Transcript Relations between the CBSS and other organisations and

The CBSS – fostering regional cooperation
Presentation at ”the Baltic Sea Region: From Planning to Common Action”
Meeting on Cooperation Development in the Region, Saint-Petersburg, 21
March 2012
CBSS Organisation
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CBSS priorities and sample networks/activities
CBSS Baltic 21 – Climate change, Sustainable Development, Sustainable
consumption and production, Innovation and education for sustainable
development
Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Baltic Sea Labour Forum, PPP Network
EuroFaculty Pskov, Ars Baltica, Cultural Heritage Network
BASREC
Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings, EG on Nuclear and Radiation
Safety, EG on Children at Risk, Border Control Cooperation, Civil Protection
Network
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CBSS Strategic Partners
Baltic Development Forum
Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association
Baltic Sea Forum – Pro Baltica
Baltic Sea NGO Forum
Baltic Sea Trade Union Network
Scanbalt
The Helsinki Commission
Baltic University Programme
Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
Union of Baltic Cities
OECD
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions
B7
Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation
Business Advisory Council
International Organisation on Migration (IOM)
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German Presidency Priorities (2011-2012)
Coherence
Regional Identity
South Eastern Baltic Area Modernisation
Public Private Partnerships
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German Presidency Calendar Highlights 2012
5-6 February 20 years CBSS – Extraordinary FM Meeting, Schloss Plöhn.
23-25 April Baltic Sea Days in Berlin
30-31 May Baltic Sea States Summit Stralsund
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• Bring Attention to the Potential of the Area
• Support efforts to modernize through regional
cooperation in CBSS Priority Areas
• Make Kaliningrad and SEBA more visible in a
macroregional context
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SOME INITIAL FIELDS OF INTEREST
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YOUTH EXCHANGE (Baltic Artek)
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CSR-SMEs/B21)
TOURISM (cf. Tourism Conference 3-4 May 2012)
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (CBSS P3CN)
UNIVERSITY COOPERATION (Kant University)
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• TWO YEAR FRAMEWORK PROJECT
• PROJECT OFFICER IN KALININGRAD
SUPPORTED BY THE CBSS SECRETARIAT IN
COOPERATION WITH THE NCM KG OFFICE AND
FINANCED BY THE GERMAN CBSS PRESIDENCY
• CONCLUDING CONFERENCE AT END OF
RUSSIAN CBSS PRESIDENCY 2013
• COMMUNICATING WHAT THERE IS BUT ALSO
WHAT MIGHT BE
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CBSS, THE NORTHERN DIMENSION AND RUSSIA
CBSS PARTICIPANT IN THE NORTHER DIMENSION
CBSS COMPLEMENTS ND ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH FOCUS ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE
CBSS COORDINATES WITH ND IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND THE
SECRETARIAT HOSTS THE ND PARTNERSHIP ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING
COORDINATION BETWEEN CBSS ARS BALTICA AND ND PARTNERSHIP ON
CULTURE
ND PARTNERSHIP ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS COOPERATES WITH CBSS EG
ON MARITIME POLICY
CBSS HAS STRONG ROLE/POTENTIAL IN CIVIL SECURITY RELATED COOPERATION
BOTH FORMATS OFFER PLATFORMS FOR FURTHER RUSSIA-EU INTERACTION
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CBSS potential for the RF North West Strategy
- some preliminary thoughts
NWS Area
General International
CBSS can offer
CBSS Summits/Ministerials
Economic Development
SEBA, EG Maritime Policy, PPP
Territorial Planning
CBSS VASAB
Labour Migration
CBSS TF-THB, BSLN
Tourism
SEBA
SMEs
SEBA, CBSS B21(CSR)
Education and Culture
Energy
Civil Security/Human
Dimension
Eurofaculty Pskov, Baltic Law
Institute (Kaliningrad), B21,
BASREC, B21
TF-THB, CAR, Civ Sec Networks
CBSS AND THE EU BALTIC SEA STRATEGY
PRESENT
FUTURE
• DEVELOPING
• PARTICIPATION WHERE
COOPERATION MODELS
”MUTUAL INTEREST” CAN BE
WHERE ALL CBSS STATES
IDENTIFIED (E.G. CIVIL SECURITY,
CAN BE INVOLVED ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT)
EQUAL FOOTING
• MORE than 10 EUSBSR PROJECTS
HAVE CBSS INVOLVEMENT
• CBSS Secretariat Lead Partner in • MEETINGS w EU in OSLO 19
JAN ST. PETERSBURG 8
flagship project 14.3 (Civ Sec
FEB, Sthlm END MARCH,
risk/gap analysis)
BERLIN 24 APRIL
• General facilitator role