Safe & Secure Region
Our goal is to make everyone feel safe and secure and at home in every corner of our region. We strive to improve the well-being of our communities, build networks and trust to jointly respond to unexpected hazards and emergencies.
Our vision is being realised through well-developed networks between experts, officials and professionals in the relevant fields and through project work.
To protect our societies, the CBSS works with civil protection professionals and has also two specialised groups to protect the most vulnerable: Expert Group on Children at Risk and the Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings. These groups, gathering responsible ministry and authority representatives from our Member States, promote children’s rights and fight criminal acts of exploitation in its various forms.
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Latest News
CBSS Leads New International Cooperation Project on FIMI
The CBSS has received funding from the Swedish Institute for the FIMI-COHERE project, which is being implemented with partner organisations in Finland, Lithuania, Poland and…
CBSS advances trauma-informed approaches to child protection and anti-trafficking under the Icelandic Presidency
How can professionals build trust, support recovery and foster resilience among children at risk and victims and survivors of human trafficking? These questions were at…
Child protection cooperation: Annual Report of the Polish Presidency of the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk 2025–2026
The Annual Report of the Polish Presidency of the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk 2025–2026 focuses on unaccompanied children, children with refugee experience, foreign minors…
Iceland launches its CBSS Presidency of the Civil Protection Network
Iceland, which assumed the Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) on 1 July 2026, formally launched its chairmanship of the CBSS Civil…
