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Gustav Lindström is the Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), having previously served as its Deputy Director General. Prior to his tenure at the CBSS, he was the Director of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) based in Paris. Mr Lindström holds a doctorate in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and a master’s degree in international policy studies from Stanford University.

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Olivia Lind Haldorsson is a Senior Adviser and the Head of the CBSS’s Children at Risk Unit.

Prior to his tenure at the CBSS as the head of the Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings (TF-THB), Edi Mujaj worked as a Development Manager at the Swedish National Coordination Office against Trafficking in Human Beings (THB). His experience in the field of THB includes coordinating and authoring several government-commissioned reports and guidelines on sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, and national referral mechanisms. He holds a degree in Political Science from Stockholm University.

Kazimierz Musiał – Senior Adviser, Regional Identity

Vineta Polatside – Senior Adviser, Safe and Secure

Uģis Zanders, the Advisor for the Priority Area Sustainable and Prosperous Region, focuses, at the CBSS, on sustainable maritime economy, climate change adaptation, and the localisation of the UN Agenda 2030 and its SDGs. His previous experience is closely linked to sustainable development policy. At the Latvian Ministry of Environment and Regional Development, he contributed to the UN’s 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production and developed the national legal framework for green public procurement.