Finnish Presidency 2023-2024: Calendar of Events

July 2023

  • 3 July, Online: Preparation meeting Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum in collaboration with the German Bundestag
  • 6-7 July, Lübeck, Germany: Baltic Sea Youth Hackathon on democracy and resilient societies

August 2023

  • 9-10 August, Stockholm, Sweden: Final NEEDS project Transnational Partner Meeting
  • 25-27 August, Berlin, Germany: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum
  • 28-29 August, Berlin, Germany: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

September 2023

  • 4 September, Online: planning meeting with EUSBSR PA Tourism coordinators (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 4 September, Helsinki: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 5 September, Tallinn: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 6-7 September, Helsinki: First CSO Meeting under the Finnish Presidency (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, DDG Gustav Lindström, Core team Intern Mila Cekredzi) 
  • 7-8 September, Ystad: participating in a panel discussion during the Baltic Ports Organization Annual Conference (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 12 September, Online: Trio-meeting (DE-FI-EE) of the Civil Protection Network (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 12 September, Online: Coordination meeting for international organisations about their work related to Barnahus (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 13 September, Stockholm: Journeys project partner meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson) 
  • 20 September, Online: Kickoff event of the Finnish Chairmanship of the Civil Protection Network (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 20-21 September, Online: TF-CBT therapy training for Barnahus professionals (Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson)  
  • 25 September, Online: European Blue Forum workshop (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 27-28 September, Palanga: BaltSusBoating 2030 project presentation at the HELCOM Informal Consultation Workshop on implementation of BSAP actions related to recreational crafts (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 28 September, Middelfart, Denmark: The Danish Barnahus Network meeting 2023, 10th aniv. Of Barnahus in Denmark (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 29 September, Palanga: Our Baltic Conference (DG Grzegorz Poznanski) 
  • 28 September, Online: Lanzarote Committee meeting focusing on recent results of a Council of Europe Barnahus survey (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson)
  • 4 September, Online: planning meeting with EUSBSR PA Tourism coordinators (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 4 September, Helsinki: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 5 September, Tallinn: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 6-7 September, Helsinki: First CSO Meeting under the Finnish Presidency (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, DDG Gustav Lindström, Core team Intern Mila Cekredzi) 
  • 7-8 September, Ystad: participating in a panel discussion during the Baltic Ports Organization Annual Conference (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 12 September, Online: Trio-meeting (DE-FI-EE) of the Civil Protection Network (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 12 September, Online: Coordination meeting for international organisations about their work related to Barnahus (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 13 September, Stockholm: Journeys project partner meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson) 
  • 20 September, Online: Kickoff event of the Finnish Chairmanship of the Civil Protection Network (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 
  • 20-21 September, Online: TF-CBT therapy training for Barnahus professionals (Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson)  
  • 25 September, Online: European Blue Forum workshop (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 27-28 September, Palanga: BaltSusBoating 2030 project presentation at the HELCOM Informal Consultation Workshop on implementation of BSAP actions related to recreational crafts (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 28 September, Middelfart, Denmark: The Danish Barnahus Network meeting 2023, 10th aniv. Of Barnahus in Denmark (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 29 September, Palanga: Our Baltic Conference (DG Grzegorz Poznanski) 
  • 28 September, Online: Lanzarote Committee meeting focusing on recent results of a Council of Europe Barnahus survey (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson)

