For each summit Baltic Development Forum is getting help and is working closely with numerous sponsors and cooperation partners, that provide service and support through out the summit.
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG)
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance is a non profit, non governmental initiative with strong involvement from the Baltic business and political leaders.
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance is leading the way in Baltic Corporate Governance by helping to create better governed public and private companies.
Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) pursues global class transparency and competitiveness of Baltic public, private and state or municipality owned companies through the promotion of leading corporate governance (CG) practices.
BICG is the first name in corporate governance in the Baltic’s. As a non-governmental initiative BICG provides value to its stakeholders through leading CG education, development, promotion and networking.
The Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC)
The Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) was founded in Stavanger, Norway, 1993. Its members are regional authorities (level directly below the national level authorities) of the 10 Baltic Sea littoral states.
The BSSSC is a political network whose main organisational bodies are: The Chairperson (who is elected by the Board on a rotational basis for a two-year period), the Board consisting of two representatives of each of the BSR countries, the secretariat which follows the Chairperson and ad hoc Working Groups (currently these are: WG on Agenda 21, WG on Transport and Infrastructure, WG on Youth Policy and WG on Northern Dimension. The main BSSSC event is the annual conference held each year in October.
The BSSSC co-operates closely with other key Baltic Sea organisations and European institutions. Presently Mr Arne Øren, Chairman of the Eastern Norway County Network is the chairman of BSSSC. The work of BSSSC will be based on the Lisbon Agenda and the Gothenburg Agenda, the White Paper on Youth and the European Youth Pact, the Territorial Cooperation Programmes, the ENPI (European Neigbourhood and Partnership Instrument) and the Northern Dimension. The key issues are: 1. Transport and Infrastructure; 2. Maritime Policy; 3. Sustainable Development; 3.1 Energy Production and Energy Efficiency; 3.2 Quality of Life and Public Health; 4. Civil Security – with focus on the issue of Trafficking in Human Beings.
Copenhagen Economics
Copenhagen Economics A/S was founded in 2000. Today the firm employs more than 25 experts – of various nationalities and all with excellent exams in economics – making it one of the largest groups of professional economists on continental Europe.
According to Global Competition Review, Copenhagen Economics is one of the top 20 economic consultancies in the world. (Read more here).
We provide counselling services in the fields of competition, regulation, international trade, impact assessment and regional economics. We are particularly strong in the areas of energy and climate, telecommunication and post and regulated services.
We have offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Brussels. Our main office is located in central Copenhagen in modern, spacious and tastefully decorated offices conveniently situated in Sankt Annæ Plads, just off Kongens Nytorv.
Council of Baltic Sea States
2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).
Germany holds the presidency for 2011-2012. The Council provides an inter-governmental platform and receives strategic guidance from Annual Summits or Ministerial Sessions. It works through network and project based activities. The CBSS works under five long term priorities: environment and sustainability, economic development, energy, education and culture and finally civil security and the human dimension. Some of the priority actions are : EuroFaculty Pskov Project to upgrade university curriculum in North-West Russia; Training for Diplomats to fight against trafficking; Lighthouse Projects for Sustainable Development across the region; enhancement of nuclear and radiation safety in the region as well as civil protection mechanisms and emergency preparedness.The Members of the Council are the eleven states of the BSR as well as the European Commission.
Directorate General for Regional Policy
The mission of the Directorate General for Regional Policy is to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion by reducing disparities between the levels of development of regions and countries of the European Union. In this way the policy contributes positively to the overall economic performance of the EU.
Reducing disparities requires a cohesion policy promoting constant improvements in competitiveness and employment. By co-financing infrastructure projects, developing the information society, accelerating the transfer of know-how, supporting investments in people and stimulating cross-border cooperation, the Directorate General for Regional Policy helps regions that are less prosperous or are suffering from structural problems to improve competitiveness and to achieve a faster rate of economic development in a sustainable way. The policy is thus an important expression of the solidarity of the European Union.
