Baltic 21 has also published many other interesting papers, some of them in national languages. View and download them here.
Check out our selection of links to resources on SD and the Baltic Sea Region. They include global, regional and national SD initiatives and strategies,
as well as links to various networks, educational and public awareness websites, info gateways, projects and databases.
Baltic 21 is a regional multi-stakeholder process for sustainable development initiated in 1996 by the Prime Ministers from the eleven member states of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).
The Mission of Baltic 21 is to pursue sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region by regional multi-stakeholder co-operation. Accordingly, Baltic 21 provides a regional network to implement the globally agreed Agenda 21 and World Summit on Sustainable Development activities, while focusing on the regional context of sustainable development.
Baltic 21 members are the CBSS member states, the European Commission, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, international subregional, city and business community networks and other international non-governmental networks.
(7---0-06) 'Baltic Sea and European Marine Strategy - Linking Science and Policy' conference on 13-15 November 2006 (Finland)
The conference aims to demonstrate how research can support the
protection and management of the marine environment. It addresses
the Baltic Sea in terms of research, protection, environmental awareness,
education and international cooperation.
The government of Land Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with BSSSC and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg will organise the European Maritime Policy Conference of the Baltic Sea area on 20th - 21th of September 2006 in Kiel.
Further information: www.maritimeconference2006.com
(2---0-06) 4th Vilnius Conference on Sustainable Development
The International Conference "Citizens and Governance for Sustainable Development" (CIGSUD) will take place on September 28-30, 2006, in Vilnius, Lithuania
It was decided that
Baltic 21 should periodically submit progress reports
to the CBSS Foreign Ministers as well as the sectoral
and environmental ministers. Further on, it should report
to the Prime Ministers approximately every 5th year.
So far Baltic 21 has developed four periodic reports. They were adopted
in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2006, respectively, and submitted to several
high-level political meetings and other events.
Based on over 100
indicators, the reports of 2000 and 2003 deliver comprehensive
information about the Baltic Sea Region's progress towards sustainable
development and examine progress made in the implementation of the
Baltic 21 Action Programme. Finally, they identify the main challenges
in the Baltic 21 sectors, spatial planning and cross-sectoral actions.
The report of 2004 has been developed for submission to the Prime Ministers of the Baltic Sea States who met at the 5th Baltic Sea States Summit on 21 June 2004 in Laulasmaa, Estonia. It delivers a concise assessment of sustainable development trends in the Baltic Sea Region and a review of the progress in the implementation of the Baltic 21 Action Programme. Annexed to this report is a new Baltic 21 mandate, which is a Baltic 21 response to the lessons learned during the first five years of the process and to the new challenges to sustainable development of the Baltic Sea Region.
The report of 2006, entitled .Realising a Common Vision of a Baltic Sea Eco-Region,. highlights the progress in and challenges to implementing Agenda 21 regionally. It presents and assesses the course of sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region from 2003-2005. Based on these assessments, it provides a number of forward-looking policy recommendations and identifies emerging challenges of priority concern. This Triennial Report was submitted for information to the 6th Baltic Sea States Summit of the Baltic Sea Region Heads of Government which took place in Reykjavik, Iceland on 7-8 June 2006. It will also be submitted to other relevant high-level meetings during 2006 and 2007.
