Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the BSSSC Annual Conference 2020 took place online on September 29th - October 1st.

 

The main focus of the conference was 'Strong and Inclusive Cooperation in the BSR - Now more than ever'.

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The final programme is available HERE.

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Break-out sessions programmes:

• Culture and BSR Identity by Schleswig-Holstein (DE)

• State of the Baltic Sea – Plastic Free Sea by Häme (FI)

• Intelligent Transport and Mobility by ENCN (NO) & Agder (NO)

• Circular Economy by Vidzeme Planning Region (LV) and Pomorskie (PL)

 

A glimpse into the Conference:

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Introductory Session, September 30th, 2020

Setting the scene: European and Baltic Sea Region perspectives

 

Moderator: Ms Krystyna Wróblewska, BSSSC Secretary-General. 

• Welcome by BSSSC Chairman, Mr Mieczysław Struk, Marshal of  the Pomorskie Voivodeship 

• Mr Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Lithuania  

• Mr Pyry Niemi, President of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

• Mr Grzegorz Poznański, Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat

• Mr Normunds Popens, Deputy Director-General in DG Regional Policy, European Commission

• Mr Sergey Petrovich, Deputy Director of the Second European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) – does the adoption of the new Action Plan mean moving the BSR cooperation into the next level? Can we identify common approaches with our Russian partners? September 30th, 2020

 

• Mr Simon Stermann, Head of the EUSBSR National Coordinators Group

• Youth Input

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Break – up sessions: 

Culture and BSR Identity by Schleswig-Holstein (DE)

• Presentation by the CBSS​

• Presentation by the Kaliningrad Youth Hub

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State of the Baltic Sea – Plastic Free Sea by Häme (FI)

• Presentation by Ms Sari Rutio, BSSSC Board Member, Moderator of the session

• Presentation by Professor Ali Harlin​, VTTresearch

• Presentation by Mr Keijo Sailynoja of Clewat oy

• Presentation by Mr Heikki Karppinen of Durat oy

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Intelligent Transport and Mobility by ENCN (NO) & Agder (NO)

• Presentation by Ms Ulrike Schutz - Joint Spatial Planning Department (JSPD) / Finnish  representatives of the Scandria Alliance ​

• Presentation by Mr Michael Glotz-Richter, Senior project manager sustainable mobility, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

• Presentation by Ms Nicole Ronnspiess - Okumenische Diakonie

• Presentation by Ms Franziska Wolf, Senior Manager Climate Change and Digital Learning/Deputy Head FTZ - NK

• Presentation by Mr Nikolai Nikitin, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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Circular Economy by Vidzeme Planning Region (LV) and Pomorskie (PL)

• Presentation by Ms Jana Simanovska, Project expert at Latvian Environmental Investment Fund, a researcher at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences​

• Presentation 1 by Ms Aleksandra Bąkowska, Project Manager, Circle Economy

• Presentation 2 by Ms Aleksandra Bąkowska, Project Manager, Circle Economy

• Presentation by Pomorskie Youth

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Looking  into the Future, October 1st, 2020

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• Introduction by the moderator,  Ms Ann Irene Sæternes, Head of European Affairs in Eastern Norway County Network

 

European Territorial Agenda 2030 – A future for all places

 

• Ms Maria Toptsidou - Spatial Foresight

• Mr Christian Lüer - Spatial Foresight

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Interreg 2021 – 2027 – what’s in the pipeline? Update on programme preparations and possible priorities for future cooperation projects

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Mr Igor Kapyrin, Deputy Director of  the Department of European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ms Marina Kislyak, Project Officer, Interreg Baltic Sea Region Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat

Ms Dominika Butkiewicz, Head of the Joint Secretariat,  Interreg South Baltic Programme

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Nothing about us without us! Youth have the floor

Proposals for future priorities and cooperation on the basis of the BSSSC Autumn Youth Event

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Information on the Conference Resolution by BSSSC Secretary-General, Ms Krystyna Wróblewska

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