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PA Secure at 12th Baltic Excellence Programme in Helsinki
The CBSS Civil Protection Network's 12th Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) in Helsinki brought together 40 civil protection experts from 8 countries across the region to delve into topics of preparedness, civil protection, and comprehensive security. Hosted by the Ministry of the Interior of Finland under the current Finnish presidency of the CBSS, the 12th Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP)…
March 25, 20240Comments16Views
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PA Secure and PA Education kicked-off a common project to assist Ukraine
The Civil Protection Faculty, a pioneering project led by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), was launched in Helsinki on 24 November 2023, aiming to channel Baltic Sea Region (BSR) expertise on civil protection into Ukrainian education. This project originated from the EUSBSR conference on cooperation with Ukraine in December 2022. As…
November 25, 20230Comments420Views
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Secure Kids Releases Overview on Youth Involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction in the BSR
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…
November 19, 20230Comments460Views
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Steering Group

Policy Area Secure is governed by a Steering Group which was founded in 2013, and consists of members from all eight EU countries in the Baltic Sea Region, along with the Union of the Baltic Cities – Safe Cities Commission,  the CBSS’ expert group Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings (TF-THB) and the Children at Risk unit at the CBSS Secretariat. The Steering Group meets twice a year to discuss priorities and strategic actions in the fields of civil protection and law enforcement.

Rules of Procedure

Click here to review the main document guiding the work of the Steering Group (March 2022)

Annex to the Rules of Procedure (list of Steering Group Members and the order of presidency)

Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection Area

“A Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection Area is a guiding instrument assisting the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Member States in their joint efforts to further strengthen cooperation in the civil security in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). We, Directors General for Civil Protection in the countries of the Baltic Sea Region welcome recommendations on further enhancement of cooperation in the civil security and invite all agencies participating in the CBSS Civil Protection Network (CPN), and the EUSBSR PA Secure (hereinafter – Cooperation Networks) as well as in other regional cooperation constellations, to work together to accomplish following priorities: Click here to download the full text of the Joint Position  

Communication Strategy

PA Secure comms strategy 2022

National representatives

Denmark

Danish Emergency Management Agency

Estonia 

Estonian Rescue Board

Finland

Ministry of Interior, Department for Fire and Rescue Services

Germany

Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service

Latvia 

State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, International Relations Division

Lithuania

Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Civil Protection Board

Poland

International Cooperation Department, The National Headquarters of the State Fire Police

Sweden

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB

International Organisations

Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC), Safe Cities Commission

CBSS Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings (TF-THB)

Children at Risk unit at the CBSS Secretariat

Steering Group meetings

Click here to see what topics are discussed and what decisions are made in Steering Group meetings