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".
Around 10.000 people in total participated in Folkemødet, a political festival organised on Bornholm between 15 and 18 June 2011. It was the first time for Folkemødet to have been organised but the next year's edition is already being planned. Folkemødet fo...
On 18th May 2011 members of Euroregion Baltic Executive Board gathered in Gdańsk, Poland to discuss problems of ERB youth cooperation and the organisation of this year's Annual Forum of ERB Stakeholders.
The South Baltic Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 is launching the 7th Call for Proposals.
Mr Mihail Plukhin became the thirteenth President of Euroregion Baltic. On 21 February 2011 the ERB Executive Board met in Kaliningrad in the Russian Federation to facilitate the transfer of presidential powers from the Polish Party and Mr Jacek Protas who held the post since March 2009.
The meeting of the Council of the Euroregion Baltic took place in Kosta, Sweden between 28-29th October 2010. The meeting was of special importance to the future of ERB as it marked the completion of the cooperation review process which had started in October 2009 and continued throughout 20...
Regional Municipality iof Bornholm invites you for Folkemödet, annual national political festival on Bornholm between 14 and 17 June. 20 000 visitors are expected, including most of the ministers from the Danish national government, MPs and MEPs, Danish EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, most of the Danish mayors, hundreds of journalists also from all the main national media, business and labour market organisations, etc. More information is available here.
The 14th Baltic Development Forum Summit and the European Commission’s 3rd Annual Forum on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, organised together with the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Capital Region of Denmark and the Region of Zealand, will take place in Copenhagen on 18-19 June under the headline “Connecting Europe – Smart and Green Partnerships in the Baltic Sea Region”. Find out more here.
| Joint paper on EUSBSR |
Six pan-Baltic organisations: Baltic Development Forum, Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation, CPMR Baltic Sea Commission, Baltic 7 Islands, Euroregion Baltic and Union of the Baltic Cities, have jointly adopted the position paper on the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The paper addresses among others some key issues related to the coordination of the Strategy, multi-level governance, relation ot the EU policies and regional development plans, involvement of thiord countries and private sector. Read more here. |
| News from the MOMENT project |
MOMENT project has just published its latest newsletter containing a comparative study of the implementatiion of the European Water Framework Directive in the rivier basins in Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Enjoy the read! |
| Gdynia - Kaliningrad by Sea |
"Marketing study on shipping and passenger connections between Gdynia and Baltiysk/Kaliningrad" - a report by the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk developed within the INTERFACE project has just been made available in English in order to obtain contributions to a discussion on how to upgrade the existing tiny sealink Gdynia-Baltiysk - to a real motorway of the sea - although outside of TEN-T network. Read here.
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| Territorial Review & Regional Development in Baltic Sea |
The Pan-European Institute publishes a quarterly discussion forum, Baltic Rim Economies (BRE), which focuses on the development of the Baltic Sea Region. In BRE, high-level public and corporate decision makers, representatives of Academia and several other experts contribute to the discussion. In its recent edition Akko Karlsson, Vice-Chair of the Regional Council in Kalmar County and member of the Euroregion Baltic Executive Board, discusses the results of the OECD territorial review in the Swedish regions of Blekinge, Jönköping, Kalmar and Southern Småland and regional development around the Baltic Sea. Among other things she highlights the cooperation within Euroregion Baltic with specific focus on youth and water issues. You will find the article on page 11 following this link. |
| New Political Leadership in ERB |
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 Council in södra Småland, Mr Roland Gustbée will act as ERB President, and Mr Oliver Rosengren from the Municipal Council of Växjö, capital of södra Småland, will act as the Chair of ERB Youth Board. Both politicians set out ambitious plans for their work in the forthcoming year which are summed up in the ERB Action Plan for 2012 - 2013. The ERB Executive Board also adopted the ERB Annual Report for 2011. |
| ERB adopts Action Plan for 2012 and 2013 |
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 make ERB an effective political tool, as well as making ERB efficient in dealing with common challenges. |
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| Polish Presidency Conclusions on territorial dimension of EU policies and future Cohesion Policy |
On 24-25 November 2011 in Poznań, Poland the Polish Presidency of the EU Council presented its main conclusions on the future of EU Cohesion Policy. |
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| Denmark Takes Over EU Presidency |
As of January 1st 2012 Denmark holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Danish Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Interior, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for European Affairs, has presented the Programme of the Danish EU Presidency entitled "Europe At Work". There are four fundamental priorities in the Programme: a responsible Europe, a dynamic Europe, a green Europe, and a safe Europe. You can find out more on the offcial Danish EU Presidency website, as well as in the Programme document itself. |