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

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Behind the scenes of the Baltic Leadership Programme, Veera Mielikki Parko, Ministry of Interior, Finland

"International cooperation is now more substantive. I think this is really going forward and it should." about international cooperation? "Our challenges are structural but also cultural, I think that people are having national minds and in that sense international cooperation is not as established in civil protection as it is in other areas. The EU cooperation in…

Byadmin_bsrApril 23, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Behind the scenes of the Baltic Leadership Programme, Charlotta Herrström, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Sweden

"It is good to get out of the daily routine, to take a step back and see the bigger picture" about the programme? "It is an important possibility to meet other people from around the Baltic Sea Region and to exchange ideas and experiences. Networking is good and to have a face to countries we are working with - for me…

Byadmin_bsrApril 21, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Behind the scenes from the Baltic Leadership Programme, Martins Baltmanis, State Fire & Rescue Service, Latvia

"We need to raise awareness in the community" international cooperation "In my role I am responsible for all phases in disaster management, prevention, preparedness and recovery, so the exchange with other countries helps me: if something works in a neighbor country, we do not have to reinvent the wheel. You can get inspiration from other knowledge or structures." main…

Byadmin_bsrApril 16, 20150Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

From Gaps to Caps Kick-Off Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland

The first meeting with all project partners of the EUSBSR flagship project From Gaps to Caps took place in the last week of March in Iceland, Reykjavik. The two days spent in Iceland's stunning winter surroundings were dedicated to setting the tone for the two year project. All task leaders and their respective teams presented their…

Byadmin_bsrApril 9, 20150Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

New Flagship Project: FROM GAPS TO CAPS

We are proud to announce that in January 2015 the project Risk Management Capability Based on Gaps Identification in the BSR, in brief: FROM GAPS TO CAPS started as a follow-up project of 14.3. Under the coordination of the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (TASK A Leader), FROM…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

The Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision Makers

During the first week of December 2014, the Swedish Institute – in collaboration with the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) - invited 25 high-level professionals from the field of Civil Protection to the Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Protection for Future Decision Makers in Tallinn. The participants, representing all CBSS Member States, spent four…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 10, 20140Comments

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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…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 29, 20130Comments

Civil Protection

CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop in Helsinki, 27 November 2013

The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States is organising a CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop in Helsinki, on 27 November. The one day workshop will address macro-regional risks related to nuclear and radiation issues, and explore the opportunities for macro-regional civil protection cooperation within the Baltic Sea region. The theme of…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 18, 20130Comments

Civil Protection

4th European Civil Protection Forum, Disasters – Protecting and Responding together, Brussels, May 2013

Tone Bergan, Senior Adviser in the Department for Anaylises and National Preparedness at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, speaking at the 4th European Civil Protection Forum in Brussels in May 2013.

Byadmin_bsrMay 30, 20130Comments