Directors General for Civil Protection adopt Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in BSR

The Directors General for the Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region held their 15th meeting, which took place in Iceland on 11 May 2017. The meeting, chaired by Hjálmar Björgvinsson, Superintendent at the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, resulted in an adoption of a historic Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection…

Byadmin_bsrMay 11, 20170Comments

Sendai Framework

Seminar on implementing Disaster Risk Reduction and the UN Sendai Framework

20 April 2017, PA Secure team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat attended a seminar on implementing the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), which today is on top of the international agenda related to managing future risks. The seminar was hosted by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs…

Byadmin_bsrApril 20, 20170Comments

PA Secure

EUSBSR Spotlight blog about PA Secure

Communication team of the EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region website started a series of blog posts, called Spotlight, introducing the concrete work done by different Horizontal Actions and Policy Areas of the EUSBSR. The latest blog post was dedicated to Policy Area Secure, describing who we are, what we do and our future plans: http://www.balticsea-region-strategy.eu/highlights/item/12-policy-area-secure-civil-protection-law-enforcement-safer-baltic-sea-region

Byadmin_bsrApril 11, 20170Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure Newsletter 2017/1

Dear Friends, PA Secure team at the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States presents the first 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 will also…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 30, 20170Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Gaps to Caps final report

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…

Byadmin_bsrFebruary 23, 20170Comments

CBRN

Expert Group on Nuclear Radiation Safety met in Stockholm

Expert Group on Nuclear Radiation Safety (EGNRS) gathered at the CBSS Secretariat for its regular meeting on 30-31 of January 2017. Among the topics discussed by the experts from Russia, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden were recent developments in the field of nuclear safety in each country as well as opportunities for future…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 31, 20170Comments

Flagship Projects Sendai Framework

Project Development Workshop on addressing Climate Change Risks

Partners in the CRCC: Making Communities Resilient to Climate Change: Cross-Sectorial Cooperation in Capacity-building-project, funded by the Swedish Institute, met in Stockholm 18-19 January 2017 to discuss the way forward with the cooperation, and to plan on how to proceed with a project application to the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO)…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 20, 20170Comments

Law enforcement

CBSS and ENPRO explored cooperation opportunities

PA Secure team of the CBSS Secretariat and the Network of Prosecutors on Environmental Crime in the Baltic Sea Region (ENPRO), represented by the network’s President, Dr. Ewald Brandt, agreed on further steps to increase cooperation in 2017. Improving visibility and inclusiveness of the ENPRO activities were among the potential cooperation areas, discussed in the…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 9, 20160Comments

PA Secure

6th PA Secure Steering Group Meeting in Stockholm

Click here for the 6th Steering Group meeting agenda

Byadmin_bsrNovember 28, 20160Comments

Law enforcement

BSTF chairmanship goes to Latvia

CBSS Secretariat delegation participated in the annual strategic meeting of the Baltic Sea Task Force on organized crime (BSTF) in Moscow. The participants discussed existing security threats and challenges in the Baltic Sea Region, potential cross-border operations for police and customs as well as elaborated on creation of roadmaps in battling organized crime in the region. Deputy…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 25, 20160Comments