1. The CBSS – fostering regional cooperation Presentation at ”the Baltic Sea Region: From Planning to Common Action” Meeting on Cooperation Development in the Region, Saint-Petersburg, 21 March 2012

2. 2 CBSS Organisation

3. 3 CBSS priorities and sample networks/activities Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings, EG on Nuclear and Radiation Safety, EG on Children at Risk, Border Control Cooperation, Civil Protection Network Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Baltic Sea Labour Forum, PPP Network BASREC EuroFaculty Pskov, Ars Baltica, Cultural Heritage Network CBSS Baltic 21 – Climate change, Sustainable Development, Sustainable consumption and production, Innovation and education for sustainable development

4. 4 CBSS Strategic Partners Baltic Development Forum Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association Baltic Sea Forum – Pro Baltica Baltic Sea NGO Forum Baltic Sea Trade Union Network Scanbalt The Helsinki Commission Baltic University Programme Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Union of Baltic Cities OECD Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions B7 Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation Business Advisory Council International Organisation on Migration (IOM)

5. 5 German Presidency Priorities (2011-2012) Coherence Regional Identity South Eastern Baltic Area Modernisation Public Private Partnerships

6. German Presidency Calendar Highlights 2012 5-6 February 20 years CBSS – Extraordinary FM Meeting, Schloss Plöhn. 23-25 April Baltic Sea Days in Berlin 30-31 May Baltic Sea States Summit Stralsund 6

7. 7 Bring Attention to the Potential of the Area Support efforts to modernize through regional cooperation in CBSS Priority Areas Make Kaliningrad and SEBA more visible in a macroregional context

8. 8 SOME INITIAL FIELDS OF INTEREST YOUTH EXCHANGE (Baltic Artek) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CSR-SMEs/B21) TOURISM (cf. Tourism Conference 3-4 May 2012) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (CBSS P3CN) UNIVERSITY COOPERATION (Kant University)

9. 9 TWO YEAR FRAMEWORK PROJECT PROJECT OFFICER IN KALININGRAD SUPPORTED BY THE CBSS SECRETARIAT IN COOPERATION WITH THE NCM KG OFFICE AND FINANCED BY THE GERMAN CBSS PRESIDENCY CONCLUDING CONFERENCE AT END OF RUSSIAN CBSS PRESIDENCY 2013 COMMUNICATING WHAT THERE IS BUT ALSO WHAT MIGHT BE

10. CBSS, THE NORTHERN DIMENSION AND RUSSIA CBSS PARTICIPANT IN THE NORTHER DIMENSION CBSS COMPLEMENTS ND ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE CBSS COORDINATES WITH ND IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND THE SECRETARIAT HOSTS THE ND PARTNERSHIP ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING COORDINATION BETWEEN CBSS ARS BALTICA AND ND PARTNERSHIP ON CULTURE ND PARTNERSHIP ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS COOPERATES WITH CBSS EG ON MARITIME POLICY CBSS HAS STRONG ROLE/POTENTIAL IN CIVIL SECURITY RELATED COOPERATION BOTH FORMATS OFFER PLATFORMS FOR FURTHER RUSSIA-EU INTERACTION 10

11. CBSS potential for the RF North West Strategy - some preliminary thoughts NWS Area General International Economic Development Territorial Planning Labour Migration Tourism SMEs Education and Culture Energy Civil Security/Human Dimension CBSS can offer CBSS Summits/Ministerials SEBA, EG Maritime Policy, PPP CBSS VASAB CBSS TF-THB, BSLN SEBA SEBA, CBSS B21(CSR) Eurofaculty Pskov, Baltic Law Institute (Kaliningrad), B21, BASREC, B21 TF-THB, CAR, Civ Sec Networks

12. CBSS AND THE EU BALTIC SEA STRATEGY PRESENT PARTICIPATION WHERE ”MUTUAL INTEREST” CAN BE IDENTIFIED (E.G. CIVIL SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) MORE than 10 EUSBSR PROJECTS HAVE CBSS INVOLVEMENT CBSS Secretariat Lead Partner in flagship project 14.3 (Civ Sec risk/gap analysis) General facilitator role FUTURE DEVELOPING COOPERATION MODELS WHERE ALL CBSS STATES CAN BE INVOLVED ON EQUAL FOOTING MEETINGS w EU in OSLO 19 JAN ST. PETERSBURG 8 FEB, Sthlm END MARCH, BERLIN 24 APRIL