Standing Committee

The Standing Committee of the BSPC met in the Ozeaneum of Stralsund, Germany – face to face with the ‘population’ of the Baltic Sea. They engaged with presentations on ocean science and literacy, the protection of the Baltic Sea, and its meaning for the region. Another presentation highlighted the importance of peatland restoration in climate […]

With a particular focus on the current geopolitical situation and on strengthening the resilience of maritime ecosystems At the European Parliament in Brussels, the BSPC Standing Committee convened to learn about the recent activities of the European Parliament and its close partner organisations, the CBSS and HELCOM, as well as about the work of the […]

The Standing Committee of the BSPC met in Berlin to learn more about the environmental and health threat posed by munitions and ordnance dumped in the Baltic Sea as well as the development of measures for their detection, clearance and disposal. Aside from that, the Standing Committee reflected on past events and continued its discussions […]

In a digital meeting, the Standing Committee of the BSPC continued to discuss revisions to its Statutes and Rules of Procedure in the follow-up of the Annual Conference. The future structure and financial basis of the organisation were considered, and the Strategy and Work Programme 2022 – 2023 was adopted. BSPC President Johannes Schraps voted […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine means a deep cut in the work of the BSPC which suspended and froze the memberships of the Russian parliaments. The Standing Committee discussed how to continue their work and revise their Rules of Procedure before learning more about the migration of refugees from Ukraine to Poland as well as […]

In its first in-person meeting for 20 months, the Standing Committee listened to expert presentations on NGO collaboration, the IPCC report on climate change and the host city of Hamburg’s intraregional activities. In light of the troubling situation at the Polish-Lithuanian–Belarus border, the Standing Committee called for urgent humanitarian relief to be provided to the […]

The BSPC gathered an expert seminar to discuss the changing population composition in the Baltic Sea region, in particular the ageing population. A focus was placed on lifelong learning to develop skills suited to new demands in the labour market and keeping older people employed, active and healthy. The meeting included about 60 participants from the Åland […]

The highest Executive Committee of the BSPC was informed in its online meeting on the activities of HELCOM in strengthening international cooperation to restore the health of the Baltic marine environment as well as efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by experts in the field. The most important strategies to contain the virus and protect […]

After a first joint meeting 2019 in Istanbul, the Standing Committees of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) held a second meeting on the topics of ‘Democracy and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ as well as ‘Safeguarding Our Seas’; ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity’ in a digital […]