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…
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…
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…
Directors General for Civil Protection adopt Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in BSR
The Directors General for the Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region held their 15th meeting, which took place in Iceland on 11 May 2017. The meeting, chaired by Hjálmar Björgvinsson, Superintendent at the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, resulted in an adoption of a historic Joint Position on Enhancing Cooperation in Civil Protection Area. The joint position encourages all expert networks, working in the field of civil protection ( such as the CBSS Civil Protection Network, the EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and all other relevant networks) to increase cooperation within the following priority areas:
Building a common societal security culture.
Combining national efforts in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Strengthening cross-sectorial cooperation in CBRN(E) preparedness
Increasing involvement of the local authorities and civil society organizations
Seeking more funds for macro-regional civil security cooperation from a broad range of EU programmes.
Initiating projects as platforms for innovation and cooperation.
Making better exploitation and coordination of research and project results.
Developing demand-driven and well-tailored training and education.