VASAB secretariat has opened a public tender for qualified expertise on developing joint transnational spatial vision on regional development, logistics and mobility of the North Sea-Baltic corridor. The vision will be developed within the framework of INTERREG VB project "North Sea-Baltic connector of regions" (NSB CoRe). Applicants should submit their t…

Two new European projects will improve transnational coordination in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the North and Baltic Sea. Because human activities and their impacts do not stop at national sea borders, there is a need for coordination among national Maritime Spatial Plans and planning processes. With this in mind relevant MSP authorities will cooperate over the coming three years within the two sister proje…

Where the number of population in the Baltic Sea Region is growing or shrinking Following an analysis on population development of European municipalities (LAU 2), a similar investigation was car…

The  Swedish Institute for the Baltic Sea Region Seed Funding has launched the call for applications. Applicants can apply for funding up to 500,000 SEK to develop project partnerships in the Baltic Sea Region which contribute to the aims in Baltic Sea Region policy documents, e.g. the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The call closes 14 April 2016. Please note that only partners from Swe…

On 29 September 2015 VASAB hosted the Baltic SCOPE project kick-off event in Riga, Latvia. More than 80 experts, practitioners and scientists representing a wide range of organizations around the Baltic Sea and beyond shared their experience, knowledge and brought inspiration for further transboundary cooperation on Maritime Spatial Planning.Planners from t…

The Interreg Central Baltic Programme has opened 2nd call for project applications until 23 October, 2015. All applications must be submitted electronically by 15:00 (Finnish time, CET +1) on the closing date of the call.The call is open for applications in all four priorities and all specific objectives. According to the outcome of the first call of applications, however, the applicants are…