October 2023

  • 2 October, Online: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2024 coordination meeting with Danish parliament (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)
  • 3 October, Riga: PA Secure Steering group meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 2-3 October, Riga: BSR Cultural Pearls Partner Meeting (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)
  • 4 October, Riga: All hands-on deck: Safe and Secure Baltic Sea Region through “whole of society” approach (DG Grzegorz Posnanski, DDG Gustav Lindström, Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 4 October, Riga: “Strengthening and developing cooperation with Ukraine to empower sustainable rebuilding”, EUSBSR Annual Forum Workshop (co-organizers) (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)
  • 4 October, Riga: “Youth and Culture driving resilient communities in the BSR”, EUSBSR Annual Forum Workshop (co-organizers) (Project Coordinator BSR Cultural Pearls, Felix Schartner Giertta, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)
  • 4 October, Riga: “Driving collaborative decarbonization and climate adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region” EUSBSR Annual Forum Workshop (co-organizers and panellist) (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)
  • 4-5 October, Riga: BaltSusBoating 2030 project presentation at networking village during EUSBSR Annual Forum (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Adviser Ugis Zanders)
  • 4 October, Online: Consultation group at the Council of Europe on Children of Ukraine (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson)
  • 4-5 October, Riga: EUSBSR Annual Forum: Youth Participation of BSYD participants (Senior Adviser for Priority Area Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Policy Officer for Youth Aline Mayr, (Intern for Regional Identity Marie Schädler))
  • 4 October, Online: Training for the Finnish MFA on the Handbook for Embassies and Diplomatic Missions on How to Assist and Protect Victims of Human Trafficking (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)
  • 4 – 5 October, Barcelona: Contributing to the International Organisation event “International exchange on access to justice for victims of trafficking for labour exploitation”. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj)
  • 5 October, Riga: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj)
  • 9 October, Online: Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project Policy Dialogue Working Group meeting (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region Intern Heike Brunken)
  • 9 – 11 October, Brussels: EURegionsWeek 2023 (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)
  • 10 October, Brussels: Citizens’ Dialogue EURegionsWeek 2023. with Commissioner Ferreira (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)
  • 10 October, Online: “Children’s VOICEs in the Barnahus’ The Child’s Voice in Barnahus” webinar for the EU funding project on safe pathways through Barnahus (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson)
  • 11 October, Brussels: Workshop ‘Building resilience across borders: Strengthening regional disaster risk and crisis management’ organised during the European Week of Regions and Cities(Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 11 October, Tallinn: “Co-creating Vision for Sustainable Boating in the Baltic Sea Region” at the Baltic Sea Tourism Forum 2023 (organizer and moderator of the workshop) (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Sustainable & Prosperous Region Intern Heike Brunken).
  • 11 October, Tallinn: the Baltic Sea Tourism Forum 2023 (DG, Grzegorz Poznanski)
  • 11 – 13 October, Online: Working group meeting of the UN Interagency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)
  • 12 October, Online: 3rd Meeting Focal Points of the UN Interagency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)
  • 12 October, Tallinn: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and child protection (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)
  • 12 October, Stockholm: National Day of Observer State Spain (DDG Gustav Lindström, Ligia Broström).
  • 13 October, Online: DG REGIO Core Group Interreg Youth Manifesto next steps (Policy Officer Youth, Aline Mayr)
  • 12 October, Turku: Firts1st Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) meeting under Finnish Chairmanship focusing on green shipping corridors and food waste from cruise shipping (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)
  • 16-17 October, Helsinki/Espoo: workshop “Societal Security Education” ,organised by Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)
  • 17 October, Stockholm: CAPE Workshop for Swedish authorities within the frame of the inter-agency cooperation “A-krim” (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)
  • 18 October, Stockholm: Meeting with/ presentation of Pamoja Girls Initiative about networking, regional impact, potential networking (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)
  • 19 October, Online: Coordination meeting with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DG Grzegorz Posnanski, DDG Gustav Lindström).
  • 23 October, Online: Journeys International Expert Group meeting (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud)
  • 24 October, Vilnius: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj)
  • 24 October, Vilnius: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj)
  • 24 October, Palanga: UBC Conference (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał, Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta)
  • 24-26 October, Gdansk: 2nd Baltic Border Committee (BBC) experts meeting Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 25 October, Palanga: “Social resilience through Culture and Creativity – Building strong and attractive communities (BSR Cultural Pearls)”, Workshop at XVII UBC General Conference (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)
  • 26 October, Online: “Partnership and capacity building for the sustainable public procurement in the Baltic Sea Region”. (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, Sustainable & Prosperous region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)
  • 27-29 October, Padasjoki: “International workshop for youth building resilience in one’s own neighborhood, community, family & social media in promoting the culture of volunteerism among children and youth” (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Intern PA Safe and Secure and PA Sustainable and Prosperous Region Heike Brunken, Communications Intern Cecilia Tümler)
  • 31 October – 2 November, Prague: Presenting the Barnahus Network at a parliamentary conference in Czechia (Children at risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen)
  • 31 October, Online: Webinar “Terminology – Comprehensive Security and Civil Defense” (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)

