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Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum for Smart Cities
20 January 2014, Tartu
Krista Kampus
CBSS Baltic 21 Unit

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Council of the Baltic Sea States, CBSS
• Political forum for inter-governmental cooperation
in the BSR
• Members: the 11 states of the Baltic Sea Region
(incl. Russian, Norway and Iceland) as well as the
European Commission
• MFA Deputy Ministers Meeting, Helsinki, spring
2014
• Summit in Turku 3-4 June 2014, preceeded by EU
EUBSR Annual Forum et al
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CBSS-Baltic 21
• Initiated by the Prime Ministers of
BSR countries in 1996 as a
regional expression of the UN
Agenda 21 process
• CBSS Expert Group on Sustainable
Development
• Leading the EUSBSR HA
Sustainable
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Sustainable urban development...
... is reckognised as a strategic issue
for the BSR:
CBSS Strategy on Sustainable
Development
Climate Change
 Sustainable urban (and rural)
development
Sustainable Consumption and
Production
Innovation and Education for
Sustainable Development
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...... and
... for the EU Stategy for the Baltic Sea Region
HA Sustainable Development:
1. Green Economy
(focus on sustainable consumption and production,
eco-innovations, resilience and energy efficiency)
2. Climate Change Adaptation
3. Climate Change Mitigation
4. Bioeconomy (Nordic Council of Ministers)
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Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum for Smart Cities
project ….
 Cities play an immanent role in reaching the green growth goals set in the
EUSBSR.
 Cities are the drivers and testing fields for development and application of
green technologies, solutions and services.
 Cities are the main public procurers: by using the GPP/SPP, the cities can
drive the market into a greener direction.
..... is implemented under the EUSBSR Horizontal Action Sustainable
Development and Bioeconomy.
... contributes to the implementation of the CBSS SD Strategy.
...contributes to transition the BSR into a green region; supporting the
smart growth by promoting innovative approaches for public services; new
solutions for energy, mobility, ICT, water and waste systems etc.
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Thank you!
International Permanent Secretariat of the CBSS
Slussplan 9/ P.O. Box 2010, 103 11 Stockholm, Sweden
@CBSSBaltic21
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