Three news Flagships under PA Secure

The decision to grant three new initiatives Flagship status in the Policy Area Secure was made during the first National Coordinators’ meeting under the Estonian Chairmanship, on 26 September in Tallinn, Estonia. The decision acknowledges the PA Secure’s significant contribution to the work of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: during its existence,…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 6, 20170Comments

CBRN

Building long-lasting partnerships – discussions with the European CBRNE Center in Umeå

The STAC-CBRNE project – Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE agents related Emergencies – funded from the Swedish Institute’s Seed Funding Facility, offers a platform for developing long-term cooperation on CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) issues in the Baltic Sea Region. On 2 October 2017, Senior Adviser for Civil Security…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 3, 20170Comments

Flagship Projects

FIRE-IN meeting in Rome: ready for engaging practitioners

What happens if a truck transporting dangerous chemicals collides with a train? A fire starts in a tall building or in a mountainous area? What are the rescue procedures in different countries? What resources are available? How ready are the rescue services? What can we learn from the experiences abroad? On 18-19 September 2017 civil protection…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 21, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

JATOC final report

Results of the JATOC Project (funded by CBSS Project Support Facility) were presented by the Latvian State Police, during the Operational and Planning meeting of the Baltic Sea Task Force on Organized Crime (BSTF) on 19 Sept 2017 in Sigulda, Latvia. Project products – procedure to initiate a joint operation and to define its aim,…

Byadmin_bsrSeptember 20, 20170Comments

CBRN

PA Secure meets hazardous substances (CBRNE) experts in Sweden to facilitate cooperation in BSR

An initiative focusing on increased cooperation around issues concerning CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) substances and hazards in the Baltic Sea Region started in June 2017, under the umbrella of the project STAC-CBRNE – Strengthening the Transnational Capacity of the Management of CBRNE agents related Emergencies, funded by the Swedish institue’s Seed Funding…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 24, 20170Comments

Flagship Projects Research

How ready are we? EVAPREM project meets in Riga to discuss effectiveness of prevention activities.

Erasmus of Rotterdam’s famous words, that “prevention is better than cure” resonate the most with the world of Fire and Rescue. It has been proven time and again that prevention can save lives and money: fire alarms in homes is one of the obvious examples of preventive measures that work well. However, considering limited resources…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 21, 20170Comments

PA Secure

PA SECURE NEWSLETTER 2017/2

Dear Friends, PA Secure team at the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States presents the second issue of the Newsletter in 2017. We would like to share with you some news on key developments in the EUSBSR Policy Secure Area (co-coordinated by the CBSS and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB). This newsletter…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 21, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

German-Estonian border control cooperation: an internship story

At the beginning of last June, two German Federal police officers Jasmin Bezler and Sergei Bachmann had a chance to test their knowledge and know-how about border control at the external border of the European Union. Jasmin was sent to South Prefecture and Sergei to East Prefecture for an internship. Just to give the idea…

Byadmin_bsrJuly 20, 20170Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure Steering Group meeting – better cooperation, more Flagships, new members

15-16 June 2017, the 7th Meeting of the PA Secure Steering Group, was held in Hamburg, Germany. During the meeting the state of play in the field of civil protection in the Baltic Sea Region was reviewed, as well as the status of projects and processes. Mr. Alexander Somoza, the representative of the European Commission’s…

Byadmin_bsrJune 17, 20170Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects Research

CBSS helps bringing state-of-the-art Fire and Rescue Technologies to the Region

CBSS Secretariat's Civil Protection team participated in a kick-off meeting of the new project, FIRE-IN, set to improve national and European fire and rescue capability development. FIRE-IN has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme and consists of 16 partners from 8 European countries, representing research, practitioners, governmental agencies and business. Within…

Byadmin_bsrMay 24, 20170Comments