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Dr Damian Szacawa Marii Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin Department of International Relations

The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) – its impact on the security in the BSR after the Cold War. Dr Damian Szacawa Marii Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin Department of International Relations. The Council of the Baltic Sea States – basic informations.

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Dr Damian Szacawa Marii Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin Department of International Relations

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  1. TheCouncil of theBalticSeaStates (CBSS) – itsimpact on the security inthe BSR aftertheCold War Dr Damian Szacawa Marii Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin Department of International Relations

  2. TheCouncil of theBalticSeaStates – basicinformations

  3. Founders of the CBSS • Hans-Dietrich Genscher UffeEllemann-Jensen • MFA, Germany MFA, Denmark

  4. Participants of theCopenhagenMeeting, 5-6 March 1992. URL: http://www.cbss.org/images/stories/CBSS_History/cbss1992.gif [access: 15.01.2011]. First rowfromleft: PaavoVäyrynen, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, UffeEllemann-Jensen, LennartMeri. Secondrowfromleft Stefan Pelny, AndreyKozyrev, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Algirdas Saudargas, Krzysztof Sku-biszewski, MargarethaafUgglas, JanisJurkans.

  5. Members of the CBSS • Denmark • Finland • Iceland (from 1996) • Lithuania • Poland • Sweden • Estonia • Germany • Latvia • Norway • RussianFederation • EuropeanCommission

  6. Externalcooperation ObserwerStates: • Belarus • France • Italy • TheNetherlands • Romania • Slovakia • Spain • Ukraine • United Kingdom • US Strategic Partners: • B7 • BCCA • BalticSea Forum • BSSSC • BAC • HELCOM • NGO Forum • ScanBalt • BASTUN • BDF • BSPC • BUP • CPMR • IOM • OECD • UBC

  7. Legal basis and areas of cooperation CopenhagenDeclaration CBSS Terms of Reference 1992 SecondaryDocuments CBSS Terms of Reference 2009

  8. Intergovernmentalcooperationinthe BSR

  9. Expert Group on Sustainable Development - Baltic 21 • 1998 – 2009 – Baltic 21, from 2009 – EG-SD • Baltic 21 LighthouseProjects

  10. EG-SD: Keystrategicareas of cooperation and goals AREAS • ClimateChange • Sustainableurban and rural development • Sustainableconsumption and production • Innovation and education for sustainable development GOAL Become a low carbon and climate adapted region Create a region of sustainable cities and towns in symbiosis with vibrant rural areas Becoming a forerunner region in Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Economies Become a leading region on education for sustainable development and eco-innovations.

  11. Theimpact of the CBSS on security inthe BSR

  12. „Hard security” issues • The CBSS was not created to dealwiththe security issues • „Toosmall and toolarge” • Smallcapabilitiesinthearea of traditionalmilitary security • Informalmediationbetween Russia and Baltic Republic • Informalbilateralhigh-levelmeetings („No-tiemeetings”)

  13. Institutionalframework

  14. „Soft security” issues • Existentiallevel of international security: • Learning place • Spill-overeffect • New qualityinregional security policy • Desecuritisation - a process by which a political communitydowngrades or ceases to treat something as anexistential threat to a valued referent object,and reduces or stops calling for urgent andexceptional measures to deal with the threat (Buzan, Wæver, 2003) • Postmodern and post-souvereign BSR building • Non-militaryissues • Interdependence and economiccooperation • AdressproblemsmoreeasilythanlargerIGOs • Facilitatingcontactsbetween „democracies” and „emergingdemocracies” • Strenghtening of regionalidentity • Overcoming old dividing and confrontation lines

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