11/05/2026 - 13/05/2026
Tallinn, Estonia Meet VASAB & PA Spatial Planning at EUSBSR Annual Forum 2026 “Resilience edition”!
The 17th EUSBSR Annual Forum will focus on the topic of resilience and will be held on 11-13 May 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. Under the slogan “The tides are shifting, and so must we” the event will bring together governments, cities, visionaries, policymakers, researchers, and civil society leaders with a shared mission: to jointly address the region’s most pressing challenges through stronger cross-sectoral cooperation, smarter coordination, and bold innovation. Back-to-back, on 11 May 2026, the Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation (BSSSC) will host the Day of Cities and Regions, themed “Co-Governing Resilience: Shaping Secure, Connected and Thriving Societies”, marking the start of three days of macro-regional cooperation on resilience in Tallinn.
As usual, the EUSBSR Annual Forum will feature a Networking Village, where VASAB, HELCOM & PA Spatial Planning will have a joint stand. We invite participants to join the discussions and explore achievements of the PA relevant project that will join the stand during both days. See the time table below.
Meet PA Spatial Planning relevant projects at joint VASAB – HELCOM – PA Spatial Planning stand!
| Date | Time | Meet the project! |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1, May 12 | 10:30-11:30 | Northern European Sea basins project (NESBp) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Baltic PlaNet | |
| 16:15-17:15 | Land-based Planners' Forum | |
| Day 2, May 13 | 11:15-12:15 | Mad City Baltics |
SEABAS and PROTECT BALTIC projects will be promoted at the HELCOM PA Spatial Planning stand during all break times.
Alongside the Networking Village, we kindly invite you to our breakout sessions:
- From plans to reality: governing urban mobility for resilience (Day 1, Tuesday, 12 May, 15:15-16:15)
Cities across the Baltic Sea Region have developed SUMPs and integrated TEN-T objectives, yet implementation often stalls. This session offers a reality check from BSR urban nodes, drawing on survey insights across different governance contexts. It examines political and governance conditions shaping implementation and identifies challenges requiring cross-sectoral and multi-level cooperation, delivering policy-relevant messages for the BSR Urban Mobility Policy Framework and EUSBSR Action Plan. - Shifting Tides, Resilient Territories: Advancing Spatial Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region (Day 2, Wednesday, 13 May, 10:15-11:15)
This interactive session explores spatial resilience as a strategic response to overlapping crises in the Baltic Sea Region. Building on the VASAB Ministerial Tallinn Declaration on Spatial Resilience and VASAB Polish Chairmanship priorities, it translates policy goals into territorial insights, highlights governance gaps and outlines spatial planning aspects of resilience. After a keynote by Tiit Oidjärv, participants join a World Café to discuss four dimensions of resilience and how they can be measured and applied in practice.
Be part of the conversation on resilience in the Baltic Sea Region! See the whole event programme here.
