Estonian Presidency 2024-2025: Calendar of Events

July 2024

  • 4-5 July, Helsinki: Participation at Tall Ship Races 2024 in the framework of Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project (Sustainable and Prosperous Region participation)  
  • 15-21 July, Tallinn: CBSS Summer University 2024, “Balticness in Transition: Exploring Identity and Resilience in the Baltic Sea region” (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta) 
  • 19-21 July, Lübeck: 2nd Baltic Sea Region Hackathon (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Regional Identity Intern Simona Jakaitė) 

August 2024

  • 9-14 August, Marienhamn: ReGeneration Week (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Regional Identity Intern Simona Jakaitė)  
  • 15 August, Stockholm: Study visit and workshop for Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) at CBSS Secretariat (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta) 
  • 16 August, Online: Civil Protection Faculty project coordination meeting (Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 18-21 August, Uppsala: ISPCAN conference (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 19 August, Online: Meeting with EU Advisory Mission Ukraine and Lviv State University about joint activities during 2024 (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 21 August, Online: BSR Cultural Pearls webinar “Resilience and Leadership” (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta) 
  • 24–27 August, Helsingør: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum (DG Grzegorz Poznański, DDG Gustav Lindström, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Regional Identity Intern Simona Jakaitė) 
  • 26 August, Stockholm: Policy Area Secure coordinators meeting (CBSS – MSB), Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Senior Accountant Susann Burström)  
  • 29 August, Online: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Danish state agencies (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 

September 2024

  • 2 September, Tallinn: Preparatory Presidency meeting with Estonian TF-THB Chair Ms. Anu Leps, Ministry of Justice (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 4 September, Online: ‘BaseCan– Basic knowledge- Children and Sexual abuse’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 5 September, Online: First ISO international workshop on „Barnahus model, a child friendly multidisciplinary and interagency (MDIA) response model for the investigation and treatment of child abuse – requirements“ (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 5 September, Online: Webinar for the EU-funded project Promise TRM (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 5 September, Online: CBSS Civil Protection Network Estonian Presidency kick-off for Directors General. (DG Gustav Lindström, Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 5 September, Online: Baltic Sea Region Network of Volunteer organisations and Authorities (BSR-NOVA) first meeting (Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 5 September, Online: Webinar: Creating a cycle of protection for child victims of trafficking, PROMISE-TRM (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä). 
  • 5 September, Online: Resilient Communities Learning Platform (RESCOM) partner kick-off (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta) 
  • 6 September, Stockholm: Workshop for input to the report of the Swe National Rapporteur against Human Trafficking (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 10 September, Warsaw: Polish EUSBSR Presidency opening event. (Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 11-13 September, Tallinn: First TF-THB Meeting under the Estonian Presidency (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)  
  • 12 September, Online: Fire Safety Working Group Kick-off by Estonian presidency of the CBSS Civil Protection Network. (Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 12 September, Online: EG CAR Consultation meeting on the review of the CBSS Guidelines on promoting the human rights and best interests of the child in transnational child protection and the Practical Guide for caseworkers and case officers in transnational child protection cases (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 17-19 September, Liepaja: Secure Kids project workshop (Policy and Research Assistant for Children at Risk Unit Sven Wilson, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 18-19 September, Kiel: Cultural Pearls Partner Meeting and Pearl exchange (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał and Project Coordinator Felix Schartner GIertta) 
  • 18 September, Kiel: Resilience in cities and communities – Workshop BSSSC Annual Conference (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Project coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta)  
  • 18 September, Online: ‘BaseCan – Sexual exploitation and online sexual abuse – Prevalence and Characteristics’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 18-19 September, Kiel: BSSSC Board Meeting (DG Gustav Lindström) 
  • 18-19 September, Tallinn: CAR Expert Group meeting cases (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 18-19 September, Stockholm: Human Trafficking Investigation Protocol 2-day Workshop with police and prosecutors from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 19 September, Kiel: “Celebrating the Cultural Pearls” evening ceremony, hosted by BSSSC (enior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Project Coordinator Felix Schartner GIertta) 
  • 19 September, Warsaw: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Polish state agencies and NGOs (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 19-20 September, Kiel, Germany: BSSSC Annual Conference, workshop “Join the Dialogue: Shaping the Future of BSR-Ukraine Cooperation” (Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)  
  • 24–25 September, Riga: The closing event of the Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project (Adviser for Sustainable and Prosperous Region SPR Ugis Zanders) 
  • 24-25 September, Rostock: Presenting at the 20th Conference of the Prosecutors General of the Baltic Sea States (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 25-26 September, Tallinn: First CSO Meeting under the Estonian Presidency (2024-2025) (DG Gustav Lindström, Core Team Intern, Senior Administrative Officer Ligia Broström, Financial Controller Mia Skytén) 
  • 26 September, Tallinn: First Open EGSME seminar “Co-operation for smart and sustainable Baltic Sea” and EGSME meeting (Adviser for Sustainable and Prosperous Region SPR Ugis Zanders, DG Gustav Lindström (for EGSME meeting))    
  • 24 & 27 September, Online: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Latvian state agencies and NGOs (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 26 September, Online: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Icelandic state agencies (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 27-29 September, Vilnius: Nordic Baltic Youth Summit (Policy Officer Youth, Aline Mayr) 

