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"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."
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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…
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…
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…
ClimUrban will consist of several activities that will lead to the integrative development of local adaptation policies and plans by the end of the project. An important aspect of the project is that good governance (including public participation and communication) and scientific expertise shall go hand in hand in developing and implementing adaptation measures at…
Climate adaptation is often guided via a top-down approach by the EU and national legislation. However, adaptation action mainly occurs on the local level. There is still a lack of adaptation strategies and policies at the local (municipal or regional) level in the Baltic Sea Region – as also stated by the BSR Action Plan…
Ulrika Postgärd , Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB
Sonja Dobo, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB
Sonja and Ulrika were participants from Sweden, working at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB. Their fields of work, however, are quite different. Sonja is a marine eco – toxicologist who coordinates the work with oil spill preparedness and works…
Jurijus Targonskas (Right) - State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
Jurijus works at the Lithuanian State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior where he leads a department and is responsible for civil protection in Lithuania, including legislation, monitoring, supervision and…
Neringa Brogaitė - Karvelienė, State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
Neringa’s expierence of the Baltic Leadership Programme was that it allows a participant to relate all the fields of their work to it – current daily work, the work they will do in the…
Looking back retrospectively to his own expectations, when signing up for the Baltic Leadership Programme Jevgenijs Golovcuks from the Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service says he hoped for a good networking opportunity with participants from all countries of the region, which would include setting some kind of common rules for cooperation in the region. Seeing…