The Baltic Excellence Programme, held in Warsaw, Poland from 16 to 19 March 2026, delivered a structured training and exchange for civil protection professionals from across the Baltic Sea Region, focused on leadership, cooperation and skills development to strengthen societal resilience. The programme covered crisis management in an international context, cross-sector collaboration, digital literacy and…
On 9–10 December 2025, the PA Secure Steering Group gathered in Kraków for one of its largest meetings in years — with all nine PA Secure Member States present, and a special guest: the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management of Iceland: more than 40 participants took part in the two-days meeting. The…
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…
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.