Rapporteurs

According to the BSPC Rules of Procedure, the BSPC Standing Committee can set up ad hoc bodies and functions, such as Working Groups, Observers and Rapporteurs on specific issues, where appropriate.

Rapporteurs follow and report on developments in their particular fields of expertise and inform the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference about their work as they see fit.

The lineup of BSPC Rapporteurs can be found in the current BSPC Work Programme.

News about Rapporteurs’ activities are listed below; Rapporteurs’ reports, speeches and other documents are found on the right-hand side.

August 15, 2017

Report on the exercise of the observer status at HELCOM issued

In preparation of the 26th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Hamburg on 3 – 5 September 2017, the BSPC’s Observers at HELCOM, Sylvia Bretschneider, President of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saara-Sofia Sirén, Member of the Finnish Parliament, have issued their report on HELCOM-related developments and activities. The Report can be downloaded here and on the Rapporteurs’ […]

August 9, 2017

BSPC Rapporteur issues Report on Innovation in Social and Health Care

In preparation of the 26th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference on 3- 5 September 2017 in Hamburg, the BSPC Rapporteur on Innovation in Social and Health Care, MP Olaug Bollestad, Norway, has issued her report on developments in this field for the time period 2015-2016. The Working Group ended its work in 2015. The BSPC Standing […]

August 25, 2016

BSPC Rapporteur issues Report on Cultural Affairs

With a view to the 25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Riga, the BSPC Rapporteur on Cultural Affairs has issued her report on developments in this field for the time period 2015-2016. The report will be distributed at the Riga conference and can also be accessed online on the Observer’s webpage.

August 24, 2016

BSPC Observer in HELCOM issues Observer Report

With a view to the 25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Riga, the BSPC Observer in HELCOM has issued her report on HELCOM developments in 2015-2016. The report will be distributed at the Riga conference and can also be accessed online on the Observer’s webpage.

August 22, 2016

BSPC Rapporteurs issue report on Integrated Maritime Policy

With a view to the 25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Riga, the BSPC Rapporteurs on Integrated Maritime Policy have issued their report on developments in this field for the time period 2015-2016. The report will be distributed at the Riga conference and can also be accessed online on the Rapporteurs’ webpage.

March 1, 2016

Vasco da Gama Final Conference in Brussels

Jochen Schulte attended the Final Conference of the Project “Vasco da Gama – Training for Greener and Safer Maritime Transport”, which took place in Brussels on 1 March. The issue of skills development in the maritime economy was one of the core issues of the project. The aim of the project was to contribute to achieving […]

August 24, 2015

Printed version of the BSPC Observer’s Report on HELCOM now available

In preparation of the 24th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Rostock on 30 August – 1 September 2015, the BSPC’s Observer at HELCOM has published her report on HELCOM-related developments and activities. The Report can be downloaded on the Rapporteurs’ webpage.

August 21, 2015

Printed version of the BSPC Rapporteurs’ report on Integrated Maritime Policy now available

In preparation of the 24th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Rostock on 30 August – 1 September 2015, the BSPC’s Rapporteurs on Integrated Maritime Policy, MP Jochen Schulte and MP Jörgen Pettersson have published their report on developments in the field of Integrated Maritime Policy since their renewed appointment as co-rapporteurs at last year’s BSPC […]

March 24, 2015

Continued environmental cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

Finnish MP Christina Gestrin represented the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) at the XVI International Environmental Forum “Baltic Sea Day” in St. Petersburg on March 18-20, 2015. Gestrin emphasised the need to continue the environmental cooperation, despite political tension around the Baltic Sea. “The constructive environmental cooperation must continue even in politically difficult times. The […]

March 12, 2015

BSPC speaks in favor of preventing the discharge of wastewater at sea

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 […]

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