Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation

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Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation
HeadquartersSzczecin, West Pomerania, Poland
Official languagesEnglish
TypeInternational network
MembersDenmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Sweden
Leaders
• President
Poland Olgierd Geblewicz
Establishment1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Website
www.bsssc.com

Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation, BSSSC is an international network associating local governments and local government organizations of the countries around the Baltic Sea. It was established in 1993 under the Stavanger Declaration as a result of the establishing Council of the Baltic Sea States a year earlier.[1]

It has an observer status in HELCOM.[2]

History[edit]

The BSSSC was founded in October 1993 in Stavanger, Norway, pursuant to the Stavanger Declaration, the result of the establishment of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in 1992.[1][3]

In 2009, the BSSSC initiated, together with the European Commission, the Idea Café Project aimed at promoting joint funds for the Baltic Sea region.[4] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual conference was held for the first time in the remote formula.[5] In 2021, the BSSSC adopted a joint resolution on the future of the Baltic Sea in the context of climate change, cross-border cooperation and weapons lingering at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.[6] In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the BSSSC excluded Russian regions from the organization.[7][8][9]

Structure and mission[edit]

The goal of the BSSSC is to strengthen regional cooperation as well as to support the interests of its members among decision-makers from the European Union.[1] Political priorities of BSSSC are:[10]

  • EU cohesion policy
  • EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea
  • Innovations / Smart Specialization
  • Culture, creative industries and regional identity
  • Transport and communication connections

The organization consists of:

  • chairman who represents organizations outside and conducts board meetings;[11]
  • board, which is the decision-making body of the BSSSC;[12]
  • annual BSSSC conference, which is the organisation's main forum;[13]
  • secretariat that changes with the president and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the organization.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. ^ "News 2015-2017". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. ^ "Structure". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. ^ "Project Idea Café and the Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) annual conference". ec.europa.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  5. ^ "BSSSC Annual Conference 2020". EUSBSR. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  6. ^ "To co najważniejsze dla Bałtyku! Rezolucja państw nadbałtyckich w ramach BSSSC -". Pomorskie.eu (in Polish). 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  7. ^ "Nadbałtyckie regiony nie będą współpracować z Rosją!". WZP (in Polish). 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  8. ^ "Zarząd BSSSC wykluczył Obwód Kaliningradzki ze współpracy subregionalnej krajów nadbałtyckich". Serwis Samorządowy PAP (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  9. ^ "Nadbałtyckie regiony nie będą współpracować z Rosją! Decyzja BSSSC pod przewodnictwem Marszałka Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego". www.iswinoujscie.pl. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  10. ^ "BSSSC (Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation)". Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  11. ^ "Chairman". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  12. ^ "Board". BSSSC. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  13. ^ "Annual conferences". BSSSC. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  14. ^ "Secretariat". BSSSC. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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