The Operations & Supply Chain Management research team at University of Turku (UTU) have opened a website “COVID-19 Supply Chain Impact Update by some of the World’s Leading Supply Chain and Logistics Academics”. The intention of this pro bono action is to provide a trusted, independent academic platform to complement available Government, Industry Association or…
Book Release: HAZARD is Over!
One of the ResQU2 Platform projects HAZARD has published a book called HAZARD is over! The Project Office wanted to compile a book that would pass on the learning experiences and capture the various memories since the beginning of the project. Read more about the book from HAZARD’s website Read the book:HAZARD is Over!
EVENT POSTPONED Port Security Workshop 12-13 May in Hamburg
Hazardous materials are stored in or transported through ports, nearby which a large number of people live. They are at risk of being affected by the consequences of an accident, such as toxic clouds or smoke spreading through air. One objective of ResQU2 is to increase rescue authorities’ and services’ preparedness and reduce the effects…
EVENT POSTPONED ResQ your communication – Existing good practices and future challenges
The event is postponed to autumn. This seminar is for communication specialists & managers of the safety authorities, the port authorities and the port operators in the BSR, communication specialists & managers of the ResQU2 project partner’s organizations. Programme 9.30 Registration and coffee 10.00 Welcome and openingMs. Maria Nykyri, Communication Officer, Southwest Finland Emergency ServicesMs.…
As promised in Palanga: A package of the HAZARD and ChemSAR results with contact information
Southwest Finland Emergency Services and The Finnish Border Guard organized a workshop dealing with the results of HAZARD and ChemSAR projects, as a part of the ResQU2 meeting 6-7 February in Palanga, Lithuania. The objective of the workshop was to raise ideas and discussion among the participants how to benefit from the project results especially…
ResQU2 supporting capacity building for maritime emergencies
The key activity of the ResQU2 project platform is to bring rescue authorities of different Baltic Sea Region countries together and create discussion and exchange of experiences. Last week ResQU2 gathered over 60 professionals from six Baltic Sea Region countries under the same roof in Palanga, Lithuania, to advance capacity building and preparedness for maritime…
Welcome to Palanga Workshop on Multithreaded Rescue Operations
ResQU2 organises a workshop in Palanga, Lithuania, 6-7 February 2020. The workshop is called Multithreaded Rescue Operations at the Baltic Sea and Port Regions. A number of guidelines, procedures and lessons learned from previous incidents already exist. In the workshop the gained learning experiences and existing guidelines are communicated, discussed and demonstrated to the national…
International adjustment of capacities could promote emergency preparedness effectively
The ResQU2 project partners and particularly Polish stakeholders gathered in a workshop under headline “Multithreaded rescue operations at the Baltic Sea and port regions” in Gdansk, Poland, on 26-27 November 2019 to disseminate the results of the projects of the platform and discuss the ways of promoting emergency preparedness within the Baltic Sea region. On…
Communication training and networking in Tallinn
The Interreg BSR program organized a workshop on target group involvement & communication seminar in Tallinn, Estonia on 12-13 November. ResQU2 project partners Maria Nykyri from South West Finland Emergency Services and Jürgen Krempin from Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service participated in the event to promote ResQU2 project and network with other Interreg projects around…
Handbook on Maritime Hybrid Threats has been published
ResQU2 has been co-operating with the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, and one result to this co-operation is the Handbook on Maritime Hybrid Threats. The handbook was published today in Brussels, in the meeting of Institutions and Member states’ delegations of the community of interest “Vulnerabilities and Resilience”. The authors from the…