Over two days, 30 participants from eight countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Germany) gathered in a workshop in Karlstad to encourage the development of evidence-based practice in the area of fire safety.
During the Baltic Sea Director General meeting in May 2018, Sweden took the initiative to start a collaboration within Evidence-Based…
On 28-29 May 2019, the Latvian chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network hosted the 17th Meeting of the Directors General for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region. The meeting concluded the eventful chairmanship, during which the Latvian Fire and Rescue Service initiated several joint activities, including the BLP Alumni Conference in Riga and…
On February 21-22, 2019 the Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, current chair of the CBSS Civil Protection Network, hosted a meeting of the CPN Senior Experts in Riga. 18 experts representing 9 countries in the Baltic Sea Region and the CBSS Secretariat delegation spent two days discussing challenges and successes in the implementation of…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
The CBSS Civil Protection Network Senior Experts Meeting was held on 20-21 of February 2018 in Stockholm.
The meeting was opened by Ambassador Hans Olsson, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the CBSS during the Swedish Presidency. Welcoming the experts, the CBSS Secretariat’s Director General, Ambassador Maira Mora emphasised that the shared geography of…