The CCI Contact Desk & the Goethe-Institut Tallinn @ the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2023 in Riga

The 14th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region “Safe and Sustainable Baltic Sea Region for Future Generations” took place on 4-5 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.
It is the annual highlight of the macro-regional cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. The forum unites policy-makers, key stakeholders and partners of the EUSBSR from local, regional, national, and EU levels.
This year’s forum aimed to achieve four primary objectives:

• exchange of best practices of cooperation,
• stronger integration within the Baltic Sea Region and beyond,
• forming synergies between various priority areas, and
• creating links between the Strategy and the general public.

Since the main agents of change and progress are young people, a strong focus was placed on the importance o fyouth engagement in decision-making and having a strong youth representation.
The CCI Contact Desk is proud to belong to a region where cooperation and the integration of young people are essential. The two-day event was highly productive, and many new connections were established.