1. EUROPEAN COUNCIL EUROPEAN COMMISSION TASK FORCE (4) Core within DG REGIO EUROPEAN COMMISSION TASK FORCE (4) Core within DG REGIO HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP (10-15) National coordinators HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP (10-15) National coordinators Technical secretariat outside the commission (existing organisation ???) Organising stakeholder Conferences Liaison with the ground 15 Priority Areas Coordinators 70 Flagship Projects / Leaders Programmes => Annual report on implementation / Reporting to DG REGIO Finan- cial Expert Group IFIs Finan- cial Expert Group IFIs Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region The foreseen structure for future work with the Strategy

2. Raise Awareness MA/JTS/AA/CA/MC /SC Labelling BSS by linking regional activities to Flagship projects Change Attitudes campaigns Review selection process in line with BSS (Joint Understanding?) How to Facilitate To identify projects to fit into Flagship projects and to stimulate project development and support Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region

3. How to work with International Financing Institutions Information activities to explain how IFIs can be involved and what are the basic requirements for projects to be bankable Ask projects to prepare roadmaps for financing already in the application & implementation planning phase Initialise a sector related pilot workshop in e.g. transport sector including IFI:s to identify bankable projects JTS will analyse potential for bankable projects IFIs follow projects during implementation (Experts) Disseminate success stories Laboratory Group on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region

4. Programme Perspective Identify parts of the Strategy Address the leaders Joint tools for Flagship partnership Financial Expert Group