October 2024

  • 1-2 October, Berlin: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with German state agencies (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf)
  • 1-3 October, Liepaja: International Crisis Management Conference (Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside) 
  • 2 October, Online: ‘BaseCan- Professional responses on OSA’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 2 October,  Stockholm: Child participation networking and practice-sharing event organised by Urban Mobility Project “Baltic-Nordic Network for Child Participation Advocacy” (Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Civil Security Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr). 
  • 3 October, Helsinki: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Finnish state agencies (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 8-9 October, Oslo: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Norwegian state agencies (Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 9 October, Online: Barnahus Network General Assembly (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 9-10 October, Tallinn: Seminar on raising the population’s crisis awareness
  • 14-17 October, Linköping: Study visit with Bulgarian delegation to Barnahus Linköping (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 16 October, Gdynia: Steering Group meeting PA Ship – discussion on youth involvement (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr) 
  • 17 October, Online: ‘You are Enough’ webinar for the EU-funded project 2Know (Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 18 October, Gothenburg: Swedish national conference against human trafficking (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson) 
  • 18 October, Stockholm: Moderating and presenting the CBSS CAPE Project at Swe Police National Conference against THB (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 21-22 October, Stockholm: 2—day Study visit on human trafficking and demand for the BSRYF and OSCE youth platform (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Policy Officer for Youth Aline Mayr) 
  • 23 October, Stockholm: Member state workshop for PEX-BSR study on sexual exploitation, demand and LGBTQIA+ with Swedish state agencies (TF-THB Project Research Officer Carl Hassellöf) 
  • 23 October, Online: ‘New research on offenders of online sexual violence against children: Implications for prevention’ training for the EU-funded project 2Know (Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 23-24 October, Tallinn: Crisis management and civil protection seminar
  • 23-24 October, Reykjavik: Second ISO international workshop on „Barnahus model, a child friendly multidisciplinary and interagency (MDIA) response model for the investigation and treatment of child abuse – requirements“ (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 24 October, Stockholm: CAPE IV workshop for Swedish anti-trafficking stakeholders (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 29-31 October, Visby: EUSBSR Annual Forum (DG Gustav Lindström, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta) 
  • 31 October, Visby: PA Secure Steering Group meeting (Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 

November 2024

  • 1 November, Visby: CPN trio meeting
  • 6 November, Online: ‘You are enough’ parental peer-support model training for the EU-funded project 2Know (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 6 November, Online: ‘BaseCan – Support and Treatment for Child Victims of OSA and Evaluation for observers’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 6-8 November, Montenegro: Europe and Central Asia Regional Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (DG Gustav Lindström (tbc), Senior Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Priority Area Safe and Secure Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 6-7 November, Lviv: 2-Day training for cadets and police officers at the Lviv State University under the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 8 November, Lviv: Ukraine International Conference on organised crime and human trafficking (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 11-16 November, Gdańsk: Baltic Sea Youth Dialogue 2024 (Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Policy Officer for Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 12 November, Online: ‘Child participation tools at Barnahus’ webinar for the EU-funded project Journeys (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 12-13 November, Tallinn: Crisis Communications Conference
  • 13 November, Stockholm: Annual Consultation with Observers States (Presidency/TRIO, Secretariat) 
  • 13 November, Online: ‘BaseCan – Supervision’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 14 November, Stockholm: Second CSO Meeting under the Estonian Presidency (2024-2025) (DG Gustav Lindström, Secretariat) 
  • 18 November, Online: ‘BaseCan – Examination and Evaluation’ training for the EU-funded project Promise Elpis (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 18 November, Gdańsk: Policy Area Culture Steering Group Meeting (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 19-20 November, Gdańsk: InnoCulture Conference 2024 (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 20 November, Linköping: Promise Journeys project final conference (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen)
  • 21 November, Linköping: Swedish Barnahus Network meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 26 November, Online: Project FRAUD, study publication webinar (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)  
  • 27 November, Tallinn: Training on the Handbook for Embassies and Diplomatic Missions on How to Assist and Protect Victims of Human Trafficking, for the Estonian MFA (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj) 
  • 28 November, Tallinn: Joint Children at Risk Expert Group and TF-THB Expert Group workshop (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 29 November, Tallinn: Children at Risk Expert Group meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Beck Hansen) 
  • 28-29 November, Tallinn: Second TF-THB Meeting under the Estonian Presidency (TF-THB Head of Unit Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 

December 2024

  • 10 December, Online: Third ISO international workshop on „Barnahus model, a child friendly multidisciplinary and interagency (MDIA) response model for the investigation and treatment of child abuse – requirements“ (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 

January 2025

  • 22-23 January, Tallinn: Seminar on mass evacuation (incl. Ukraine)
  • 28-29 January, (tbd): Secure Kids Final Conference on Child Participation in DRR (CAR, Civil Security) 

February 2025

  • 5-6 February, Tallinn: CPN Senior Experts meeting

March 2025

  • 3-4 March, Tallinn: Preparing for Nordic Wildfire Season
  • 11-13 March, Tallinn: Baltic Excellence Programme on early warning systems
  • 19-20 March, Tallinn: Fire Safety Experts Working Group

April 2025

  • 8-9 April, Tallinn: PA Secure steering group meeting
  • 9 April, Tallinn: Working Group of the Razom project

May 2025

  • 13-14 May, Tallinn: Seminar on sheltering (incl. Ukraine)

June 2025

  • 3-4 June, near Tallinn: CPN DG-s meeting