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17th PA Secure Steering Group meeting
On 1 June 2022 the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met physically for the first time since 2019. The meeting, hosted by the Norwegian DSB in Oslo included participants from eight Member States in the region. The members expressed the need to go deeper into certain civil security issues in the next Steering Group meetings in order to maximise the…
16th PA Secure Steering Group meeting
16 November 2021, Stockholm: Policy Area Secure met again, this time - in a hybrid form with coordinators present in person at the CBSS Secretariat premises and the rest of the group taking part online. Issues in the agenda: updates from DG Regio by Mr. Koistinen, traditional roundtable on the implementation of the Joint Position,…
Victims, helpers or partners? Children and youth as contributors to resilient Baltic Sea Region
During the EUSBSR 12th Annual Forum, on 29 September 2021, Policy Area Secure (PA Secure), coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat together with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) organised an online seminar dedicated to strengthening children and youth’s resilience in disasters. Children and youth’s vulnerability in disasters is expected to increase as the intensity and…
PA SECURE TESTS WORKING IN SUB-GROUPS
During the PA Secure Steering Group 15th meeting, the Finnish Ministry of Interior presented a new initiative,  aimed at organising the international cooperation within the PA Secure into separate, focused streams.  These streams called sub-groups could provide platforms where the experts, working directly within each of the priorities of the Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection…
STEERING GROUP GATHERED FOR ITS 15TH MEETING
On 4th May 2021, the Steering Group of PA Secure gathered for its 15th meeting, which, due to the pandemic, was held online. Participants from 9 Baltic Sea Region countries were present at the meeting. The representative from the European Commission, Mr. Petri Koistinen (DG Regio) addressed the meeting with a presentation about the status of the…
New report in the NEEDS project: Societal Security as Higher Education in the Baltic Sea Region
The ‘Needs-based education and studies in Societal Security’ (NEEDS) project addresses the skills gap and mismatch between higher education and the knowledge needs in this field, as well as the fact that there is a lack of structured transnational cooperation and dialogue between higher education institutions, practitioners, and experts in tackling these issues. This report…
PA SECURE STEERING GROUP MEETS FOR INTERACTIVE SESSION
On 3  February  2021 the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met  in an  interactive session ,  held online .  The meeting included  participants from seven Member States  in the region ,  in addition to  the  CBSS  Secretariat  who chaired the  meeting.  The aim of the session was to facilitate the everyday work within international cooperation…