Past events

The webinar on 28 September 2021 will be focused on the examples and approaches from UBC member cities to circular transition.

12th EUSBSR Annual Forum The Annual Forum of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is the largest event of the Strategy. It brings together all the stakeholders implementing the EUSBSR as well as other participants who would like to contribute to managing the common challenges the Baltic Sea Region faces. The 12th Annual Forum will take place from 27 September to 1 October. It will focus on green recovery and will invite the participants to REVITALISE the Strategy, to RECOVER after COVID-19 together and to RECHARGE for greener and more resilient Baltic Sea Region.

The BSR WATER platform's Final Conference will take place online on 15–16 September 2021, organised by UBC Sustainable Cities Commission to introduce and share the results of our intensive platform cooperation.

Do you have a question to pose to CDP regarding the environmental data disclosure, its benefits and global benchmarking? Is your city just starting out and you have something you would like to clear up before you can continue with the reporting or do you represent an A-lister city with a lot of experience in practice but would like to know something regarding the global scale?

Learn about smart development of the urban water sector – from experiences of the forerunner in this field City of Gdańsk! In June this year, the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission, together with Gdańsk University of Technology, will open up a discussion on "Accelerating the transition to clean and healthy Baltic Sea". Warm welcome to the water sector-focused two-days online conference on 9–10 June 2021! The conference is organized by the BSR WATER platform, co-hosting the final conference of the Revivng Baltic Resilience project (led by Gdańsk University of Technology).

The CASCADE (Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development) project brought together civil protection professionals and climate change adaptation experts to build urban resilience and to improve the capacity to understand, assess, and treat current and future climate change related risks on the local level, focusing on the particular in Baltic Sea Region conditions.  Among the partners of the CASCADE project, there are three UBC member cities (Hamburg, Liepaja and Turku) and the Safe Cities Commission and the Sustainable Cities Commission.  

Water management and climate adaptation: approaching water as a resource in a climate-resilient city At the webinar on 25 May 2021 at 9.30-11.00 CET we will be talking about cities' resilience in relation to the water management. Ensuring that the city is adapted to the climate change consequences is crucial, and it's also important to ensure the efficiency of the water sector in the city.

Welcome to join the HUPMOBILE webinar on Seamless Sustainable Mobility on 21st of May 2021 at 10-12 CET. The speakers of the day include experts on sustainable mobility issues from different organisations from Finland, Germany and Sweden and the webinar has been organised by the City of Turku (Finland) in cooperation with the Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission.  Note that the webinar will be recorded! It is part of the activities of the Interreg-funded HUPMOBILE project. Learn more about the project: www.hupmobile-project.eu

The HUPMOBILE webinar on Developing ports and their neighbourhood was held on 20th of May 2021 at 10-12 CET. The speakers of the day included experts on mobility issues and port development from different organisations from Finland and Estonia and the webinar was been organised by the City of Turku (Finland) in cooperation with the Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission. 

UBC Sustainability Action programme 2022-2030 - information & consultation event is an open event for all UBC members to get informed on the process or preparing the next Sustainability Action Programme and to contribute to it with ideas, input and comments, so that we together shape a strong sustainability strategy for our network! Generic information Our current Sustainability Action programme is coming to an end and the new one will be presented at the XVI UBC General Conference in October 2021.

Has your city already signed the Green City Accord (GCA)? Join other UBC Members that have – learn more at the online workshop on the Green City Accord for cities in the Baltic states on 5 May 2021 at 14.00-16.00 CEST (15.00-17.00 EEST). Register to the workshop.

*SUOMEKSI ALLA - PÅ SVENSKA NEDAN* The webinar about the EUCF:s second call will take place 29th of April 10-11:30 o’clock. Don't miss out on this opportuni-ty to boost your municipality’s sustainable energy plan! The initiative, European City Facility (EUCF) offers cities, municipalities, local authorities and groupings of these to apply for a grant of 60 000€ to support the development of an investment concept targeting energy efficiency and re-newable energy.