On 18 April 2013 at the Gdansk hotel "Scandic" Voivodeship Labour Office in Gdańsk organized the European Job Day. The event was held to promote the educational and professional mobility in Europe among the inhabitants of Pomerania, information on the principles of safe movement on the labour market and the current situation on the labour markets in European countries.

More than three thousand job offers, two hundred exhibitors, several thousand visitors

The second edition of the International, Pomeranian, Metropolitan  Fairs of Job, Education and Entrepreneurship, held on 17 April 2013 at the Exhibition and Conference in Gdańsk Amber Expo have been successful.
Project was organised by Voivodeship Labour Office in Gdansk, with the Regional Labour Office in Gdansk and Regional Labour Offices in Wejherowo, Puck, Nowy Dwór Gdański, Malbork, Tczew, Słupsk, Lębork, Gdynia, Bytów and Kartuzy.

The 18th Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States took place on 6th June 2013 in Pionersky, Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation. Hosted by the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, the meeting included foreign ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, as well as High Representatives from Iceland, Poland and the European Union. 

Between 27 and 28 May ERB Executive Board met in Karlskrona. On the first day the participants attended the information session with presentations and discussions on the programming process in the South Baltic CBC Programme, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, youth cooperation, and two projects: Baltic Maritime Science Park  and ArtLine. ERB Youth Board presented the results of the survey whose aim was to investigate the anchoring of youth cooperation in their regions  and informed of their recent activities.

ERB Executive Board accepted the proposal regarding process of obtaining a legal personality by Euroregion Baltic. New legal entity should be established as international association with regional administrations and organisations as its members. Draft Statutes and additional documents have to be prepared in following months and discussed internally in member organisations and national authorities. If all proceedings fit into agreed schedule, association will be founded before the end of 2013.

ERB Executive Board, at its meeting in Karlskrona on 27th of May, agreed on a standpoint concerning thematic scope of future South Baltic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme. Members of the Board decided to give full support to following thematic objectives of the Programme:

The Pan-European Institute publishes a quarterly discussion forum, Baltic Rim Economies (BRE), which focuses on the development of the Baltic Sea Region. In BRE, high-level public and corporate decision makers, representatives of Academia and several other experts contribute to the discussion. At its website you may find over 1000 previous expert articles, among others the article of the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.

Download the latest issue:  Baltic Rim Economies 3/2013

MOMENT project is coming to an end. Evaluation of WUPs (Water Users Partnerships) by Ramböll, as well as the Summary of the project conference and 4th ERB Water Forum, both held in Kalmar on 27 and 28 November 2012, and  of the project. Enjoy the read!