The European Commission will soon present a communication on governance in the Baltic Sea Region cooperation. This is a very timely initiative, since the regional cooperation calls for leadership and guidance at a time where the planned meeting of the CBSS Heads of Government in Turku has been cancelled due to the Ukraine/Crimean-crisis with Russia: Some Prime Ministers just do…
On 16 January, the Green Technology and Alternative Fuels Platform for Shipping was launched at an event on board the LNG fuelled passenger ship Viking Grace. BDF was one of the co-organisers of the event. The new platform seeks to bring together policy makers, administrations, business community, financial experts; as well as research and development representatives to work on a…
“No doubt, the revised action plan is a step forward to ensure a more effective and transparent structure, but it should be more acknowledging the horizontal efforts in the Region. I am afraid we might lose coherence in the future if cross-border initiatives on for instance business and communication are not upgraded. The objective to create a clearly defined European…
This week the Russian Federal Assembly hosted the 21st conference of the Baltic Sea region Parliamentarians at the regional assembly of St. Petersburg in the beautiful Mariinsky Palace. The topic of the meeting was energy, ecology, and social welfare: cooperation for a sustainable development of the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Development Forum’s Director Hans Brask was invited as a speaker…
Chairman of Baltic Development Forum, Hans Skov Christensen invites all strategic partners, members, sponsors, business partners and friends for a reception in order to mark the 50th birthday of BDF Director, Hans Brask and to kick-start the networking season after the summer break with an art exhibition. Join us for an enjoyable afternoon with drinks and jazz music. On this occasion the…
The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) celebrates this year its 20 years anniversary during the General Assembly 28-30 August 2011 in Helsinki. The BSPC meets at the premises of the Finnish Parliament – the Eduskunta – where is also met for the first time in January 1991. Over the years, BSPC has played an important role in re-establishing political contacts…