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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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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The European Economic and Social Committee at its 492nd plenary session, held on 18 and 19 September 2013, adopted the opinion on enhancing civil society partnerships to deliver the Baltic Sea Region Strategy, available here in all language versions.

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 lives of Europeans. EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, sent a video message highlighting the added value of territorial cooperation (see here)

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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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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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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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From the beginning of the preparations for the new programming period and of the new regulations on the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) has successfully intervened in order to defend the interests of border regions. Several achieved improvements are based on the proposals discussed with the EU Commissioner Hahn, Director General Deffaa and the Spokespersons of the Political Groups in the Committee for Regional Development as well as on proposals submitted in writing.

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The European Commission has published the first study to weigh up the success of the EU's Baltic and Danube macro-regional strategies and to provide recommendations for the future.

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Baltic Sea Cluster Development Centre, network established on 25th April on Bornholm, has just launched its website. It will contain information about cooperation, partners involved and their role. Network intends to increase awareness and include new partners. It will apply for money from the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and new Interreg programme.

In September BSCDC will co-host an international cleantech cluster summit (http://brightgreenisland.com/ecoislands-global-summit-2013).

For more information please check www.bscdc.org.