A few years ago, the most common advice for citizens regarding preparedness was: plan to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours. In an emergency, government assistance may be prioritized for those in greater need. Households able to sustain themselves without electricity or water for three days would help reduce the pressure on government agencies.…
The CBSS-coordinated Secure Kids project has produced the mapping report titled "Existing mechanisms and processes for child and youth participation in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden". The purpose of the mapping was to offer an up-todate overview of mechanisms and practices that exist in the Baltic Sea Region to…
Despite evidence of the benefits of involving children and youth in disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, it is still difficult for many organisations and societies to fully accept that they can take responsibilities in DRR.
To address this challenge, in 2020 - 2022, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) implemented a project “ChYResilience…
During the EUSBSR 12th Annual Forum, on 29 September 2021, Policy Area Secure (PA Secure), coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat together with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) organised an online seminar dedicated to strengthening children and youth’s resilience in disasters. Children and youth’s vulnerability in disasters is expected to increase as the intensity and…
The ‘Needs-based education and studies in Societal Security’ (NEEDS) project addresses the skills gap and mismatch between higher education and the knowledge needs in this field, as well as the fact that there is a lack of structured transnational cooperation and dialogue between higher education institutions, practitioners, and experts in tackling these issues.
This report…
The ChYResilience project aims to empower children and youth to play an active role as contributors to societal resilience and to remove barriers to their active involvement in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. This means that children and youth should be enabled and be provided with the space needed to play this role. The project focuses…
On 30th November 2020, the ChYResilience project held the Kick-off meeting online. The aim of the project is to map youth participation in resilience building in the Baltic Sea Region. Through the project three focus group discussions will be organised with children and youth, in Warsaw, Riga, and Tallinn. The focus groups will be organised…
The ChYResilience Project – Th e role of children and youth in building a resilient society , started 1 September 2020. ChYResilience aims to empower children and youth to play an active role as contributors to societal resilience and to remove barriers to their active involvement in prevention, preparedness , response, and recovery.
The…
The second Baltic Sea Youth Camp (BSYC) was organised online on 12-13 June 2020. This virtual camp was held within the Baltic Sea Youth Platform , a platform for young people, initiated by young visionaries in the Baltic Sea Region. The BSYC gather ed young people from the Baltic Sea…
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…