The purpose of the workshop:

• Bring together policy makers, experts and practitioners from various sectors and governance levels interested in better spatial planning and regional development,
• Make an overview of spatial demands and challenges in the Baltic Sea Region,
• Summarize actions needed to implement VASAB Long-Term Perspective during the next EU programming period,
• Make an overview of funding sources available for the three pillars of VASAB Long-Term Perspective (territorial development and urban-rural cooperation, internal and external accessibility and maritime spatial planning),
• Generate new project ideas relevant for EU SBSR Horizontal Action “Spatial Planning”, some of them could potentially materialize into new Flagship Projects
• Contribute to the upcoming VASAB Ministerial conference by highlighting new steps to territorial cohesion in the Region

The event was financed out of Technical assistance grant of the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy.

Workshop agenda and presentations here.