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Policy Area Hazards 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: Danish Environmental Protection Agency
  • ESTONIA: Ministry of Climate
  • FINLAND: Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
  • GERMANY: German Environment Agency, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
  • LATVIA: Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre
  • LITHUANIA: Ministry of Environment
  • POLAND: Bureau for Chemical Substances
  • SWEDEN: Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Observers in the Steering Group

  • HELCOM Secretariat
  • Swedish Chemicals Agency
  • Baltic Environment Forum Deutschland

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 Hazards 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.

Rules of Procedure

Past meetings

10 May 2024 Minutes

28 Feb 2024 Minutes

4 Oct 2023 Minutes

19 Jun 2023 Minutes