As another follow-up to the Standing Committee Meeting in Brussels by the initiative of the Aland delegation, the BSPC’s Observers at HELCOM, current Chairman Sylvia Bretschneider and Christina Gestrin, have addressed a letter to HELCOM concerning the implementation of the IMO Resolution MEPC.200 (62). The resolution defines the Baltic Sea as a so-called Special Area […]
BSPC urges to maintain “health” within the EUSBSR Action Plan
As a follow-up to the Standing Committee meeting in Brussels, the current BSPC Chairman, Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, has informed Commission President Juncker and the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Ms Corina Cretu, about the BSPC’s serious concerns over initial ideas by the Commission’s DG REGIO to strike “health” out of the Action Plan of a […]
Sylvia Bretschneider addresses Pan-European dialogue on cruise tourism in Brussels
“We as Baltic Sea parliamentarians have always tried to bring together economic and ecological aspects, as much as possible. Cruise Tourism constitutes an important pillar for our economic development. With more than 5 million passengers annually, the ferry and cruise shipping constitutes an important economic pillar, it contributes significantly to the economic and social development. […]
Standing Committtee meets European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
Intensifying cooperation in health care – Standing Committee meets European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy at its session in Brussels The Standing Committee came together for its first session of the year at the premises of the European Parliament in Brussels on 23 January by the invitation of Jorn Dohrmann, the European Parliament’s new […]
BSPC WG ISHC meets in Copenhagen
The BSPC Working Group on Innovation in Social and Healthcare came together for its fourth meeting on invitation by the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on 13-14 November. The meeting was preceded by an extensive study tour of Steno Diabetes Centre. The members received presentations and discussed a wide array of topics, including the effectiveness and […]
Standing Committee Meeting in Kiel, November 7
On Friday, November 7, 2014 the Standing Committee of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference met in the Landtag Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel. Participants of the event were representatives of national and regional parliaments of Åland, Baltic Assembly, Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, the Free and Hanseatic City of […]
Vice-Chairman Janis Vucans addressed the Nordic Council in Stockholm
emphasizing the deep connections between the Nordic Council and the BSPC and pointing out the utmost importance of parliamentary dialogue in times of crisis: „The cooperation between the Nordic Council and the BSPC has been a true success story. From the very beginning the Nordic Council has been a driving force for the BSPC and […]
Sylvia Bretschneider adresses Baltic Sea Tourism Forum in Karlskrona/Sweden
“Especially in difficult political times like these, the BSPC serves as a useful platform to continue the existing channels of dialogue. Also the Baltic Sea Tourism Forum faces its challenges, and I congratulate you for the ongoing success of this forum”, Bretschneider pointed out. “The Baltic Sea is as diverse as it is exceptional. With […]
Bodo Bahr new BSPC Secretary General
The BSPC Standing Committee has appointed Bodo Bahr, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, as the new Secretary General of the BSPC. Bahr, who has long and wide-ranging experience in Baltic Sea Region issues, will assume his new position on 1 October. “I warmly congratulate Bodo on his new assignment” says Jan Widberg, who resigns as Secretary General on 30 […]
Dialogue, not armed forces, solves conflicts, says Bretschneider
“International parliamentary cooperation is vitally important, especially in times of crisis”, said Sylvia Bretschneider, President of the BSPC, in her address to the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments in Oslo on 11-12 September. “The BSPC was established in 1991, in a period of dramatic events and profound political change. The primary goal was to […]
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