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Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Szczecin, West Pomerania, Poland |
| Official languages | English |
| Type | International network |
| Members | Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Sweden |
| Leaders | |
• President |  Olgierd Geblewicz |
| Establishment | 1993 |
Website www | |
Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation, BSSSC is an international network associating local governments and local government organizations of the countries around the Baltic Sea. It was established in 1993 under the Stavanger Declaration as a result of the establishing Council of the Baltic Sea States a year earlier.
It has an observer status in HELCOM[1].
History
[edit]The BSSSC was founded in October 1993 in Stavanger, Norway, pursuant to the Stavanger Declaration, the result of the establishment of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in 1992[2][3].
Structure and mission
[edit]The goal of the BSSSC is to strengthen regional cooperation as well as to support the interests of its members among decision-makers from the European Union[2].
The organization consists of:
- chairman who represents organizations outside and conducts board meetings[4];
- board, which is the decision-making body of the BSSSC;
- annual BSSSC conference, which is the organisation's main forum;
- secretariat that changes with the president and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the organization.
References
[edit]- ^ "News 2015-2017". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ a b "Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Structure". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Chairman". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.