BONUS call 2014: Sustainable ecosystem services including maritime spatial planning

Submit your application by 1 August 2021. This new call for project proposals of the Youth4Ocean Forum is designed to promote the ideas of young changemakers in the Baltic Sea basin region. Are you between 16 and 30 years old and do you represent the Baltic Sea Region? Do you organise conservation activities with children, […]

Accessibility is a key concept for territorial development and an essential location factor. It holds significance on various spatial scales. Even in the areas geographically distant from the European core, where accessibility is generally poor, its local differentiation may decide about development.  The VASAB Ministerial Conference in 2014 in Tallinn underlined that connectivity and accessibility […]

Within the framework of the project platform Capacity4MSP, Scientific and Research Institute of Maritime Spatial Planning Ermak NorthWest conducted a survey for Russian maritime spatial planning (MSP) stakeholders. The survey was based on the successful MSP experience in European countries, where throughout the planning process a broad public participation is provided.

The 2nd Capacity4MSP project platform’s partner meeting was held online on 10 November 2020. During the meeting project partners shared the status update of project activities, discussed current issues for further project implementation. Main discussion topics are listed in this article.

From 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026, Poland will hold the chairmanship of the VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region (VASAB CSPD/BSR). The Chairmanship will be led by Ms. Emilia Malak-Pętlicka Deputy Director of the  Strategy Department at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland.

Two new European projects will improve transnational coordination in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the North and Baltic Sea. Because human activities and their impacts do not stop at national sea borders, there is a need for coordination among national Maritime Spatial Plans and planning processes. With this in mind relevant MSP authorities will cooperate over the coming three years within the two sister proje

3rd Planners’ Forum within the project platform Capacity4MSP took place on 17 March 2021 online. As always meeting started with the exchange of the most pressing issues from each Baltic Sea Region’s country regarding maritime spatial planning (MSP) that was continued with broader discussions on the topics from agenda.

The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) Annual Forum 2024, held on October 30-31 in Visby, Gotland, convened around 650 participants from 20 countries to address critical themes of sustainability, resilience, and security.