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CASCADE kick-off – new project will improve BSR urban resilience

Because of climate change, the risk of unpredictable weather events such as droughts, floods, forest fires and extreme temperatures increased. To make the Baltic Sea Region more resilient, CASCADE project (which received funding from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) brings together civil protection specialists and climate change adaptation experts to identify and measure such risks…
February 8, 20190Comments

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Research

BSR-RNSS 2nd meeting – bringing science closer to practitioners

Following the kick-off meeting in Stockholm, Baltic Sea Region Research Network on Societal Security (BSR-RNSS) met for the second time in Helsinki on 22-23 January 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Laurea University and gathered 25 participants from the partners’ organisations. This time, Lund University (Sweden), Saint-Petersburg University of State Fire Service of Emercom…
January 26, 20190Comments

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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…
January 16, 20190Comments

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Research

Opinion. Societal security scholar: coordination is no longer enough for societal security in the Baltic region!

During the Baltic Leadership Programme Alumni conference in Riga in November 2018, PA Secure sat down with Dr Magnus Ekengren, Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University and visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium to talk about societal security in the Baltic Sea region. During the interview, he answered questions about present and future…
November 30, 20180Comments

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Capacity building Flagship Projects

Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Security Alumni conference in Riga

The Latvian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network – the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, in cooperation with the CBSS Secretariat, the Swedish Institute, EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and Riga Stradiņš University, hosted the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference “Societal security in the Baltic Sea…
November 27, 20180Comments

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Research

University of Tromsø Societal Security Workshop

On 15-16 November this annual conference gathered researchers and affiliated organizations to discuss current issues in societal security research. Three keynote speeches were provided by Professor Bengt Sundelius (Swedish Defence University), Professor Arjen Boin (Leiden University) and Professor Jonas Johansson (Lund University). Ongoing research projects with their tentative results were also presented as well as…
November 16, 20180Comments

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Sendai Framework

At NOCCA conference: connecting DRR and Climate Change Adaptation

The CBSS Secretariat is responsible for the policy dialogue in the CASCADE project (Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development),  starting in January 2019. CASCADE will seek to improve urban resilience in cities and towns, as well as overall macro-regional resilience. The expected outcome of CASCADE is to adapt existing risk assessment methodology…
October 29, 20180Comments

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