🌍 Call for Applications: VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026.
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
March 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🌍 Call for Applications: VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026.
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
❄️✨Dear VASAB friends,
🎄 Wishing you a calm winter season and a happy New Year!
vasab.org/vasab-2025-r...
#SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear
🎄 Wishing you a calm winter season and a happy New Year!
vasab.org/vasab-2025-r...
#SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
❄️✨Dear VASAB friends,
🎄 Wishing you a calm winter season and a happy New Year!
vasab.org/vasab-2025-r...
#SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear
🎄 Wishing you a calm winter season and a happy New Year!
vasab.org/vasab-2025-r...
#SeasonsGreetings #HappyNewYear
On the agenda:
#SpatialPlanning challenges across VASAB member countries
✅ Continued discussions on spatial resilience
✅ #VASAB work within the #EUSBSR
✅ Key issues in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
✅ Preparations of the Young Planners’ Summer School 2026
✅ Updates on VASAB projects
#SpatialPlanning challenges across VASAB member countries
✅ Continued discussions on spatial resilience
✅ #VASAB work within the #EUSBSR
✅ Key issues in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
✅ Preparations of the Young Planners’ Summer School 2026
✅ Updates on VASAB projects
February 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM
On the agenda:
#SpatialPlanning challenges across VASAB member countries
✅ Continued discussions on spatial resilience
✅ #VASAB work within the #EUSBSR
✅ Key issues in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
✅ Preparations of the Young Planners’ Summer School 2026
✅ Updates on VASAB projects
#SpatialPlanning challenges across VASAB member countries
✅ Continued discussions on spatial resilience
✅ #VASAB work within the #EUSBSR
✅ Key issues in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
✅ Preparations of the Young Planners’ Summer School 2026
✅ Updates on VASAB projects
📢 New HELCOM-VASAB guideline on applying the ecosystem-based approach (EBA) in maritime spatial planning (MSP) across the Baltic Sea region!
👉 Access here: buff.ly/Xt2usV2
👉 Access here: buff.ly/Xt2usV2
April 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📢 New HELCOM-VASAB guideline on applying the ecosystem-based approach (EBA) in maritime spatial planning (MSP) across the Baltic Sea region!
👉 Access here: buff.ly/Xt2usV2
👉 Access here: buff.ly/Xt2usV2
In this #Newsletter:
🔹 Poland takes over VASAB Chairmanship
🔹 Register for the 5th #BalticMSPForum
🔹 Early bird registration for the workshop on good planning & cooperation practices in the #BalticSeaRegion
🔹 Join the session organised by VASAB at the #EUSBSR #AnnualForum2025
🔹 Poland takes over VASAB Chairmanship
🔹 Register for the 5th #BalticMSPForum
🔹 Early bird registration for the workshop on good planning & cooperation practices in the #BalticSeaRegion
🔹 Join the session organised by VASAB at the #EUSBSR #AnnualForum2025
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In this #Newsletter:
🔹 Poland takes over VASAB Chairmanship
🔹 Register for the 5th #BalticMSPForum
🔹 Early bird registration for the workshop on good planning & cooperation practices in the #BalticSeaRegion
🔹 Join the session organised by VASAB at the #EUSBSR #AnnualForum2025
🔹 Poland takes over VASAB Chairmanship
🔹 Register for the 5th #BalticMSPForum
🔹 Early bird registration for the workshop on good planning & cooperation practices in the #BalticSeaRegion
🔹 Join the session organised by VASAB at the #EUSBSR #AnnualForum2025
📢 Latest VASAB newsletter is out!
We’re excited to share our newsletter, summarizing latest achievements and looking ahead to 2026. 🌍✨
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/24e55c02aa83...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SpatialPlanning #December2025 #BalticSeaRegion
We’re excited to share our newsletter, summarizing latest achievements and looking ahead to 2026. 🌍✨
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/24e55c02aa83...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SpatialPlanning #December2025 #BalticSeaRegion
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📢 Latest VASAB newsletter is out!
We’re excited to share our newsletter, summarizing latest achievements and looking ahead to 2026. 🌍✨
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/24e55c02aa83...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SpatialPlanning #December2025 #BalticSeaRegion
We’re excited to share our newsletter, summarizing latest achievements and looking ahead to 2026. 🌍✨
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/24e55c02aa83...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SpatialPlanning #December2025 #BalticSeaRegion
📍 The 96th #VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning & Development of the #BalticSeaRegion meeting is taking place today in the charming town of Iława, Poland.
On today's agenda:
✅ Updates on national spatial planning challenges across VASAB member countries
👇
#SpatialPlanning #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
On today's agenda:
✅ Updates on national spatial planning challenges across VASAB member countries
👇
#SpatialPlanning #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
September 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📍 The 96th #VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning & Development of the #BalticSeaRegion meeting is taking place today in the charming town of Iława, Poland.
On today's agenda:
✅ Updates on national spatial planning challenges across VASAB member countries
👇
#SpatialPlanning #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
On today's agenda:
✅ Updates on national spatial planning challenges across VASAB member countries
👇
#SpatialPlanning #MaritimeSpatialPlanning
🔔 Applications for VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School close next week on 7 April!
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an inspiring international experience in the Baltic Sea Region!
All information for applications find here: vasab.org/support-for-...
#SpatialPlanning #VASAB #YoungPlanners
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an inspiring international experience in the Baltic Sea Region!
All information for applications find here: vasab.org/support-for-...
#SpatialPlanning #VASAB #YoungPlanners
🌍 Call for Applications: VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026.
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
Young professionals & students from the Baltic Sea Region, Norway & Ukraine are invited to apply!
📍 Gdańsk, Poland
📅 23–29 Aug 2026
🗓 Apply by 7 April 2026
More information 👉 vasab.org/support-for-...
#SummerSchool #VASAB
April 1, 2026 at 9:35 AM
🔔 Applications for VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School close next week on 7 April!
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an inspiring international experience in the Baltic Sea Region!
All information for applications find here: vasab.org/support-for-...
#SpatialPlanning #VASAB #YoungPlanners
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an inspiring international experience in the Baltic Sea Region!
All information for applications find here: vasab.org/support-for-...
#SpatialPlanning #VASAB #YoungPlanners
🌊 The HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group has revised the Guideline for implementing the ecosystem-based approach in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning in the #BalticSea.
📘 A practical resource for planners, walking through each stage of the MSP process.
🔗 Read more via the link. vasab.org/revised-eba-...
📘 A practical resource for planners, walking through each stage of the MSP process.
🔗 Read more via the link. vasab.org/revised-eba-...
May 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM
🌊 The HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group has revised the Guideline for implementing the ecosystem-based approach in #MaritimeSpatialPlanning in the #BalticSea.
📘 A practical resource for planners, walking through each stage of the MSP process.
🔗 Read more via the link. vasab.org/revised-eba-...
📘 A practical resource for planners, walking through each stage of the MSP process.
🔗 Read more via the link. vasab.org/revised-eba-...
🌊 We were honoured to join the panel discussion on the forthcoming EU Strategy for Coastal Communities at #EUOceanDays 2026.
VASAB highlighted the role of macro-regional cooperation and #SpatialPlanning in building resilient #CoastalCommunities.
🔗Read more & watch the discussion tinyurl.com/mr3kfsh9
VASAB highlighted the role of macro-regional cooperation and #SpatialPlanning in building resilient #CoastalCommunities.
🔗Read more & watch the discussion tinyurl.com/mr3kfsh9
March 23, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🌊 We were honoured to join the panel discussion on the forthcoming EU Strategy for Coastal Communities at #EUOceanDays 2026.
VASAB highlighted the role of macro-regional cooperation and #SpatialPlanning in building resilient #CoastalCommunities.
