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New publication: Creeping Crises in the Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Strategies

Professor Magnus Ekengren (Swedish Defence University) explains the creeping crisis concept – slow-building, foreshadowed threats that can erupt into acute shocks if left insufficiently addressed – and explains why attention so often lags behind growing risk. This article was prepared as part of the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2025 publication “Securing the Future – Views from…
October 25, 20250Comments

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Capacity building Children/Youth

Razom Summer University: students from BSR and Ukraine

The Razom Summer University programme focused on crisis management, resilience-building, and societal security, with particular attention to the links between the Baltic Sea Region and Ukraine in today’s security context.  Over the course of five days, participants joined in lectures, workshops, and practical group exercises. Experts from the Lviv State University of Life Safety (LSULS) conducted a hands-on session…
August 30, 20250Comments

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PA Secure Sendai Framework

Video: PA Secure at UBC talks about climate and disaster risk preparedness

PA Secure coordinator at the CBSS Secretariat, adviser Andriy Martynenko, contributed to the webinar UBC TALKS about climate and disaster risk preparedness with an overview of how PA Secure helps advancing local preparedness and climate resilience across the Baltic Sea Region. He underlined three points: • keep climate adaptation moving via a local preparedness/all-hazards lens…
June 12, 20250Comments

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Flagship Projects Volunteerism

CREWS Project Launches to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness Through Community Engagement

The CREWS project—Enhancing Capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction by Facilitating Public-Civil Cooperation—has officially launched with a successful kick-off meeting in Hamburg-Altona on 27–28 March 2025. This new large project aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction in the region by promoting closer collaboration between formal authorities and civil society actors. Led by the District Office of…
April 1, 20250Comments

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Capacity building

Baltic Excellence Programme Strengthens Regional Cooperation on Crisis Communication and Early Warning Systems

The 13th Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP), a PA Secure Flagship initiative under CBSS Civil Protection Network, brought together crisis communication and early warning experts from across the Baltic Sea Region in Tallinn on March 12–13. With the theme “Enhancing Community Response and Public Warning in Crisis Situations,” the event focused on improving early warning…
March 14, 20250Comments

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Capacity building Civil Protection Volunteerism

Civil Protection Faculty Project Concludes – Cooperation with Ukraine Continues

The Civil Protection Faculty project, financed by the Swedish Institute, has made a significant contribution to strengthening Ukraine’s capacity in civil protection education, particularly in tactical medicine. This work, carried out by an NGO, consisting by a group of dedicated educators with the support of BSR experts, has played a crucial role in improving the…
January 2, 20250Comments

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PA Secure

SG agrees on future EUSBSR Action Plan actions: focus on authorities, citizens and innovation

On 17 December 2024, the PA Secure Steering Group held an interactive meeting to discuss updates to the EUSBSR Action Plan. The discussion focused on addressing the region’s current needs, building on past successes, and incorporating key frameworks such as the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction: Roadmap 2021-2030 and the suggestions from Niinistö report.…
December 20, 20240Comments

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