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Policy Area Secure of EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. Coordinated by @CBSSSecretariat & @MSBse. News on international cooperation in societal security.

[Be Secure @BSRSecure]

PA Secure newsletter recaps our main 2025 activities — and what’s next.
Bonus: a handy 2026 civil protection & resilience events calendar, plus two practical research takeaways on creeping crises and urban preparedness in the BSR.
Read it here: https://t.co/JdzY0TDY5z

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Kraków 9–10 Dec 2025: biggest #EUSBSR PA Secure SG meeting in years. 🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇸🇪🇳🇴 + guest 🇮🇸. Thanks 🇵🇱 @KGPSP for hosting. Focus: Host Nation Support + mass evacuation. Next: tighter evacuation coordination. PA Secure coordinated by @CBSSsecretariat & @MSBse @InterregBSR

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At #EUSBSR Annual Forum in Sopot: “Connected Capitals - Local Action, Regional Resilience.” Tallinn, Warsaw & Helsinki on safeguarding critical functions + engaging citizens. New data on risk perceptions & preparedness. #BalticSeaRegion #Pomorskie #InterregBSR

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The @CBSSsecretariat is participating in the @WarsawForum. CBSS DG Gustav Lindström spoke at the panel “Protecting the Baltic: Energy Security, Joint Preparedness, and Regional Resilience”, highlighting current challenges for the #BalticSeaRegion & possible ways forward. #WSF2025

[CBSS Secretariat @CBSSsecretariat]

The MUNI-RISK project is underway, kicking off today! The @CBSSsecretariat, alongside @HELCOMInfo, will notably continue the political dialogue in the #BalticSeaRegion on #MunitionsInTheSea. Transnational collaboration and a potential common mechanism for managing the risks posed by #submergedmunitions will be key. Together with EU sister projects #MUNIMAP and #MMinESwEEPER, #MUNIRISK will provide key information for risk assessments and prioritisation of areas needing action in the Baltic Sea.

Learn more: https://t.co/1IOhIMhkaE

#CBSSproject #EMFAF

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The MUNI-RISK project kicks off 14–16 Jan 2025 in Roskilde, DK! This EU-funded initiative tackles the risks #MunitionsInTheSea. Led by Aarhus University with CBSS as a partner.

👉 https://t.co/L9PVUQ9AK0

#EMFAF #MUNI-RISK

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Reflect on 2024 with us and discover how we shaped a common societal security culture in the #BalticSeaRegion. Newsletter: https://t.co/mjkcXYQEpZ
Wishing you safe and secure 2025!

[CBSS Secretariat @CBSSsecretariat]

🌍 The @CBSSsecretariat is attending the Europe & Central Asia Regional Platform for #DisasterRiskReduction in Budva, Montenegro, from 6–8 November 2024. Bringing together 30 countries and key stakeholders, this event focuses on enhancing regional disaster resilience. A main agenda item is assessing progress on the #EFDRR Roadmap, a strategic plan guiding Europe towards reducing disaster risks by 2030, in alignment with the Sendai Framework’s goals.

Today, our DG, Gustav Lindstrom, participated in a ministerial roundtable focused on inclusive disaster risk management and a whole-of-society and all-hazards approach in light of increasing climate change induced risks. #CBSS contributed by practically translating the #SendaiFramework to the needs of the #BalticSeaRegion, highlighting successful initiatives such as mechanisms for children’s participation in #DRR and the NOVA volunteer network.

We also met with Kamal Kishore, Head of @UNDRR, to discuss potential joint collaboration in the areas of flooding and forest fires, exploring how CBSS can translate global policies into practice and use the Baltic Sea Region as a testing ground.

#CBSScivilsecurity #ResilienceForAll #UNDRR

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Inclusive crisis & risk comms, whole of society approach.🇸🇪 #MSBse and 🇳🇴#DSB_no - 2 of our #BSRSecure & #CivilProtectionNetwork members sharing solutions in #DisasterRiskReduction at #EFDRR Europe & Central Asia Regional Platform for DRR in Budva #ResilienceForAll @UNDRR_ECA

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Our Director General, Gustav Lindström, was participating in the meeting of sub-regional intergovernmental organisations, hosted by @UNDRR at the Europe & Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Montenegro. The meeting aims to enhance understanding, identify synergies among sub-regional entities, and foster a networked approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR).
#CBSScivilsecurity #ResilienceForAll @UNDRR_ECA

