Policy Recommendations - Overview of the analysis and conclusions identified in the project’s lifetime – Identifying challenges and good practices for moving forward

The Joint Position also highlighted the need for a “common societal security culture” in the BSR; the NEEDS project contributes to this through developing a joint approach for the education of the future professionals in the field of societal security. [...] The need to bridge the gap between professionals working practically in the field and higher education institutions is also emphasised in the Joint Position; the NEEDS project addresses this with the methodology used for the ISPs. [...] The Tromsø event was directed more towards students and presented to them the project as such, an overview of the outputs and especially the ISPs and other ways in which students were involved in the NEEDS project or could be involved in the development of societal security studies. [...] 3 Analysis of challenges This chapter will, as decided and set in the project concept and previously introduced, analyse the challenges of societal security studies and the NEEDS project that were identified over the course of the project duration. [...] Summary The NEEDS project supports exchange between HEI and practitioners in order to address the skills gap and mismatch between the societal security education and the knowledge needs in the field.