EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Horizontal Actions
- Align available funding and policies to the priorities and actions of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
- Cooperate on the transposition of EU Directives
- Develop integrated maritime governance structures in the Baltic Sea region
- Become a pilot project in implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- Encourage the use of Maritime Spatial Planning in all Member States around the Baltic Sea and develop a common approach for cross-border cooperation
- Develop and complete Land-based Spatial Planning
- Strengthen multi-level governance, place-based planning and sustainable development
- Transform successful pilot and demonstration projects into full-scale actions
- Use research as a base for policy decisions
- Ensure fast broadband connection for rural areas
- Define and implement the Baltic Sea basin component of the European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODNET) and improve socio-economic data
- Build a regional identity
- Support for sustainable development of the fisheries areas