Protection of critical infrastructure in Norway and the three Baltic states
Channel: Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt NUPI
Date: 2021-10-19

The issue of protection of critical infrastructure has been put higher on the national and international agendas by several recent international and national developments.

Various cyberattacks on elements of critical infrastructure and digital incursions that aimed to influence political outcomes and decisions have revealed serious digital vulnerabilities and the central role digital infrastructure plays in our societies. The Covid pandemic with its dramatic outcomes has demonstrated the importance of non-military aspects of security and deficiencies of the existing infrastructure that was not prepared to meet this unexpected challenge. How the question of protection of critical infrastructure is addressed in Norway and the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania  - is the main topic of the seminar organized by NUPI on 19 October 2021.   

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) cordially invites you to the seminar “Protection of critical infrastructure in Norway and the three Baltic states: similarities and differences.”  This seminar will present the main findings of the project Critical infrastructure protection and communication thereof: the case of the Baltic states and Norway (CIICPP) funded by the Fund for Bilateral Relations of the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014-2021 and conducted jointly by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs LIIA, Latvia, the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), Estonia, Vilnius University, Lithuania and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs NUPI, Norway. Members of the CIICPP team will present the main findings at the seminar that will be held on 19 October 2021 from 14:00 to 15:30 at NUPI. 
Program 

Opening of the seminar – Ulf Sverdrup, director of NUPI 
Brief presentation of the CIICPP project to Norwegian public – Māris Andžāns LIIA 
Norwegian system of protection of critical infrastructure – project in the making?  Jakub M. Godzimirski NUPI
Latvian system of protection of critical infrastructure – Māris Andžāns LIIA
Estonian approach to protection of critical infrastructure – Ivo Juurvee or Ramon Loik ICDS
Lithuanian approach – Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Vilnius University ZOOM/TEAMS
Public opinion on critical infrastructure and communication – Evija Djatkovica LIIA
Discussion and Q and A session