Within the framework of the project platform ‘Strengthening the Capacity of MSP Stakeholders and Decision Makers: Capacity4MSP’, analysis of key aspects of stakeholder involvement and engagement in maritime spatial planning (MSP) was carried out. The results of the analysis are presented in the integrated report.

How would a desired Baltic Sea Region look like by 2040? How do we envision its urban networks and settlement structure, its physical and digital connectivity, the management of its ‘commons’ that ensure a good quality of life, and how do we envision its maritime and spatial planning by 2040? What do we wish to look different from today? These are questions that seek answers within the update of VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region in 2040. This is a strategic spatial planning document that aims at achieving territorial cohesion in 2040.

4th Planners’ Forum within the project platform Capacity4MSP took place on 24 November 2021 online. Meeting exchanged the the most pressing issues from each Baltic Sea Region’s country regarding maritime spatial planning, continued with broader discussions on Russian MSP developments, updates from the EU MSP Assistance Mechanism and lessons learnt in the work of ecosystem-based approach in the Black and the Baltic Seas.