the same small pond - you cannot really learn from that. So if you spend too much time in Estonia with your problems,…

Byadmin_bsrMay 11, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Behind the scenes of the Baltic Leadership Programme: Tine Weiss-Thorsoe, Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)

"We like having guidelines, but we prefer having non-binding guidelines" international cooperation? "For me personally, in my job international cooperation means almost everything - because it is what I do on a daily basis. But also, I think that most countries in this group are small countries,…

Byadmin_bsrApril 23, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Behind the scenes of the Baltic Leadership Programme: Alo Tammsalu, Estonian Rescue Board

"Looking back helps us to look into the future" about international cooperation? "I have been participating in different EU- and NATO courses. They have given me a lot of contacts, which I have used to improve our systems. The Estonian system is quite new actually, and that is why we have tried to use…

Byadmin_bsrApril 23, 20150Comments