Policy Area Bioeconomy 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 and Agriculture
- ESTONIA: International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Climate
- FINLAND: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- GERMANY: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
- LATVIA: Ministry of Agriculture
- LITHUANIA: Ministry of Agriculture
- POLAND: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Department of Innovation and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Land and Rural Infrastructure
- SWEDEN: Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure, Swedish Forest Agency
Contact details for the Steering Group members can be found on the Contact us page.
Rules of procedure
These Rules of Procedure apply to all meetings of the Steering Group for Policy Area Bioeconomy of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region. These Rules of Procedure also apply when the Steering Group makes decisions by way of written procedure.
Past Steering Group Meetings
7. February 2025: Silent procedure on Estonian Chairmanship
31 January 2025: Silent procedure: Approval of Annual Report
31 January 2025: Silent procedure: Approval of input to new Action Plan
10 December 2024: Minutes
22 September 2024: Silent procedure: Prolongation of LV-Presidency
21 May 2024: Minutes
5 Marts: Silent procedure: Approval of Annual ReportĀ
20 Feb 2024: Minutes – PPT from Olga Trofimtseva’s presentation
2 Nov 2023: Minutes
16 Nov 2022: Minutes
21 Mar 2022: Minutes