🔗Read more & watch the discussion tinyurl.com/mr3kfsh9
VASAB highlighted the role of macro-regional cooperation and #SpatialPlanning in building resilient #CoastalCommunities.
🔗Read more & watch the discussion tinyurl.com/mr3kfsh9
Together with @helcominfo.bsky.social we presented the perspective of macro-regional cooperation in the #BalticSeaRegion and role of HELCOM-VASAB #MaritimeSpatialPlanning Working Group at the kick-off meeting of @thenesbproject.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Together with @helcominfo.bsky.social we presented the perspective of macro-regional cooperation in the #BalticSeaRegion and role of HELCOM-VASAB #MaritimeSpatialPlanning Working Group at the kick-off meeting of @thenesbproject.bsky.social
💡 Open position: Head of VASAB Secretariat
We are launching an open competition for the position of Head of the Secretariat "Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea" (VASAB).
Deadline: Apply by 25 June 2025
vasab.org/we-are-hiring/
#job #VASAB #OpenPosition #BalticSeaRegion
We are launching an open competition for the position of Head of the Secretariat "Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea" (VASAB).
Deadline: Apply by 25 June 2025
vasab.org/we-are-hiring/
#job #VASAB #OpenPosition #BalticSeaRegion
June 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
💡 Open position: Head of VASAB Secretariat
We are launching an open competition for the position of Head of the Secretariat "Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea" (VASAB).
Deadline: Apply by 25 June 2025
vasab.org/we-are-hiring/
#job #VASAB #OpenPosition #BalticSeaRegion
We are launching an open competition for the position of Head of the Secretariat "Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea" (VASAB).
Deadline: Apply by 25 June 2025
vasab.org/we-are-hiring/
#job #VASAB #OpenPosition #BalticSeaRegion
The 97th meeting of the #VASAB Committee on #SpatialPlanning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, (18-19 February 2026), hosted by the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland. #VASABVision2040
February 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The 97th meeting of the #VASAB Committee on #SpatialPlanning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, (18-19 February 2026), hosted by the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland. #VASABVision2040
VASAB joins the #GreenIndustrialAreas project final conference in Schwerin, Germany, with a keynote speech "Building #SpatialResilience in the #BalticSeaRegion : Changes, Challenges, and Trends.”
We congratulate the project partners on the successful completion of a project! #MadeWithInterreg
We congratulate the project partners on the successful completion of a project! #MadeWithInterreg
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
VASAB joins the #GreenIndustrialAreas project final conference in Schwerin, Germany, with a keynote speech "Building #SpatialResilience in the #BalticSeaRegion : Changes, Challenges, and Trends.”
We congratulate the project partners on the successful completion of a project! #MadeWithInterreg
We congratulate the project partners on the successful completion of a project! #MadeWithInterreg
📢 From July 2025 Poland holds the Chairmanship of the VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion
🌐 Read more 👉 vasab.org/poland-takes...
#VASAB #SpatialPlanning #TerritorialCohesion #TeritorialResilience #RegionalDevelopment #PolishChairmanship
🌐 Read more 👉 vasab.org/poland-takes...
#VASAB #SpatialPlanning #TerritorialCohesion #TeritorialResilience #RegionalDevelopment #PolishChairmanship
July 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📢 From July 2025 Poland holds the Chairmanship of the VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the #BalticSeaRegion
🌐 Read more 👉 vasab.org/poland-takes...
#VASAB #SpatialPlanning #TerritorialCohesion #TeritorialResilience #RegionalDevelopment #PolishChairmanship
🌐 Read more 👉 vasab.org/poland-takes...
#VASAB #SpatialPlanning #TerritorialCohesion #TeritorialResilience #RegionalDevelopment #PolishChairmanship
🎥 Watch the video: A Journey Through the Baltic MSP Forums
The story of the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums is a story of collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the sea we value and depend on.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land
Video here: youtu.be/HL7pPLMkjH0?...
The story of the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums is a story of collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the sea we value and depend on.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land
Video here: youtu.be/HL7pPLMkjH0?...
