Sustainability, resilience, and security are the overall themes of this year’s EUSBSR Annual Forum, the yearly gathering for collaboration in the Baltic Sea region within the framework of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The Forum takes place in Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden, on 30 and 31 October. It aims to deepen our understanding and enhance collaborative efforts in these areas.
The Scandria Alliance and its members are actively contributing to the Forum’s programme in the following transport related sessions of the Forum:
Plenary session: Sustainable and Resilient Transport Systems in the Baltic Sea Region
Taking offset in the importance of transport corridors and the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network as lifelines that bolster economic growth and societal connectivity, this policy dialogue will explore the challenges and opportunities for developing sustainable transport solutions in the Baltic Sea Region and how to foster cooperation and innovation among the relevant stakeholders. Furthermore, it will address the effect of the current geopolitical unrest, fuelled largely by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and its impact on transport, logistics, environment, military mobility and security of supply in the region.
The Scandria Alliance will be represented in this panel by our full member Kvarken Council EGTC and our associate member Port of Hamburg Marketing. While the Kvarken Council will focus on the needs for green and resilient cross-border transport connectivity, the Port of Hamburg will speak about the importance of ports for the regional security of supply and their important role in decarbonising transport flows and acting as renewable energy hubs.