Transcript Baltic Sea States Summits Baltic Sea States Summits

Amb Eduardas Borisovas
Deputy Director General
CBSS Permanent International Secretariat
Networking of universities in the North-West Federal District of the Russian
Federation and the Baltic Sea Region
Presentation of the results of the 1st phase of the EuroFaculty-Pskov project
16 April 2013, Pskov State University, Pskov, Russia
Baltic Sea Region since 90ties and
the Council of the Baltic Sea States
CBSS established in 1992 as an overall
political forum for regional intergovernmental cooperation
The CBSS Permanent International
Secretariat was established in 1998, located
in Stockholm
Enlargements of the EU in 1995 and
2004 had significantly changed the Baltic
Sea Region and tasks for the CBSS
Decisions to start the Northern
Dimension in 1998 - 1999 and renewed
Northern Dimension policy since 2006
Launch of the EU Strategy of the Baltic
Sea Region in 2009
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Twelve Members of the CBSS
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Icleand
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Sweden
The European Commission
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Reform of the CBSS
Decision to reform the
CBSS into a political
coordination organization
with a strong project
orientation was taken by
the CBSS Deputy Foreign
Ministers meeting and
was endorsed by the 7th
Baltic Sea States Summit
in Riga in 2008 and 5
priorities for the CBSS
were established
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CBSS priorities and sample networks/activities
Environment & Sustainable Development - EG on Sustainable Development Baltic 21 – Climate change, Sustainable Development, Sustainable
consumption and production, Innovation and education for sustainable
development Economy - Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Baltic Sea Labour Forum, PPP
Network P3CN, Visions and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea VASAB
Education and Culture - EuroFaculty Pskov, Senior Officials Group on Culture,
Ars Baltica,Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage of the BSS,EG Youth Affairs
Energy – BASREC, EG SD – Baltic21
Civil Security & Human Dimension - Task Force Against Trafficking in Human
Beings, EG on Nuclear and Radiation Safety, EG on Children at Risk
Cooperation, BSR Border Control Cooperation, Civil Protection Network,
Baltic Sea Task Force on Organized Crime
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Baltic Sea States Summits
Baltic Sea States Summits - meetings of the Heads of Governments are held
every 2nd year
1st Baltic Sea States Summit was held on 3-4 May 1996 in Visby, Sweden
3rd Baltic Sea States Summit in Kolding, Denmark held on 12-13 April 2000
recommended consolidation within the framework of the Council of the Baltic Sea
States of all regional intergovernmental, multilateral co-operation taking place
among the group of CBSS members
8th BSSS took place in Vilnius on 1-2 June 2010 organised by the Lithuanian
CBSS Presidency and the Vilnius Declaration a Vision for the Baltic Sea Region by
2020 was adopted
The last, 9th Summit, was organized by Germany on 30 - 31 May in Stralsund of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany
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Ten Observers
Belarus
France
Italy
Slovakia
The Netherlands
Romania
Spain
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
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CBSS Expert Groups
Expert Group on Nuclear and Radiation Safety
Expert Group on Sustainable Development - Baltic 21
Expert Group on Maritime Policy
Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings
Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk
International Expert Group on Euro Faculty Pskov
Expert Group on Youth Affairs (frozen 2013)
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Intergovernmental Networks
CBSS
Ars Baltica
Baltic Sea Region Energy Cooperation BASREC
Baltic Sea States Civil Protection Network
Baltic Sea States Prosecutors Network
CBSS Senior Officials network on Tax Cooperation (frozen)
Group of Senior Officials on Culture
Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States
Visions and Strategies for the Baltic Sea Region VASAB
Non-CBSS
Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation
Baltic Sea Task Force on Organised Crime
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Strategic Partners
B7 Baltic Seven Islands
Baltic University Programme BUP
Baltic Development Forum (BDF)
Business Advisory Council BAC
Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce
Associations (BCCA)
Baltic Sea Forum – Pro Baltica
Baltic Sea Parliamentary
Conference (BSPC)
Baltic Sea Region University
Network (BSRUN)
Baltic Sea States Sub-regional
Cooperation (BSSSC)
Baltic Sea Trade Union Network
(BASTUN)
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Conference of Peripherial Maritime
Regions - Baltic Sea Commission CPMRBSC
Helsinki Commission HELCOM
International Organization for
Migration IOM
NGO Forum
Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC)
ScanBalt
External CBSS cooperation
External cooperation including regular consultation and participation in joint
activities and projects
• 4 regional councils in the North (CBSS, NCM, BEAC, AC)
• initiatives embracing the Region as the Northern Dimension, EU Strategy for
the BSR and others
• international organisations in Europe (Council of Europe, Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe)
• universal international organisations (UNDP, UNODC, etc)
• macroregional organisations in other parts of Europe (Central European
Initiative CEI, Black Sea Economic Cooperation BSEC, Adriatic Ionian Initiative
AII, Visegrad Group V4, South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP),
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and others)
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BARENTS EURO-ARCTIC
COUNCIL
ARCTIC COUNCIL
FI,IS, NO,RU,SE, COM
NORTHERN
DIMENSION
Policy Framework
EU, RU, ISL, NO
CA,DK/GL/FO,FI,
IS,NO,RU,SE,US
N-W RUSSIA
STRATEGY
NORDIC COUNCIL
OF MINISTERS
DK/GL/FO,FI/AL,IS,NO,SE
BALTIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
