Policy Area Nutri Steering Group
Each Policy Area is steered by a Steering Group. Composed of one or more representatives of the national and regional governments of the eight Member States of the Strategy, Steering Group members represent their governments and perform their tasks as focal points at the national level. Furthermore, they strategically and thematically advise Policy Area Coordinators on the development of the Policy Area.
Organisations forming the Steering Group
- DENMARK: Ministry of Environment
- ESTONIA: Ministry of Climate
- FINLAND: Ministry of the Environment
- GERMANY: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Federal Environment Agency, Protection of the Seas and Polar Regions
- LATVIA: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
- LITHUANIA: Ministry of Environment
- POLAND: Ministry of Infrastructure
- SWEDEN: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Observers in the Steering Group
- HELCOM Secretariat
Contact details for the Steering Group members can be found on the Contact us page.
Past meetings
30th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 12/2025
29th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 09/2025
- agenda-sg-meeting-09-2025
- pa-nutri-sg-meeting-16092025 slides
- eusbsr_sg-meeting-minutes-nutri-09-2025
28th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 03/2025
- agenda-sg-meeting-03-2025
- pa-nutri-sg-meeting-2403025 slides
- n-kruta-cbs-project
- eusbsr_sgmeeting-minutes-nutri-03-2025
27th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 12/2024
- agenda-sg-meeting-12-2024-change
- pa-nutri-sg-meeting-18122024 slides
- eusbsr_sgmeeting-minutes-nutri-12-2024
- pa-nutri-rules-of-procedure_18-12-2024
PA Nutri SG unofficial workshop on Action Plan update 11/2024
26th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 6/2024
PA Nutri and PA Hazards workshop for SG members 02/2024
25th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 2/2024
24th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 12/2023
23th PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 9/2023
- Agenda PA Nutri steering group meeting 9/2023
- PA Nutri SG meeting 09-2023
- Minutes 23rd SG meeting PA Nutri
22nd PA Nutri Steering Group Meeting 4/2023
- Agenda PA Nutri steering group meeting 4/2023
- Minutes 22nd SG meeting PA Nutri
- PA Nutri Rules of Procedure (updated 4.4.2023)
- SG meeting slides 4/2023
- Sl Baltic 0403_Ukraine
21st PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 12/2022
- Agenda PA Nutri steering group meeting 12/2022
- 12/2022 PA Nutri SG meeting
- EUSBSR general presentation PA Nutri 12/2022
- Minutes 21st SG meeting PA Nutri
- EUSBSR PA Nutri Work Plan 2023
20th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 9/2022
- 20th PA Nutri meeting 9/2022 agenda
- 20th PA Nutri meeting 9/2022 minutes
- 20th PA Nutri meeting 9/2022 minutes
19th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 11/2021
- 19th PA Nutri SG meeting 11/2021 agenda
- 19th PA Nutri SG_SuMaNu project platform presentation
- PA Nutri Rules of Procedure_final_approved 28.10.2021
- Communication from the NCG to PA Nutri on the SG RoP
- 19th PA Nutri SG meeting 11/2021 minutes
18th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 6/2021
- 18th PA Nutri SG meeting 6/2021 agenda
- 18th PA Nutri SG meeting draft Nutri rules of procedure
- 18th PA Nutri SG meeting presentation_Nutri activities
- 18th PA Nutri SG workshop idea paper
- 18th PA Nutri SG meeting 6/2021 minutes
17th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 11/2020
- PA Nutri SG 11/2020 agenda
- PA Nutri SG 11/2020 minutes
- Updated EUSBSR Action Plan and other current issues in PA Nutri Anna Hernberg, Ministry of the Environment of Finland, PAC Nutri
16th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 9/2020
15th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 1/2020
- PA Nutri SC 1/2020 agenda
- PA Nutri SC meeting 1/2020 minutes
- PA Nutri presentation, Sanni Turunen, MoE of Finland
14th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 2/2019
- PA Nutri SC 2/2019 agenda
- PA Nutri SC 2/2019 minutes
- PA Nutri presentation, Sanni Turunen, MoE of Finland
13th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 6/2018
- PA Nutri SC meeting agenda 6/2018
- PA Nutri SC 6/2018 minutes
- PA Nutri presentation, Sanni Turunen, MoE of Finland
- NutriTrade presentation Anna Saarentaus, John Nurminen Foundation
12th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 2/2018
- PA Nutri SC 2/2018 agenda
- PA Nutri SC 2/2018 minutes
- BSR WATER – Platform on integrated water cooperation in the Baltic Sea region, Björn Grönholm, Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Comission
- BigRivers4Bltic – River basin management in the Oder, Vistula, Nemunas and Daugava basings oriented on decrease of N and P inflow to Baltic; Malgorzata Loga, Warsaw University of Technology
- Agri project platform; Susanna Kaasinen, HELCOM secretariat
- DESIRE – Development of sustainable peatland management by restoration and paludiculture for nutrient retention in the Neman river catchment; Marina Abramchuk, Michael Succow Foundation
- BALTIC rePAIR – A Private landowner initiative; Katrine Moeller Soerensen, The Tullstop Project
- Baltic Blue Growth – Initiating full scale mussel farming in the Baltic Sea; Lena Tasse, Region Östergötland
- Flagship proposals, flagships and other SC issues; Sanni Turunen, Ministry of the Environment of Finland, PAC Nutri
11th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 6/2017
- SC meeting 6/2017 agenda
- OA Nutri SC 6/2017 minutes
- HELCOM-EUSBSR workshop on nutrient recycling, PA Nutri flagships, TA activity and other issues; Andrzej Podscianski, Polish Water Management Authority and Sanni Turunen, Ministry of the Environment of Finland, PACs Nutri
