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VASAB CSPD/BSR meeting, Warsaw

Upon the VASAB initiative, a session "International Comparisons of Statistical Indicators of Russia and the EU: achievements, challenges and solutions" was organized on 29 January, 2014 within the framework of the international conference "Statistics as a Tool for International Communication", held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Joint HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG Meeting, Riga

On 12 December 2013 representatives of the Baltic Sea Region pan-Baltic organizations, PACs/HALs/NCPs of the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy, VASAB cooperation partners and flagship project partners came together to summarize the current status of implementation of the VASAB Long-Term Perspective for Territorial Development and discuss the ways how to carry out a harm

Marine spatial planning as a tool for coherent offshore wind energy development in the Baltic Sea Region.

Offshore wind parks have been a key driver for MSP as they represent a new place-based infrastructure, often in competition for space with other uses, and no comprehensive mapping of existing or planned marine wind energy park

As the environmental pillar of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy, the Maritime Strategy Framework Directive sets the goal of achieving 'Good Environmental Status' of marine waters by 2020. MSP is viewed as one of the measures to achieve this goal. But there are still a lot of unknowns, in particular in regard to the interlinkages between habitats, species (especiall

VASAB CSPD/BSR meeting, Helsinki

Shipping and ports are very significant for economic development. Shipping is already intense within the Baltic Sea, and forecasts predict continued growth both in terms of frequency and transport volumes, increasing the risk of accidents. In spatial terms, shipping lanes and access routes to ports are of key importance in view of the underlying linear infrastructur

Transnational data harmonization and requirements (based on the BaltSeaPlan data model) are subject of detailed discussions within the pilot cases in PartiSEApate. This workshop will bring together INSPIRE contact points as well as the various maritime data providers throughout each country, in order to explore possible a process for making data networks compatible

In October 2013, regions and cities will be finalising preparations for the 2014-2020 cohesion policy, rural development and fisheries programmes. The OPEN DAYS will offer EU institutions, managing authorities and final beneficiaries a chance to exchange and network on new approaches even before the new operational programmes (OPs) are implemented in 2014. Organised