VASAB

We invite you to support ongoing surveys:
📝 #BalticSea2Land project institutional capacity tinyurl.com/26xvnjwn
🧭 HELCOM-VASAB Regional MSP Roadmap 2030 interim assessment tinyurl.com/ypaw2kyy
🌊 #NESBproject surveys on navigation safety tinyurl.com/ycyakz2v & MSP geoplatforms tinyurl.com/3napdzaj

👉 Session recordings, presentations and photo gallery from the 5th #BalticMSPForum!
You are welcome to revisit the discussions, catch up on sessions, presentations and photo gallery:
▶️ Video recordings tinyurl.com/3hs4hbfy
🖥️ Presentations&photos vasab.org/5th-baltic-m...
#MadeWithInterreg

VASAB joins the #GreenIndustrialAreas project final conference in Schwerin, Germany, with a keynote speech "Building #SpatialResilience in the #BalticSeaRegion : Changes, Challenges, and Trends.”
We congratulate the project partners on the successful completion of a project! #MadeWithInterreg

Heartfelt thanks to speakers, moderators, and participants who made the 5th #BalticMSPForum a success. Together, we reaffirmed strong cooperation, ensuring that #MSP and #CoastalPlanning in the #BalticSeaRegion remains dynamic, connected, and ready for the future.
#MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land

🗓️ During the two days of Forum, we will explore challenges in maritime and coastal planning like climate change, integration of ecosystem services and blue-green infrastructure, safety and security, and effective use of space - all of that from a multi-level perspective.

🌊 The 5th Baltic MSP Forum “Navigate Planning Through Changes!” begins today in Riga, Latvia!
This long-awaited event brings together Maritime Spatial Planning and coastal planning experts, policymakers, and practitioners across the Baltic Sea region and beyond.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg

We had a great opportunity to join the #EUSBSR Annual Forum 2025 in Sopot, Poland and host the parallel session “Towards a Climate-Resilient #BalticSeaRegion”.
Many thanks to all speakers, panelists, and participants who shaped the dialogue on climate resilience in the #BSR.
#MadeWithInterreg

🗣️Meet the panelists of an opening discussion "Current Challenges in Maritime & Coastal #SpatialPlanning" at the 5th #BalticMSPForum bringing together experts from different levels of #MSP governance.

📍11–12 Nov 2025, Riga
Register by 27 Oct 👉 www.BalticMSPForum.eu

#MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land

🌊 Meet the voices shaping the 5th #BalticMSPForum!
🎤 Moderator: Natalia Zając
🗣️Keynotes: Diāna Rasuma, Kira Gee, Jan Schmidtbauer Crona

Join us in Riga, 11–12 Nov 2025, to "Navigate Planning Through Changes!” ⚓

Register by 27 Oct 👉 www.BalticMSPForum.eu

#MadeWithInterreg #MSP #BalticSea2Land

Join the discussion to explore how local and regional actors can strengthen resilience and liveability through
✅integrated planning
✅community engagement
✅local innovation
✅transnational cooperation
#ResilientCommunities #BalticSeaRegion #BalticMSPForum #SpatialPlanning

🌊Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga):
Resilient and Liveable Coastal Communities - organised by @vasaborg.bsky.social

👉Register: www.BalticMSPforum.eu
🌐More about topic: tinyurl.com/cttxnktz #MadeWithInterreg #CoastalCommunities #ResilientCommunities #SpatialPlanning

Join to learn about:
✅ Multi-use and coexistence from several angles—a study on its potential in the Exclusive Economic Zone
✅ Early findings on wind–fisheries coexistence in Nordic waters
✅ Port and coastal perspectives from the Baltic Sea
✅ Lessons from North Sea pilots that show what scales

🌊Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga):
Effective Use of Space for a #SustainableBlueEconomy: Baltic Approaches to #MultiUse in Marine and Coastal Areas

👉Register: www.BalticMSPforum.eu
🌐More about topic: tinyurl.com/yc5jrxhy: #MadeWithInterreg @thenesbproject.bsky.social

Today, we were delighted to welcome students from the professional Master’s study programme Spatial Planning at the University of Latvia to the VASAB Secretariat!
It was a great opportunity to introduce our work and meet with the next generation of professionals.
#StudyVisit #VASAB #SpatialPlanning

Be part of the conversation to:
✅ co-define sea-basin “good governance” with us and other participants
✅ compare Baltic and North Sea approaches
✅ review early @thenesbproject.bsky.social insights
✅ shape practical principles and next steps for future-proof, transboundary MSP.

