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PA Secure Newsletter 2018/2
Dear Friends, The PA Secure team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat presents the second issue of the Newsletter in 2018. We would like to share some news with you on important developments in the EUSBSR Policy Secure Area (co-coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB). This…
June 25, 2018
Children/Youth
Students from universities in the Baltic Sea Region addressing societal security challenges in hands-on scenario-based workshops
What are the incentives for national authorities to cooperate around hazardous substances and is the participation for some conditioned on the exclusion of others? What role can volunteerism in fire-fighting and rescue operations play in making the inhabitants in the Baltic Sea Region more resilient? Is the idea of a special sense of belonging to the Baltic…
June 15, 2018
PA Secure
Showcasing the benefits of cooperation in responding to accidents in seaports: 9th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Two ships collide in a European port causing a barrel with unknown, potentially dangerous chemicals to fall aboard. A Border Guard Patrol vessel arrives to investigate the situation. Specially equipped divers are needed to recover the barrel safely and the neighbouring country’s authorities are contacted for assistance. A vessel from the neighbouring country’s coast guard…
June 8, 2018
PA Secure
European cooperation in action: Live demonstration of a rescue operation exercise in Tallinn’s harbour
Two ships collide in a European port causing a barrel with unknown, potentially dangerous chemicals to fall aboard. A Border Guard Patrol vessel arrives to investigate the situation. Specially equipped divers are needed to recover the barrel safely and the neighbouring country’s authorities are contacted for assistance. A vessel from the neighbouring country’s coast guard…
May 15, 2018
Civil Protection
16th Meeting of Directors General for the Civil Protection in BSR: advancing together  implementation of the Joint Position and the Sendai Framework
On 7 May 2018, the 16th meeting of the Directors General for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region gathered in Stockholm. The meeting, attended by the representatives of 9 CBSS countries, was organised by the Swedish Presidency and chaired by Dan Eliasson, Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). Opening the meeting,…
May 7, 2018
Flagship Projects
CASCADE information brochure
An outcome of the final workshop in the CRCC project, on 19 March 2018 in Stockholm, is the brand-new information brochure on the CASCADE concept and partnership! The CRCC  (Making Communities Resilient to Climate Change: Cross-Sectorial Cooperation in Capacity-building) project received funding from the Swedish Institute’s Seed Funding Facility and served as a platform for developing…
March 20, 2018