PA Secure at 2023 EU Week of Regions

PA Secure at EU Week of Regions CBSS Adviser Andriy Martynenko spoke on behalf PA Secure about BSR cooperation in civil security at the workshop ‘Building resilience across borders: Strengthening regional disaster risk and crisis management’ during 2023 European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. The workshop, moderated by the Commission discussed how border regions in the…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 15, 20230Comments

PA Secure Volunteerism

PA Secure at EUSBSR Annual Forum in Riga: whole of society approach for resilience

Workshop “All hands on deck: safe and secure Baltic Sea Region through “whole-of-society” approach” was organised on 4 October 2023 by the Policy Area Secure of EUSBSR which is coordinated by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB). The main aim of the workshop was to present the concept…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 5, 20230Comments

PA Secure

20th Steering Group meeting in Riga: trying new coordination format

PA Secure gathered for its 20th meeting back-to-back with the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Riga - on 3 October 2023. Generously hosted by the City of Riga, the meeting took place in the historical City Council building. The Steering Group members from seven BSR countries, Finnish SPEK and UBC Safe Cities Commission were welcomed by…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 3, 20230Comments

Capacity building Civil Protection Research

NEEDS project concludes with innovative societal security course

The NEEDS project consortium has successfully wrapped up its three-year collaboration and project work on 31 August 2023, ending with the launch of an innovative online course on societal security and an online community dedicated to institutionalising societal security education. The aim of the NEEDS project was to bolster the quality, scope, and attractiveness of…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 31, 20230Comments

PA Secure

Steering Group 19th meeting in Berlin. Cross-PA & cross-MRS initiatives, new member: Finnish SPEK

On 31 May -1 June 2023, the Policy Area Secure Steering Group gathered for the 19th time. The meeting took place in Berlin at the premises of the Berlin Fire and Rescue Service. Under the German presidency, representatives from the 8 EU Member States form the Region, Norway, the Union of the Baltic Cities (Safe…

Byadmin_bsrJune 2, 20230Comments

Capacity building

11th Baltic Excellence Programme highlights children and youth participation in DRR, energy, early warning systems and dumped munitions

Hosted by the Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service as part of the German Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network and EUSBSR PA Secure, the event focused on children and youth participation in disaster risk reduction, energy security, early warning systems, and dumped munitions. The BEP was opened by Marko Florek, Chief Fire Officer at the…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 4, 20230Comments

Civil Protection PA Secure Volunteerism

Strengthening links between Danube and Baltic macro-regions: volunteerism in focus

PA Secure already had an experience working together with colleagues from EUSDR, EUSAIR and EUSALP already in 2018 - when all four macro-regional strategies contributed to a session at the EU Civil Protection Forum in Brussels. The session was called Transnational cooperation for effective disaster risk management and focused mostly on environmental risks. In February…

Byadmin_bsrFebruary 18, 20230Comments

Capacity building Volunteerism

BALTinnoSEC Pilot Forum in Warsaw

The pilot BALTinnoSEC Forum was organised in Warsaw on 27 January 2023 at the Main School of Fire Service. The forum gathered 75 participants from all BSR countries with the majority of participants coming from Poland. Three panels were organised: on influx of migrants, CBRN and natural disasters with focus on crisis and risk communication. The…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 30, 20230Comments

PA Secure

PA Secure interactive meeting: can we use Exchange of Experts for BSR?

On 18 January 2023 PA Secure held an interactive meeting, dedicated to Exchange of Experts Programme of EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Representative from the EOE team explained to the participants how the programme works now and participated in the discussion on how it can be adapted to the need of the Baltic Sea Region.…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 19, 20230Comments

Children/Youth

Report on the role of children and youth in building resilient societies

Despite evidence of the benefits of involving children and youth in disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, it is still difficult for many organisations and societies to fully accept that they can take responsibilities in DRR. To address this challenge, in 2020 - 2022, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) implemented a project “ChYResilience…

Byadmin_bsrJanuary 13, 20230Comments