ERB Council meeting took place in Stare Jablonki between 4 and 6 November 2009. The meeting dealt with internal issues like the change of the ERB Statutes allowing the inclusion in the ERB Executive Board a representative of the Association of Polish Communes and focused on the energy and climate debate where the ERB member regions of Bornholm, Kalmar, Sodra Smaland and Warminsko-Mazurskie presented their work in the implementation of sustainable policies on the local and regional levels. During the three days other events were held too: WOrking Groups on Transport and Local Initiatives met, ERB youth project event called Baltic M – Day was held, and the a joint session of the ERB Council and the General Assembly of the Association of Polish Communes was convened in order to discuss possibilities related to the EU regulation on the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation. Please, check the minutes.