Nordic Forum for Security Policy 2010: Freedom, Security and Justice - Common Interests in the Baltic Sea Region

The next Nordic Forum will be held 26.-28.4.2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Forum will concentrate on freedom, security and justice as common interests in the Baltic Sea Region. It aims at highlighting the challenges in the region and possible solutions as well as different models and possibilities for cooperation. It will bring the issues of traditional, human and environmental security and civil society collaboration into wider discussion in the broad security framework. In addition the conference provides an opportunity to explore the practices of on-going cross-border projects and share experiences and best practices.

St. Petersburg was chosen to host the upcoming Nordic Forum since it is the most important Russian city in the Baltic Sea Region. Russia has a strong influence in the security, economy and environment of the region.

Cooperation with Russia is vital for European security while solving the problems of the region without Russia is impossible.

Cross boarder cooperation is needed to solve environmental and social- and health issues and to prevent human trafficking in the region. In order to promote the role of the civil society in the Baltic Sea region people to people contacts and NGO cooperation are crucial.

More information will follow soon. If you have any questions concerning the conference, do not hesitate to contact our Project Coordinator:

vera.lindman(a)stete.org.

Hope to see you in St. Petersburg April 2010!

The Finnish Committee for European Security STETE

+358 9 260 0131

stete@stete.org

Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 15A,

00260 Helsinki

Finland