EE,LT,LV
EU BALTIC SEA
REGION STRATEGY
+EU
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The CBSS & Other Forms of Cooperation in the Region
German CBSS Presidency
Priorities 2011-2012
9th Baltic Sea States Summit
Coherence in the BSR
Regional Identity
South Eastern Baltic Area
Modernization
Public Private Partnerships
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Stralsund, Germany
The main priorities of
the Russian CBSS Presidency
Development of cooperation in the field of modernization and
innovation
Establishment of a network of public-private partnerships (PPP)
as a platform for sustainable growth and setting up a regional largescale Innovation Fund for direct investments through PPP
Strengthen the active role of the CBSS in fighting against
extremism and radicalism, stimulating the traditions of tolerance
Promotion of people-to-people contacts, facilitation of existing
visa formalities
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Baltic Sea Forum
The Conference of the Heads of
Governments on Environmental
Protection of the Baltic Sea (Baltic
Sea Forum) took place April 5-6, 2013
in St Petersburg
The Statement of the Forum
was adopted by all CBSS Member
States
the Saint Petersburg Initiative
was launched to support the Baltic
Sea Action Summit process launched
in 2010 in Helsinki
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Main Events of the Russian
CBSS Presidency 2012 - 2013
The 21st Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference - was held on
August 26-28, 2012 in St Petersburg
The 5th meeting of the ministers of transport of the Baltic
region - took place on December 5, 2012 in Moscow
18th Ministerial Session, 5 – 6 June 2013 in Kaliningrad
The XI Baltic Sea NGO Forum, 16-17 April 2013 in St Petersburg
The SEBA Conference (Modernization of the South Eastern Baltic
Sea Area), 7 June 2013 in Kaliningrad, visit to the Lake Vishtinets
/Krasnolesye area
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Modernization Partnership
for the South Eastern Baltic Area
16th Ministerial Session in Oslo in
2011 decided to implement a programme of
modernization of the South Eastern Baltic
Area with special focus on the Kaliningrad
region and its neighborhood
17th CBSS Extraordinary Ministerial
Session in Plön during the discussion
focussed on cultural heritage possibilities in
this area
Russia took over the CBSS Presidency
on 1 July 2012 and recognized SEBA as one
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of the main priorities to be continued
SEBA Priority Areas
Sustainable development and tourism:
• Lake “Vishtinets” / Krasnolesye (Rominten forest) – trans-border (RUS-PL-LT)
natural park;
• Marine and water tourism - water ways network and infrastructure
Culture and creative industries:
• Cultural heritage routes;
• Maps for travelers created by young local people;
• Baltic Lab - providing young talents involved in business start-ups with
networking opportunities;
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SEBA Priority Areas (2)
Event management (also in the context of coming World Cup
2018 in Kaliningrad)
Public-private partnership
University cooperation
• SEBA Conference and BSRUN contribution to the University panel on 7 June
• New educational approaches to the faculties of law – Baltic Law Institute
• Public management and good governance – Baltic Summer University
Youth
• CBSS Youth Summer camp (“Baltic Artek”) - international dimension to inter20
cultural dialogue
CBSS project orientation
Secretariat is participating in 34 projects, mainly in the areas of
sustainable development, environment, economy and civil security/human
dimension
The 9th Baltic Sea States Summit in Stralsund endorsed the
establishment of the CBSS Project Support Facility with 1 mln euro
dedicated to it by the CBSS member states
Efforts are undertaken to establish functioning cooperation between
Iceland, Norway, Russia and the EU in areas where common objectives could
be identified under the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Acting on behalf of Priority Area Coordinator of the EUSBSR Priority
Area Secure
Co-coordinator of EUSBSR Horizontal Actions Neighbors and Climate
Change Adaptation
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CBSS and North West Russia
CBSS through the CSO is keeping a permanent focus on cooperation with the
regions of the North West Russia and the CBSS CSO meetings were organised in
Kaliningrad and Pskov
project proposals made by the Kaliningrad and Pskov Regional Authorities of
Russia were seriously taken into account by the CSO
Russian project proposals to the EU evolved from the experience gained at the
cooperation of the CBSS and its structures involving Russia and her regions
Strategy for the Social and Economic Development of the North West Federal
District of the Russian Federation by 2020 and in particular its parts on external
cooperation could provide new opportunities for the CBSS and its structures to
identify common activities with the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
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CBSS Education Long-term priority
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CBSS EuroFaculty
First positive results were achieved
after implementing EuroFaculty projects in
Law and Business Economics at Tartu
University in Estonia, Latvian University in
Riga and Vilnius University in Lithuania
during the years 1991 -2005
EuroFaculty Kaliningrad project was
implemented at the Immanuel Kant State
University of Russia during 2000 – 2007
EFK made a strong impact in
reviewing the Russian High Education
curricula in Law and Economics
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EuroFaculty Pskov
The EuroFaculty Pskov project as an educational development project was
launched in 2009 in Pskov and after a favourable assessment of the first phase
of the project the CBSS Member States agreed to continue support to the
project
The EuroFaculty Pskov project is financed to date by voluntary
contributions from all the CBSS Member States
the first phase (2009–2012) achieved to create three profiles for Bachelor
level: Credit and Finance, Accounting and Auditing as well as International
Business.