A Journey Through the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums
YouTube video by VASAB Secretariat
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🎥 Watch the video: A Journey Through the Baltic MSP Forums
The story of the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums is a story of collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the sea we value and depend on.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land
Video here: youtu.be/HL7pPLMkjH0?...
The story of the Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forums is a story of collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the sea we value and depend on.
#BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg #BalticSea2Land
Video here: youtu.be/HL7pPLMkjH0?...
Expert discussions were opened up by the:
🔹 Insights from #BalticSea2Land pilot cases
🔹 Reflections on macroregional guidance from VASAB & @helcominfo.bsky.social
Many thanks to all expert contributions helping to strengthen coastal planning practices across the Baltic Sea Region!
🔹 Insights from #BalticSea2Land pilot cases
🔹 Reflections on macroregional guidance from VASAB & @helcominfo.bsky.social
Many thanks to all expert contributions helping to strengthen coastal planning practices across the Baltic Sea Region!
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Expert discussions were opened up by the:
🔹 Insights from #BalticSea2Land pilot cases
🔹 Reflections on macroregional guidance from VASAB & @helcominfo.bsky.social
Many thanks to all expert contributions helping to strengthen coastal planning practices across the Baltic Sea Region!
🔹 Insights from #BalticSea2Land pilot cases
🔹 Reflections on macroregional guidance from VASAB & @helcominfo.bsky.social
Many thanks to all expert contributions helping to strengthen coastal planning practices across the Baltic Sea Region!
🌊Today we’re in Brussels for the 4th #MissionOcean and Waters Forum (part of #EUOceanDays 2026)! A key moment as the EU Mission moves into its deployment phase.
📸 EU MSP Platform (BSR), VASAB, @helcominfo.bsky.social representatives shoulder to shoulder in one row.
#RestoreOurOceanAndWaters
📸 EU MSP Platform (BSR), VASAB, @helcominfo.bsky.social representatives shoulder to shoulder in one row.
#RestoreOurOceanAndWaters
March 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
🌊Today we’re in Brussels for the 4th #MissionOcean and Waters Forum (part of #EUOceanDays 2026)! A key moment as the EU Mission moves into its deployment phase.
📸 EU MSP Platform (BSR), VASAB, @helcominfo.bsky.social representatives shoulder to shoulder in one row.
#RestoreOurOceanAndWaters
📸 EU MSP Platform (BSR), VASAB, @helcominfo.bsky.social representatives shoulder to shoulder in one row.
#RestoreOurOceanAndWaters
☀️VASAB Summer Newsletter - catch up on what’s new across our network!
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 vasab.org/wp-content/u...
📣 Share it with your network or subscribe for next newsletters: vasab.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SummerReading #Summer2025
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 vasab.org/wp-content/u...
📣 Share it with your network or subscribe for next newsletters: vasab.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SummerReading #Summer2025
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
☀️VASAB Summer Newsletter - catch up on what’s new across our network!
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 vasab.org/wp-content/u...
📣 Share it with your network or subscribe for next newsletters: vasab.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SummerReading #Summer2025
📰 Read full newsletter here 👉 vasab.org/wp-content/u...
📣 Share it with your network or subscribe for next newsletters: vasab.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Enjoy reading!
#Newsletter #VASAB #SummerReading #Summer2025
Today, we were delighted to welcome students from the professional Master’s study programme Spatial Planning at the University of Latvia to the VASAB Secretariat!
It was a great opportunity to introduce our work and meet with the next generation of professionals.
#StudyVisit #VASAB #SpatialPlanning
It was a great opportunity to introduce our work and meet with the next generation of professionals.
#StudyVisit #VASAB #SpatialPlanning
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today, we were delighted to welcome students from the professional Master’s study programme Spatial Planning at the University of Latvia to the VASAB Secretariat!
It was a great opportunity to introduce our work and meet with the next generation of professionals.
#StudyVisit #VASAB #SpatialPlanning
It was a great opportunity to introduce our work and meet with the next generation of professionals.
