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Volunteers & authorities: CREWS meets BSR NOVA network
A recent CREWS workshop at the BSR-NOVA meeting examined how authorities and civil society can work together more effectively to strengthen societal resilience across the Baltic Sea Region. On 10 November 2025, a CREWS workshop held during the meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Network of Volunteer Organisations and Authorities (BSR-NOVA) focused on how authorities…
November 12, 20250Comments16Views
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PA Secure at EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot: BSR Capitals Connecting on preparedness and resilience
On 29 October 2025, at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot, PA Secure organised the session “Connected Capitals: Local Action, Regional Resilience”. Building on earlier cooperation among Nordic capitals, the session brought together city practitioners from Helsinki, Tallinn and Warsaw, backed up by fresh comparative research on urban preparedness from the University of Latvia. Moderated by Andriy Martynenko…
November 3, 20250Comments71Views
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The Soft Core of Hard Security: PA Culture and PA Secure Joint Session at the EUSBSR Annual Forum
On October 30, 2025, at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot, Poland, the Policy Areas Culture and Secure hosted the session “Soft Core of Hard Security: Community Cohesion and Agency in Times of Insecurity”. The session particularly explored how social trust, community cohesion and civic engagement form the foundation of resilient societies. By highlighting initiatives…
November 1, 20250Comments51Views
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Sendai Framework

Video: PA Secure at UBC talks about climate and disaster risk preparedness

PA Secure coordinator at the CBSS Secretariat, adviser Andriy Martynenko, contributed… Read More

Secure Kids: mechanism for child participation in disaster risk reduction activities

This mechanism has been developed within the Secure Kids project. A… Read More

Secure Kids Releases Overview on Youth Involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction in the BSR

The CBSS-coordinated Secure Kids project has produced the mapping report titled… Read More

PA Secure and HA Climate colleagues interview on CASCADE project for #DRRDay

Valdur Lahtvee and Katie Goldie-Ryder, both working at the CBSS Secretariat… Read More

CASCADE Prepares Curriculum for Trainers – for urban resilience

On 4 – 5 February, the CASCADE project partners gathered for… Read More

CASCADE discussed Climate Change Risks with municipalities

“The global temperature has increased, and we are witnessing extreme weather… Read More

Two new reports on how DRR works with CCA in the Baltic Sea Region – challenges, good practices, possibilities

On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October 2019,… Read More

PA Secure presents EUSBSR cooperation and CASCADE at ECCA

28 – 31 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.  “Not acting is not… Read More

PA Secure at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

13-17 May 2019, Geneva. Throughout the week, 4,000 people debated the… Read More

CASCADE kick-off – new project will improve BSR urban resilience

Because of climate change, the risk of unpredictable weather events such… Read More