Keep up to date with the latest news and press releases from the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Subscribe to stay up to date.
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.
The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and Administration of Poland, has prepared a new policy brief on the instrumentalisation of migration as a hybrid threat in the Baltic Sea Region.
The heads of civil protection agencies of the CBSS Member States examined large-scale evacuations, host nation support and civil-military cooperation while advancing regional efforts to strengthen resilience and preparedness.
The CBSS invites applications for the second edition of the CBSS Summer University 2026 on “Minorities and societal resilience around the Baltic”, taking place at the Knivsberg Educational Centre in Denmark from 2-8 August 2026.
The CBSS Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) met on 8–9 June 2026 at the Offshore Centre of Gdynia Maritime University in Poland at the final EGSME meeting under the Polish Presidency notably focusing on green shipping corridors and a digital twin of the Baltic Sea.
Under the CBSS Project Support Facility, five projects have been selected for funding to strengthen security and resilience across the Baltic Sea Region.
The Swedish Institute-funded RiA-ENGAGE project brought participants to Sweden to explore effective models of cooperation between authorities and volunteers in preparedness and crisis management at national, regional, and local levels.
Meeting in Sopot under the Polish CBSS Presidency, the CBSS foreign ministers focused on regional security, hybrid threats, the shadow fleet and critical undersea infrastructure.
CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk concludes the CBSS Polish Presidency with an online meeting focused on trauma-informed support for children affected by conflict
Meeting in Gdańsk, CBSS Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings (TF-THB) members discussed key trends, shared good practices, and advanced joint efforts to combat human trafficking across the Baltic Sea Region.
We could not find any matching results. Try changing the filtration above.