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24th PA Secure Steering Group Meeting in Kraków: advancing Host Nation Support and mass evacuation preparedness
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…
December 13, 2025140Views
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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, 2025177Views
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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, 2025243Views
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New publication: Creeping Crises in the Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Strategies

Professor Magnus Ekengren (Swedish Defence University) explains the creeping crisis concept – slow-building, foreshadowed threats that can erupt into acute shocks if left insufficiently addressed – and explains why attention so often lags behind growing risk. This article was prepared as part of the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2025 publication “Securing the Future – Views from the Policy Area Coordinators.”

The article translates research into eight practical strategies for earlier intervention – ranging from pricing the cost of inaction and embedding researchers with practitioners to keeping collective memory alive and learning quickly from neighbours. PA Secure highlights direct links to our work, especially Strategy #3 (researcher–practitioner collaboration) and Strategy #7 (peer learning and study visits).

Read the full article here

Categories: Research
Tags: capacity buildingcreeping crisesscience
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