Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Protection

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Baltic Leadership Programme in Civil Protection aims to strengthen international cooperation and increase the capacity of the implementing stakeholders by building a strong network of dynamic leaders in the Baltic Sea region. In its effort to connect decision makers who work in the area of civil security, the programme seeks to create elements of a common security culture, inter alia by establishing a transnational team of experts. Two Programmes have taken place so far, including, professionals working on the project-level on the one hand (BLP for Project Leaders, December 2012 in Stockholm and February 2013 in Brussels) and professionals in leading, strategic positions on the other (BLP for Future Decision makers, December 2014 in Tallinn). The Main School of Fire Service in Warsaw, Poland together with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, the Swedish Institute and the CBSS Secretariat cooperate on the Baltic Leadership Programme in 2015. The future of the programme will be discussed during the coming Directors General for Civil Protection authorities meeting to be organized by Poland in the spring of 2016. The proposal is to institutionalize the programme and it will be rotated between the member states and launched every other year. The aim is to institutionalize a permanent Leadership Programme which will be rotated between the member states and launched every other year. This BLP event builds on past programmes from 2014 to 2017: offering a unique opportunity to share experiences and best practices among peers, acquire new knowledge and enhance leadership skills through the combination of theory and practice. It helps the participants increase their institutional knowledge and strengthen the ties between the agencies, that are playing a central role in crisis management in the BSR. The BLP in Civil Protection is also a strategic instrument that empowers future decision-makers in the field of civil security to challenge conventional approaches to emergency and crisis management, thus promoting comprehensive regional mechanisms and achieving the objectives of the Policy Area Secure (PA Secure) within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). Next module of the Baltic Leadership Programme will take place in Denmark, and will be organised by the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) in November 2019.

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