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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, 20250Comments75Views
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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, 20250Comments130Views
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The Soft Core of Hard Security: PA Culture and PA Secure Joint Session at the EUSBSR Annual Forum
On October 30, 2025, at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot, Poland, the Policy Areas Culture and Secure hosted the session “Soft Core of Hard Security: Community Cohesion and Agency in Times of Insecurity”. The session particularly explored how social trust, community cohesion and civic engagement form the foundation of resilient societies. By highlighting initiatives…
November 1, 20250Comments100Views
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Steering Group

23rd PA Secure Steering Group Meeting in Tallinn: Shaping Priorities for a Safer Baltic Sea Region

On 8–9 April 2025, the 23rd PA Secure Steering Group Meeting… Read More

SG agrees on future EUSBSR Action Plan actions: focus on authorities, citizens and innovation

On 17 December 2024, the PA Secure Steering Group held an… Read More

22nd Steering Group Meeting in Visby: Strengthening Resilience, cooperating with UA

The 22nd Steering Group (SG) meeting of Policy Area Secure (PA… Read More

21st Steering Group meeting: crisis comms, new WG for fire safety experts

Finnish presidency of the PA Secure welcomed the Steering Group members… Read More

20th Steering Group meeting in Riga: trying new coordination format

PA Secure gathered for its 20th meeting back-to-back with the EUSBSR… Read More

Steering Group 19th meeting in Berlin. Cross-PA & cross-MRS initiatives, new member: Finnish SPEK

On 31 May -1 June 2023, the Policy Area Secure Steering… Read More

PA Secure interactive meeting: can we use Exchange of Experts for BSR?

On 18 January 2023 PA Secure held an interactive meeting, dedicated… Read More

PA Secure Steering Group met in Hamburg for 18th time: dumped munitions and crisis communication in focus

On 15-16 December 2022 the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met… Read More

17th PA Secure Steering Group meeting

On 1 June 2022 the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met physically for… Read More

16th PA Secure Steering Group meeting

16 November 2021, Stockholm: Policy Area Secure met again, this time… Read More