On 4th September 2013 in Kalmar, Sweden Euroregion Baltic held its 4th Annual Forum of Stakeholders. Themed ‘Connecting local actors’, this year’s Forum gathered representatives of local and regional authorities as well as experts and practitioners from the tourism sector a...
Between 27 and 28 May ERB Executive Board met in Karlskrona. On the first day the participants attended the information session with presentations and discussions on the programming process in the South Baltic CBC Programme, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, youth cooperation, and two p...
Denmark took over Presidency in Euroregion Baltic from Sweden. A ceremony took place in Gdańsk during offcial dinner on 25 February. Mr Roland Gustbée, Chair of the Board of Regional Council in södra Småland, who has been a President of Euroregion Baltic since February 201...
The special Task Force within Euroregion Baltic (ERB) dealing with EU Cohesion Policy, and in particular with the South Baltic CBC Programme is currently taking active part in the preparations for the next programming period. Consisting of the representatives of the ERB member organisations ...
On 13th June 2012 Euroregion Baltic (ERB) gathered its members in Nexø, Bornholm for the 3rd Annual Forum entitled: "Cooperating to meet common challenges in the Baltic Sea Region". Around 60 participants from the national, regional and local levels around the Baltic Se...
Since February 2012 the Swedish region of södra Småland took over the chairmanship within Euroregion Baltic from Kaliningrad Region, and Ms Alla Ivanova, Minister Head of for International Relations of the Kaliningrad Region in person. The Chair of the Board of Regional Counc...
At its meeting in Möckelsnäs Herrgård in Sweden ERB Executive Board adopted the ERB action plan for 2012 and 2013. The main objectiive for joint activities within Euroregion Baltic will be to contribute to the implementation of the ERB 202o Agenda, and thus to ...
On 26th September 2011 Euroregion Baltic (ERB) gathered its members in Gdansk for the 2nd Annual Forum entitled: "Untapping Regional Potential In The Baltic Sea Region".
Baltic Sea Cluster Development Centre (BSCDC) is calling upon its network to discuss the benefits and opportunities for developing a network among cleantech clusters in the BSR. On 12 December in Copenhagen cleantech cluster organizations and other partners in the Baltic Sea Region will be provided with an opportunity to meet and discuss informally how to actually and practically develop the cooperation (information and marketing synergies; joint research and innovation; joint training; joint export promotion; and/or?). Please see the invitation here. You can have a look at the updated list of BSCDC Partners on www.bscdc.org
On 9 December, the Baltic Sea Region identity, branding and communcations will be discussed on a networking conference and kick-off -event of the HA Promo in Helsinki, Finland. The countries and regions around the Baltic Sea Region have come closer during recent years. Is it only due to a community of interests or do we share more than that – values, norms and a “we-feeling”? If so, is it possible to boost joint promotion and regional identity building in the Baltic Sea Region? See more here.
| A Visitor from Japan |
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 a visit to our partners in Klaipeda, Lithuania. |
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| ERB Executive Board meeting in Olsztyn |
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. |
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| Labour mobility in BSR |
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 by the Baltic Sea Labour Forum - a flagship project within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - where Euroregion Baltic is an observer. |
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| State of the Region Report 2013 |
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. |
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| European Cooperation Day |
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 |
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| 4 Annual Forum of ERB Stakeholders |
On 4th September 2013 in Kalmar, Sweden Euroregion Baltic held its 4th Annual Forum of Stakeholders. Themed ‘Connecting local actors’, this year’s Forum gathered representatives of local and regional authorities as well as experts and practitioners from the tourism sector and labour mobility networks from the cooperation area. The first part of the Forum allowed the participants to learn more about new cooperation possibilities of the South Baltic Cross-border Cooperation Programme and facilitated an exchange of project ideas between interested actors. |
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| ERB Executive Board meeting in Kalmar |
On 5th September 2013 the ERB Executive Board met in Kalmar, Sweden to discuss several important aspect of the ERB cooperation. |
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| SYPERB project approved |
The SYPERB project (Strategic Youth Policy in EuroRegion Baltic) has been finally approved by the Swedish Institute with a budget of 439 950 sek. An applicant organisation is The Regional Council in Kalmar County and the project starts on the 1st of August 2013 and ends on the 31st of July 2014. |
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