Strategic PartnersBaltic Development Forum is cooperating with a number of important strategic partners, which support the work and activities of the organisation throughout the year. Strategic partners, which represent both governments and businesses, provide invaluable input to the strategic work of Baltic Development Forum.             Baltic Sea 2020 The aim of Baltic Sea 2020 is to stimulate creative interdisciplinary and international collaboration in a variety of areas, resulting in political, economical and physical measures taken to improve the environment of the Baltic Sea in the coming 10-15 years. http://www.balticsea2020.orgTopBaltic Sea 2020 was established as a fondation through a private donation made by Björn Carlson in the autumn 2005. Baltic Sea 2020 is an independent foundation whose objective is to contribute to improving the environment in the Baltic Sea by taking concrete measures. The foundation’s networks link together researchers from various disciplines and with different nationalities in order to identify the needs for knowledge and to report the most recent observations and findings. Confederation of Danish Industry The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) is the organization for 57 industrial and employers' associations, representing Danish manufacturing and services industries. DI and its 5.800 member companies represent approximately 320,000 employees from a broad cross section of Denmark's industry and services sectors. From long established companies with thousands of employees to small newly started ventures. DI actively promotes the interests of business in a variety of industry related policy areas. In order to strengthen member companies' positions on the emerging markets in the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea Region it is important to DI to support the political, economical and cultural process of development which integrates the Baltic countries in the European Union. DI is a member of the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe,UNICE, the voice of European business and industry vis-à-vis EU institutions.Further, as a representative of Danish industry, DI is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce, ICC, and of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, BIAC. DI is appointed Danish member of the Council of Baltic Sea States' Business Advisory Council, BAC. Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs The Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs seeks to improve the conditions for growth in Denmark. The Ministry conducts thorough economic analyses and suggests policy initiatives in areas imperative to economic growth. The Baltic Sea Region defined as the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, Poland, Germany and Northwest Russia is considered an area of special interest for Denmark. Denmark is actively engaged in the pursuit of economic integration and business development in the region both bilaterally and within the various regional frameworks for economic cooperation. Also as part of the initiatives in the Baltic Sea Region the ministry has in co-operation with other countries and the Nordic Innovation Centre initiated a project on developing an internationally standardised cluster database with the purpose of identifying national and regional clusters, benchmarking of clusters across nations and regions and systematic reviews of cluster framework conditions. Eesti Energia Eesti Energia is a state-owned company engaged in the production, sale and transmission of electric and thermal power. The main raw material for energy production – oil shale – is extracted from mines owned by the company. Eesti Energia is also involved in the construction and maintenance of energy systems. http://www.energia.eeTopEesti Energia is a state-owned company engaged in the production, sale and transmission of electric and thermal power. The main raw material for energy production – oil shale – is extracted from mines owned by the company. Eesti Energia is also involved in the construction and maintenance of energy systems. Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) promotes the security and prosperity of Finnish nationals. As international cooperation intensifies, the MFA contributes to enhancing international solidarity and to consolidating peace on the basis of the principles of democracy, equality, respect for human rights, sustainable development and rule of law. As an organisation with high professional competence in the field of international relations, the MFA prepares and implements the Government's foreign policy and brings together the expertise of different national players to facilitate the formulation of coherent policies. N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) is a gas infrastructure and gas transmission company with a prominent position in Europe. The total length of the pipeline network comes to more than 12,000 kilometres and, with a throughput of almost 100 billion m3, it ranks as one of the most extensive high pressure networks in Europe. The system encompasses export stations, mixing stations and compressor stations and more than a thousand delivery stations. Nordic Council & Nordic Council for Ministers Official Nordic co-operation is channelled through two organisations: the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers http://www.nordic.orgTopThe Nordic Council, formed in 1952, is the forum for inter-parliamentary co-operation. The Council has 87 members, representing the five countries and three autonomous territories. The members of the council are members of national parliaments, are nominated by their respective political parties and elected by the parliaments. There is thus no procedure for direct election to the Nordic Council. The Nordic Council of Ministers, formed in 1971, is the forum for Nordic governmental co-operation. The work is co-ordinated by the Nordic ministers of co-operation.Despite its name the Council of Ministers consists of several individual councils of ministers. Most of the Nordic ministers for specific policy areas meet in the council of ministers a couple of times a year. The ministers for foreign affairs and defence are exceptions, as they hold meetings outside the formal framework of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic Investment Bank The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is a multilateral financial institution owned by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. NIB offers long-term loans and guarantees, on competitive market terms, for private and public projects both in and outside the Bank’s member countries. NIB operates in about 40 countries. NIB has a significant environmental loan portfolio outside the member countries, including the Baltic Sea and Barents regions. Environmental investments in the private sector include energy efficiency and measures for cleaner production in different industries. NIB acquires the funds to finance its lending by borrowing on the international capital markets. NIB enjoy the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk is a focused healthcare company. With the broadest diabetes product portfolio in the industry, including the most advanced products within the area of insulin delivery systems, Novo Nordisk is a world leader in diabetes care. In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position in areas such as haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services that make a significant difference to patients, the medical profession and society. SAS Group SAS AB is the Nordic region’s largest listed airline and travel group and the fourth-largest airline group in Europe in terms of passengers carried and operating revenue. The SAS Group’s airlines fly to, from and in the Baltic Sea region and the rest of Europe and to and from North America and Asia. The Group has an extensive network of approximately 1,445 daily departures to 146 destinations. Scandinavian Airlines is a founding member of the world’s biggest airline alliance - Star Alliance™. The SAS Group has three alliance members: Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair and Blue1. The other airlines in the Group are Widerøe, airBaltic and Estonian Air. The Group also has companies that support airline operations as well as a business area that operates hotels.Swedish Government The Swedish Government has over many years given a high priority to co-operation within the Baltic Sea Region. The Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership - a partnership among the major international financial institutions operating in the region and the European Commission - was established during the Presidency as a means to speed up environmental investments. The Swedish development co-operation with the countries on the Baltic rim is extensive: a total of SEK 2 billion has been allocated for the purpose of promoting development and growth in the Baltic Sea Region. VINNOVA VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems) is a State authority that aims to promote growth and prosperity throughout Sweden. Our particular area of responsibility comprises innovations linked to research and development. Our tasks are to fund the needs-driven research required by a competitive business and industrial sector and a flourishing society, and to strengthen the networks that are such a necessary part of this work. The Government has assigned VINNOVA to:
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