Summit sponsor and cooperation partners

Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance is a non profit, non governmental initiative with strong involvement from the Baltic business and political leaders. 
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance is leading the way in Baltic Corporate Governance by helping to create better governed public and private companies

Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) pursues global class transparency and competitiveness of Baltic public, private and state or municipality owned companies through the promotion of leading corporate governance (CG) practices.

BICG is the first name in corporate governance in the Baltic’s. As a non-governmental initiative BICG provides value to its stakeholders through leading CG education, development, promotion and networking.

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 chairman of BSSSC. The work of BSSSC will be based on the Lisbon Agenda and the Gothenburg Agenda, the White Paper on Youth and the European Youth Pact, the Territorial Cooperation Programmes, the ENPI (European Neigbourhood and Partnership Instrument) and the Northern Dimension. The key issues are: 1. Transport and Infrastructure; 2. Maritime Policy; 3. Sustainable Development; 3.1 Energy Production and Energy Efficiency; 3.2 Quality of Life and Public Health; 4. Civil Security – with focus on the issue of Trafficking in Human Beings.

Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists is an non political organisation, fully independent from any kind of governmental control or authority in all its activities and free to take its decisions in any sphere.

At present, the Confederation unites 37 branch and 8 regional  associations, over 2700 various enterprises in all. There are also LPK members who do not belong to associations and have joined the Confederation on individual basis. The LPK members include most Lithuanian production enterprises, banks, trading companies, representative offices of foreign firms, research institutes, and educational establishments. The activities of LPK members cover all the main branches of industry: nearly all goods manufactured in Lithuania are their products.

The activities of the Confederation are based on the principle of collegiality. Urgent economic, financial, social and other issues are discussed and resolutions, statements etc. are adopted at the meetings of the Presidium and at consultative meetings. Much time is devoted to the analysis of draft laws and government resolutions as well as their amendments and supplements. 16 standing committees have a heavy workload making expert examinations of the draft legal acts, preparing draft legal acts themselves, and formulating proposals for the promotion and development of economic, financial and social activities.

Copenhagen Economics A/S (www.copenhageneconomics.com) was founded in 2000. Today the firm employs more than 25 experts – of various nationalities and all with excellent exams in economics – making it one of the largest groups of professional economists on continental Europe. According to Global Competition Review, Copenhagen Economics is one of the top 20 economic consultancies in the world. (Read more here) 

We provide counselling services in the fields of competition, regulation, international trade, impact assessment and regional economics. We are particularly strong in the areas of energy and climate, telecommunication and post and regulated services.

We have offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Brussels. Our main office is located in central Copenhagen in modern, spacious and tastefully decorated offices conveniently situated in Sankt Annæ Plads, just off Kongens Nytorv.

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.

Ea Energy Analyses is a Danish consulting company providing consulting services and performing research in the field of energy and climate change. Ea Energy Analyses operates in Denmark, the Nordic region and abroad with project activities in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Energy systems and measures

Our scope of work comprises analyses of energy systems from a technical, economic and environmental approach as well as analyses of energy and climate policy measures. Our analyses focus on new production technologies as well as savings and adaption of the energy consumption to a more intelligent energy system.

Modelling of electricity and heat systems

We use complex mathematical models for simulation of electricity and heat systems in a liberalised market, and we use scenario techniques to estimate long-term possibilities of developing sustainable energy systems. Moreover, we help companies in the energy sector to adapt to changing conditions.

Interdisciplinary integration and close dialogue

In our work, we attach great importance to interdisciplinary integration, to a close dialogue with the customer during the whole process and to presenting the results in an accessible way without compromising professionalism and documentation. We have an ongoing cooperation with universities and other consulting companies.

The mission of the Directorate General for Regional Policy is to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion by reducing disparities between the levels of development of regions and countries of the European Union. In this way the policy contributes positively to the overall economic performance of the EU.

Reducing disparities requires a cohesion policy promoting constant improvements in competitiveness and employment. By co-financing infrastructure projects, developing the information society, accelerating the transfer of know-how, supporting investments in people and stimulating cross-border cooperation, the Directorate General for Regional Policy helps regions that are less prosperous or are suffering from structural problems to improve competitiveness and to achieve a faster rate of economic development in a sustainable way. The policy is thus an important expression of the solidarity of the European Union.