The second three year phase (2012–2015) of the project was launched by a
kick-off event on 24 October 2012 with newly revised objectives.
CBSS Committee of Senior Officials, IEG and University Consortium
attended the kick-off event of the EF-Pskov second phase
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EuroFaculty Pskov
The EF-P project will also put great emphasis on enhancing regional
development through university-led activities.
PskovSU can be seen as the engine for regional development of the area.
Upgrading of education contributes to regional development in the North
West Russia.
Wider impact on the modernization of the high education in Russia.
Parts on external cooperation could provide new opportunities for the
CBSS and its structures to identify common activities with the EUSBSR.
Throughout the second phase the above objectives will be complemented
with development work and support in the fields of language teaching, mobility
of students and staff, library and infrastructure development as well as faculty
development.
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CBSS and Summer University idea
Under the long-term priority education the CBSS is planning a Summer
University on issues of high relevance Baltic Sea cooperation
This Summer University idea is a part of the Action "Fostering cross-border
cooperation through youth exchange and exchange in higher education" in the
framework of the new HA Neighbours of the EUSBSR, where it ranges as a flagship
project
The Director General of the CBSS Secretariat Jan Lundin agreed with Prof.
Bernd Henningsen and Prof. Krister Hanne of the Department of Northern
European Studies at Humboldt University in Berlin that the central topic will be
"Governance in the BSR“
Special emphasis shall be put on "good governance" in a broad sense of the
word: social trust, legitimacy of institutions and transparency are important
preconditions for successful regional cooperation
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CBSS and Summer University goals
The overall plan is to develop a programme for a summer university that will
be ready in 2014 and then can be carried out at least 3 or may even 5 times.
The target group each year would be 30 graduate and doctoral students from
the side of academia and/or civil servants from different parts of the BSR.
The summer university could be held in Kaliningrad , Russia or at least to start
there and maybe during the following years to travel to other cities on the shores of
the Baltic Sea.
The benefit of the Summer University would be networking and development
of curricula for academic studies.
Beyond academia and with a long-term view the CBSS summer school would
contribute to the education of the next generation of decision-makers and civil
servants in the BSR.
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CBSS and Summer University
way ahead
The CBSS Secretariat and the Department of Northern European Studies at
Humboldt University in Berlin are activating existing contacts and making new ones.
HU is preparing an application for seed money in order to have a stakeholder
conference in the second half of this year where relevant issues and interests of the
stakeholder shall be discussed.
The next step will be to fix a programme and to apply for funding of the
Summer University for the coming years.
As soon as the basic planning for the stakeholder conference will be started
the organizers will send out a call also to the BSRUN in order to find researchers
and lecturers interested in the Summer University and later on also to find students
for 2014.
The CBSS would be glad if members of other universities, including member
universities of the BSRUN, would be interested in joining the project.
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Baltic Law Institute
Baltic Law Institute (BLI) concept was initiated by IKSUR Law Faculty
BLI was supposed to upgrade the EuroFaculty Kaliningrad project (Law)
Meetings between the CBSS Secretariat and IKSUR Law Faculty followed
EuroFaculty Kaliningrad law participants wanted to continue but there was no
clear plan how to develop BLI
The comparative EU and Russia law or international law disciplines were
considered at the beginning
There is no lack of international experts in this field but a clear BLI planning is
needed
Meeting on BLI was held in October 2012 in Kaliningrad and extensive BSRUN
interest was expressed
Good opportunity to discuss the BLI development during preparations to and
at the SEBA Conference in June as other institutions are interested in the IKSUR law
development too
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Here we are and you are always welcome to visit us at the CBSS
Secretariat at Slussplan 9, Gamla Stan, Stockholm and do not forget to visit
our website www.cbss.org Thank you for your attention!
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