CBSS – Council of the Baltic Sea States – Building Collaboration and Trust

Council of the Baltic Sea States
Building collaboration and trust

The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an intergovernmental political organisation for regional cooperation. Consisting of 10 Member States and the European Union, it supports a regional perspective on global challenges.

Polish Presidency 2025-2026

CBSS Ministerial Session in Sopot

Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2026

Our
Priority
Areas

The CBSS work is guided by its three long-term priorities: Regional Identity, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, and Safe & Secure Region.

Regional Identity

To foster a Baltic Sea Region identity and intensify contacts supporting its further development.

Safe & Secure Region

To enhance societal security and safety in the Baltic Sea Region.

Sustainable & Prosperous Region

To develop the Baltic Sea Region as a model region of sustainable societies.

”The CBSS plays a key role in helping to underpin a stable, democratic, prosperous and undivided Europe.”

Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General

Former UN Secretary-General

Plungė, Lithuania

Updates from CBSS

New CBSS Policy Brief addresses the instrumentalisation of migration as a hybrid threat

The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and Administration of Poland, has prepared a new policy brief on the instrumentalisation of migration as a hybrid threat in the Baltic Sea Region.

Posted June 24, 2026

CPN: Heads of civil protection agencies advance cooperation on preparedness and resilience

The heads of civil protection agencies of the CBSS Member States examined large-scale evacuations, host nation support and civil-military cooperation while advancing regional efforts to strengthen resilience and preparedness.

Posted June 18, 2026

Call for applications: CBSS Summer University 2026 on “Minorities and societal resilience around the Baltic”

The CBSS invites applications for the second edition of the CBSS Summer University 2026 on “Minorities and societal resilience around the Baltic”, taking place at the Knivsberg Educational Centre in Denmark from 2-8 August 2026.

Posted June 15, 2026

Green shipping corridors and the digital twin of the Baltic Sea at the centre of the EGSME meeting

The CBSS Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) met on 8–9 June 2026 at the Offshore Centre of Gdynia Maritime University in Poland at the final EGSME meeting under the Polish Presidency notably focusing on green shipping corridors and a digital twin of the Baltic Sea.