The 14th Annual Conference of the Baltic Sea States Subregional cooperation network took place in Kiel, Germany on 20-22 September 2006. A truly suitable place for a conference with the main topics of transport infrastructure, and a discussion about the EU's Green Paper on a European Maritime Policy from a Baltic Sea perspective.

Mr Joe Borg, member of the European Commission with responsibility for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, participated during the whole conference. He received a declaration on the Green Paper from the conference and took part of the work shop conclusions.