EU Strategy for Baltic Sea

The European Commission has issued the second newsletter on the current developments within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The current issue contains information about the Annual Forum held in Tallin, Estonia between 14-15th October, and the draft Annual Report on the implementation of the Strategy.

Between 14-15th October 2010 in Tallin, Estonia, the European Commission organised the first Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The Forum was opened by Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia, who emphasised the fact that the Strategy was the first one to have originated from a […]

The Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States organises the 4th Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Forum in Riga, Latvia between 8 and 11 September 2010. Find more information in the invitation and the programme of the Forum.

Baltic Sea Region Programme BaltSeaPlan project is about Maritime Spatial Planning of the Baltic Sea and will accompany the EU Maritime Policy by supporting the introduction of Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning (IMSP) and drawing up National Maritime Strategies in the partner countries. It also contributes to the implementation of the HELCOM recommendation on Broad-scale Maritime […]

On 16th of June the European Parliament supported the establishment of the Joint Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme, BONUS- 169. The objective of BONUS- 169 is to integrate the Baltic Sea System Research into a durable cooperative, interdisciplinary, well integrated and focused multinational programme to support the region’s sustainable development. The Programme’s funding is […]

European Commission has launched a bimonthly newsletter on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

Documentation of the Committee of the Regions' Forum on Macro-Regions is now available.

The European Commission has updated the Action Plan accompanying the Baltic Sea Strategy in its communication to the European Parliament, Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions.

A ScanBalt Health Region (SBHR) round table took place on 19 March 2010 in Gdansk.

The informal Baltic Sea Group together with the Nordic Council of Ministers and DG Regio would like to invite to the seminar entitled "Realizing the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region through Nordic-European synergies in cooperation". The seminar will discuss opportunities for realizing synergies between regional, Nordic and European collaboration in working towards realizing […]