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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, 2025

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Civil Protection Volunteerism

RiA-ENGAGE kicks off: strengthening disaster preparedness with civil society in the Baltic Sea Region and Ukraine

On 14 October 2025, the new project RiA-ENGAGE (Resilience in Action – Advancing Disaster Preparedness through Civil Society Engagement) held its online kick-off meeting, bringing together partners from the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and Ukraine. Led by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the project aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR) by…
October 15, 2025

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Flagship Projects Volunteerism

CREWS Project Launches to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness Through Community Engagement

The CREWS project—Enhancing Capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction by Facilitating Public-Civil Cooperation—has officially launched with a successful kick-off meeting in Hamburg-Altona on 27–28 March 2025. This new large project aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction in the region by promoting closer collaboration between formal authorities and civil society actors. Led by the District Office of…
April 1, 2025

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Civil Protection Volunteerism

BSR-NOVA: New Baltic Sea Region Network for Volunteers and Authorities in Civil Protection

 Baltic Sea Region Network of Volunteer Organisations and Authorities (BSR-NOVA) was officially launched on 5 September 2024.  The Network is established based on the groundwork laid by the subgroup of volunteers and local actors (2020-2024). This subgroup was initiated by Finland under the EUSBSR Policy Area Secure and CBSS Civil Protection Network. BSR-NOVA, chaired by…
September 10, 2024

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PA Secure

17th PA Secure Steering Group meeting

On 1 June 2022 the Policy Area Secure Steering Group met physically for the first time since 2019. The meeting, hosted by the Norwegian DSB in Oslo included participants from eight Member States in the region. The members expressed the need to go deeper into certain civil security issues in the next Steering Group meetings in order to maximise the…
June 10, 2022

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Volunteerism

New project: ReSit – Situational Picture of Volunteerism for Societal Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region

To ensure that society is as resilient as possible in natural and man-made disasters, authorities cannot function on their own. Active civil society organizations (CSOs) and skilled volunteers are needed to support authorities in their actions as volunteers play a significant and a vital role in helping to ensure their local communities are safe and…
December 18, 2019

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