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. Stay tuned for updates so you can mark on your schedules the dedicated time slots, as there will be many Policy Area relevant projects presenting and ready to discuss their progress, results and findings!
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 and register now for the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2026! See the whole event programme here.
