Together with the conclusion of the Pan Baltic Scope project VASAB Secretariat with support from Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia and Hendriksson&Ko has concluded its work on the Assessment of Application of Baltic Sea Common Regional Maritime Spatial Planning Framework.

Accessibility is a key concept for territorial development and an essential location factor. It holds significance on various spatial scales. Even in the areas geographically distant from the European core, where accessibility is generally poor, its local differentiation may decide about development.  The VASAB Ministerial Conference in 2014 in Tallinn underlined that connectivity and accessibility in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), as well as the links between the Region and Europe’s core areas, and between the Region and other neighbouring regions are amongst the key development issues in the BSR.

On 21-22 November 2019 kick-off meeting of Project Platform “Capacity4MSP: Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers” took place in Riga back-to-back with Baltic 3rd MSP Forum.