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Policy Area Ship 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 Maritime Authority
  • ESTONIA: Ministry of Climate
  • FINLAND: Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
  • GERMANY: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
  • LATVIA: Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia, Maritime department
  • LITHUANIA: Ministry of Transport and Communications, Water and Railway Transport Policy Group
  • POLAND: Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation
  • SWEDEN: Swedish Transport Agency

Observers in the Steering Group

  • HELCOM Secretariat
  • Norwegian Coastal Administration

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 Ship of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region. These Rules of Procedure also apply when the Steering Group makes decisions by way of silent procedure.

Past meetings

24th SG Meeting 26 May 2025

23rd SG Meeting 17 October 2024

22nd SG Meeting 11 June 2024

21st SG Meeting 3 October 2023

20th SG Meeting 29 May 2023

19th SG Meeting 24 November 2022

18th SG Meeting 19 June 2022

17th SG Meeting 7 December 2021

16th SG Meeting 3 June 2021

15th SG Meeting 10 November 2020

14th SG Meeting 15 June 2020

13th SG Meeting 22 January 2020

12th SG Meeting 28-29 May 2019

11th SG meeting 27-28 November 2018

10th SG meeting 2 May 2018

9th SG Meeting 7 November 2017

8th SG Meeting 30 May 2017

7th SG Meeting 10 November 2016

6th SG Meeting 14 April 2016

5th SG Meeting 26 November 2015

4th SG Meeting 7 May 2015

3rd SG Meeting 7 October 2014

2nd SG Meeting 21 May 2014

1st SG Meeting 4 October 2013