The challenge of converting wind energy into hydrogen and then to electricity was one of the key items on the agenda of the fourth meeting in the BSPC Working Group on Green Growth and Energy Efficiency, which was held in Berlin on 12 October. The WG made a study tour to a hybrid power plant […]
Roger Jansson addresses Cleanship Conference in Riga 19 september
“The BSPC will continue to provide political support to the Cleanship project” said Roger Jansson, Åland Islands, BSPC Co-rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy, in his address to the Clean Baltic Shipping conference in Riga 19-20 September. The conference attracted some 130 experts and decision-makers, discussing a wide range of issues such as non-emission ships, shoreside […]
21st BSPC Successfully concluded in Saint Petersburg 28 August
The 21st Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, BSPC, was convened in Saint Petersburg on 26-28th August. The conference attracted over 200 politicians, government officials, experts, representatives of stakeholder organizations and the industry of the Baltic Sea Region, as well as NGOs. A wide range of high-level presentations and political debate targeted issues such as regional partnership […]
BSPC Standing Committee Summer Meeting in Svetlogorsk
The Standing Committee of the BSPC, Chaired by Valentina Pivnenko, convened its summer meeting in the seaside resort of Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region on 5 June. Foremost on the agenda were the preparations for the 21st BSPC in St Petersburg 26-28 August and deliberations over the draft conference Resolution. The meeting was welcomed by Nikolay Vlasenko, […]
BSPC WG Ponders Resource Efficiency and Green Public Procurement
The BSPC Working Group on Green Growth and Energy Efficiency held its third meeting in Riga on 8 June. On top of the agenda was the mid-way report and the political recommendations of the Working Group, to be presented at the 21st Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in St Petersburg 26-28 August. Expert presentations were delivered […]
Pivnenko Addresses the 9th Baltic Sea States Summit
Valentina Pivnenko, Chairman of the BSPC, addressed the 9th Baltic Sea States Summit in Stralsund 31st May, hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel emphasized the importance of the parliamentary dimension of cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region, stating that it contributes greatly to the democratic legitimacy of cooperation. Speaking directly after Chancellor Merkel´s opening, […]
Pivnenko in Nordic-Russian Roundtable
Valentina Pivnenko, Chairman of the BSPC and First Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee for Regional Policy, took part in the Nordic-Russian Parliamentary Round Table talks in Helsinki 14-15 May. The talks focussed on energy efficiency and sustainable energy production, emphasizing the interests of the far orth as a unifying factor. “It is in […]
BSPC at first meeting of BSLF ESC
The first meeting of the Enlarged Steering Committee (ESC) of the Baltic Sea Labour Forum (BSLF) took place in Hamburg on 20th April. The BSLF is one of the outcomes of the Baltic Sea Labour Network project, which was concluded in 2011, and in which BSPC was Associate Partner. BSLF is a network for exchange […]
BSPC at the SEECP PD fifth meeting
BSPC was invited to the fifth meeting of the South-East European Cooperation Process Parliamentary Dimension Working Group (SEECP PD), held in Belgrade on 3 April. The Parliaments of South-East Europe Cooperation Process have recently launched a debate on the vision, mission and modalitites of strengthening the parliamentary cooperation in South-East Europe. For that purpose, the […]
BSPC at the 10th Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum
What should the Southern Baltic Sea Region look like in 2020? Green growth and energy efficiency, cross-border education and labour markets, integrated maritime policy – these were among the issues debated at the 10th Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum in Kiel 12-13 March, where members of the parliaments around the southern Baltic Sea assembled in […]
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