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New publication: Creeping Crises in the Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Strategies

Professor Magnus Ekengren (Swedish Defence University) explains the creeping crisis concept – slow-building, foreshadowed threats that can erupt into acute shocks if left insufficiently addressed – and explains why attention so often lags behind growing risk. This article was prepared as part of the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2025 publication “Securing the Future – Views from…
October 25, 20250Comments

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PA Secure Research

Roundtable: Science – Policy – Practice for Societal Security 

In response to the 2025 Vihula Ministerial Declaration’s call to refocus the CBSS on today’s security environment, the CBSS Secretariat – together with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), its co-coordinator of EUSBSR Policy Area Secure (PA Secure) – hosted an informal roundtable on societal security at its premises in Stockholm on 20 October 2025.…
October 24, 20250Comments

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Civil Protection Volunteerism

RiA-ENGAGE kicks off: strengthening disaster preparedness with civil society in the Baltic Sea Region and Ukraine

On 14 October 2025, the new project RiA-ENGAGE (Resilience in Action – Advancing Disaster Preparedness through Civil Society Engagement) held its online kick-off meeting, bringing together partners from the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and Ukraine. Led by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the project aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR) by…
October 15, 20250Comments

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Capacity building Children/Youth

Razom Summer University: students from BSR and Ukraine

The Razom Summer University programme focused on crisis management, resilience-building, and societal security, with particular attention to the links between the Baltic Sea Region and Ukraine in today’s security context.  Over the course of five days, participants joined in lectures, workshops, and practical group exercises. Experts from the Lviv State University of Life Safety (LSULS) conducted a hands-on session…
August 30, 20250Comments

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PA Secure Sendai Framework

Video: PA Secure at UBC talks about climate and disaster risk preparedness

PA Secure coordinator at the CBSS Secretariat, adviser Andriy Martynenko, contributed to the webinar UBC TALKS about climate and disaster risk preparedness with an overview of how PA Secure helps advancing local preparedness and climate resilience across the Baltic Sea Region. He underlined three points: • keep climate adaptation moving via a local preparedness/all-hazards lens…
June 12, 20250Comments

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Flagship Projects Volunteerism

CREWS Project Launches to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness Through Community Engagement

The CREWS project—Enhancing Capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction by Facilitating Public-Civil Cooperation—has officially launched with a successful kick-off meeting in Hamburg-Altona on 27–28 March 2025. This new large project aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction in the region by promoting closer collaboration between formal authorities and civil society actors. Led by the District Office of…
April 1, 20250Comments

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