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The CBSS has published the Annual Report of the Polish Presidency 2025–2026 of the Expert Group on Children at Risk (EG CAR), highlighting key activities, priorities and regional cooperation during Poland’s Presidency.
Iceland has formally launched its Presidency of the CBSS Civil Protection Network, with a focus on whole-of-society resilience, preparedness for natural hazards, crisis communication and recovery.
The BSR-NOVA network meets to address emerging civil protection challenges and cooperation between volunteer organisations and authorities across the Baltic Sea Region.
How can emergency authorities effectively coordinate spontaneous volunteers during a crisis? This question was at the centre of HAPEX26, a full-scale crisis simulation exercise held in Hamburg-Altona as part of the CREWS project.
Register now for the CBSS conference Starting with Trust: Trauma-Informed Pathways to Resilience, taking place in Reykjavík and online on 8 October 2026.
Read the Annual Report of the Polish CBSS Presidency 2025–2026, which documents a year in which the Council strengthened its political role and placed security and resilience more firmly at the centre of regional cooperation.
A joint CBSS–Council of Europe policy brief examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping human trafficking — creating new opportunities for criminals while also offering new tools to counter them.
Students and young professionals from across the Baltic Sea Region and Ukraine explored security and resilience, minority rights and spatial planning at three CBSS-supported Summer Universities in Denmark and Poland.
The new CBSS-led ACTIVATE BSR project brings together youth organisations, municipalities and regional partners to strengthen democratic and digital resilience, particularly in rural communities across the Baltic Sea Region.
Are you 16–29 years old and passionate about making a difference? Join a CBSS Youth Working Group and turn your ideas into action for a stronger, safer and more resilient region. The 2026/2027 term will focus on Defence & Preparedness, Environment & Climate Change, Energy & Transport, Digital Literacy & Democracy, Youth Advocacy, Finance for Youth, and AI.
How can free and secure societies endure in a world filled with crises and uncertainty? This is a question not only for global politics, but also for the students who came to this year’s Hackathon in Lübeck. The focus was on creative solutions to real-world problems, but also on exchange, togetherness, and the occasional new friendship along the way.
Assuming the CBSS Presidency on 1 July 2026, Iceland will place resilience at the centre of its programme, with priorities ranging from hybrid threats and civil preparedness to child protection, counter-trafficking, and youth engagement.
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