Cities and regions opened the EUSBSR Annual Forum week 2026

The EUSBSR Annual Forum 2026 started with two back-to-back events. The BSSSC Day of Cities and Regions and the UBC Executive Board Meeting gathered representatives of cities and regions to discuss the role and the relevance of substate-level governance and communities in the context of preparedness and resilience.

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Inese Suija-Markova opening the BSSSC Day of Cities and Regions. Photo: Andras Kralla

BSSSC Day of Regions and Cities

BSSSC participants are regional authorities (level directly below the national level authorities) of the 9 Baltic Sea littoral states: Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Closing the Day if the Cities and Regions, BSSSC Chair Inese Suija-Markova, Chairwoman of Vidzeme Planning Region Development Council, announced the BSSSC Resolution to the EUSBSR Annual Forum, national, regional and local authorities in the Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, and the European Union institutions.

Resolution of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation (BSSSC).

Aud Hove, Regional politician, Skjåk Municipality and Innlandet County Council, Norway. Photo: Andras Kralla

96th UBC Executive Board Meeting

Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) is the leading network of cities in the Baltic Sea Region with member cities from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden.