4th BSSSC Annual Conference

The 4th Conference on BSSSC convened in Vaasa, Finland, at the invitation of the Provincial Government and the County Councils of the Province, on 17th and 18th October 1996.

The representatives from the subregions of the Baltic Sea States Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden discussed perspectives of Baltic Sea cooperation and underlined the special contribution of the subregional level to the further development of our area.

As guests the Conference welcomed Minister Valdis Birkavs, Chairman of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, as well as the Presidents of the Union of the Baltic Cities and the Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association, the General Secretary of the Helsinki Commission and the representative of VASAB.