CASCADE information brochure

An outcome of the final workshop in the CRCC project, on 19 March 2018 in Stockholm, is the brand-new information brochure on the CASCADE concept and partnership! The CRCC (Making Communities Resilient to Climate Change: Cross-Sectorial Cooperation in Capacity-building) project received funding from the Swedish Institute’s Seed Funding Facility and served as a platform for developing…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 20, 20180Comments

PA Secure

Workshop addresses security risks related to climate change

On 12 October 2020, the CBSS Secretariat (PA Secure and HA Climate) and the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) Sustainable City Commission co-organised an online workshop within the EUSBSR 11th Annual Forum: Reducing security risks related to the climate change and mainstreaming climate agenda in EUSBSR after 2020. There are several current climate change-related security…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 12, 20200Comments

PA Secure

13th meeting of the PA Secure Steering Group

On 2 April 2020 via videoconference the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met for the 1 3 th time . Despite these chaotic and unpredictable times, the meeting included representatives from eight Member States form the region, as well as the Union of the Baltic Cities (Safe Cities Commission) . This was the…

Byadmin_bsrApril 7, 20200Comments

PA Secure

12th PA Secure Steering Group Meeting

On 26-27 November 2019, the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met for the 12th time. The meeting took place in Stockholm at the CBSS Secretariat’s premises. Representatives from the seven EU Member States form the region, Swedish Police and the Union of the Baltic Cities (Safe Cities Commission) took part in the meeting. Traditionally, the…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 29, 20190Comments

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Baltic Excellence Programme in Denmark: climate change and volunteerism in focus

During 2019-2020, the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) acts as the chair of the CBSS Civil Protection Network . The Danish chairmanship priorities for this period include climate change and volunteerism. With these priorities in mind, DEMA hosted a module of the Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) in Civil Security at its training facility in…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 22, 20190Comments

Flagship Projects Sendai Framework

Two new reports on how DRR works with CCA in the Baltic Sea Region – challenges, good practices, possibilities

On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October 2019, two reports are launched showing the state of play of the work with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation on the local level, in the countries in the Baltic Sea Region. The aim of these two reports is to…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 11, 20190Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure at the 10th EUSBSR Annual Forum – presenting four important flagships

12 – 13 June, Gdansk. A multitude of authorities, civil society organisations, universities and international organisations gathered to discuss and review the progress of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region at the 10th EUSBSR Anniversary Forum . Policy Area Secure Coordinators were at the Forum’s Networking Village to present the progress within the…

Byadmin_bsrJune 14, 20190Comments

Sendai Framework

PA Secure at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

13-17 May 2019, Geneva. Throughout the week, 4,000 people debated the most important achievements and challenges in the implementation of the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. More than 170 countries were represented at the Global Platform along with dozens of international and regional organisations from five continents. Over 150 different events took place. Mami…

Byadmin_bsrMay 19, 20190Comments

PA SECURE NEWSLETTER 2018/4

During these last days before the winter break, the PA Secure team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat presents the fourth issue of the Newsletter in 2018. It was a very exciting and fruitful year for our team and a great start for the Latvian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network - the…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 20, 20180Comments

PA Secure

10th Policy Area Secure (EUSBSR) Steering Group Meeting

28 November 2018, Riga. The PA Secure Steering Group meets biannually to receive updates and make important strategic decisions for the work in this policy area. This meeting, organised in connection with the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference: ‘Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region – Challenges and…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 28, 20180Comments