During the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum in Riga on 18 June 2014 VASAB presented the book “THE KEY TO GOVERNING THE FRAGILE BALTIC SEA. Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea Region and Way Forward” by author Jacek Zaucha.

This book provides an introduction to the origin, evolution and the current state (up till January 2014) of the maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and proposals for its further development. The book includes Baltic Sea Broad-scale MSP principles, good practices in MSP and minimum requirements for transboundary MSP in the Baltic Sea Region prepared within Plan Bothnia project.