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Following the internal preparatory work, the series of stakeholder co-creation activities within the update of the VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region have been launched this autumn. The first external stakeholder workshop on the update of the VASAB Long-Term Perspective was held on 28th September within the EUSBSR Annual […]

Hope you all are enjoying nice and relaxing summer! So far, this year has been very active despite the lockdowns and restrictions due to the pandemic. After adoption of the Methodology, VASAB launched the update of its Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region (LTP) – strategic spatial planning document targeted […]

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, […]

The 4 th Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum took place on 1 – 2 June 2021, online and was broadcast from Latvia. The Forum was organised within two Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects – Capacity4MSP and Land-Sea-Act, and served as a final conference for both projects. We thank all participants who were part of the […]

On 22 April 2021 the VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development for the Baltic Sea Region agreed on the Methodology for the update of VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region, elaborated by experts from Spatial Foresight GmbH and Nordregio. The Methodology describes intended update process, overall approach and […]

Registration for the 4th Baltic MSP Forum is open. The Forum will take place on 1-2 June 2021 online. The Forum is organised by two Interreg BSR projects Capacity4MSP and Land-Sea-Act and it serves as a final conference for both projects.

On 25 March 2021 a workshop dedicated to the BASEMAPS data portal were held during the 15th Baltic Sea Region Maritme Spatial Planning Data Expert Sub-group (BSR MSP Data ESG). A previous workshop on Basemaps was held on 16 September 2020. The participants highlighted the need to repeat the exercise, if possible before each Meeting […]

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 Roundtable “Maritime Spatial Planning” was held within the framework of the XXI International Forum “Baltic Sea Day” on March 23, 2021 in St. Petersburg and online. The roundtable was organized by the Scientific and Research Institute of Maritime Spatial Planning Ermak NorthWest (Russia), SC Mineral (Russia) and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water […]

The 3rd Capacity4MSP project platform’s partner meeting was held online on 16 march 2021. This meeting was crucial for project partners to discuss draft project reports and collect feedback from partners for further developments. Main discussion topics are listed below.

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.

With the approval by the European Commission on the 15 February, the revision process of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) Action Plan has concluded and the implementation can accelerate. The New Action Plan will be more focused, support closer cooperation among stakeholders and support the achievement of targets set in the […]