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VASAB 2010 VISION AND STRATEGIES AROUND THE BALTIC

VASAB 2010 VISION AND STRATEGIES AROUND THE BALTIC. Experience in creation of a Pan-European Region – mezzo level perspective. Olle Lundgren Chairman of Committee on Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region VASAB 2010. The Future of the European Regions 1- 2 June 2007, Warsaw.

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VASAB 2010 VISION AND STRATEGIES AROUND THE BALTIC

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  1. VASAB 2010 VISION AND STRATEGIES AROUND THE BALTIC Experience in creation of a Pan-European Region – mezzo level perspective Olle Lundgren Chairman of Committee on Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region VASAB 2010 The Future of the European Regions1-2 June 2007, Warsaw

  2. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density Almost no inhabitants The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw

  3. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas Substandard connections between MEGAs Source: ESPON The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw

  4. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas 3. Numerous hardly accessible and peripheral regions Multimodal potential accesibility comparing to the EU average Source: ESPON The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw Fig 3 Multimodal accessibility Source: ESPON

  5. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas 3. Numerous hardly accessible and peripheral regions 4. But ...Well developed knowledge based economy Lisbon Agenda scores 2005 and 2006 – static and dynamic situation Source: Baltic Development Forum The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw Fig 3 Multimodal accessibility Source: ESPON

  6. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas 3. Numerous hardly accessible and peripheral regions 4. Well developed knowledge based economy 5. The most developed and the fastets developing countries together GDP per capita versus GDP growth Source: Baltic Development Forum The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw Fig 3 Multimodal accessibility Source: ESPON

  7. Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas 3. Numerous hardly accessible and peripheral regions 4. Well developed knowledge based economy 5. The most developed and the fastets developing countries together 6. Hardly functional region in economic terms Trade flows in the Baltic Sea region Source: Nordregio The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw Fig 3 Multimodal accessibility Source: ESPON

  8. INTERREGII C/ III B Specific Features of the Baltic Sea Region 1. Low population density 2. Long distances between metropolitan areas 3. Numerous hardly accessible and peripheral regions 4. Well developed knowledge based economy 5. The most developed and the fastets developing countries together 6. Hardly functional region in economic terms 7.Strong density of transnational public and NGO co-operation network The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw Fig 3 Multimodal accessibility Source: ESPON

  9. Guided versus spontaneous development • LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE FOR THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BSR • 1. Economy of flows • accessibility of ideas and people • functional polycentricity • 2. Enhancement of the sea use • 3. Global branding – communication aspects The Future of the European Regions 1-2 June 2007, Warsaw

  10. LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE FOR THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BSR For further information visit www.vasab.org VASAB Secretariat in Riga Elizabetes str.19, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia Tel: +371 7079074, Fax: +371 7079079 E-mail: info@vasab.org

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