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.

March 6, 2015

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. […]

April 25, 2014

Linander, BSPC THB Rapporteur, addresses two THB Seminars in Tallinn

Johan Linander, MP, Sweden, BSPC Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB), was keynote speaker at the Knowledge Forum on Trafficking in Human Beings, arranged by the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Estonia on 24 April. Linander stressed the availability of a wealth of information about THB, and what is needed now is concrete […]

March 4, 2014

Joint BSPC-CBSS-BASREC Energy Efficiency Seminar

Energy efficiency in the Baltic Sea Region was the highly topical theme for a joint BSPC-CBSS-BASREC seminar hosted by the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki 4 March. The seminar was initiated by the CBSS Finnish Presidency 2013-2014. One of its core priorities is the follow-up of the recommendations of the BSPC Working Group on Green Growth […]

October 3, 2013

Gestrin, Bretschneider at HELCOM Ministerial 3 Oct

“Saving the Baltic Sea is a matter of ecological survival and of preserving continued deliveries from its ecosystem services. It is also an opportunity to gain competitiveness in Clean Tech and Green and Blue Growth, which will bring jobs, a sounder environment and better health” said Christina Gestrin, BSPC Co-Observer with HELCOM, at the HELCOM […]

September 4, 2013

BSPC IMP Rapporteurs at Final Cleanship Conference

The EU-financed project Clean Baltic Sea Shipping (Cleanship) held its final conference in Trelleborg on 2-3rd of September. Both BSPC rapporteurs Mr Jochen Schulte (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and Mr Roger Jansson (Åland Islands) took part. The Cleanship conference adopted recommendations regarding i.a. port fees, based on a special environmental index, as well as adapted port services regarding […]

April 13, 2013

Schulte hosts Maritime Conference in Schwerin

“It will become apparent that there are not only cross-over effects between green growth and integrated maritime policy, but also between the different maritime economic activities themselves. Shipyards no longer just build large container ships, but they are drivers for the region’s shift to a green economy”, said Jochen Schulte, BSPC Co-Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime […]

March 21, 2013

Gestrin Addresses XIV International Baltic Sea Days in St Petersburg

“There are certain promising signs that the measures taken so far have paid some environmental dividends. However, there are still several cities and municipalities that have no modern waste water treatment facilities whatsoever. Continued efforts and resources must therefore be allocated to the construction of waste water treatment plants and to modernize decaying urban and […]

March 16, 2013

Parliamentarians against Human Trafficking meet in Stockholm

On March 15, the Swedish Parliament hosted a seminar on regional cooperation of the police in anti-trafficking work, arranged by the European network Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking (PAHT). The seminar attracted MPs, experts and NGOs from several European countries. Johan Linander and André Oktay Dahl, BSPC Rapporteurs on Trafficking in Human Beings, and Maria Stenberg, […]

March 5, 2013

Bretschneider at HELCOM 34/2013

Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BSPC Co-Observer to HELCOM, attended the 34th HELCOM meeting in Helsinki 5-6 March. Addressing the meeting, Ms Bretschneider informed that she and Ms Christina Gestrin, BSPC Co-Observer to HELCOM, have submitted a letter to the HELCOM Chair containing a number of amendment proposals that could serve as input to the process […]

September 19, 2012

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 […]

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