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Launching New Land-based Planners’ Forum to Strengthen Exchange and Cooperation Across the Baltic Sea Region. The Land-based Planners’ Forum will be launched as a new platform for cooperation among spatial planners across the Baltic Sea Region. The Forum is being created as an informal and inclusive network where planners from local, regional, and national levels […]

Advancing VASAB Vision 2040, VASAB Ministerial Tallinn Declaration and Strengtening Planners’ Network The year 2025 has proven to be an intensive and productive period for VASAB Secretariat, marked by significant events and contributions across various initiatives. A highlight of the year was the successful 5th Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum held in Riga, which provided […]

In the last week of October 2025 EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) held its Annual Forum in Sopot, Poland. Under the slogan “Securing the Future: Stronger Together – Building Stability in Times of Uncertainty” the Annual Forum 2025 addressed a question: What actions are needed to build stability and a prosperous future for us […]

The Northern European Sea Basins project organised a parallel session on multi-use topic at the 5th Baltic MSP Forum on 11-12 November 2025.  The session “Effective Use of Space for a Sustainable Blue Economy: Baltic Approaches to Multi-Use in Marine and Coastal Areas” brought together practitioners, authorities and researchers to examine current progress and emerging […]

As part of the Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp), partners have initiated several surveys within Work Package 3: Energy Transition and Biodiversity in Maritime Spatial Planning and Work Package 5: Knowledge Transfer and Sharing. The results of these surveys will help to develop and shape future project deliverables within the Northern European Sea Basins project. […]

Coastal communities across the Baltic Sea Region face a set of shared challenges—including climate change impacts, sea-level rise, demographic shifts, an unsettled security situation, and growing pressures on local economies and fragile ecosystems. These communities, often at the forefront of environmental and socio-economic change, are navigating complex transitions while striving to preserve their cultural identities, […]

NESB project news Under the Venetian sun, experts, innovators, and policymakers convened to explore the future of marine spatial planning through the lens of Mariparks — an emerging framework for offshore multi-use zones. The workshop on 2 July 2025 in Venice, Italy, organised by The Blue Cluster in partnership with ORG Permanent Modernity, marked the […]