Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum for Smart Cities

20 January 2014, Tartu

Krista Kampus CBSS Baltic 21 Unit

Council of the Baltic Sea States, CBSS

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• 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

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