The Civil Protection Faculty, a pioneering project led by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), was launched in Helsinki on 24 November 2023, aiming to channel Baltic Sea Region (BSR) expertise on civil protection into Ukrainian education.
This project originated from the EUSBSR conference on cooperation with Ukraine in December 2022. As…
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…
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…
There are numerous civil security themed forums and platforms in Europe, focusing on either specific aspects or a wide scope of civil security topics in Europe. But where to turn to in case of security threats in the Baltic Sea Region? Whom to face security challenges with? Challenges that each state cannot face alone: floods,…
On 26th November, the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network hosted the Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) Seminar “Baltic Sea Region: acting together against nuclear risk”. The seminar focused on Information Management, Decision making and protective measures, and Recommendations to the public.
The Lithuanian Chairmanship prioritises the question of nuclear risk and disaster prevention, since…
During 2019-2020, the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) acts as the chair of the CBSS Civil Protection Network . The Danish chairmanship priorities for this period include climate change and volunteerism. With these priorities in mind, DEMA hosted a module of the Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) in Civil Security at its training facility in…
The Latvian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network – the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, in cooperation with the CBSS Secretariat, the Swedish Institute, EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and Riga Stradiņš University, hosted the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference “Societal security in the Baltic Sea…
On 27-30 November 2017, representatives of all eleven CBSS member states, gathered in Sigtuna (Sweden), to take part in the Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Security. All 25 participants of the Programme have been nominated by their respective civil protection and law enforcement organisations, because of their leadership potential.
This year, the course has been focused…
On 19 February 2016, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm, together with the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of the Republic of Poland (KGSP) and the CBSS Secretariat, co-hosted a seminar focusing on the BLP and future development of the leadership programme. The way ahead, after the end of financial…
"The region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations"
about international cooperation?
At DEMA we work on a policy level with the EU and NATO and Nordic cooperation and of course also the CBSS. But given that the region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations…