STAC-CBRNE Reference Group meeting – preparing for a bigger CBRNE forum

STAC-CBRNE Reference Group meeting on 8-9 October 2018 in Riga was the third meeting in the project Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE Agents related Emergencies, funded by the Swedish Institute. During the first two workshops, the partners identified common gaps and capability challenges in crisis management of hazardous substances in the…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 10, 20180Comments

CBRN

STAC-CBRNE participants working towards a large CBRNE stakeholder networking forum in the BSR

The second workshop of the STAC-CBRNE project (Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE agents related Emergencies, funded by the Swedish Institute) took place in Helsinki on 19-20 April 2018, with 24 participants, from six countries in the Baltic Sea Region (Estonia, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland and Sweden). The workshop was organised by…

Byadmin_bsrApril 27, 20180Comments

CBRN

Application submitted for TREFF BSR-CBRNE – FIRST CROSS-SECTORIAL FORUM FOR CBRNE EXPERTS IN BSR

In the project STAC-CBRNE (Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE Agents related Emergencies), funded by the Swedish Institute, the partners identified common gaps and capability challenges in crisis management of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea Region and developed a concept of “Treff” – a large Baltic Sea Region CBRNE networking forum. The…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 16, 20190Comments

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

Law enforcement

2nd Baltic Border Committee under Swedish Chairmanship in BSRBCC

The second Baltic Border Committee under the Swedish Chairmanship in the Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (BSRBCC), gathered in Malmö, Sweden on 9-11 October 2018, to discuss current issues of cooperation in protecting external borders. The newly launched www.bsrbcc.org website was presented to the participants as well as the Action Plan for the upcoming Danish…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 12, 20180Comments

CBRN

EU project educates 30 CBRN security managers, publishes a CBRN handbook

46 days/419 hours of special training, the combination of practice and theory with emphasis on practical field exercises has delivered 30 new CBRN Security Managers to Europe! This is the result of the SE-CBRN-URE project funded by the Internal Security Fund (EC DG HOME). "We have educated a group of highly specialised CBRN Security Managers,"…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 12, 20180Comments

Law enforcement

Baltic Sea Task Force on Organised Crime (BSTF) meeting in Jūrmala

On 18-19 September 2018, representatives from Police, Customs and Border guards from all the CBSS Member States gathered in Jūrmala, Latvia for their last Operational Planning and Coordination Meeting, before the handover to the German Chairmanship with operational support from Poland. The participants discussed irregular migration, lessons learned from the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, illicit…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 20, 20180Comments

CBRN

Civil Security team meets Swedish CBRNE actors

The CBRNE stakeholders meeting is organised by MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) twice a year for all actors in Sweden, dealing with CBRNE (hazardous materials) issues. This was the second appearance of the CBSS Secretariat’s Civil Security team at the meeting. In August 2018, Project Officer Nina Jernberg presented EUSBSR PA Secure work and the…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 6, 20180Comments

PA Secure

PA SECURE STEERING GROUP 9th MEETING – defining objectives for 2018-2020

EUSBSR PA Secure Steering Group gathered for its 9th meeting in Stockholm on 8 May 2018. The Policy Area coordinators, MSB Adviser Julia Fredriksson and CBSS Senior Adviser Janusz Gąciarz informed the participants about the latest updates on the strategic actions and presented the PA Secure report to the European Commission’s DG REGIO on the…

Byadmin_bsrMay 8, 20180Comments

Civil Protection

CBSS Civil Protection Network Senior Experts meeting in Stockholm

The CBSS Civil Protection Network Senior Experts Meeting was held on 20-21 of February 2018 in Stockholm. The meeting was opened by Ambassador Hans Olsson, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the CBSS during the Swedish Presidency. Welcoming the experts, the CBSS Secretariat’s Director General, Ambassador Maira Mora emphasised that the shared geography of…

Byadmin_bsrFebruary 21, 20180Comments