DG Regional Policy aims to deliver:
efficient and effective structural policies that bring benefits to, and are understood by, Europe’s citizens on the ground, contribute directly to creating the conditions for the successful enlargement of the European Union and are consistent with the principle of sound financial management.
Commissioner Johannes Hahn has the political responsibility for regional policy.
BSR INTERREG III B
The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme is an EU programme and belongs to one of the three strands of the European Community Initiative INTERREG III.
The objective of BSR INTERREG III B is to strengthen competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region, its territorial cohesion and sustainability of its development by connecting potentials over the administrative borders. Eleven countries around the Baltic Sea have joined forces to deal with shared regional problems.
BSR INTERREG III B helps regional partners form transnational partnerships in the Baltic Sea Region to work together on common projects. In these projects, regions from different countries address joint challenges in the field of infrastructure planning, environment, transport logistics and the development of cities and rural areas. The cooperating states are Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Belarus and Russia. 120 projects are the result of this initiative.
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is related to the Christian Democratic movement.Having emerged from the ‘Society for Christian Democratic Education Work’ founded in 1956, it was named after the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic in 1964. We are guided by the same principles that inspired Adenauer’s work.
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation offers political education, conducts scientific fact-finding research for political projects, grants scholarships to gifted individuals, researches the history of Christian Democracy, and supports and encourages European unification, international understanding, and development-policy cooperation.
ScanBalt
ScanBalt is a network of networks within the meta-region that encompasses Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, northern part of Germany and north-western part of Russia.
This meta-region is named ScanBalt BioRegion. ScanBalt will promote the development of ScanBalt BioRegion as a globally competitive meta-bioregion.
The Baltic Sea Forum
The Baltic Sea Forum is a non-profit organization which supports the economical, political and cultural co-operation in the Baltic Sea region.
It was founded in 1992 in Helsinki as a German-Finnish organization named Pro Baltica Forum. It supports the co-operation with the Baltic States as well as with the whole Baltic region, sees to the relations between the European Union and Russia and the development of the south-north-relation between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.
The Baltic Sea Forum has an extended network of members, representatives and partners from all fields of activity as e.g. economy, politics, culture as well as in science in the Baltic region and Central Europe. The organization is always in close contact with governments as well as state, regional and local authorities and institutions in the Baltic States. It is supported by a committee.
The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation.
We are striving towards a world-class corporate governance system, where values are as important a basis as rules. Our motto is ‘entrepreneurship in the global public interest’. We believe that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible. Our vision for the World Economic Forum is threefold. It aims to be: the foremost organization which builds and energizes leading global communities; the creative force shaping global, regional and industry strategies; the catalyst of choice for its communities when undertaking global initiatives to improve the state the world.
We enjoy a unique global standing by recognizing and responding to two new developments: The world’s key challenges cannot be met by governments, business or civil society alone. In a world characterized by complexity, fragility and ever greater synchronicity, strategic insights cannot be passively acquired. They are best developed through continuous interaction with peers and with the most knowledgeable people in the field. To carry out its mission, the World Economic Forum has developed an integrated value chain by involving world leaders in communities, inspiring them with strategic insights and enabling them through initiatives.
Danish Export Association
Since its foundation in 1965, the Danish Export Association has provided an unrivalled platform for quality-conscious Danish manufacturers and service providers to interface with their foreign customers and partners.
The concept has been such a success that it is now the largest export association in Denmark with more than 1100 members, making it an excellent platform to locate new business partners and suppliers. The Danish Export Association operates by planning and executing export campaigns, often linked to international trade fairs and exhibitions, and by providing a forum for Danish exporters and foreign buyers.
The association provides a reliable and easy shortcut to quality-conscious Danish companies – simply supply us with details of your requirements in terms of expertise, capacity and know-how, or search our databases and website online to find the company with the resources, products and quality you need.
