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…
The CBSS Civil Protection Network's 12th Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) in Helsinki brought together 40 civil protection experts from 8 countries across the region to delve into topics of preparedness, civil protection, and comprehensive security.
Hosted by the Ministry of the Interior of Finland under the current Finnish presidency of the CBSS, the 12th Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP)…
On 26th November, the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network hosted the Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) Seminar “Baltic Sea Region: acting together against nuclear risk”. The seminar focused on Information Management, Decision making and protective measures, and Recommendations to the public.
The Lithuanian Chairmanship prioritises the question of nuclear risk and disaster prevention, since…
During 2019-2020, the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) acts as the chair of the CBSS Civil Protection Network . The Danish chairmanship priorities for this period include climate change and volunteerism. With these priorities in mind, DEMA hosted a module of the Baltic Excellence Programme (BEP) in Civil Security at its training facility in…
The Latvian Chairmanship of the CBSS Civil Protection Network – the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia, in cooperation with the CBSS Secretariat, the Swedish Institute, EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and Riga Stradiņš University, hosted the Baltic Leadership Program (BLP) in Civil Protection Alumni outreach event and conference “Societal security in the Baltic Sea…
On 27-30 November 2017, representatives of all eleven CBSS member states, gathered in Sigtuna (Sweden), to take part in the Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Security. All 25 participants of the Programme have been nominated by their respective civil protection and law enforcement organisations, because of their leadership potential.
This year, the course has been focused…
Interview with Professor Bengt Sundelius, Strategic Adviser to the Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
CBSS Civil Security team met with Professor Sundelius to discuss the need for international cooperation in the field of civil protection, the examples of such cooperation and the future challenges for the Baltic Sea Region.
Bengt Sundelius is Professor…
On 19 February 2016, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm, together with the National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of the Republic of Poland (KGSP) and the CBSS Secretariat, co-hosted a seminar focusing on the BLP and future development of the leadership programme. The way ahead, after the end of financial…
"The region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations"
about international cooperation?
At DEMA we work on a policy level with the EU and NATO and Nordic cooperation and of course also the CBSS. But given that the region has so many issues in common, it is natural to form collaborations…
"Projects come to an end, but the culture of cooperation remains. "
about international cooperation?
I would say it is very important to have. When you meet people from abroad, it is not necessarily that you come up with a detailed project that would work instantly and smoothly. But in the long run it’s important…
