Selected Events of the Icelandic Presidency 2026-2027

July 2026

2–5 July 2026, Lübeck: Baltic Sea Region Hackathon 2026 (Director General Gustav Lindström, Policy Officer for Youth Aline Mayr)

3 July 2026, online: First BSRYF CYR meeting of term 2026-2027 (Policy Officer Aline Mayr)

7–9 July 2026, Brussels: Macro-regional & Sea-basins strategies Days 2026 (Safe & Secure Region Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)

12–19 July 2026, Gdańsk: CBSS Summer University 2026 (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

August 2026

2–8 August 2026, Knivsberg, Denmark: CBSS Summer University 2026 (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

24–29 August 2026, Gdańsk: VASAB Summer School (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

28 August–1 September 2026, Lübeck: Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2026 (Policy Officer for Youth Aline Mayr)

31 August–1 September 2026, Lübeck: 35th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (DG Gustav Lindström)

September 2026

3–4 September 2026, Gdańsk: ACTIVATE BSR project kickoff meeting (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr, Administrative Assistant Elsa Almquist)

8–9 September 2026, Hamburg: CREWS project pilot action (Safe & Secure Region Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)

15–16 September 2026, Reykjavik: 1st CSO meeting under the Icelandic Presidency (DG Gustav Lindström, DDG Markus Helavuori)

21–24 September 2026, Hamar, Norway: BSSSC Youth Event; Hamar, Norway (Policy Officer Youth Aline Mayr)

22–23 September 2026, Hamar, Norway: BSSSC Board Meeting (DDG Markus Helavuori)

22–23 September 2026, Riga: Conference of the Prosecutors General of the Baltic Sea States (DG Gustav Lindström)

24 September 2026, online: Icelandic Presidency CPN Kick-off meeting (DG Gustav Lindström, Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator Franziska Seufert)

29 September 2026, Copenhagen: EUSBSR DK Presidency kick-off (Adviser Andriy Martynenko)

October 2026

7–8 October 2026, Reykjavik: 1st TF-THB meeting under the Icelandic Presidency (Head of TF-THB Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Assistant Miisa Rantala)

8 October 2026, Reykjavik: TF-THB & CAR conference on trauma-informed approaches in work with survivors of trafficking in human beings (Head of CAR Kadi Lauri, Head of TF-THB Edi Mujaj, TF-THB Project Assistant Miisa Rantala)

8–9 October 2026, Reykjavik: CBSS EG-CAR 1st meeting under the Icelandic Presidency (Head of CAR Kadi Lauri)

12–13 October 2026, Warsaw: Warsaw Security Forum (DG Gustav Lindström, Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko)

20–21 October 2026, Stockholm: Workshop “Strengthening psychological resilience of first responders through cross-sector learning and collaboration, co-organised by NDPHS (Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator Franziska Seufert)

22 October 2026, Stockholm: EUSBSR PA Secure Steering Group meeting (Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko, Project coordinator Franziska Seufert)

27 October 2026, Gdańsk: 1st VASAB Directors General Meeting (DDG Markus Helavuori)

28–29 October 2026, Reykjavik: BRHC meeting (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

November 2026

3–4 November 2026, Brussels: EU Civil Protection Forum (Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko)

4 November 2026, Warsaw: HELCOM Ministerial Meeting (DG Gustav Lindström)

5–6 November 2026, Plovdiv, Bulgaria: We-ID project New Narratives Workhop (Senior Adviser Kazimierz Musiał)

12–13 November 2026, Joensuu, Finland: CREWS joint project meeting #4 (Safe & Secure Region Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)

16–18 November 2026, Glücksburg, Germany: Future Cities Forum (Felix Schartner Giertta)

17 November 2026, Hamburg: EUSBSR PA Culture steering group meeting (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

18–19 November 2026, Hamburg: InnoCuture conference (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

19 November 2026, Stockholm: Icelandic Presidency – Secretariat security seminar (DG Gustav Lindström)

20 November 2026, Stockholm: 2nd CSO meeting under the Icelandic Presidency (DG Gustav Lindström, DDG Markus Helavuori)

25–27 November 2026, Reykjavik: CPN Senior Experts Meeting (Senior Adviser Vineta Polatside, Adviser Andriy Martynenko)

26 November 2026, Tallinn: CREWS project pilot action (Safe & Secure Region Project Coordinator Franziska Seufert)

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

12–14 February 2027, Munich: Munich Security Conference

March 2027

April 2027

13–15 April 2027, Vilnius: We-ID project New Narratives Workshop (Senior Adviser for Regional Identity Kazimierz Musiał)

14–16 April 2027, Reykjavik: Baltic Excellence Programme (Adviser Andriy Martynenko)

May 2027

26–27 May 2027, Reykjavik: Icelandic CBSS Presidency Ministerial Session