Opinion. Societal security scholar: coordination is no longer enough for societal security in the Baltic region!

During the Baltic Leadership Programme Alumni conference in Riga in November 2018, PA Secure sat down with Dr Magnus Ekengren, Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University and visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium to talk about societal security in the Baltic Sea region. During the interview, he answered questions about present and future…

November 30, 2018

Children/Youth

Students from universities in the Baltic Sea Region addressing societal security challenges in hands-on scenario-based workshops

What are the incentives for national authorities to cooperate around hazardous substances and is the participation for some conditioned on the exclusion of others? What role can volunteerism in fire-fighting and rescue operations play in making the inhabitants in the Baltic Sea Region more resilient? Is the idea of a special sense of belonging to the Baltic…

June 15, 2018

PA Secure

International conference addresses societal security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region

On the 11th and 12th of June, the Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI) brought together over 150 policymakers, researchers and experts within the field of societal security and civil protection in Stockholm to discuss the societal security challenges that the Baltic Sea States face. The Conference was organised in the context of the…

June 12, 2018

Civil Protection Law enforcement

Working paper explores common societal security culture in the Baltic Sea Region

This paper was commissioned by PA Secure, and authored by Professor Jerzy Wolanin from Main School of Fire Service, Warsaw, with contributions and editing provided by the PA Secure Team at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat. The paper presents a comprehensive set of recommendations regarding the implementation of a common societal security…

November 29, 2017