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Baltic Excellence Programme strengthens civil protection leadership in Warsaw
The Baltic Excellence Programme, held in Warsaw, Poland from 16 to 19 March 2026, delivered a structured training and exchange for civil protection professionals from across the Baltic Sea Region, focused on leadership, cooperation and skills development to strengthen societal resilience. The programme covered crisis management in an international context, cross-sector collaboration, digital literacy and…
Volunteers & authorities: CREWS meets BSR NOVA network
A recent CREWS workshop at the BSR-NOVA meeting examined how authorities and civil society can work together more effectively to strengthen societal resilience across the Baltic Sea Region. On 10 November 2025, a CREWS workshop held during the meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Network of Volunteer Organisations and Authorities (BSR-NOVA) focused on how authorities…
PA Secure at EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot: BSR Capitals Connecting on preparedness and resilience  
On 29 October 2025, at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot, PA Secure organised the session “Connected Capitals: Local Action, Regional Resilience”. Building on earlier cooperation among Nordic capitals, the session brought together city practitioners from Helsinki, Tallinn and Warsaw, backed up by fresh comparative research on urban preparedness from the University of Latvia. Moderated by Andriy Martynenko…
The Soft Core of Hard Security: PA Culture and PA Secure Joint Session at the EUSBSR Annual Forum
On October 30, 2025, at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot, Poland, the Policy Areas Culture and Secure hosted the session “Soft Core of Hard Security: Community Cohesion and Agency in Times of Insecurity”. The session particularly explored how social trust, community cohesion and civic engagement form the foundation of resilient societies. By highlighting initiatives…
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…
PA Secure at Macro-regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days 2025
On 24–25 September 2025, PA Secure took part in the Macro-regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days 2025 in Brussels – the joint platform bringing together all EU macro-regional and sea basin strategies to discuss future priorities for resilience, security and sustainable development. As part of the official programme, PA Secure also contributed to…