1. The Baltic University Programme
Madeleine Granvik
Director

2. The Baltic University Programme25
YEARS
Anniversary
BUP
Initiated in 1991
Network of 232 universities
14 countries in the Baltic Sea Basin
1.500 teachers/researchers contributed;
9.500 students yearly;
focuses on sustainable development,
environmental protection & democracy – Education for Sustainable Development;
Secretariat at Uppsala University, Sweden;
14 National centras, centre Directors
3 Associated secretariats
International Board

3. Universities in the network

4. Education is essential to the success of every one of the 17 new goals
In September 2015, 193 world leaders committed to 17 Global Goals for sustainable development to
end extreme poverty,
fight inequality and injustice, and
protect our planet by
Education is essential to the success of every one of the 17 new goals

5. Program for spring/summer 2017
Secretariat
Program for spring/summer 2017
EduBalt project – course and work shop March 13-15
Teachers conference in Ukraine, March 19-22
Students conference in Ukraine in April 9-12
Baltic 2030 – From talk to work, final work shop May
SAIL for teachers June 10-17
SAIL for students September 2-16

6. EduBalt - Developing Capacity for teaching sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region
A partnership project: The Baltic University Programme and SWEDESD - Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development
Focuses on the importance of supporting teacher educators in the Baltic Sea region to integrate sustainable development priorities and goals into their teacher education programmes.
Universities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

7. Program for spring/summer 2017
Teachers conference in Ukraine, March 19-22
Sustainable Tourism
Students conference in Ukraine, April 9-12
BUP Collaboration in Agenda Implementation: from Talk to Work

8. Baltic 2030 – From talk to work
The Baltic University Programme, partner

9. “Governance for Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea region“
CBSS/BUP Study
“Governance for Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea region“
Recommendations
Strengthened SD ownership – the added value of a macroregional organizations as facilitators of SD action should be acknowledged to a greater extent, especially by national SD stakeholders
BSR SD monitoring in selected areas - based on regionally shared targets and indicators. Regional monitoring could for example help to ensure progress on transboundary issues and facilitate a more coherent progress in relation to shared SD goals.
Establish regional platforms for mutual learning and sharing SDGs implementation experiences.
1. Macro-regional entities need to be viewed as legitimate governance stakeholders, their position should be acknowledged to a greater extent, especially by national SD stakeholders, as facilitators of SD action. This does not imply that macro-regional stakeholders should be part of related national SD policy processes, but rather that national stakeholders acknowledge more fully the added value of these stakeholders, e.g. in terms of cooperation possibilities. A starting point for strengthening SD ownership in the BSR could be to introduce more regularity in terms of vertical communication and interaction, between macro-regional and national level stakeholders.
3. Regional platforms could facilitate action based on policy lessons learned, mutual exchange of experiences with national and local level implementation, best practices and challenges, regional issues, discussing and finding solutions for joint challenges and transboundary issues. The regional platforms would in particular be essential for the implementation of the SDGs by sharing implementation experiences.

10. SAIL for Teachers June 10-17
Secretariat
Program for spring/summer 2017
SAIL for Teachers June 10-17
SAIL for Students September 2-16

11. The Baltic University Programme
Teacher- and Student Summer Courses on SD 11