New Flagship Project: FROM GAPS TO CAPS

We are proud to announce that in January 2015 the project Risk Management Capability Based on Gaps Identification in the BSR, in brief: FROM GAPS TO CAPS started as a follow-up project of 14.3. Under the coordination of the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (TASK A Leader), FROM…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 17, 20150Comments

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Publication: Being Secure in the Baltic Sea Region – A Handbook of a Priority Area

Download the full publication here: Being Secure in the Baltic Sea Region: A Handbook of a Priority Area

Byadmin_bsrMarch 2, 20150Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Flagship Projects

The Baltic Leadership Programme for Future Decision Makers

During the first week of December 2014, the Swedish Institute – in collaboration with the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) - invited 25 high-level professionals from the field of Civil Protection to the Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Protection for Future Decision Makers in Tallinn. The participants, representing all CBSS Member States, spent four…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 10, 20140Comments

Flagship Projects

ClimUrban: Project methodology

ClimUrban will consist of several activities that will lead to the integrative development of local adaptation policies and plans by the end of the project. An important aspect of the project is that good governance (including public participation and communication) and scientific expertise shall go hand in hand in developing and implementing adaptation measures at…

Byadmin_bsrFebruary 21, 20140Comments

Flagship Projects

What is the aim of ClimUrban?

Climate adaptation is often guided via a top-down approach by the EU and national legislation. However, adaptation action mainly occurs on the local level. There is still a lack of adaptation strategies and policies at the local (municipal or regional) level in the Baltic Sea Region – as also stated by the BSR Action Plan…

Byadmin_bsrFebruary 21, 20140Comments

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First Preparatory meeting of the 22nd Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) of the OSCE

Knowledge exchange at the First Preparatory meeting of the 22nd Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) of the OSCE The CBSS Secretariat participated in the First Preparatory meeting of the 22nd Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) of The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe held in Vienna at the end of January. The preparatory meeting focused…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 30, 20140Comments

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Participants’ Stories: Coming up with Good Ideas

Ulrika Postgärd , Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB Sonja Dobo, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB Sonja and Ulrika were participants from Sweden, working at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB. Their fields of work, however, are quite different. Sonja is a marine eco – toxicologist who coordinates the work with oil spill preparedness and works…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 22, 20140Comments

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Participants’ Stories: Developing Flexible Approaches

Jurijus Targonskas (Right) - State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania Jurijus works at the Lithuanian State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior where he leads a department and is responsible for civil protection in Lithuania, including legislation, monitoring, supervision and…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 22, 20140Comments

Capacity building Flagship Projects

Participants’ Stories: Creating a Team

Neringa Brogaitė - Karvelienė, State Fire and Rescue Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania Neringa’s expierence of the Baltic Leadership Programme was that it allows a participant to relate all the fields of their work to it – current daily work, the work they will do in the…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 22, 20140Comments

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Participants’ Stories: Facilitating Engagement

Looking back retrospectively to his own expectations, when signing up for the Baltic Leadership Programme Jevgenijs Golovcuks from the Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service says he hoped for a good networking opportunity with participants from all countries of the region, which would include setting some kind of common rules for cooperation in the region. Seeing…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 22, 20140Comments