The event aims to facilitate networking among Nordic actors towards European consortia and project proposals for funding in the Secure Societies programme. Nordic applicants eligible for Horizon 2020 funding are invited to participate in the information day and brokerage event on November 7th 2018 in Stockholm. For more information or to register please visit the website. 

The CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk together with the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in Sweden and the Office of Special Representative of the Secretary-General  on Violence against Children will host the High Level Conference on implementing laws against violence against children. Click here for the agenda.

Representatives of the European countries, stakeholder groups and partners will gather in Italy, 21-23 November 2018, for the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR). CBSS Secretariat’s Director General Maira Mora will participate in the Ministerial Roundtable and deliver a keynote speech at the plenary session “Implementing Sendai Framework, SDGs and Paris Agreement in a Coherent Way” on 22 November.” The Latvian Presidency of the CBSS is in the process of preparing an overview of Sendai implementation in the Baltic Sea Region, which will be presented on the 21 November. For more information please see the UNISDR website. 

Under the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the State Fire and Rescue Service, in cooperation with the CBSS Secretariat, the Swedish Institute, EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and Riga Stradiņš University, will host the conference ‘Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Solutions’.

This event will gather Alumni of the Baltic Leadership Program in Civil Security, experts in the field of civil protection, researchers from the Baltic Sea Region states and students from the universities of Latvia. The event will give participants new insights and knowledge regarding the current state of a common societal security culture in the Baltic Sea Region and how the perception of risks influences the understanding of societal security. Keynote speakers from the United Nations and European Union along with academia and private sector will share their best practice examples on how to kick-start the educational programs and awareness-raising campaigns.

The programme will consist of four blocks: The Keynote Speaker on the topic of a common societal security culture, two panel discussions focusing on education and awareness raising at the regional level, followed by two interactive workshops and a closing session.

The Concept Paper for the conference outlines the event in more detail.

If you are interested in attending the conference, please confirm your participation no later than 1st October by filling out the online application form or contact the State Fire and Rescue Service by e-mail elssn@vugd.gov.lv latest by 8 October 2018.

The PA Secure flagship project HAZARD will conduct the last large scale exercise for the project in Turku, Finland

List of HAZARD project events.

The BSRBCC Heads Conference, under the Swedish Presidency, will be held in Stockholm 27 – 29 November 2018. For More information about BSR BCC, visit their website.