Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

25. BSPC in Riga

The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) was established in 1991 as a forum for political dialogue between parliamentarians from the Baltic Sea Region. BSPC aims at raising awareness and opinion on issues of current political interest and relevance for the Baltic Sea Region. It promotes and drives various initiatives and efforts to support a sustainable environmental, social and economic development of the Baltic Sea Region. It strives at enhancing the visibility of the Baltic Sea Region and its issues in a wider European context.

History

BSPC external interfaces include parliamentary, governmental, sub-regional and other organizations in the Baltic Sea Region and the Northern Dimension area, among them CBSS, HELCOM, the Northern Dimension Partnership in Health and Social Well-Being (NDPHS), the Baltic Sea Labour Network (BSLN), the Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Cooperation (BSSSC) and the Baltic Development Forum.

BSPC shall initiate and guide political activities in the region; support and strengthen democratic institutions in the participating states; improve dialogue between governments, parliaments and civil society; strengthen the common identity of the Baltic Sea Region by means of close co-operation between national and regional parliaments on the basis of equality; and initiate and guide political activities in the Baltic Sea Region, endowing them with additional democratic legitimacy and parliamentary authority.

The political recommendations of the annual Parliamentary Conferences are expressed in a Conference Resolution adopted by consensus by the Conference. The adopted Resolution shall be submitted to the governments of the Baltic Sea region, the CBSS and the EU, and disseminated to other relevant national, regional and local stakeholders in the Baltic Sea region and its neighbourhood.

Structure

BSPC gathers parliamentarians from 11 national parliaments, 11 regional parliaments and 5 parliamentary organizations around the Baltic Sea. The BSPC thus constitutes a unique parliamentary bridge between all the EU- and non-EU countries of the Baltic Sea Region.

Members

Members and Observers:

Country name Arms Flag Membership Parliament Membership status Represented since Members EU relation NATO relation
Denmark Denmark Denmark full Folketing sovereign state 1991 5 European Union member NATO member
Estonia Estonia Estonia full Riigikogu sovereign state 1991 European Union member NATO member
Finland Finland Finland full Eduskunta sovereign state European Union member partnership
Germany Germany Germany full Bundestag sovereign state European Union member NATO member
Iceland Iceland Iceland full Alþingi sovereign state 1991 associate NATO member
Latvia Latvia Latvia full Saeima sovereign state 1991 European Union member NATO member
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania full Seimas sovereign state 1991 European Union member NATO member
Norway Norway Norway full Storting sovereign state 1991 associate NATO member
Poland Poland Poland full Parliament of Poland sovereign state European Union member NATO member
Sweden Sweden Sweden full Riksdag sovereign state 1991 European Union member partnership
Åland Åland Åland Islands full Lagting self-governing region of Finland 1991 European Union territory demilitarized zone
Bremen Bremen Bremen (state) full Bürgerschaft States of Germany European Union territory NATO member
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands full Løgting self-governing region of the Unity of the Realm 1991 minimal NATO member
Greenland Greenland Greenland full Inatsisartut self-governing region of the Unity of the Realm 1991 OCT NATO member
Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg full Bürgerschaft States of Germany European Union territory NATO member
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern full Landtag States of Germany 1991 European Union territory NATO member
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein full Landtag States of Germany 1991 European Union territory NATO member

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Conference

Nr.CityCountryDate
1Helsinki Finland7.-9.1.1991
2Oslo Norway22.-24.4.1992
3Warschau Poland5.-6.5.1994
4Rønne Denmark12.-13.9.1995
5Riga Latvia10.-11.9.1996
6Danzig Poland15.-16.9.1997
7Lübeck Germany7.-8.9.1998
8Mariehamn Åland Islands7.-8.9.1999
9Malmö Sweden4.-5.9.2000
10Greifswald Germany3.-4.9.2001
11Sankt Petersburg Russia30.9.-1.10.2002
12Oulu Finland7.-9.9.2003
13Bergen Norway29.-31.8.2004
14Vilnius Lithuania29.-30.8.2005
15Reykjavík Iceland3.-5.9.2006
16Berlin Germany27.-28.8.2007
17Visby Sweden1.-2.9.2008
18Nyborg Denmark31.8.-1.9.2009
19Mariehamn Åland Islands29.-31.8.2010
20Helsinki Finland28.-30.8.2011
21Sankt Petersburg Russia26.-28.8.2012
22Pärnu Estonia25.-27.8.2013
23Olsztyn Poland24.-26.8.2014
24Rostock Germany31.8.-1.9.2015
25Riga Latvia28.-30.8.2016
26Hamburg Germany3.-5.9.2017
27Mariehamn Åland Islands26.-28.8.2018
28Oslo Norway25.-27.8.2019

See also

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