Draft model for

the Baltic Urban

Forum

BUF Working Group Meeting,

Tartu, Estonia

Björn Grönholm

UBC EnvCom

Starting point

BUF as described in application

Core activity of the main project - setting up the Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum

conceptually

• meeting point for politicians and experts in cities, private companies (especially small innovative businesses) and research institutions

• serving as a platform for exchanging best practices and experiences, presenting new services and products, voicing needs and receiving answers to them

in practice

• annual event/ each year – specific topic

• consisting of fair and workshops

• Fair - stands, different presentations and change to have a floor speech

• Workshops – based on the ideas submitted by stakeholders, aiming to go deeper in chosen theme and to also involve participants to discussion

Key issues, key stakeholders

key processes

Discussion - Questions

Main Intention / Goal(s) of the BALTIC URBAN FORUM?

- nn

Main rationale of the BALTIC URBAN FORUM (added value of project)?

- nn

- nn

Key issues, key stakeholders

key processes

Concrete activities? (products & deliverables) -Annual Event (Forum) when, where -Communication activities -Other

-nn -nn -nn

How shall the BALTIC URBAN FORUM and activities be tied to already existing organizations and events?

Key issues, key stakeholders

key processes

Partnership composition? (main project) - Business - Cities - Research

How shall the BALTIC URBAN FORUM sustain itself after the end of main project implementation time?

Key issues, key stakeholders

key processes

Next steps in the planning of the concept Upcoming Events Working session in March / Copenhagen Workshop 23 – 25 April in Riga UBC Commisson meeting in Örebro 18 – 22 May BDF – EUSBSR Summit in Turku 1 – 14 June Reporting and dissemination UBC Commission meeting in Riga, October 2014 Planning meetings Consultation Discussions, interaction