📍Now at #EUOceanDays in Brussels!
VASAB joins the panel “Good practices and challenges of #CoastalCommunities” in the session on the future EU Strategy for Coastal Communities. We are bringing the #BalticSeaRegion perspective into the shaping of this important EU initiative.
tinyurl.com/sbkr47u7
We’re joining policymakers, researchers, regions, NGOs, youth and businesses to take stock of progress, showcase solutions (incl. the Digital Twin of the Ocean) and, most importantly, discuss how to scale what works through stronger governance, sea-basin coordination and smarter financing.
🌊Today we’re in Brussels for the 4th #MissionOcean and Waters Forum (part of #EUOceanDays 2026)! A key moment as the EU Mission moves into its deployment phase.
📸 EU MSP Platform (BSR), VASAB, @helcominfo.bsky.social representatives shoulder to shoulder in one row.
#RestoreOurOceanAndWaters
📩 How to apply:
✅ Read the summer school regulation for full participation details www.vasab.org/young-planners
✅ Describe one key spatial planning challenge facing the Baltic Sea Region and submit the application form by 7 April 2026 via: young.planners@vasab.org
#SummerSchool
🌍 Call for Applications: VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026.
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
📢 Open procurement for preparing the report “How Maritime Spatial Planning and Related Instruments Contribute to Climate Neutrality in the Baltic Sea Region.”
🌊 This assignment is carried out within the NESB project, Work Package 2: Ocean Governance.
🔗 All details: tinyurl.com/sdnjddhr
On the agenda:
#SpatialPlanning challenges across VASAB member countries
✅ Continued discussions on spatial resilience
✅ #VASAB work within the #EUSBSR
✅ Key issues in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
✅ Preparations of the Young Planners’ Summer School 2026
✅ Updates on VASAB projects
The 97th meeting of the #VASAB Committee on #SpatialPlanning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, (18-19 February 2026), hosted by the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland. #VASABVision2040
More than 40 #SpatialPlanning experts from across the #BalticSeaRegion met in Tallinn (11–12 Feb) to officially launch the Land-based #PlannersForum
The event marked the final phase of the project and the start of continued cooperation among spatial planners 🤝
🌐More: tinyurl.com/2k65dzwd
❄️✨Dear VASAB friends,
🎄 Wishing you a calm winter season and a happy New Year!
vasab.org/vasab-2025-r...
#SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear
📢 Latest VASAB newsletter is out!
We’re excited to share our newsletter, summarizing latest achievements and looking ahead to 2026. 🌍✨
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/24e55c02aa83...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SpatialPlanning #December2025 #BalticSeaRegion
🎥 Watch the video: A Journey Through the Baltic MSP Forums
The story of the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums is a story of collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the sea we value and depend on.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land
Video here: youtu.be/HL7pPLMkjH0?...
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®istration: 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®istration: 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
