Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation
HeadquartersSzczecin, West Pomerania, Poland
Official languagesEnglish
TypeInternational network
MembersDenmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Sweden
Leaders
• President
Poland Olgierd Geblewicz
Establishment1993; 31 years ago (1993)

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "News 2015-2017". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. ^ a b "Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. ^ "Structure". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. ^ "Chairman". BSSSC Official site. Retrieved 2022-04-28.