BSC News
19.09.2019 Participate in the WeSeaChallenge idea competition
Are you concerned about the state of the Baltic Sea? Are you curious about what open geospatial data and earth observation satellites can do for us? If your answer is yes to these questions, #weseachallenge is for you!
04.04.2019 Helsinki, Tallinn and Turku encourage Baltic Sea municipalities to beach cleaning events
The Mayors of Helsinki, Tallinn and Turku have signed a petition in which they call for the municipalities along the shores of the Baltic Sea to join beach cleaning events on 4 May 2019.
15.02.2019 Municipality: Apply now for the City Accelerator!
New City Accelerator programme starts this spring, helping municipalities to develop new water projects and strategies. We encourage BSC member municipalities to apply by the end of February, helping to update your Baltic Sea Challenge commitments and action plans for the new period 2019-2023!
30.01.2019 IWAMA partner commitments in the Bank of Actions
The implemented Baltic Sea Challenge commitments of the project IWAMA's 17 partners are now available in our Bank of Actions.
10.12.2018 BSR Water Platform on Integrated Water Cooperation launched
City of Helsinki participates to the new BSR Water Platform Project as the BEST project lead partner and a project partner of the former iWater project.
30.10.2018 Baltic Sea Challenge in 2019-2023 - Helsinki and Turku intensify Baltic Sea protection
Helsinki and Turku continue to implement the Baltic Sea Challenge, their joint initiative launched 11 years ago, with a new five-year term and an updated joint action plan. Work for the sea continues in the cities' own activities and in the extensive partner network.
07.09.2018 Project BEST website has been launched
Explore the new website for finding detailed information on why industrial sewage can be a problem in municipal WWTPs and what is done in BEST to overcome these challenges in the Baltic Sea Region.
05.06.2018 Phosphorus recovery and sustainable use in Gdansk, Helsinki and Kalmar
Phosphorus is a finite resource and its sustainable use and recovery are discussed in June in several international events.
04.06.2018 Baltic Sea Challenge at the SIPRI conference 11-12 June
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden organise an international conference 'Managing complexity: Addressing societal security challenges in the Baltic Sea region’ on 11–12 June 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.
19.04.2018 Clean beach cooperation continues!
Several beach cleaning events are organised in May 2018 within our common Clean beach banner in Helsinki, Turku, Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Additionally Baltic Sea Challenge and Clean Beach campaign invite Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) member cities to organise their own events in other cities in the region.