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…
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The Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat commissioned a report “ An Evaluation of the Development and Effectiveness of Policy Area Secure 2013-2019 ” in order to assess the overall achievements throughout the entire PA Secure 2013 - 2020 period, and to work out the premise for formulating recommendations for the operation of…
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…
The PA Secure team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat presents the third issue of the Newsletter in 2018. We would like to share some news with you on important developments in the EUSBSR Policy Secure Area (co-coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB). This newsletter…
Dear Friends,
The PA Secure team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat presents the second issue of the Newsletter in 2018. We would like to share some news with you on important developments in the EUSBSR Policy Secure Area (co-coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB). This…
PA Secure presents a report, which maps out actors, responsible for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) related emergencies management and strategic objectives of such management in the Baltic Sea Region. Strengthening the cross-sectoral cooperation in terms of CBRNE preparedness in the Baltic Sea Region is one of the prioritised strategic actions in the Joint…
Dear Friends,
Now when the year is coming to an end, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for a very inspiring, exciting – and most of all – a very productive year. We are glad to see that different collaborations and partnerships have been developing and progressing within our Policy Area…
This paper was commissioned by PA Secure, and authored by Professor Jerzy Wolanin from Main School of Fire Service, Warsaw, with contributions and editing provided by the PA Secure Team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat.
The paper presents a comprehensive set of recommendations regarding the implementation of a common societal security…
The project started off with the question “Do we have the capability/capabilities needed to deal with the risks we are currently facing?.”
Final report on national capability assessments and risk assessments is published together with a survey among all project partners. This report gives an overview of relevant aspects of the civil protection systems involved, differences and…