What is Turnstone?

Turnstone, a project carried out with the support of PSF, aims to enhance law enforcement authorities cooperation between border agencies (Police, Border Police, Border Guard and Coast Guard organisations in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Poland) in the northern BSR corresponding to the need for border agencies to initiate compensatory measures and new models…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 16, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

Why HAZARD?

HAZARD is a project that brings together rescue agencies, relevant authorities, logistics operators, and established knowledge partners on key safety and security issues from seven BSR countries. The project aims to contribute to a better use of risk analysis and assessment by responsible actors and will improve the communication and operational capability in emergencies between…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 16, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

What is STROM?

STROM (Strengthening the Role of Municipalities) was a transnational project running in 2014-2015 that aimed to strengthen the capacity and role of municipalities in the chain of assistance to victims of human trafficking in the Baltic Sea Region. The participating countries were Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Read more on…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 16, 20130Comments

Civil Protection

Project Presentation @ CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop

The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Civil Protection Network organised a workshop in Helsinki on 27 November. It presented one of the main priorities of the Presidency programme, which is nuclear and radiation safety, with the focal point set on macro-regional risks within the area of nuclear and radiation issues. was one…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 29, 20130Comments

Civil Protection

CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop in Helsinki, 27 November 2013

The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States is organising a CBSS Civil Protection Network Workshop in Helsinki, on 27 November. The one day workshop will address macro-regional risks related to nuclear and radiation issues, and explore the opportunities for macro-regional civil protection cooperation within the Baltic Sea region. The theme of…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 18, 20130Comments

PA Secure

Women in Civil Protection @ 4th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR

PA Secure will be organising two meetings back-to-back with the 4th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR. Both meetings touch upon important, but perhaps not widely discussed, themes relevant to the macro-regional policy frameworks on cooperation- gender and cross-sectoral cross-border cooperation. These are themes that lie at the core of our region’s aims for prosperity and…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 9, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

What is Citizens for Safety?

Citizens for Safety is a working title for a flagship project, defined in the Action Plan as follows: Effective learning and exchanging best practices on urban safety through a local city network. The network fosters urban safety exchanges throughout Baltic Sea region on locally-developed know-how strategies, shares experiences, analyses functions and activities of municipalities and…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

Flagship Projects

Project Idea Formulated

One step further– in September 2013 the project partnership, that now consists of Gdansk Municipal Guard, Riga Municipality Police, Vilnius City Municipality, Tallinn Municipality Police, and Liepaja Municipality Police, formulated a project idea and applied for funding from the EUSBSR Seed Money Facility. The flagship project idea has been developed to identify safety and security…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

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Why BRISK?

Why BRISK? Despite its small size, the Baltic Sea is one of the most heavily trafficked seas in the world. Commercial and industrial shipping, particularly oil shipping, in the Baltic Sea has been growing steadily over the past years, increasing the risk of spills of oil and other hazardous substances. Spills can have strong negative…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments

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What does BRISK do?

What does BRISK do? To put it simply, BRISK operated through four main aims. Providing a comprehensive risk assessment of pollution caused by shipping accidents in the Baltic Sea. Identifying gaps in emergency and responses resources for medium sized spills in all sub-regions of the Baltic Sea. Creating concrete pre-investment plans on how the Baltic…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 23, 20130Comments