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…

Byadmin_bsrMay 15, 20180Comments

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PA SECURE STEERING GROUP 9th MEETING – defining objectives for 2018-2020

EUSBSR PA Secure Steering Group gathered for its 9th meeting in Stockholm on 8 May 2018. The Policy Area coordinators, MSB Adviser Julia Fredriksson and CBSS Senior Adviser Janusz Gąciarz informed the participants about the latest updates on the strategic actions and presented the PA Secure report to the European Commission’s DG REGIO on the…

Byadmin_bsrMay 8, 20180Comments

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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…

Byadmin_bsrMarch 2, 20180Comments

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PA SECURE NEWSLETTER 2017/4

Dear Friends, Now when the year is coming to an end, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for a very inspiring, exciting – and most of all – a very productive year. We are glad to see that different collaborations and partnerships have been developing and progressing within our Policy Area…

Byadmin_bsrDecember 22, 20170Comments

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8th Steering Group Meeting in Stockholm

On 9-10 November 2017, the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met in Stockholm. 8 countries from the Baltic Sea Region as well as the European Commission were present at the meeting. The Steering Group members reviewed the latest updates on the strategic coordination of the PA Secure, discussed the progress in different projects and received…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 15, 20170Comments

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PA SECURE NEWSLETTER 2017/3

Dear Friends, The PA Secure team at the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States presents the third issue of the Newsletter in 2017. 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).…

Byadmin_bsrNovember 1, 20170Comments

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Three news Flagships under PA Secure

The decision to grant three new initiatives Flagship status in the Policy Area Secure was made during the first National Coordinators’ meeting under the Estonian Chairmanship, on 26 September in Tallinn, Estonia. The decision acknowledges the PA Secure’s significant contribution to the work of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: during its existence,…

Byadmin_bsrOctober 6, 20170Comments

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PA SECURE NEWSLETTER 2017/2

Dear Friends, PA Secure team at the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States presents the second issue of the Newsletter in 2017. We would like to share with you some news on key developments in the EUSBSR Policy Secure Area (co-coordinated by the CBSS and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB). This newsletter…

Byadmin_bsrAugust 21, 20170Comments

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PA Secure Steering Group meeting – better cooperation, more Flagships, new members

15-16 June 2017, the 7th Meeting of the PA Secure Steering Group, was held in Hamburg, Germany. During the meeting the state of play in the field of civil protection in the Baltic Sea Region was reviewed, as well as the status of projects and processes. Mr. Alexander Somoza, the representative of the European Commission’s…

Byadmin_bsrJune 17, 20170Comments

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EUSBSR Spotlight blog about PA Secure

Communication team of the EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region website started a series of blog posts, called Spotlight, introducing the concrete work done by different Horizontal Actions and Policy Areas of the EUSBSR. The latest blog post was dedicated to Policy Area Secure, describing who we are, what we do and our future plans: http://www.balticsea-region-strategy.eu/highlights/item/12-policy-area-secure-civil-protection-law-enforcement-safer-baltic-sea-region

Byadmin_bsrApril 11, 20170Comments