Highlights of the Programme – Module Two in Brussels

Highlights of the Programme – Module Two in Brussels Highlights of the Baltic Leadership Programme during the week in Brussels were meetings with officials of the European commission, DG REGIO and DG ECHO, as well as visit to the European Parliament. On the occasion of the programme, a discussion and reception was organised at the…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

The Development of 14.3 Training

14.3 Training 14.3 Training is created as a direct follow-up project from 14.3 which ran from January 2012 to June 2013. 14.3 was a flagship project within PA Secure which focused on developing scenarios and identifying gaps for all main disaster hazards, and the potential of such hazards, in the Baltic Sea region. 14.3 Training…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

How is 14.3 Training structured?

How is it structured? The project consists of eight countries and nine partners and runs for 24 months, starting in December 2013. The Council of the Baltic Sea States is the project’s coordinating beneficiary while tasks are led by the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

And then what?

And then what? The completion of 14.3 is not the end of the road. The experience and knowledge accumulated throughout the project will be put to further use through From Gaps to Caps - a new follow-up flagship project under PA Secure. Are you interested in learning more about Project 14.3? Check out the 14.3’s website…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

Why 14.3?

Why 14.3? The effects of land based disasters are not set behind national borders- in fact they can have both direct and indirect effects across borders and regions. It is therefore essential to address the risk of such disasters at a macro-regional level. That’s why 14.3 was created- to increase macro-regional civil protection cooperation in…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

What is 14.3?

What is 14.3? 14.3 is a flagship project under the EUSBSR that ran for a period of 18 months from January 2012 and addressed civil security and civil protection in the Baltic Sea region. The project covered wide-ranging aspects of civil security and civil protection, including both manmade and natural disasters Initially established under the…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

PA Secure

First Public PA Secure Event

The first launching event of PA Secure took place at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU in Brussels on 21 February 2013. The event, Impact of Macroregional Cooperation in the EU: What Leadership in Civil Protection Can Do? which included panelists from the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU, as well as…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Civil Protection

4th European Civil Protection Forum, Disasters – Protecting and Responding together, Brussels, May 2013

Tone Bergan, Senior Adviser in the Department for Anaylises and National Preparedness at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, speaking at the 4th European Civil Protection Forum in Brussels in May 2013.

Byadmin_bsrMay 30, 20130Comments