The CBSS – fostering regional cooperation

Presentation at ”the Baltic Sea Region: From Planning to Common Action” Meeting on Cooperation Development in the Region, Saint-Petersburg, 21 March 2012

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CBSS Organisation

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CBSS priorities and sample networks/activities

Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings, EG on Nuclear and Radiation Safety, EG on Children at Risk, Border Control Cooperation, Civil Protection Network

Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Baltic Sea Labour Forum, PPP Network

BASREC

EuroFaculty Pskov, Ars Baltica, Cultural Heritage Network

CBSS Baltic 21 – Climate change, Sustainable Development, Sustainable consumption and production, Innovation and education for sustainable development

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CBSS Strategic Partners

Baltic Development ForumBaltic Sea Chambers of Commerce AssociationBaltic Sea Forum – Pro BalticaBaltic Sea NGO ForumBaltic Sea Trade Union NetworkScanbaltThe Helsinki CommissionBaltic University ProgrammeBaltic Sea Parliamentary ConferenceUnion of Baltic CitiesOECDConference of Peripheral Maritime RegionsB7Baltic Sea States Subregional CooperationBusiness Advisory CouncilInternational Organisation on Migration (IOM)

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German Presidency Priorities (2011-2012)

Coherence

Regional Identity

South Eastern Baltic Area Modernisation

Public Private Partnerships

German Presidency Calendar Highlights 2012

5-6 February 20 years CBSS – Extraordinary FM Meeting, Schloss Plöhn.

23-25 April Baltic Sea Days in Berlin

30-31 May Baltic Sea States Summit Stralsund

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• Bring Attention to the Potential of the Area• Support efforts to modernize through regional

cooperation in CBSS Priority Areas• Make Kaliningrad and SEBA more visible in a

macroregional context

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SOME INITIAL FIELDS OF INTEREST

•YOUTH EXCHANGE (Baltic Artek)•SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CSR-SMEs/B21)•TOURISM (cf. Tourism Conference 3-4 May 2012)•PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (CBSS P3CN)•UNIVERSITY COOPERATION (Kant University)

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• TWO YEAR FRAMEWORK PROJECT• PROJECT OFFICER IN KALININGRAD

SUPPORTED BY THE CBSS SECRETARIAT IN COOPERATION WITH THE NCM KG OFFICE AND FINANCED BY THE GERMAN CBSS PRESIDENCY

• CONCLUDING CONFERENCE AT END OF RUSSIAN CBSS PRESIDENCY 2013

• COMMUNICATING WHAT THERE IS BUT ALSO WHAT MIGHT BE

CBSS, THE NORTHERN DIMENSION AND RUSSIA

CBSS PARTICIPANT IN THE NORTHER DIMENSION

CBSS COMPLEMENTS ND ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE

CBSS COORDINATES WITH ND IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND THE SECRETARIAT HOSTS THE ND PARTNERSHIP ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING

COORDINATION BETWEEN CBSS ARS BALTICA AND ND PARTNERSHIP ON CULTURE

ND PARTNERSHIP ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS COOPERATES WITH CBSS EG ON MARITIME POLICY

CBSS HAS STRONG ROLE/POTENTIAL IN CIVIL SECURITY RELATED COOPERATION

BOTH FORMATS OFFER PLATFORMS FOR FURTHER RUSSIA-EU INTERACTION

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CBSS potential for the RF North West Strategy- some preliminary thoughts

NWS AreaGeneral International

Economic Development

Territorial Planning

Labour Migration

Tourism

SMEs

Education and Culture

Energy

Civil Security/Human Dimension

CBSS can offerCBSS Summits/Ministerials

SEBA, EG Maritime Policy, PPP

CBSS VASAB

CBSS TF-THB, BSLN

SEBA

SEBA, CBSS B21(CSR)

Eurofaculty Pskov, Baltic Law Institute (Kaliningrad), B21,

BASREC, B21

TF-THB, CAR, Civ Sec Networks

CBSS AND THE EU BALTIC SEA STRATEGY

PRESENT• PARTICIPATION WHERE ”MUTUAL

INTEREST” CAN BE IDENTIFIED (E.G. CIVIL SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT)

• MORE than 10 EUSBSR PROJECTS HAVE CBSS INVOLVEMENT

• CBSS Secretariat Lead Partner in flagship project 14.3 (Civ Sec risk/gap analysis)

• General facilitator role

FUTURE• DEVELOPING COOPERATION

MODELS WHERE ALL CBSS STATES CAN BE INVOLVED ON EQUAL FOOTING

• MEETINGS w EU in OSLO 19 JAN ST. PETERSBURG 8 FEB, Sthlm END MARCH, BERLIN 24 APRIL