The Idea

Events

Conferences, Discussion Panels, Workshops and Meetings

The BALTIC SEA FORUM organises events and discussion panels that focus on economic and political developments within the Baltic Sea region. The society offers thus a forum for co-operation, training, discussion and the exchange of opinions. The BALTIC SEA FORUM works closely together with other organisations from the Baltic Sea region during the preparation and realisation of its events.

Contacts

Partner, Know-how and Projects

The BALTIC SEA FORUM puts people in touch with each other and offers access to persons with know-how and experience in the planning and realisation of concrete projects in the Baltic Sea region. The promotion of projects between our members and partners is one of our major objectives.

Information

Publication and Information

The BALTIC SEA FORUM publishes and supports selected studies relating to the Baltic Sea region. The newsletter – BALTIC SEA FORUM INFOnet – , the BALTIC SEA FORUM Calendar of Events and the BALTIKUM-Wegweiser inform our members and interested ones about our work and other activities in the Baltic Sea region.

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Objectives

The BALTIC SEA FORUM works as a non-profit-making organisation and wants to

• Promote economic and cultural co-operation in the Baltic Sea region
• Support the EU’s Northern Dimension Action Plan
• Offer an independant platform and network that facilitates the exchange of experiences, opinions and ideas to the Baltic Sea region
• Improve the flow of information withing the Baltic Sea region
• Consult political institutions on ho to reduce obstacles for co-operation in the region

Strategy

Our Objectives

• Further development of the BALTIC SEA FORUM into an even more competent service centre for its members, partners and institutions in the Baltic Sea region.
• Lasting improvement of the information and co-operation network between BALTIC SEA FORUM, representatives, members and partners.
• Support of the European Commission, the German government, the senate of Hamburg, as well as the provincial governments of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in activities regarding the Baltic Sea region.
• Development of a deeper co-operation with some of the most important NGOs operating in the Baltic Sea region.

Our Work Philosophy

BSF – The Partner for the international exchange of ideas

Events: Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Contacts
The BALTIC SEA FORUM offers a platform for co-operation, training, discussion, and the exchange of ideas. For that reason, we provide a Baltic sea wide network of representatives. We also work closely together with a number of organisations in the Baltic Sea region.

BSF – The competent information centre

Information: Publications, Research, Inquiries, Online-Services
BALTIC SEA FORUM informs about the region and contributes thus to the peaceful development of the region. BSF publishes and supports a number of publications. It also serves as an information centre for its Members, Partners and Institutions.

BSF – The Contact Office for Project development and Know-How

Contacts: Relaying, Information, Investigation
The BALTIC SEA FORUM provides its members, partners and institutions through a network of contacts with access to companies, institutions, government officials and individuals with professional know-how regarding the realisation of projects in the Baltic Sea region.

Concepts

Statement of Purpose

In accordance with its statutes, the purpose of the society is the promotion of co-operation across borders within the Baltic Sea region. The society gives the interests of the region a voice within the wider process of European integration. Thus it hopes to foster the peaceful development within the region. The society is a non-profit-making organisation and it is bound by laws pertaining to this status.

The society and its activities rest on following concepts

• Concept “Baltic Sea region”
  The BALTIC SEA FORUM is the meeting point for all interested persons, companies and Institutions from the countries of the Baltic Sea region and from other countries that are interested in establishing co-operations in the region. The main focus rests on the three Baltic states, Poland, Russia and the other EU candidates in the region.
• Concept “Northern Dimension”
  The society will participate in the further development of the Northern Dimension. It supports the Northern Dimension as an important tool for international co-operation in the Baltic Sea region.
• Concept “Consulting”
  The society acts within the limitations of a non-profit-making organisation as consultancy, advisor and mediator. It offers members as well as interested individuals a platform for the exchange of opinions and ideas. The society realises or supports as patron projects in the field of politics, economics, society and culture.
• Concept “Partners”
  The society collaborates with a number of event organisers, NGOs, commercial chambers, universities, research institutions and administrative institutions. Furthermore, the society expands it network of contacts steadily in order to improve the quality of its activities.

Projects

The main focus of the RTF project is to inform the passenger in good time about deviations through real-time data and to display this data in various media.

The project is planned for the period from the third quarter of 2017 to the third quarter of 2020.

Within the framework of the project, an overarching data hub for real-time information will be set up, which should enable smoother freight and passenger traffic in the Baltic Sea region. For this purpose, the Interreg-funded project mainly looks at the intermodal transport chains for goods and persons in the Baltic Sea region.

The project receives funding from the European Union (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF).

Partners

Germany

• Baltic Sea Forum
• Schenker Deutschland AG
• University of Rostock, Chair for production organisation and logistics
• VBB Public Transport Authority Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
• VMZ Berlin Betreibergesellschaft mbH (geplant)

 

Estonia

• Estonian Road Administration
• Estonian Small Harbours Development Center
• Saarte Liinid Ltd
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Maritime Academy

 

Finland

• Helsinki Public Transport
• Linda Line Express
• Viking Line Abp

 

Lithuania

• NPPE Klaipeda Shipping Research Centre

 

Latvia

• A’TUIN Ltd.
• International Transport Development Association

 

Poland

• Motus Foundation
• West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Maritime Technology and Transport

 

Sweden

• Port of Trelleborg
• RISE AB
• Skånetrafiken
• Stena Line AB
• Swedish Maritime Administration

Further Information

• https://www.stmvalidation.eu/projects/real-time-ferries/
• https://projects.interreg-baltic.eu/projects/rtf-150.html