Sustainable Maritime Economy
The Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) is an intergovernmental body that consists of CBSS Member State ministry officials, including a representative from the EU Commission.
The Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) is an intergovernmental body that consists of CBSS Member State ministry officials, including a representative from the EU Commission (Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), who gather to exchange knowledge and practices in a spirit of cooperation and trust.
The Expert Group focuses on the Baltic Sea Region’s maritime economy’s growth potential while better protecting its marine ecosystems. This can be achieved when coastal states cooperate in and strive towards cohesive efforts in all sectors of maritime action.
It is important to maintain the balance between economic, social, and ecological aspects within the Baltic Sea Region. This allows for a better and timely resolution of conflicting interests, the harnessing of synergies and the elimination of obstacles to development.
By gathering together top national experts responsible for maritime issues and focusing their attention on specific challenges we can solve them and build up our maritime economy into that of a model region, one issue at a time.
Facts & Figures
- The Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy promotes a cross-sectorial approach to finding solutions and is also welcoming businesses and academia in their work.
- Small and medium sized ports, together with clean shipping, maritime coastal tourism and sustainable yachting are topics the Expert Group focuses on.
Latest News

Green shipping corridors and cruise ship food waste are the focal points of the first CBSS EGSME expert seminar under the Finnish Presidency
To advance the deployment of green shipping corridors and address food waste pollution from cruise ships in the Baltic Sea Region, the first expert seminar…

EGSME tackles green shipping corridors for sustainable maritime economy
The Council of the Baltic Sea States Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy (EGSME) convened in Berlin, Germany on 7 June 2023, with the establishment of green…

Seminar on integrated approaches to maritime economy and first CBSS Expert Group on Sustainable Maritime Economy meeting under German Presidency
The Ecologic Institute and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) in Germany worked in the past months on a project developing a set…