November 2023

  • 2 November, Online: CPN TRIO meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)
  • 6 – 10 November, Brühl: Simulation based Training on Anti Human trafficking policies in Cooperation with OSCE. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)
  • 9 November, Stockholm: EU macro-regional civil strategy in the making – workshop co-organised by the European House Budapest, the Norden association and the CBSS
  • 9-10 November, Brühl: Simulation based Training on Anti Human trafficking policies in Cooperation with OSCE and meeting with special Representative and Coordinator on THB from OSCE (DDG Gustav Lindström).
  • 14 November, Online: National Bairns’ Hoose (Barnahus) Governance Group, participating in an advisory role in their discussions on expanding the model nationally (Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen)
  • 14 November, Online: Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project Policy Dialogue Working Group meeting (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)
  • 15 November, Geneva: International dissemination event in Cooperation with IOM and the Swedish MFA on the Handbook for Embassies and Diplomatic Missions on How to Assist and Protect Victims of Human Trafficking, supported by the Swedish Permanent Mission in Geneva (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)
  • 15-16 November, Stockholm: Second CSO Metting under the Finnish Presidency (DG Grzegorz Poznanski, DDG Gustav Lindström, Core Team Intern Mila Cekredzi, CBSS Staff)
  • 22 November, Copenhagen: PROMISE + TRM National Dialogue on anti-trafficking and children. (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)
  • 22 November, Stockholm: Moderating the national training on THB for the Swedish Border Police (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj)
  • 23 November, Helsinki: Forum on cooperation with Ukraine (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 24 November, Helsinki: Project “Civil Protection Faculty” kick-off and workshop on training needs of UA first responders and civilians (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)
  • 30 November, Rovaniemi: Joint Children at Risk Expert Group and TF-THB joint Expert Group meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, TF-THB Intern Johannes Witt)

December 2023 

  • 1 December, Rovaniemi: Children at Risk Expert Group meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 1 December, Rovaniemi: First TF-THB EG Meeting of the Finnish Presidency and joint EG meeting together with the CAR EG (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, Intern TF-THB Johannes Witt)  
  • 4 December, Online: ‘Interagency collaboration, team work and professionalism in Barnahus’ webinar for the EEA funded project on Promoting multidisciplinary and interagency justice and response for child and witnesses of violence in Bulgaria Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 6 December, Stockholm: Journeys child log consultation workshop (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 7 December, Gdansk: Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project meeting (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 7 December, Online: ‘Medical Interventions in Barnahus’ webinar for the EEA funded project on Promoting multidisciplinary and interagency justice and response for child and witnesses of violence in Bulgaria Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 7 – 8 December, Stockholm: TF-THB and Swedish Gender Equality Agency event ‘European Forum on Labour Exploitation’ (DG Grzegorz Poznański , DDG Gustav Lindström, TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä, Intern TF-THB Johannes Witt, Advisor/Team Leader Communications and Media Relations Dominik Littfass, Communications Officer Ewa Strozniak, Communications Intern Cecilia Tümler de Carvalho,Team Leader SAO Ligia Broström, Core Team Intern Mila Cekredzi, Intern PA Safe and Secure and PA Sustainable and Prosperous Region Heike Brunken, Intern Children at Risk Unit Natascha Hansen)
  • 11 December, Online: ‘Therapeutic intervention in Barnahus’ webinar for the EEA funded project on Promoting multidisciplinary and interagency justice and response for child and witnesses of violence in Bulgaria Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 12 –13 December, Helsinki: Civil Protection Network senior experts meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert) 
  • 13-14 December, Helsinki: Action Oriented Dialogue organized by UNDRR (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert)
  • 15 December, Online: INGSA Europe roundtable – Food safety science advice in Baltic Sea States (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 