#StudyVisit #VASAB #SpatialPlanning
On 29 June 2025, Ministers responsible for #SpatialPlanning and development of FI, DE, LV, LT, PL, SE, EE adopted the #VASAB Ministerial Tallinn Declaration on Spatial Resilience during the Estonian Chairmanship of the VASAB CSPD/BSR. 👏 Read the declaration 👉 vasab.org/home/about/m...
July 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On 29 June 2025, Ministers responsible for #SpatialPlanning and development of FI, DE, LV, LT, PL, SE, EE adopted the #VASAB Ministerial Tallinn Declaration on Spatial Resilience during the Estonian Chairmanship of the VASAB CSPD/BSR. 👏 Read the declaration 👉 vasab.org/home/about/m...
🎉VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026 starts next week!
30 young professionals from across the #BalticSeaRegion and Ukraine will meet in Gdańsk for a week of learning and collaboration.
📣 Join LIVE for the opening on 24 August, 9:30–15:00 CET 👉 www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
30 young professionals from across the #BalticSeaRegion and Ukraine will meet in Gdańsk for a week of learning and collaboration.
📣 Join LIVE for the opening on 24 August, 9:30–15:00 CET 👉 www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
August 20, 2026 at 11:22 AM
🎉VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School 2026 starts next week!
30 young professionals from across the #BalticSeaRegion and Ukraine will meet in Gdańsk for a week of learning and collaboration.
📣 Join LIVE for the opening on 24 August, 9:30–15:00 CET 👉 www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
30 young professionals from across the #BalticSeaRegion and Ukraine will meet in Gdańsk for a week of learning and collaboration.
📣 Join LIVE for the opening on 24 August, 9:30–15:00 CET 👉 www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
2nd day of VASAB Young Planners' Summer School 2026 started with 4 study visits to nearby areas, each of them connected to one of four Summer School challenges. Day continues with group work and the MSP Challenge game in the evening.
Video from day 1: www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
Video from day 1: www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
August 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
2nd day of VASAB Young Planners' Summer School 2026 started with 4 study visits to nearby areas, each of them connected to one of four Summer School challenges. Day continues with group work and the MSP Challenge game in the evening.
Video from day 1: www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
Video from day 1: www.youtube.com/live/JhpOE7E...
#SupportedByCBSS
More funding! The cooperation project ”A Planners’ Forum for the Baltic Sea Region” has been funded by Svenska institutet. Peter Schmitt will work together with VASAB Secretariat, Nordregio, Estonian Association of Spatial Planners and the German Academy for Territorial Development. Hurra!
June 28, 2024 at 7:16 AM
More funding! The cooperation project ”A Planners’ Forum for the Baltic Sea Region” has been funded by Svenska institutet. Peter Schmitt will work together with VASAB Secretariat, Nordregio, Estonian Association of Spatial Planners and the German Academy for Territorial Development. Hurra!
✅ Activities within the EUSBSR Policy Area ‘Spatial Planning’
✅ Progress of VASAB projects – #BalticSea2Land, @thenesbproject.bsky.social, #LandBasedPlannersForum and project platform #BalticPlaNet
✅ Organisation of the 5th #BalticMSPForum
✅ Progress of VASAB projects – #BalticSea2Land, @thenesbproject.bsky.social, #LandBasedPlannersForum and project platform #BalticPlaNet
✅ Organisation of the 5th #BalticMSPForum
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
✅ Activities within the EUSBSR Policy Area ‘Spatial Planning’
✅ Progress of VASAB projects – #BalticSea2Land, @thenesbproject.bsky.social, #LandBasedPlannersForum and project platform #BalticPlaNet
✅ Organisation of the 5th #BalticMSPForum
✅ Progress of VASAB projects – #BalticSea2Land, @thenesbproject.bsky.social, #LandBasedPlannersForum and project platform #BalticPlaNet
✅ Organisation of the 5th #BalticMSPForum