The focus of the meeting will be on planning the future work of HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group for the implementation of the Regional Baltic MSP Roadmap 2013-2020 and preparation for the VASAB Ministerial Conference.
Upon the VASAB initiative, a session "International Comparisons of Statistical Indicators of Russia and the EU: achievements, challenges and solutions" was organized on 29 January, 2014 within the framework of the international conference "Statistics as a Tool for International Communication", held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
The VASAB Troika meeting consists of representatives of current, former and the next chairing countries – Russia, Finland and Estonia. The task of the meeting is to prepare the meeting of VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region that is planned to be held on 11-12 February 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
On 12 December 2013 representatives of the Baltic Sea Region pan-Baltic organizations, PACs/HALs/NCPs of the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy, VASAB cooperation partners and flagship project partners came together to summarize the current status of implementation of the VASAB Long-Term Perspective for Territorial Development and discuss the ways how to carry out a harmonized stakeholder dialogue towards a well-integrated and coherent Baltic Sea macro-region. The VASAB stakeholder meeting contributed to the upcoming VASAB Ministerial Conference.