January 2024

  • 9 January, Stockholm: Meeting with the Swedish National Rapporteur and the Human trafficking Investigative Unit at the Swedish Police Authority, on the development of Investigative Guidelines for law enforcement in the BSR on human trafficking. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj) 
  • 10 January, Online: Meeting with the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken) 
  • 11 January, Online: Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project partner meeting (Sustainable & Prosperous region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 11 January, Online: Meeting with the Pomorskie in the European Union Association (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken) 
  • 12 Janurary, Online: TRM partner meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 12 January, Online: Youth for Cooperation Group meeting by DG REGIO (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr) 
  • 15 January, Online: ‘Child investigative interviews in Barnahus’ webinar for the EEA funded project on Promoting multidisciplinary and interagency justice and response for child and witnesses of violence in Bulgaria (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud)  
  • 16 January, Online: Meeting with Youth and Environment Europe to discuss collaboration during European Maritime Days in May in Denmark (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 17 January, Online: Journeys partner meeting (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen). 
  • 17 January, Online: Stakeholder meeting “Migration Transition – Identities – Democracy” in the framework of ongoing project application for Horizon Europe (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, Sustainable & Prosperous region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Regional Identity Senior Adviser Kazimierz Musial) 
  • 18 January, Online: CAR Troika (Children at Risk Head of Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Policy Advisor- Children’s rights, early prevention, protection of children and youths from sexual violence and exploitation, Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth- Germany, Mrs Marjo Malja, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ms Kadi Lauri, Head of the Child Protection Department, Estonian Social Insurance Board  
  • 18-19 January, Online: Bilateral consultation meetings with representatives from Riga City, Liepaja (LV), Saulkrasi (LV),  Gävle (SE), Palanga (LT) municipalities in the framework of ClimaResponse project planning (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken) 
  • 19 January, Online: Planning meeting with Finnish National Rescue Association regarding the follow up work on involvement of volunteers in disaster risk reduction (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 22 January, Online: BSSSC Youth Webinar with HELCOM about the holistic approach (HOLAS 3) and the  ecological situation  of the Baltic Sea (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr) 
  • 22-24 January, Dusseldorf: Participation at Boot 2024 in the framework of Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project. Speaker at the roundtable discussions and engagement in policy dialogue activities in cooperation with Estonian EGSME representative (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė).  
  • 23 January, Stockholm: PA Secure planning meeting with MSB (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert) 
  • 24 January, Online: Youth cooperation during the Estonian CBSS presidency with MFA and Estonian Youth Council (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musial, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 24 January, Paderborn: Paderborner Europa-Vorlesung “The relevance of Baltic Sea regionalism at critical junctures” (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 24 January, Online: VOALA and BYFORES projects’ partner meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside) 
  • 25 January, Online: Bilateral consultation meetings with representatives from Laane-Harju (EE), Ustka (PL) and Kristiansand (NO) municipalities in the framework of ClimaResponse project planning (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken) 
  • 29 January, Online: CPN TRIO meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 29 January, Online: Meeting with the Executive Coordinator of European Sustainable Development Network (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, Sustainable & Prosperous region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)  
  • 30 – 31 January, Stockholm/Online: Journeys mid-term meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 31 January, Kiel/Online: Coordination meeting for Baltic Sea Youth activities by Land Schleswig-Holstein (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)
  • 31 January, Online: Meeting with CBSS EGSME Finnish Chair to discuss the revision of EGSME ToR (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė)   

February 2024

  • 1 February, Online: Workshop on Toolkit for Barnahus Quality Standard 5 (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 2 February, Online: Journeys International Expert Group meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 2 February, Online: Coordination meeting to follow-up on EUSBSR Annual Forum workshop on cooperation with Ukraine with PACs Nutri, Bioeconomy, Hazards and Ship (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 5 February, Stockholm: Meeting with the secretariat of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) presidency to prepare the youth event at the BSPC conference in Helsingør in August. (DDG Gustav Lindström, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 5 February, Online: Project partner meeting in the framework of ClimaResponse project planning (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken)  
  • 6 February, Online: Introductory meeting with DG MARE, Unit A.1 in the framework of Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken)  
  • 6-7 February, Stockholm: Secure Kids project experts meeting (Safe & Secure and CAR team members) 
  • 6-7 February, Hamburg: EUSBSR PAC-NC meeting (Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 7 February, Riga/Online: Training for the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Handbook for Embassies and Diplomatic Missions on How to Assist and Protect Victims of Human Trafficking. (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj) 
  • 9 February, Online: Meeting with the EUSBSR PA Tourism coordinators to discuss Balitc Sea Tourism Forum 2024 (Sustainable & Prosperous region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders).  
  • 13 February, Helsinki: Expert Workshop for TF-THB and CAR (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson) 
  • 13 February, Online: CBSS Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) Meeting on Revision of EGSME ToR (DG Grzegorz Poznański, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, intern Heike Brunken)  
  • 13-14 February, Helsinki: Second TF-THB Meeting and joint International Workshop with the Children at Risk EG under the Finnish Presidency (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 13-14 February, Helsinki: Kickoff meeting of the project “Joint Crisis Communication in the Baltic Region” (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside) 
  • 16 February, Online: Youth for Cooperation by DG Regio call (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr) 
  • 20 February, Stockholm: Coordination meeting on youth and civil society participation in the EUSBSR Annual Forum (Senior Adviser Regional Identity Kazimierz Musial, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 21 February, Brussels: Third CSO Meeting under the Finnish Presidency (DG Grzegorz Poznański, DDG Gustav Lindström, Core Team Intern Mila Cekredzi) 
  • 22 February, Online: Meeting with CBSS EGSME Chair to discuss EGSME ToR revision (DG Grzegorz Poznański, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region Adviser Ugis Zanders, intern Heike Brunken) 
  • 22 February, Stockholm: Final National Dialogue within the frame of the joint CAR and TF-THB PROMISE TRM Project, organised by CBSS, IOM Finland and the Swedish Gender Equality Agency (TF-THB Senior Adviser Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 22-23 February, Sopot: MUNIMAP project kick-off meeting (Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 28 February,  Stockholm: Steering Group meeting PA Hazards and Nutri on the topic of youth participation in the SG (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 29 February, Online: Project RAZOM partner’s meeting (Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 

