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…
Future developments and the relation in maritime incident control
ResQU2 workshop about Future developments and the relation in maritime incident control was held in Riga 22.-23.10.2019. The participants came from 9 different countries around the Baltic Sea Region and the North Sea. Thus, apart from the shared results and materials, the workshop gave the participants a good opportunity to network. Mr. Ruud Plomp and…
How to deal with multithreaded maritime rescue operations?
ResQU2 is organising a series of events to create discussion and demonstrate best practices related to emergency preparedness. The workshop on Multithreaded Rescue Operations at the Baltic Sea and Port Regions focuses on the problematics of handling rescue operations, in which rescue authorities and services need to tackle multiple threats. 26 – 27 November 2019,…
Hybrid threats and Harbour Protection workshop
Hybrid CoE, European Defence Agency and ResQU2 organised a workshop on Hybrid threats and Harbour Protection in Helsinki, 15–16 October. The workshop brought together key public and private partners: harbour authorities, shipping industry and related business entities, representatives of EU and NATO as well as transport, security and defence experts from relevant Ministries and governmental agencies. Hybrid threats in a harbour…
DiveSMART Baltic and ResQU2 showcases for transnational co-operation
DiveSMART Baltic representatives, Else Timms and Jonas Westerberg from the Swedish Coast Guard were invited to speak in the Workshop on Transnational Cooperation held yesterday, on the 10th of October, in Brussels. DiveSMART Baltic was used as a showcase for transnational co-operation. The Workshop was organised in the framework of the European Week of Regions and…
Call the Agent
Call the Agent October summit gathered Finnish shipbrokers, agents and several stakeholders to Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, 3rd of October 2019. The Clarion auditorium was full, and the theme ‘Intelligent and secure ports’ was covered from various viewpoints. ResQU2 was in the limelight as HAZARD Project Director Lauri Ojala introduced the project platform and brochures were available throughout…
ChemSAR Handbook going places
ChemSAR Handbook for Maritime SAR in HNS Incidents was spotted on many tables when the Technical Correspondence Group on Hazardous and Noxious Substances of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) held a two-day meeting this week to commence the developing of a training curriculum for chemical spill response for the Member States. The meeting took place…
Europe Forum in Turku
The City of Turku hosted a three-day Europe Forum on 29-31 August 2019. The Turku Europe Forum promotes an open debate between citizens and decision-makers. The Europe Forum is a platform for a social debate on Finland’s current and future role in Europe and in the European Union from a longer-term perspective. The Europe Forum…