Baltic Science Network as an avid reader of the European perspectives on the future of higher education and research, pays attention to one of the trends identified by the European Political Strategy Centre. “Europe may have invented universities, but now it is time to reinvent them” tallies with the overall Baltic Science Network´s aspirations to enhance the research competitiveness and science excellence delivered by the Baltic Sea Region through enhanced mobility of researchers. As one of the most vivid examples of such aspirations serve the Baltic Science Network Policy Paper Regarding the Framework Programme 9. This document testifies to the overall commitment of Baltic Science Network members to shape the future of the European Research Area on the basis of a multilateral dialogue, common values and perspectives.
The Baltic Science Network Policy Paper Regarding the Framework Programme 9 proves that Baltic Science Network highly appreciates its outstanding pool of political endorsements and is ready to respond the political call for advice and action.
All parties interested in the evolution of the debate revolving around the future Framework Programme are invited to familiarise with the policy paper, which represents one of the notable voices emanating from the Baltic Sea Region.
Baltic Science Network Policy Paper Regarding the Framework Programme 9 is part of the Interreg Vb Baltic Sea Region Programme´s funded project Output 2.3 “Development and dissemination of policy recommendations for the EU level”.
The upcoming 2nd CBSS Science Ministerial, closing conference of the Baltic Science Network and the CBSS Baltic Sea Science Day 2019 were presented to the wider audiences during the EUSBSR Policy Area Education, Research and Employability stakeholder seminar in Riga.
On 15 March 2018, the Policy Area Education, Research and Employability (PA Education) of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) organised a stakeholder seminar in Riga, hosted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia.
Ronalds Štrauhs, Baltic Science Network Project Manager at the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia, presented the project´s core areas of on-going consultations and elaborated on the thematic areas – photon & neutron science, life sciences and welfare state – of the expert working groups.
The Riga event served as a great occasion to introduce a wider pool of macro-regional stakeholders to the upcoming 2nd Science Ministerial of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) to be hosted during the Latvian CBSS Chairmanship, as well as the closing conference of the Baltic Science Network and the CBSS Baltic Sea Science Day 2019 which will all be organised in a back-to-back set-up during the first half of 2019.
The EUSBSR PA Education stakeholder seminar in Riga was part of a chain of the EUSBSR PA Education events held across the Baltic Sea Region. Readers of this press release based in Poland are invited to register for the upcoming stakeholder seminar in Warsaw.
Baltic Science Network was presented during the stakeholder seminar tailored for macroregional audiences. Since over the last months Baltic Science Network has produced a wealth of studies and proposed various policy measures, the seminar was a great occasion to invite a broader pool of experts to familiarise with the Baltic Science Network´s findings.
On 12 February 2018, the Policy Area Education, Research and Employability (PA Education) of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) hosted a seminar dedicated to the latest developments of macroregional governance and PA Education flagships. Baltic Science Network (BSN) was presented by Leif Eriksson, Swedish Research Council. Bearing in mind the considerable lengthiness of certain BSN publications, this gathering allowed to introduce wider audiences to the recently published summary of BSN Working Papers and Studies as a much more condensed insight.
The CBSS Baltic Sea Science Day 2018 was briefly highlighted by Zane Šime, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat, in order to follow-up on earlier remarks expressed in relation to the event during the previous PA Education seminar. BSN as a committed macroregional actor with a dynamic work schedule is ready to engage during the next PA Education stakeholder seminar scheduled in June 2018 in order to present the latest developments of its work.