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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