• Regional Youth Council Schleswig-Holstein
• Baltic Youth Office
• Baltic Times
• Norden

• Partner

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• Union of the Baltic Cities
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• Commission on Youth Issues
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• BSSSC
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• Baltic Sea Net

• Council of the
  Baltic Sea States

 

 


Barents Youth Cooperation Office

Welcome to the Baltic Sea

Within the last decade, co-operation in the field of youth has become an integral part of the general Baltic Sea regional co-operation initiatives. Already in the mid-90ies, the Presidency Declaration of the Baltic Sea States Summit in Visby and the Action Programmes of the Ministerial Session of the CBSS in Kalmar underlined the priority for the promotion of people-to-people partnerships in general and the "promotion of contacts between young people in the Baltic Sea region" in particular.
In 1996 "Youth Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region" was for the first time put on the agenda of the 4th Conference on Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) in Vaasa. The Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) build up a Commission on Youth Issues just a little bit later.

Meeting of the Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Riga 2007

On October 9th and 10th the annual meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)-Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs (WGYA) took place in Riga, Latvia. For the first time there were representatives from both the UBC (Union of the Baltic Cities) - Commission on Youth and from the BSSSC - (Baltic Sea States Sub-Regional Co-operation) Working Group on Youth Policy attending the meeting and presenting their work. Both UBC and BSSSC enjoy the status of special participants of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.

Meeting of the Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Stockholm 2006

The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)-Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs (WGYA) met in Stockholm, Sweden in November 2006. The minstries responsible for youth policy from the CBSS member states came together to discuss the implementation of their Work Plan 2006-2008 and further actions. The Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs reported on its work on the same occasion.

Meeting of Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Reykjavik 2006

On the meeting in Reykjavik in June 2006 the ministries responsible for youth affairs of the Baltic Sea States discussed the implementation of the working plan for the period 2006-2008.