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In June 2024, the CBSS concluded the transnational project "Volunteers and Local Authorities – Baltic Sea Region Network" (VOALA), funded by the Swedish Institute.
Estonia will lead the CBSS from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, focusing on enhancing resilience and sustainability across the region.
The CBSS foreign ministers and high-level representatives convened in Porvoo, Finland, and adopted the Porvoo Declaration, which emphasises resilience, societal security, and crisis preparedness in the Baltic Sea Region.
In Helsinki, the heads of the civil protection agencies of the CBSS countries focused on strengthening regional awareness, preparedness and resilience in the BSR.
The CBSS and its partners recently hosted a conference addressing the protection, healing, and justice for child victims of trafficking, featuring discussions on intergovernmental cooperation, child-centred procedures, and the effects of institutionalisation.
Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will host the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Porvoo on 13–14 June 2024.
At the European Civil Protection Forum, a CBSS delegation and PA Secure highlights the importance of macro-regional cooperation in civil protection to enhance disaster readiness.
The four cities awarded the “Cultural Pearls Title” for their outstanding social resilience plans— Jakobstad (Finland), Kiel (Germany), Rūjiena (Latvia) and Svendborg (Denmark)—held their respective award ceremonies between March and May 2024.
Experts focus on the preparedness of the Baltic Sea Region for potential crises impacting food security at a conference co-organised by the CBSS in its capacity as co-lead of PA Secure.
At a recently held conference under the Civil Protection Faculty project, experts in volunteerism in civil protection aimed to support and learn from Ukrainian efforts.
The CBSS Youth Ministerial 2024 was held in Helsinki last week, amplifying the voices of young people across the Baltic Sea Region.
A regional anti-trafficking delegation travelled to London in the framework of CBSS-led project FRAUD to learn from the best practices on tackling benefit and financial fraud in human trafficking context.
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