🌊 Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga)👉
Advancing Transboundary Governance: Baltic and North Sea Challenges and Prospects.

Organised by @thenesbproject.bsky.social

👉 Info&registration: www.BalticMSPforum.eu
🌐 More about topic: tinyurl.com/ys7d5rp5
#MadeWithInterreg

🌊 Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga) of Integrating Ecosystem Services into #MaritimeSpatialPlanning

👉 Info&registration: www.BalticMSPforum.eu
🌐 More about topic: tinyurl.com/566y9m2h
#MadeWithInterreg

Today we share inspiration, learn from examples and discuss how cross-country cooperation can better support spatial planners in the #BalticSeaRegion — including opportunities for a Land-based Planners’ Forum.
🌐 Learn more about the project: vasab.org/project/land...
#SpatialPlanning #PlannersForum

✅ …and many more discussions towards shaping the future of spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region.

✅ Activities within the EUSBSR Policy Area ‘Spatial Planning’
✅ Progress of VASAB projects – #BalticSea2Land, @thenesbproject.bsky.social, #LandBasedPlannersForum and project platform #BalticPlaNet
✅ Organisation of the 5th #BalticMSPForum

📍 The 96th #VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning & Development of the #BalticSeaRegion meeting is taking place today in the charming town of Iława, Poland.
On today's agenda:
✅ Updates on national spatial planning challenges across VASAB member countries
👇

#SpatialPlanning #MaritimeSpatialPlanning

🌊 Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga) to explore the #Sea2LandNavigator 🧭 – your guide to smarter, balanced #MaritimeSpatialPlanning

👉 Info&registration: www.BalticMSPforum.eu
🌐 More about Navigator: tinyurl.com/mr3nnfcu
#MadeWithInterreg @helcominfo.bsky.social

Join the #BalticMSPforum session “Tackling Consequences of #ClimateChange in #CoastalMunicipalities” to explore and discuss:
✅ Sand beach management
✅ Flood protection & nature-based solutions
✅ Seagrass restoration

📖 More about this topic: tinyurl.com/9mx4nwyv

#MadeWithInterreg

Improving coastal accessibility is not just about infrastructure—it’s about balancing tradition, residents and visitors, sustainability, and growing societal needs in one dynamic coastal system. Join discussion at the #BalticMSPforum
📖 More about this topic: tinyurl.com/bdh63d5d
#MadeWithInterreg

📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻!
𝟭𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝟵:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧
Workshop will share inspirations and create space for discussion on how cross-country cooperation can better support spatial planners.
More: vasab.org/event/land-b...

🔹 News from the EUSBSR #PolicyArea #SpatialPlanning – new Interreg BSR platform projects approved - #BalticPlaNET #SEABAS #MadeWithInterreg
🔹Highlights from the European Maritime Day 2025 #EMD2025
🔹Upcoming events and more
#VASAB #Newsletter #BalticSeaRegion #SpatialPlanning

In this #Newsletter:
🔹 Poland takes over VASAB Chairmanship
🔹 Register for the 5th #BalticMSPForum
🔹 Early bird registration for the workshop on good planning & cooperation practices in the #BalticSeaRegion
🔹 Join the session organised by VASAB at the #EUSBSR #AnnualForum2025

☀️VASAB Summer Newsletter - catch up on what’s new across our network!
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 vasab.org/wp-content/u...
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Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SummerReading #Summer2025

Polish Chairmanship priorities (2025-2026):
🔹 Strengthen spatial and territorial resilience;
🔹 Advance territorial cohesion across different scales;
🔹 Analyze territorial resilience in the BSR;
🔹 Host high-level DG meeting in 2026;
🔹 Organise 3rd Young Planners Summer School.

📢 From July 2025 Poland holds the Chairmanship of the VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion

🌐 Read more 👉 vasab.org/poland-takes...

#VASAB #SpatialPlanning #TerritorialCohesion #TeritorialResilience #RegionalDevelopment #PolishChairmanship