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 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 […]

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 […]

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