March 2024

  • 5 March, Online: Secure Kids project partners meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson)
  • 5-6 March, Tallinn: BSR Cultural Pearls Partner Meeting (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 5-6 March, Chisinau: Regional Expert Group Meeting on Labour Exploitation in TIP including by migration from armed conflict in South-Eastern Europe (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 5-7 March, Gdańsk: BSSSC Conference (DG Grzegorz Poznański, DDG Gustav Lindström) 
  • 7 March, Online: TRM partner meeting (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 7 March, Brussels: Meeting with DG Mare Unit A.1, Unit A.2 and DG Grow in the framework of Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project Policy Dialogue activities (Policy Officer for Sustainable and Prosperous Region Ignė Stalmokaitė) 
  • 8 March, Online: Workshop to develop a training curricula for the Ukrainian educators  in the framework of Civil Protection Faculty project (Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Vineta Polatside) 
  • 10-15 March, Kulice: CBSS Spring School 2024: Uncomfortable Heritage in the Baltic Sea Region and Beyond: From Negation to Re-interpretation (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)
  • 11 March, Online: First planning meeting with DG REGIO for a youth-driven panel during the EU Strategies Days in June (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr. RI intern Simona Jakaite)   
  • 11-13 March, Tallinn: Study visit with Bulgarian delegation to Barnahus Estonia (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud) 
  • 13 March, Online: First planning meeting for the Baltic Sea Region hackathon 2024 (Senior Adviser Kazimierz Musial, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, RI Intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 15 March, Online: Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum – Culture Working Group meeting to develop report on youth councils in cultural institutions (Policy Officer Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 18 March, Online:  Meeting with the organisers of the Nordic Baltic Youth Summit in Lithuania – Nordic Council of Ministers (Policy Officer Aline Mayr)  
  • 18 March, Online: Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum –  Committee of Youth Representatives (CYR) meeting to discuss BSRYF Election Meeting (Policy Officer Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 18-19 March, Stockholm: Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project partner meeting (DG Grzegorz Poznański, Adviser Ugis Zanders, Adviser Olga Zuin, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, intern Fabian Szczepanik) 
  • 19 March, Online: Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum –  Steering Group meeting to discuss BSRYF Election Meeting (Policy Officer Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 19-20 March, Helsinki: Baltic Excellence Programme (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 19-21 March, Helsinki: Baltic Border Committee experts meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 21 March, Helsinki: BALTinnoSEC forum (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 22 March 2024, Hamburg: German Association for Demography, Public Panel- Political best practice and demographic normality. Lessons for Germany from the Nordic countries (Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Advisor Ugis Zanders) 
  • 22 March, Online: Project partner meeting in the framework of ClimaResponse project planning (Adviser Ugis Zanders, Adviser Olga Zuin, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, intern Fabian Szczepanik)  
  • 25 March, Online: Joint crisis communication in the Baltic region project partners meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Vineta Polatside) 
  • 25 March, Online: Meeting with CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (Adviser Ugis Zanders, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, intern Fabian Szczepanik) 
  • 26 March, Stockholm: Meeting on Nordic Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing  with the Swedish Government Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Policy Officer Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 26 March, Online: 2nd seminar on Sustainable Public procurement in the Baltic Sea region. (Adviser Ugis Zanders, Adviser Olga Zuin, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, Policy Officer Ignė Stalmokaitė, Sustainable & Prosperous Region, intern Fabian Szczepanik)

