Marketing BSR and Science Parks

The Commission on Business Cooperation met in Kolding on 23 February 2010. An application to the Executive Board was discussed. Commission on Business Cooperation submitted a proposal to establish / strengthen cooperation with: Union pour la Méditerranée, BaltMet, BPO, Medcities, BCCA, Assembly of European Regions (AER), Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes (CIPRA).

On the basis of the UBC Strategy, the Commission has worked out a concept for a strategy to get in systematic contact with organisations within the Baltic Sea Region, Europe and internationally. The concept can be found on the commission's webpage. However, the Board members shared the opinion that the official contacts with the international organisations can be established by the UBC authorities. The commissions are allowed to contact other organisations but may not to make any financial commitments on behalf of UBC without consulting the UBC Board.

Roundtable „Subsidised jobs in Europe - ideology, legislation and practice" organized by Tallinn and UBC Commission on Business Cooperation was held on 29 April. The problems of unemployment in the Baltic cities, possible solutions, e.g. subsidised jobs, as well as best practices from other cities and regions were on agenda.

The main focus of the Commission's work will be on the Marketing BSR and Science Parks.Therefore, BizCom has become associated partner to the EU Projects BaltMet Promo (www.baltmetpromo.net) and the planned Project Baltic Sea Identity. A kick-off conference for the partners of the project will be held in Vilnius on 31 May - 2 June 2010. The Chairman of the commission will be participating. In cooperation with the Fondation Sophia Antipolis, the oldest and largest Science Park in Europe and the International Association of Science Parks (IASP), an international conference is planned in Autumn 2010. This conference will be held in Sophia Antipolis (Antibes) and will go hand in hand with a meeting of the Commission and an informative tour through the park.