HACs and PACs discussed needs for capacity building

How to better coordinate the work of different EUSBSR priority areas and horizontal actions? Coordinators (HACs and PACs), invited to Stockholm by HA Capacity and the Swedish Institute, discussed common issues and needs for capacity building in 2017. Participants exchanged ideas about funding, facilitation of projects, cross-sectoral cooperation and communication, and suggested possible topics for…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 23, 20160Comments

Flagship Projects Sendai Framework

Civil Security and Climate Change Adaptation specialists find synergies for a new project

The first partner meeting for the CRCC: Making Communities Resilient to Climate Change: Cross-Sectorial Cooperation in Capacity-building project was held back to back with the 7th Annual Meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, 5 October in Helsinki, Finland. The project was granted seed funding from the Swedish Institute this summer and will…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 5, 20160Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

From Gaps to Caps: third project seminar in Hamburg

The partners of the flagship project From Gaps to Caps: Risk Management Capacity Based on Gaps Identification in the BSR, had its third project seminar in Hamburg with a presentation on MSB guidance on scenario analysis and a workshop understanding how emergency response capability can be assessed in the Baltic Sea Region in June 2016. The…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 9, 20160Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Renaming of the Baltic Leadership Programme (BLP)

On 19 February 2016, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm, together with the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of the Republic of Poland (KGSP) and the CBSS Secretariat, co-hosted a seminar focusing on the BLP and future development of the leadership programme. The way ahead, after the end of financial…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 9, 20160Comments

PA Secure

The 5th EUSBSR Priority Area Secure Steering Group Meeting

The 5th EUSBSR Priority Area Secure Steering Group Meeting was held in Kraków 13 May 2016. The participants overviewed the progress achieved by the priority area flagships projects, discussed the issues of the institutionalisation of the Baltic Leadership Prorgamme, as well as considered the granting of flagship status to new projects. The next Steering Group Meeting will be held…

Byadmin_bsrMay 23, 20160Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices of the Baltic Leadership progarmme – Camilla Sieljaks

"The region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations" about international cooperation? At DEMA we work on a policy level with the EU and NATO and Nordic cooperation and of course also the CBSS. But given that the region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices from the Baltic Leadership Programme – Heikki Laurikainen

"Projects come to an end, but the culture of cooperation remains. " about international cooperation? I would say it is very important to have. When you meet people from abroad, it is not necessarily that you come up with a detailed project that would work instantly and smoothly. But in the long run it’s important…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

VOICES FROM THE BALTIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME – Mariia Karagacheva

"New contacts, new experience, new thinking " about the course? It is a very interesting course, with great speakers. But it is even more interesting to have conversations during the breaks, when people talk about their real challenges and successes at work, their concrete experiences that I can identify with. I can get a lot from these…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Voices from the Baltic Leadership Programme – Adrian Bucalowski

"The strength of the BSR region is very visible. " about the course? It is good that the course combines both academic and practical perspectives and that we are touching on social media, on building the culture of safety in an organisation and an atmosphere for making improvements. Now I will think of my work…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Voices of the Baltic Leadership Programme – Jürgen Krempin

"Now I have new partners that I will be able to contact directly " about the course? I know 8 or 9 people here already from the activities we have had before. However, it is always good to meet regularly and to strengthen our network. Here we can all bring our assets, our impacts – how we are dealing…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 17, 20150Comments