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Representing #BalticSeaRegion #EUSBSR & #CBSS #CivilProtectionNetwork at #EFDRR Regional Platform in Montenegro. Our contribution: including children & youth in #DisasterRiskReduction and bringing #DRR closer to #ClimateChangeAdaptation

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🌍 Today, we proudly join the global community in celebrating the International Day for #DisasterRiskReduction! On this #DRRDay, @CBSSsecretariat, aligned with the Estonian #CBSSPresidency’s priorities, emphasises the critical importance of:

💪 Strengthening resilience and preparedness
🚨 Enhancing crisis awareness across society
🙋‍♂️ Engaging volunteers, especially young people, in civil protection
🌐 Sharing best practices for developing early warning systems
🛡️ Tackling challenges related to mass evacuation and sheltering

Explore two of our key initiatives focused on empowering young voices through #childparticipation in #DRR and fostering stronger collaboration with volunteers in #civilprotection:

✅ #SecureKids project: https://t.co/gsaAU2aP34
✅ #BSRNOVA platform: https://t.co/kCJYe5cfUI

#CBSScivilsecurity #SocialResilience #Volunteerism

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🔥 The CBSS #CivilProtectionNetwork, under the Estonian presidency of the #CBSS, has officially launched a new Fire Safety Working Group as of 12 September! This group aims to:

🤝 enhance regional cooperation
🧑‍🚒 build a strong network of fire safety professionals
🧯 strengthen fire safety measures across the #BalticSeaRegion

Learn more: https://t.co/8YCrcD3cv5

#CBSScivilsecurity #CBSSpresidency #civilprotection #SafeAndSecure

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#BalticSeaRegion security- focus of #EUSBSR 🇵🇱 kick-off in Warsaw. PA Secure & #CivilProtectionNetwork member A.Bucałowski: "We are all in civil protection here - all policy areas - whole-of-society approach! And we have a well established forum for cooperation. Let's use it!"

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The PA Secure (@BSRSecure) of the @EUSBSR highlighted the significance of macro-regional cooperation in #civilprotection at the European Civil Protection Forum 2024 in Brussels.

In the session titled “Bridging the Gap between Local and EU Level Response: Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management”, #PASecure notably showcased how collaborative efforts enhance Europe’s disaster readiness, prevention, and response.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/LsZIviPTx6

#CBSScivilsecurity #SafeAndSecure #CPForum2024

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"In regional approach the distances are shorter, especially social distances: we can come to help faster. In #BalticSeaRegion we create a "cobweb" of connections via trainings, #BalticExcellenceProgramme, projects. Prof. Sundelius on behalf of #EUSBSR PA Secure at #CPForum2024

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Big thanks to @PA_Bioeconomy of #EUSBSR and @norden_lv for partnering with us in organising #foodsecurity webinar today covering many areas from soil protection to home preparedness. One of the experts messages: "Nordic/Baltic cooperation is the key to food security!"

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As Latvian presidency of the @EUSBSR comes to a conclusion, stakeholders gather in Riga to mark progress made together, including on updates initiated for the Action Plan. Our thanks to everyone for support & best wishes to Poland taking over on 1 July.
➡️ https://t.co/XT1h3QRKgw

[CBSS Secretariat @CBSSsecretariat]

Join a free hybrid webinar on food systems security and individual resilience on 31 May 2024, organised by @EUSBSR #PASecure (@BSRSecure) with #PABioeconomy and #PASpatialPlanning.

How prepared are we for potential crises affecting food security in the Baltic Sea Region? What defines a well-prepared nation in the face of unprecedented consequences? These pressing questions underscore the need for united and equal access to know-how, experience and guidance—fundamental values cherished by the #BalticSeaRegion and will be addressed at the webinar “#Foodsecurity around the world with regional, local and individual relevance”.

Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/BQ467mR77G
And register now 👉 https://t.co/ZlB6c34mzW

#CBSScivilsecurity #SafeAndSecure #PASecure

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🇺🇦 partners of #CivilProtectionFaculty project invite to online conference on volunteerism: register https://t.co/yCM4H2LZks & share with interested colleagues! Much needed exchange on volunteering from UA and #BalticSeaRegion perspectives. #FundedbySI #CivilProtectionNetwork