NSB CoRe

Joint vision developed

In the project NSB-CoRe, local, regional and national authorities and other experts from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany developed a joint transnational spatial vision on regional development, logistics and mobility of the North Sea Baltic corridor. The corridor is a transport and development corridor, stretching from Germany to Sweden: Hamburg – Berlin – Warsaw – Kaunas – Riga – Tallinn – Helsinki – Vaasa – Umeå.

Towards better connectivity

The vision sets out how the North Sea Baltic corridor should look like in 2050: territories along the eastern and southern coast of the Baltic Sea will be better integrated and accessible, and in this way disparities between western and eastern coast of the Baltic Sea will be reduced. The region will be an attractive living environment made up of a network of interlinked metopolises, regional centres and rural territories with efficient transport systems operating between them.

The vision document encourages spatial and transport planners and other involved authorities to discuss spatial planning processes jointly on different levels, and includes recommendations on e.g. increasing cooperation between sectors and countries.

Spatial planning in focus

With EUR 2.60 million support from the European Union, the project NSB CoRe created a vision on how to achieve better connectivity in southern and eastern parts of the Baltic Sea region. Work on the vision and its implementation is continued in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project platform BSR Access, which facilitates innovative and sustainable in the region.

Moreover, the Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea (VASAB) with its wide network and others use the vision in further planning of spatial development in the Baltic Sea region and raising awareness among municipalities in the North Sea Baltic Corridor about potential and benefits from the TEN-T core network development.