EU Strategy for sustainable development: the usage of Baltic region’s experience in Black sea region in frames of EU policy perspectives by Anna Bilous

Object of the research: EU strategy for sustainable development in sea regions

Subject of the research: Comparison of the Baltic sea region and the Black sea region policy in frames of outlining EU policy’s perspectives

Groups of Questions of the Research Paper : What are the global initiatives significant both for Baltic and Black sea regions? What are the main initiatives of EU policy for sustainable development for the Baltic sea region and for the Black sea region? How general perspectives of EU policy for sustainable development in Black sea region can be defined?

Sustainable development – development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (the Brundtland Commission)

Sustainable development ties together the carrying carpacity of natural systems, the social challenges facing humanity sociopolitical sociopolitical sustainability environmental sustainability economic economic sustainability

Countries of the Baltic sea region EU Member States: Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Poland (2004) Sweden Non-EU Member States: Russia Norway Iceland

Countries of the Black Sea region EU Member States: Bulgaria (2004) Romania (2004) Non-EU Member States: Georgia Russia Turkey Ukraine

Initiatives for cooperation on sustainable development United Nations Organisation ‘Earth Summit’ conference on environment and development, Rio de Janeiro (1992) National strategiers for SD Kyoto protocol (1997)

EU level An Intergated Maritime Policy European Sustainable Development Network

Baltic region Helsinki Convention (1974!) EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (2009)

Black sea region Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (1992) European Neighborhood policy (2004) and European Neighborhood and Partnership Policy (2007) Black Sea synergi (2007)

General goal of the future EU policy in Black Sea region: to create a common platform for the cooperation in the sustainable development (1) EU can show itself as an influencial political actor in the region that is essentially important after the implementation of the Lisbon treaty; (2) countries of the region will improve their indicators of development and economic prosperity; (3) future generation will have a possiblity to live in sustainable Black sea region

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