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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
Flagship Projects
Linking CCA and DRR – top priority for EU
During the European Civil Protection Forum 2018, in Brussels, Belgium, on 5-6 March, one of the most highlighted issues was the importance of cross-sectoral cooperation in meeting the current and future challenges in disaster risk management. On the second day of the forum, a panel discussion specifically targeted this issue: Bridging climate change adaptation and…
March 5, 2018
Civil Protection
From local to European level, focus on the new rescEU proposal
European Civil Protection Forum 2018,   the largest event on European civil protection cooperation took place on 5-6 March, in Brussels, Belgium. The Forum was organised by the European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) and brought together stakeholders from across Europe to discuss achievements in disaster risk management, share ideas…
March 5, 2018
Civil Protection
Our session at EU Civil Protection Forum
Scaling up prevention – through increased cooperation within and across EU macro-regions and their strategies As coordinators for Policy Area Secure in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) the CBSS Secretariat and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency organised a break-out session at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018 , in Brussels, Belgium.…
March 5, 2018
PA Secure
PA Secure Newsletter 2018/1
During the first two months of 2018, we continued working hard together with colleagues from the whole region on improving transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. Now our work is focused mainly on three priorities, stated in the  Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection Area:  combining national efforts in implementing the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster…
March 2, 2018
Civil Protection
CIVIL PROTECTION FORUM 2018: INTERVIEW WITH Mitja Bricelj, State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia
In preparation for our session “Transnational cooperation for effective disaster risk management” at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018 we asked one of the panelists, Mitja Bricelj, State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia:  "In your opinion, how does an EU macro-regional strategy, as a platform, contribute to increased resilience of communities?" "Based on experiences…
March 1, 2018
Civil Protection
CIVIL PROTECTION FORUM 2018: INTERVIEW WITH Karolina Kalinowska, DG ECHO
In preparation for our session “Transnational cooperation for effective disaster risk management” at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018 we asked Karolina Kalinowska, Policy Officer at the European Commission's DG ECHO, who helped us with the organisation of the panel: "How can the macro-regional strategies contribute to the implementation of the EU Sendai Action Plan and vice-versa? How…
March 1, 2018
Civil Protection
Civil Protection Forum 2018: interview with Professor Angelo Masi
In preparation for our session "Transnational cooperation for effective disaster risk management" at the European Civil Protection Forum 2018 we asked one of the panelists, Professor Angelo Masi: How can prevention be scaled-up through international knowledge exchange?  Professor Masi: "Knowledge-sharing is fundamental in scaling-up prevention. I state that not only because I am a researcher, that is a person…
March 1, 2018