Policy Area “Spatial Planning” Support Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027 project. Project’s lifetime: January 2022 – December 2024 Budget: € 355,000.00 Project lead partner: VASAB Secretariat Project partner: HELCOM Secretariat…

The Planners' Forum project aims to tackle critical challenges in spatial planning across the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), shaped by recent crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and geopolitical tensions. Its strategic goal is to strengthen the knowledge and capacity of land-based spatial planners in the BSR by: Enabling adaptation to both predictable and unexpected future scenarios; Supporting resilience in urban areas and sustainable growth in rural regions, fostering greater coherence across the BSR; Improving relevant policies and aligning with evolving EU frameworks. In short, the development of the Planners' Forum for land-based spatial planning is about to begin.

Fostering integrated governance for the joint sustainable use of human and natural capital in the near shore zone. Baltic Sea2Land will create publicly accessible online guidance and spatial data platform – Sea2Land Navigator – which will enable the Multi-level Governance of coastal areas by supporting integrated planning, more effective collaboration among planners, competent authorities and stakeholders. Sea2Land Navigator will provide access to the best available knowledge and relevant spatial data sets essential for balancing interests of the sectors of sustainable blue economy, local communities and preservation of coastal ecosystems.

Emerging ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning topics in North and Baltic Sea Regions (eMSP NBSR)   Project's webpage: https://www.emspproject.eu/   Call: EMFF-MSP-2020 Project duration: 30 months Start date: 1 September 2021 Estimated project cost: € 3,123,394.41 Requested EU contribution: € 2,469,145.65 Project has been approved by the European Commission European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. Project is financed with the contribution of the European Union.

Let's communicate "Let's communicate!" project, funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme, functions as the Communication Point of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). The project aims to maintain and develop further the internal and external communications of the EUSBSR framework. It has a strong partnership consisting of representatives from several Baltic Sea region countries and pan-Baltic organisations. VASAB has participated in the "Let's communicate!" project since June 2016, and in February 2019, the project was approved for funding to continue its activites.

Liveable places and spaces of tomorrow What do you want the Baltic Sea Region to be in 2050? How will we live, work, travel, commute and lead our lives in the future? We are looking for young planners’ ideas on how to address future challenges of the Baltic Sea Region by the spatial planning tools and processes.