April 2024

  • 10 April, Online: 4th CSO Meeting under the Finnish Presidency (DG Grzegorz Poznański, DDG Gustav Lindström, Core Team Intern Miisa Rantala)
  • 15-16 April, Stockholm: Cognitive Dominance: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Influence in Great Power Competition (DDG Gustav Lindström).  
  • 15-16 April, Vienna: OSCE 24th High-Level Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference entitled “Beyond Awareness-Raising: Reshaping Human Trafficking Prevention” (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj) 
  • 15 April, Vienna: Meeting between TF-THB Secretariat and TF-THB Presidency Trio (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj) 
  • 16 April, Online: CPN TRIO meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 16-18 April, Stockholm: RAZOM project kick off meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 22 April, Online: 2nd Election Meeting of the Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum (Senior Adviser Kazimierz Musial, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 23 April, Online: Secure Kids project partners meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson) 
  • 24 April (Preliminary), Stockholm/Hybrid: National Focal Point meeting with BSR Law Enforcement agencies on Investigation Protocol on THB (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj, Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 25-26 April, Riga: Blue Mission Banos 2nd Mission Arena. Presentation/Keynote on Green Shipping Corridors and CBSS EGSME work (Sustainable and Prosperous Region) – tbc 
  • 25-26 April, Helsinki: Workshop on project development “Comprehensive security and societal resilience” (Safe and Secure Region Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert) 

May 2024

  • 7-8 May, Jakobstad: Culture for Resilience Forum 2024 organized by BSR Cultural Pearls project (Project Coordinator Felix Schartner Giertta, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 8-9 May, London: FRAUD project study trip to UK (TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä)  
  • 13-14 May, Helsinki: PA Secure Steering group meeting (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 14-15 May, Helsinki: TF-THB Expert group meeting and joint International anti-trafficking Conference with CAR EG under the Finnish Presidency (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Proejct Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 14-15 May, Helsinki: CAR Expert Group meeting and joint International anti-trafficking Conference with TF-THB EG under the Finnish Presidency (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson, Children at Risk Intern Natascha Hansen) 
  • 20 May, Online: FRAUD project partner meeting (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Officer Veikko Mäkelä) 
  • 22-23 May, Marienhamn: 2nd EGSME seminar under the Finnish Presidency on Green Shipping Corridors (DG Grzegorz Poznański, Sustainable and Prosperous Region participation) – tbc
  • 22-24 May, Helsinki: CBSS Youth Ministerial 2024 under the Finnish presidency (Senior Adviser Kazimierz Musial, Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, RI intern Simona Jakaite)  
  • 27-28 May, Stockholm: Secure Kids Train the Trainers workshop on child participation in DRR mechanism (Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert, Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Programme Coordinator Laura Daoud, Children at Risk Research and Policy Assistant Sven Wilson) 
  • 30 May, Online: Food security and home preparedness workshop with PA Bioeconomy (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko) 
  • 30 May, Svendborg: European Maritime Days – CBSS Workshop on Sustainable Boating (DG Grzegorz Poznański) – tbc

June 2024

  • 4-5 June, Oulu: Baltic Sustainable Tourism Forum 2024 (Sustainable and Prosperous Region, BSR Cultural Pearls) – tbc
  • 4-5 June, Brussels:  European Civil Protection Forum (Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko)  
  • 10 June, Stockholm: PROMISE-TRM project final conference (TF-THB Senior Advisor Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Proejct Officer Veikko Mäkelä). 
  • 12-13 June, Online:  EU Strategies Days – youth panel (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 10-11 June, Helsinki: Directors General for civil protection meeting in Helsinki (DG Grzegorz Poznański, Senior Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Vineta Polatside, Adviser for Safe & Secure Region Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator for Safe and Secure Franziska Seufert) 
  • 12-13 June, Tarragona: Oak Spain project conference (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 

July 2024

  • 4-5 July, Helsinki: Participation at Tall Ship Races 2024 in the framework of Baltic Sustainable Boating 2030 project (Sustainable and Prosperous Region) – tbc 
  • 15-21 July, Tallinn: CBSS Summer University 2024, “Balticness in Transition: Exploring Identity and Resilience in the Baltic Sea region” (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał) 
  • 19-21 July, Lübeck: 2nd Baltic Sea Region Hackathon (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr) 

August 2024

  • 10 – 11 August, Marienhamn: ReGeneration Week (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)  
  • 18-21 August, Uppsala: ISPCAN conference (Head of Children at Risk Unit Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Children at Risk Adviser Shawnna von Blixen) 
  • 24 – 27 August, Helsingør: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)