4th PA Secure Steering Group Meeting

The PA Secure steering group, now including representatives of former PA crime, gathered again in Stockholm on 3rd December 2015 in Stockholm. After presentations of the activities of the group, on strategic as well as project level, the participants shared their ideas on cooperation between law enforcement and civil security - a new focus since…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 8, 20150Comments

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision Makers 2015 in Warsaw

From 23-26 November 2015, the second Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision makers took place in Warsaw, with around 30 Civil Protection professionals from the 11 CBSS member states. After a great kick-off with Helena Lindberg, Director General of the Swedish Contingencies Agency, Ambassador Michal Czyz, representing the Polish Presidency, Åsa Lundmark from the Swedish…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 1, 20150Comments

Flagship Projects

From Gaps to Caps Seminar Number 2 in Tallinn

For the second Seminar of Task C & D, the partners of the flagship project From Gaps to Caps gathered in Tallinn. Since their last meeting in May, the task leaders had collected information on the respective methods of capability assessment in the different countries, as well as evaluations of exercises and emergencies. With these…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 25, 20150Comments

Flagship Projects

Final Conference of BaltPrevResilience in Warsaw

“In many countries the civil protection agencies are very efficient in both response time and prevention and yet still certain accidents don’t seem to decrease. We need to move beyond traditional approaches and have a more holistic perspective to resilience” Professor Jerzy Wolanin, Main School of Fire Service in Warsaw The final conference of BaltPrevResilience, a…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 19, 20150Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

Launch of From Gaps to Caps Website

We are proud to announce that the flagship From Gaps to Caps has launched its own website. The page gives an overview of the people and organisations involved, shows the project timeline and serves as a platform for updates and publications. Over the last year, the Communications team of the CBSS, who is leading task B…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 16, 20150Comments

PA Secure

EUSBSR Priority Areas Secure & Crime merging to Policy Area Secure

Under the new structure of the EUSBSR Action Plan, which was adopted 16 June 2015, the now called Policy Area Secure includes additional elements of former Priority Area Crime, supporting more than ten flagships. The merge of the two priority areas now allows the Policy Area Secure to act in the societal security paradigm that…

Byadmin_bsrJuly 1, 20150Comments

Civil Protection

Directors General Meeting in Tallinn

The annual Directors General Meeting took place for the 13th time in Tallinn on 3 June 2015 and was opened by Mister Hanno Pevkur, Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Estonia. The traditon of this gathering of international Directors General of Civil Protection institutions started in 2002 - also in Tallinn. This year, the focus lay on fire safety…

Byadmin_bsrJune 5, 20150Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure Steering Group Meeting in Tallinn

Back to back with the upcoming Directors General Meeting, the PA Secure Steering Group met in Tallinn on 2nd June. Following up to the last meeting in December, the process of the revision of the Action Plan was reflected on and suggestions for the review of the Terms of Reference were collected. For the first…

Byadmin_bsrJune 2, 20150Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure Steering Group Meeting in Tallinn

Back to back with the upcoming Directors General Meeting, the PA Secure Steering Group met in Tallinn on 2nd June. Following up to the last meeting in December, the process of the revision of the Action Plan was reflected on and suggestions for the review of the Terms of Reference were collected. For the first members…

Byadmin_bsrJune 2, 20150Comments

Civil Protection Flagship Projects

From Gaps to Caps Seminars in Riga

The From Gaps to Caps Team reunited in Riga at the end of May for seminars on Task C & D. The task leaders, Björn Karlsson from the University of Iceland and Jürgen Krempin from the Fire & Rescue Department Hamburg, guided the partners through the results achieved so far and the next steps ahead.…

Byadmin_bsrMay 21, 20150Comments