News from Euroregion Baltic

The EUSBSR newsletter April 2014 issue addresses the Turku Baltic Sea Days including the 5th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR which is held together with the 16th Baltic Development Forum Summit.

ERB is looking for a head of its International Permanent Secretariat which provides support both to ERB political and administrative bodies. This is a full-time position requiring excellent administrative and social skills, as well as a good deal of travelling, but offering exciting international work environment and attractive conditions. Are you initerested, see how you […]

Mr Vytautas Grubliauskas, Mayor of Klaipeda and President of the Association Klaipeda region, took over the position of the President of Euroregion Baltic from Mr Per Ole Petersen and will lead the organization in 2014. Mr Wiesław Byczkowski, Deputy Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship will be a Vice-President. Transfer of Presidency was the key point in […]

A specially designed job portal for the whole South Baltic Region tackles structural challenges of the area. Job seekers can now find in only one portal job offers from eight South Baltic Regions: Guldborgsund (DK), Klaipeda (LT), Kaliningrad (RU), Kalmar (SE), Rostock (DE), Tricity (PL), Vorpommern (DE) and West Pomerania (PL). Read more here or visit the portal.

South Baltic Professional Project implements cross-border activities to promote the South Baltic as an attractive region to live and work in and to prevent well-qualified people from leaving. The project now invites you to on-line courses aiming at raising your interest in the national and organisational cultures of the different regions in the South Baltic. You can […]

Euroregion Baltic was once more selected as an example of effective strategic cooperation platform, and a model that can be followed. On 3rd December Mr Yasutoshi Yoshida, who is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Academic Initiatives at Osaka University in Japan, visited Euroregion Baltic secretariat in Växjö, Sweden. On 4th December he also paid […]

On 14 November 2013 in Olsztyn Euroregion Baltic, Self-Government of Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship and Regional Labour Office in Olsztyn organised together a conference “Support to youth on the labour market – experiences and future perspectives”. The conference gathered politicians, labour market experts and youth from Euroregion Baltic member regions.

Labour mobility in the Baltic Sea Region has increased remarkably during the past decade. Labour mobility has many benefits both for workers and enterprises, but it also poses challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to further improve cooperation between the Social Partners, governmental institutions and the Baltic Sea States regarding mobility of labour. Such cooperation is facilitated […]

Baltic Development Forum published a 2013 State of the Region Report. In the first part Report provides a discussion of the recent trends in competitiveness across the Baltic Sea Region. The first part looks at the current economic climate in the Region, an important influence on the policy environment for long-term competitiveness upgrading.

On 21st September 2013 and surrounding days, the European citizens will celebrate cooperation over the borders. The kick-off event of the European Cooperation Day, held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 10th September 2013 discussed achievements of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC). Members of the European Parliament and experts discussed how ETC has improved the […]