Contact us

Full contact list including Steering Group members, National Coordinators, Policy Area Coordinators, Baltic Sea Strategy Point and advisors from the European Commission (updated once a week).

If you are unsure about whom to contact, please email info@eusbsr.eu.


Baltic Sea Strategy Point

Head of Support Unit

Juhani Ailio

+358 405097139

Centrum Balticum Foundation

Governance Officer

Viktoriia Hladii

+358 407306402

Centrum Balticum Foundation

Communication Officer

Anja Karppinen

+358 445750368

Centrum Balticum Foundation

Development Officer

Tom Schumacher

+49 40428312139

Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Coordination Officer

Svea Horn

+49 40428312075

Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Advisor

Kirsi Ahlman

+358 400885593

Centrum Balticum Foundation

Advisor

Stefanie Wodrig

+49 40428312198

Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Policy Area Bioeconomy

Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat

Helena Iversen

Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat

Adam Lentz

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland

Leena Anttila

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

Dalia Miniataite

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

Vitalija Fokienė

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

Administrative County Board of Gotland

Thomas Persson

Policy Area Culture

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Areas, European Affairs and Consumer Protection Schleswig-Holstein

Franziska Kapteina

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Areas, European Affairs and Consumer Protection Schleswig-Holstein

Lena Backes

Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland

Magdalena Kleszczewska

Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland

Justyna Koć

Policy Area Education

Norden Association, Sweden

Anders Bergström

Norden Association, Sweden

Asli Tepecik Dis

Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Katharina Hinz

Policy Area Energy

Ministry of Climate and Energy of the Republic of Latvia

Ilze Prūse

Ministry of Climate and Energy of the Republic of Latvia

Ruzanna Grigorjana

Ministry of Climate of Estonia

Maria Kaskor

Lithuanian Energy Agency

Roman Bykov

Policy Area Hazards

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

Louise Floman

Policy Area Health

Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) Secretariat

Ülla-Karin Nurm

Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) Secretariat

Zane Vilnīte

Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) Secretariat

Saara Fridén

Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) Secretariat

Wiebke Seemann

Policy Area Innovation

The Baltic Institute of Finland

Esa Kokkonen

The Baltic Institute of Finland

Jenny Uusikartano

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia

Indrek Õnnik

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland

Zuzanna Kozłowska

Policy Area Nutri

Economic Development Centre of Southwest Finland

Elsi Kauppinen

National Water Management Authority of Poland (PGW Wody Polskie)

Jan Pryzowicz

National Water Management Authority of Poland (PGW Wody Polskie)

Andrzej Kaczorek (on leave)

Policy Area Safe

Swedish Maritime Administration

Ulf Siwe

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom)

Seppo Mäkinen

Policy Area Secure

Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS)

Andriy Martynenko

Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS)

Vineta Polatside

Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency

Julia Fredriksson

Policy Area Ship

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom)

Milla Harju

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom)

Sami Vesterinen

Policy Area Spatial Planning

VASAB Secretariat

Egija Stapkēviča

VASAB Secretariat

Tīna Šipkēvica

HELCOM Secretariat

Dimitry Frank Kamenetsky

HELCOM Secretariat

Lotta Ruokanen

HELCOM Secretariat

Florent Nicolas

Policy Area Tourism

Pomorskie Tourist Board, Poland

Magda Leszczyna-Rzucidło

Pomorskie Tourist Board, Poland

Marta Chelkowska

Council of Oulu Region, Finland

Anna-Maija Toivonen

Council of Oulu Region, Finland

Hanna Honkamäkilä

Policy Area Transport

Ministry of Climate of Estonia

Annabel Keerd

Transport Innovation Association, Lithuania

Miglė Panasenkiene

National Coordinators Group

National Coordinator, Estonia (Presidency 2025-2026)

Tõnis Nirk

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Deputy National Coordinator, Estonia (Presidency 2025-2026)

Andreas Sepp

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

National Coordinator, Denmark

Bjarke Brix Olsen

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

National Coordinator, Finland

Helena Tuuri

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

National Coordinator, Germany

Sven Freitag

Regional Cooperation in Northern Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Division E 21 (Northern Europe)

Deputy National Coordinator, Germany

Christine Gockel

Regional Cooperation in Northern Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Division E 21 (Northern Europe)

National Coordinator, Latvia

Kristine Cukure

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

Deputy National Coordinator, Latvia

Santa Karina Norvele

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

National Coordinator, Lithuania

Albinas Zananavičius

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Deputy National Coordinator, Lithuania

Modesta Vanesa Viskonte

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

National Coordinator, Poland

Katarzyna Barcikowska

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Deputy National Coordinator, Poland

Anna Korolec-Mońko

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland

National Coordinator, Sweden

Anna Hagström

Prime Minister’s Office of Sweden

Deputy National Coordinator, Sweden

Anna Tofftén

Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure of Sweden

Representative for Norway

Jens Erik Grøndahl

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway

Advisor

Petri Koistinen

European Commission, DG Regio

Advisor

Nina Kvello

European Commission, DG Regio