GENERAL INTRODUCTION Fehmarnbelt Days 2016

Klaus von Lepel, Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities

What is the Baltic Science Network?

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• BSN is the leading transnational forum for higher

education, science, and research cooperation of the Baltic

Sea Region.

• BSN is a political network gathering relevant transnational,

national, and regional policy actors from the BSR countries.

• The Network serves as a springboard for targeted multi-

lateral activities in the frame of research and innovation

excellence, mobility of scientists and widening

participation.

A Challenge-based Approach

The orientation towards Grand or Societal Challenges

requires rethinking of science, technology, and

innovation policies in order to better serve the needs

of European populations.

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Why Baltic Science Network?

National or regional answers are not sufficient

anymore for the large societal challenges

A closer transnational cooperation and joint

presentation of interests in higher education, science

and research within the Baltic Sea Region is needed

Within the Baltic Sea Region a macroregional

dimension is missing in the science policy field

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international

European/EU

transnational/

macroregional

national

regional

local

Main Objectives

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Develop and implement science policies and strategies in

the Baltic Sea Region in a macroregional dimension

Integrate in a coordinated manner macroregional interests

into science policy on EU, national, regional and local level

Develop and implement transnational programmes to:

Support higher education, research and innovation infrastructures

Widen Baltic Sea Region multilateral cooperation

Develop new mobility tools

Who is already involved?

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Denmark Ministry of Higer Education and Research,

Danish Agency for Science and Innovation

(DASTI)

Germany Hamburg Ministry of Science,

Research and Equalities

Senate Chancellery of Hamburg

Ministry of Social Affairs, Health,

Science and Equality of the Land of

Schleswig-Holstein

Ministry of Education, Science and

Culture of the Land of Mecklenburg

Hither Pomerania

Poland University of Gdansk

Ministry of Education and Science

Lithuania Ministry of Education and Science

Research and Higher Education

Monitoring and Analysis Centre

(MOSTA)

Sweden Swedish Research Council

Ministry of Education and Research

Baltic Sea Region Council of the Baltic Sea States

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea

Region

Baltic Sea Region University

Network

Baltic University Programme

BONUS

STRING

Russia St. Petersburg State University of

Economics (UNECON)

Finland University of Turku

Åbo University

Ministry of Education and Culture Estonia Ministry of Education and Research

Latvia Ministry of Education and Science

Added value

Common platform for closer policy cooperation

Synergetic approach which incorporates and builds on:

Already existing structures in the Baltic Sea Region

On-going initiatives related to higher education, science, and

research policy

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Actions

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Research & Innovation Excellence

BSR-wide Mobility Widening Participation

Exchange & Learning of Best Practices

Joint Lobbying on EU & International Level

Research & Innovation Excellence

Identification of current

challenges for science and

research cooperation

Joint transnational strategies for

scientific excellence

Joint programming

Transnational utilisation of

research & innovation

infrastructure

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Mobility of Scientists Within the BSR

Identification of challenges

hampering more active mobility

among scientists within the BSR

Structured mobility tools

Mobility funding instruments

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Widening Participation

Identification of challenges for

widening participation

Innovative tools and concepts for

widening participation

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Joint Interest Articulation

Ensuring visibility of joint efforts

Joint lobbying on international

and EU levels

Coordinated drafting of national

and regional action plans

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Embracing complementarity

BSN is intervowen in the following regional structures:

One of the major projects of the Council of the Baltic Sea

States´ Science, Research & Innovation Agenda

Flagship of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

under the PA Education, Research and Employability

Establishment of the network is funded by the Interreg

Baltic Sea Region Programme

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CBSS Science Ministerial

back-to-back with

BSN Political Kick-Off 16 June 2016 in Kraków, Poland

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CBSS Science Ministerial 16 June 2016 in Kraków, Poland

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Baltic Science Network Political Kick-Off 16 June 2016 in Kraków, Poland

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Milestones

Summer 2016 Fall & Winter 2016

16 June 2016 BSN Political Kick-Off back-to-back with the CBSS Science Ministerial Kraków, Poland

20 – 22 September Fehmarnbelt Days Hamburg, Germany

8-9 November Policy workshop EUSBSR Annual Forum Stockholm, Sweden

10 November BSN Steering Committee meeting Stockholm, Sweden

Organisational Sctructure

Other projects to be defined Project Development of structured mobility tools and a BSR-wide Mobility Programme

Project Development of Joint Transnational Strategies in specific research areas

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BSN Steering Committee Gathering senior officials from all BSN partnering institutions in order to:

Identify areas of shared interest Agree on topics for closer transnational cooperation Initiate events and projects tailored to specific target groups

Actors relevant organisations in the identified project areas

Way forward

Interreg project is just the starting point

BSN serves as a test bed for innovative solutions

supporting the European Research Area implementation

BSN is designed as a sustainable Network in order to

contribute in the long-term to the BSR-wide higher

education, science and research objectives in specifically

targeted areas

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Way Forward

Interreg project is just the

starting point

BSN is designed as a sustainable

network in order to contribute

in the long-term to the BSR-

wide higher education, science

and research objectives in

specifically targeted areas

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Further Enquiries

Project team: Klaus von Lepel, Julia

Gottwald, Katariina Röbbelen-Voigt

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Ministry of Science, Research and

Equalities

bsn-info@bwfg-hamburg.de

+49-40-42863-2004

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Photo credit: International Permanent Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, Heiner Müller-Elsner / European XFEL, Unsplash