Working Groups foster cross-border cooperation among Baltic Sea Region countries, ensuring coherent planning across the region. VASAB co-chairs and actively participates in several groups, including the Joint HELCOM–VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group and the Baltic Sea Region Maritime Spatial Planning Data Expert Sub-group.

The key institutional stakeholders are:

• HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – focused on environmental protection of the Baltic Sea;
• VASAB - Intergovernmental cooperation on spatial planning and development in the Baltic Sea Region;
• Baltic Sea Region ministries and authorities.

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