The 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in 13-17 May 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information visit the UNISDR website.

The working seminar of the BASECO-project “Collaborative Concepts of Operations for addressing CBRN-threats and risks in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR)” was organised in Mikkeli, Finland on 22^nd -24^th May.

The seminar focused on the results of the BASECO-project including workshops in Helsinki and Berlin in spring 2019; research of CBRNE-strategies and stakeholder positions especially in BSR; as well as the future of addressing CBRN-threats and risks in the Baltic Sea Region. The seminar was organised by Societal Security Solutions Oy and HT Nuclear Oy and funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Ministry of the Interior.

The 17th Meeting of Directors General for Civil Protection in the BSR will be held in Riga, Latvia, 28-29 May, under the Latvian Presidency of the Council of Baltic Sea States. For information about the 16th Meeting of Directors General for Civil Protection in the BSR click here. 

The 2019 European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 28-31 May 2019. Early bird registration is open until 15 February. For more information visit ECCA’s website.