VASAB

The 17th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is in full swing, taking place in Tallinn, Estonia, today and tomorrow!

🤝Meet VASAB at the Networking Village, where we host an Policy Area Spatial Planning stand together with Helsinki Commission!

📍 Visit us at the Networking Village and join the conversation on spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region! Over the two days, several Policy Area Spatial Planning relevant projects will join the stand and share their work:
🔹NESB project
🔹Baltic PlaNet
🔹Land-based Planners’ Forum
🔹SEABAS
🔹PROTECT BALTIC

We are also happy to meet you all at our co-organised breakout sessions:
🔴 From Plans to Reality: Governing Urban Mobility for Resilience (Day 1, Tuesday, 12 May, 15:15-16:15)
🔴 Shifting Tides, Resilient Territories: Advancing Spatial Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region (Day 2, Wednesday, 13 May, 10:15-11:15)

📢 VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School “Navigate Planning Through Changes” 📢 Still time to apply for applicants from Denmark, Norway, and Ukraine!

We have received notably high level of interest — with 49 applications submitted from across the Baltic Sea Region 👏 Currently reviewing applications, and selected participants will be notified in May 2026.

‼️To ensure broad geographical representation and enrich discussions, applications remain open for participants from Denmark, Norway, and Ukraine until 10 May 2026.

The VASAB Young Planners’ Summer School is an international learning and collaboration opportunity for young professionals working or studying across a broad range of topics related to geography, spatial planning, and regional studies.

📍 Organised by VASAB in cooperation with Gdańsk University of Technology
📅 23–29 August 2026
📌 Gdańsk, Poland

🔗 Learn more and apply now: https://vasab.org/high-interest-in-vasab-young-planners-summer-school/