BS NGO Network
The BS NGO Network is an important player in the regional cooperation process. It organizes an annual forum with the aim to support citizen groups and action groups of civil society for exchanging experience and information and establishing partnerships. Fostering trans-national and inter-sectoral social activism, BS NGO Network seeks to influence the democratic decision-making process on national, regional and EU level.
Each annual forum concludes with the approval of an action plan for NGOs and recommendations to the Council of the Baltic Sea and other regional authorities.
From the organizative point of view there's a Coordination Committee (CC), comprising one representative from each of the Baltic Sea Countries, that is responsible for the activities of the network. CC can establish sectoral working groups in charge of carrying out the network's activities.
In each country there's also a focal point for the NGOs. This national platform shall discuss the agenda of the NGO Forum.