Baltic 21

Sustainable development with Baltic 21

Baltic 21 is a regional multi-stakeholder process for sustainable developmenet initiated in 1996 by the Prime Ministers of the eleven member states of the Council of the Baltic States (CBSS).

The mission of Baltic 21 is to pursue sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region by regional multi-stakeholder co-operation. Baltic 21 therefore procides a regional network to implement the globally agreed Agenda 21 and World Summit on Sustainable Development activities, while focusing on the regional context of sustainable development.

The Baltic 21 members are the CBSS member states, the European Commission, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, international subregional, city and business community networks and other international non-governmental networks.

Baltic 21 is managed by a Senior Officials Group (SOG) consisting of 28 members of which Keep Baltic Tidy is one.