During these demanding and unpredictable times, the Capacity4MSP 1st project partner meeting was held online on 30th March 2020. As work in all project activities has already successfully begun, this meeting was crucial for all project partners to discuss current project progress and to update the work plan. Here is a short summary of main messages discussed at the meeting.

VASAB jointly with HELCOM are Coordinators of the Horizontal Action 'Spatial Planning' of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). The overall goal of HA 'Spatial Planning' is to increase territorial cohesion in the Baltic Sea Region. In 2030, the Region shall be a better-integrated and more coherent macro-region, that has reduced socio-economic development divides between its individual parts and has turned global challenges into assets. HA 'Spatial Planning' has two thematic areas: land-based spatial planning and maritime spatial planning (MSP).

After the project platform’s Capacity4MSP kick-off meeting in November 2019, project partners have defined the work plan to start off the tasks to support the MSP stakeholders and decision makers in their work.