Policy Area (PA) ‘Secure’ focuses on protection from land-based emergencies, accidents and cross-border crime.
PA Secure promotes a comprehensive and coherent approach to reduce trans-boundary vulnerabilities and to build common capacities for societal security in the Baltic Sea region. PA Secure activities are related to four areas: better risk assessment and crisis management, building up resilience and prevention towards emergencies and threats at the local level, enhancing effective cooperation in protecting human beings against criminal threats and preventing serious crime through developing efficient framework for law enforcement cooperation.
PA Secure is coordinated by Sweden and Council of the Baltic Sea States Secreatariat.
Read more about the PA Secure at their website.
PA Secure in EUSBSR blog
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Workshop: Victims, helpers or partners? Children and youth as contributors to resilient Baltic Sea Region - PA Secure seminar
Are children too vulnerable to help preparing society’s response to disasters and accidents? Do they have necessary skills to be involved in helping grownups, for example, - in building barriers during floods? Should we listen to their opinions when it comes to safety and security? What do global policies say… Read more... -
EUSBSR from the perspective of common security: CASCADE Flagship project
Flagship project CASCADE – Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development brings together civil protection specialists and climate change adaptation experts. The flagship status is a recognition for CASCADE’s aims to improve urban resilience in cities and towns in the Baltic Sea Region, as well as the overall macro-regional… Read more... -
Combating of human trafficking through cooperation
Written by Let's communicate
Human trafficking happens every day in the Baltic Sea region. It takes place in all countries – across the borders as well as locally. EUSBSR addresses this issue through Policy Area Secure which focuses on, among other things, cross-border crime. Read more... -
EUSBSR flagship status - what does it mean for a project?
Written by Let's communicate!
The actions of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region are implemented by means of Flagships. Flagships demonstrate the progress of the Strategy, and may serve as pilot examples for desired action in a given field. In May, five new flagships were approved in the National Coordinators' meeting. We… Read more... -
Involving youth in the EUSBSR: Mission impossible?
Written by Lars Fredrik Lund Godbolt, BSSC
Let’s face it. The EUSBSR is hard to communicate. In general terms, yes, but perhaps especially to outsiders such as youth. The strategy is volatile, intangible and hard to measure. Therefore, it is hard to sell. The Baltic Youth Camp 2019 will try the mission impossible: Not only explaining it… Read more...