DG Regional Policy aims to deliver (1) efficient and effective structural policies that (2) bring benefits to, and are understood by, Europe’s citizens on the ground, (3) contribute directly to creating the conditions for the successful enlargement of the European Union and (4) are consistent with the principle of sound financial management.

Commissioner Johannes Hahn has the political responsibility for regional policy.

 The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme is an EU programme and belongs to one of the three strands of the European Community Initiative INTERREG III.

The objective of BSR INTERREG III B is to strengthen competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region, its territorial cohesion and sustainability of its development by connecting potentials over the administrative borders. Eleven countries around the Baltic Sea have joined forces to deal with shared regional problems.

BSR INTERREG III B helps regional partners form transnational partnerships in the Baltic Sea Region to work together on common projects. In these projects, regions from different countries address joint challenges in the field of infrastructure planning, environment, transport logistics and the development of cities and rural areas. The cooperating states are Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Belarus and Russia. 120 projects are the result of this initiative.

Investors‘ Forum is a voluntary, totally independent and self-managed business association of the largest and most active investors in the Lithuanian economy. Founded in June of 1999, Investors‘ Forum today has over 40 members.  

Our mission is to improve the business environment and investment climate in Lithuania, through cooperation with public institutions and the business community.

For five years already Investors‘ Forum has been organizing regular Investors‘ forum with Government of the Republic of Lithuania, meetings/business dinners with the Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania, Chairmen of the Seimas (Parliament), members for the Seimas, Prime Ministers, Ministers of Economy, Finance, Labour and Social affairs, representatives of the Bank of Lithuania, International Monetary Fund and the Mayor of Vilnius, which give the possibility to exchange opinions on relevant issues in informal environment.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is related to the Christian Democratic movement.Having emerged from the 'Society for Christian Democratic Education Work' founded in 1956, it was named after the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic in 1964. We are guided by the same principles that inspired Adenauer's work.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation offers political education, conducts scientific fact-finding research for political projects, grants scholarships to gifted individuals, researches the history of Christian Democracy, and supports and encourages European unification, international understanding, and development-policy cooperation.

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. 

The Baltic Sea Forum is a non-profit organization which supports the economical, political and cultural co-operation in the Baltic Sea region.

It was founded in 1992 in Helsinki as a German-Finnish organization named Pro Baltica Forum. It supports the co-operation with the Baltic States as well as with the whole Baltic region, sees to the relations between the European Union and Russia and the development of the south-north-relation between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.

The Baltic Sea Forum has an extended network of members, representatives and partners from all fields of activity as e.g. economy, politics, culture as well as in science in the Baltic region and Central Europe. The organization is always in close contact with governments as well as state, regional and local authorities and institutions in the Baltic States. It is supported by a committee.

The Danish Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania is established to

• Arrange meetings with relevance for its members, like:

• few bigger events, where we try to collect as many members as possible
• more specific seminars and activities for a smaller group of members
• company visits and networking meetings
• events in collaboration with other international chambers and organizations

• Arranging social events – including the yearly Christmas lunch

• Improving the network among the members – arranging networking activities, helping the members to start up activities and making the members cooperate

• Arranging activities, which promotes our members and Lithuania in general towards Denmark

• Improving the network with the other international chambers of commerce and other organizations in Lithuania representing international investors

• Improving the contacts to the Lithuanian authorities and others of importance for Danish investors

• Propose special discounts and other advantages, programs, activities and services

• Coordinating our activities with the Danish Embassy

As a member you get a possibility to be a part of all this and will be invited for all the activities arranged by the Danish Chamber of Commerce for a discounted price.

 

The World Economic Forum is an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation.

We are striving towards a world-class corporate governance system, where values are as important a basis as rules. Our motto is ‘entrepreneurship in the global public interest’. We believe that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible. Our vision for the World Economic Forum is threefold. It aims to be: the foremost organization which builds and energizes leading global communities; the creative force shaping global, regional and industry strategies; the catalyst of choice for its communities when undertaking global initiatives to improve the state the world.

We enjoy a unique global standing by recognizing and responding to two new developments: The world’s key challenges cannot be met by governments, business or civil society alone. In a world characterized by complexity, fragility and ever greater synchronicity, strategic insights cannot be passively acquired. They are best developed through continuous interaction with peers and with the most knowledgeable people in the field. To carry out its mission, the World Economic Forum has developed an integrated value chain by involving world leaders in communities, inspiring them with strategic insights and enabling them through initiatives.