Open AccessTHE EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY FOR THE BALTIC SEA REGION - AN EXAMPLE OF BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
Author(s) -
Iwona Śmigerska-Belczak
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studia z polityki publicznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-7131
pISSN - 2391-6389
DOI - 10.33119/kszpp.2017.2.3
Subject(s) - baltic sea , european union , brexit , corporate governance , political science , international trade , politics , order (exchange) , economic system , economy , business , economics , oceanography , finance , law , geology
The international cooperation in the Baltic Sea region, especially between Scandinaviancountries, has a very long tradition that has impacted signicantly on institutionalisationof regional international relations. The current European Union Strategy for the Baltic SeaRegion is the rst macro-regional strategy within the EU, based on the earlier regionalexperience. Its main goal is strengthening cooperation in this region and promotingsustainable development in order to meet common challenges. The Strategy has broughtbetter coordination and effectiveness of the existing cooperation and turned out to bea very efficient and successful tool. Until spring 2014 the Baltic Sea Region was perceivedas a model region for successful transformation, close regional cooperation, trade andinclusive security. However, it is now facing new challenges connected with changingpolitical situation (EU-Russia relations, Brexit, migrations, etc.). The rules and formsof the governance in the Baltic Sea Region have appeared to be eective and sucientin successfully addressing economic, social and political challenges. This is the answerto the question if there is any evidence to acknowledge the rules, forms and ways ofcooperation as a model which possibly could be followed elsewhere. As a result, the EUhas introduced three more macro-regional strategies.