Co-operation Partners

The Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) was founded in Stavanger, Norway, 1993. Its members are regional authorities (level directly below the national level authorities) of the 10 Baltic Sea littoral states.

The BSSSC is a political network whose main organisational bodies are: The Chairperson (who is elected by the Board on a rotational basis for a two-year period), the Board consisting of two representatives of each of the BSR countries, the secretariat which follows the Chairperson and ad hoc Working Groups (currently these are: WG on Agenda 21, WG on Transport and Infrastructure, WG on Youth Policy and WG on Northern Dimension. The main BSSSC event is the annual conference held each year in October.

The BSSSC co-operates closely with other key Baltic Sea organisations and European institutions. Presently Mr Arne Øren, Chairman of the Eastern Norway County Network is the chairmen of BSSSC. The key issues are Maritime Affairs, Cohesion Policy and the Lisbon Strategy.

The CBSS serves as an overall regional forum for intergovernmental cooperation, focusing on the need for intensified coordination of activities in virtually every field of government, (with the notable exception of military defence, which is explicitly excluded as a potential area of cooperation in the  Council’s Terms of Reference), among the Baltic Sea States.

CBSS Ministerial meetings have been held in the following fields: agriculture; children’s affairs; culture, economic affairs, education, energy, finance, health, information technology, interior, justice, labour, social affairs, spatial planning, trade and industry, transport, youth affairs.

CBSS meetings at the level of Directors General have been held in the following fields: border control, civil protection, customs, prosecutors-general, tax administration.

Nova 100 is a unique network for the most talented students and young professionals within the fields of business, economy, engineering, IT, technology and law. In order to become a member, you must go through an extensive selection process, The result is, however, worth it. Our members interact with our Partner companies to create an interesting, active and well-functioning network. Nova 100 works with companies that strive for long-term relations with talent exceeding in academic achievements, entrepreneurial abilities and interpersonal skills.

Nova 100 was founded in 1997. We know that the most interesting employers want to meet the most talented talent, like the most talents want to meet the most interesting employers, which means that the interest is mutual. Based on that thought we have chosen a seperate niche within the field of recruitment and employer branding. Our members, as well as our partner have been selected based on certain criteria, which means that we work only with talent and the most attractive employers.

In the Baltic Sea Area, Nova 100, have been operating in Finland, northern Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Over 350 companies have used Nova 100 as a recruitment company or as talent branding resource. For further information please refer to www.nova100.com or Fredrik.Andersson@nova100.com

ScanBalt is a network of networks within the meta-region that encompasses Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, northern part of Germany and north-western part of Russia. This meta-region is named ScanBalt BioRegion. ScanBalt will promote the development of ScanBalt BioRegion as a globally competitive meta-bioregion. 

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