- Report on the implementation of EU macro-regional strategies; Alexander Somoza, European Comission, DG Regio
- Major outcomes of the HELCOM workshop on nutrients recycling and follow up in HELCOM groups; Andrzej Podscianski, Polish Water Management Authority, PAC Nutri and Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky, HELCOM
- HELCOM-EUSBSR Workshop on internal nutrient reserves, Robert Almstrand, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
10th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 11/2016
- SC meeting 11/2016 agenda
- SC meeting 11/2016 minutes
- PA Nutri flagship proposals and work plans 2016 and 2017; Sanni Turunen, PAC Nutri, Ministry of the Environment of Finland
9th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 4/2016
- SC meeting 4/2016 agenda
- SC meeting 4/2016 minutes
- Sufficient and reliable nutrient loading data – The River Daugava catchment area (RelNutData); Seppo Knuuttila, Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE
- Studies of Baltic Sea restoration by oxygenation of the deepwater (BASROD); Anders Stigebrandt, University of Gothemburg
- Combating internal leakage and recycling of phosphorus (CIL); Bengt Simonsson, TechMarket Sweden AB
- Blue Green Cities Towards Mitigation of Eutrophication Problem (URBLUME); Dominika Wroblewska, Gdansk University of Technology
- Consumer guide for Sustainability produced Meat (CONSUME); Anna RichertWWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme
- Strategies for sustainable communal wastewater management in the Baltic Sea Region (SUWMAB); Dominika Wroblewska, Gdansk University of Technology
- PA Nutri Flagship proposals, PA Nutri Flagships, other issues and next steps; Sanni Turunen, PAC Nutri, Ministry of the Environment of Finland
8th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 12/2015
- PA Nutri SC 12/2015 agenda
- SC meeting 12/2015 minutes
- Identification of new flagships for policy area Nutri of the EUSBSR; Esa Salminen, Vahanen Environment Oy
- PA Nutri and HELCOM, PA Nutri Flagships, Communication plan and other issues; Sanni Turunen and Laura Saijonmaa, MoE of Finland
- PA Nutri stakeholder seminar idea; Andrzej Podscianski, NWMA, Poland
7th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 6/2015
- SC meeting 6/2015 agenda
- SC meeting 6/2015 minutes
- Revision of the EUSBSR Action Plan, New potential Flagships and Work Plan for 2015; Sanni Turunen MoE of Finland
- SmallWWTPs; Hannamaria Yliruusi, Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Baltic Phoenix, “Sustainable recovery and recycling of nutrients – safety and efficiacy for clear Baltic waters”; Tapio Salo, Natural resources institute Finland
- SIGWET – Increasing significance of midfield wetlands to combat Baltic Sea eutrophication; Anna Sosnowska, WWF Poland
- IWAMA – Interactive WAter MAnagement; Björn Grönholm, Union of Baltic Cities
6th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 9/2014
- SC meeting 9/2014 agenda
- SC meeting 9/2014 minutes
- Discussion and decision on potential PA Nutri Flagship Projects; Joanna Charytonowicz, CIEP
- Creating business by nutrient cycling (NutriBus); Marja Koljonen, BSAG
- Reliable nutrient load data of the Baltic Sea catchment (RelData); Bo Gustafsson, BNI
- Reduction of nutrients discharge in the areas highly vulnerable to nutrient losses (NVZ); Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky, HELCOM
- Financial possibilities from the Swedish Institute; Sara Almqvist, SI
- Priorities of the Estonian chairmanship of HELCOM; Enn Liive, MoE of Estonia
5th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 6/2014
- SC meeting 6/2014 agenda
- Current issues in financing; Mr. Philipp Schwartz, INTERACT
- SC meeting 6/2014 minutes
4th PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 11/2013
- SC meeting 11/2013 agenda
- SC meeting 11/2013 minutes
- Fact sheet of the Identification of Priority Investment Projects to Reduce Nutrient Pollution from Belarus to the Baltic Sea
- Presentation of Belarus Nutrient Pollution Load Assesment
- The BSAP fund brochure
3rd PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 8/2013
2nd PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 5/2013
- PA Nutri SC May 2013 agenda
- SC Minutes May 2013
- PA Nutri after the revision of the Action plan 2013
- Baltic Deal presentation (first part of file)
- PRESTO presentation
- Belarus Identification Study
- SUWMAB presentation
- IWAMA presentation
- WaterNets presentation
- CIRCUNUTS presentation
- Baltic Deal 2 presentation (latter part of file)
1st PA Nutri Steering Group meeting 4/2012
- 1st SC meeting of the EUSBSR PA 1 – agenda
- PA Nutri SC April 2012 minutes
- PAC Nutri presentation: Current status of EUSBSR Priority Area 1 – SC meeting 26.04.2012
- Baltic Deal – Progress report with emphasis upon demonstration farm network, Sindre Langaas
- Flagship Project 1.2. Cleaner waste water within the EUSBSR, Linda Gardsta, Natuvardsverket
- PRESTO Project Objectives and Activities, Hannamaria Yliruusi, UBC
- Proposal for a flagship project:; Collection and quality control of data on nutrient inputs, Mikhail Durkin, HELCOM
- EUSBSR Task Force roles- and responsibilities presentation
- Review of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Catharina Sorensen, European Comission
- PA 4 – Clean Shipping & PA 13 – Maritime Safety & Security, Bjarke W. Botcher
- Roles and responsibilities for actors in EUSBSR, March 2012
- 5th Baltic Sea Pollution Load Compilation (PLC-5), HELCOM 2011
Rules of Procedure
These Rules of Procedure apply to all meetings of the Steering Group for Policy Area Nutri of the EUSBSR. These Rules of Procedure also apply when the SG makes decisions by way of written procedure.