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Horizontal Actions
The main aim of this horizontal action (HA) is to deepen dialogue between actors at all levels of governance in the Baltic Sea region on how to jointly tackle future problems and challenges. This dialogue must ensure the involvement of relevant actors, such as the European Commission, national ministries and authorities, local and regional authorities, macro-regional organisations, civil society, business and academia. Methods will be developed on how to achieve this. It is vital to involve all the relevant actors in a constructive way and in accordance with their different competences in order to ensure sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region and successful implementation of the EUSBSR. This is particularly relevant as a substantial number of the planned EUSBSR Action Plan measures rely heavily on local and regional levels and have an impact on a large number of sectors. Social capital and social trust lay an important foundation for a sustainable and inclusive society. They also create a good environment for a creative, innovative and mobile society. Therefore, the involvement of civil society, business and academia in the implementation of the Strategy is of utmost importance. Experience from Nordic cooperation, which is built on a close network of cross-border relations in all parts of society, clearly shows the importance of a strong civil society and the relevance of cooperation between civil society and the public sector. For this purpose, this horizontal action will develop methods for the early-stage involvement of all relevant actors; regional and local administrations, civil society, business and academia, in the preparation and implementation of the Strategy. In practice this HA will function as an advisor to the respective priority areas on how they can achieve this involvement, making Multi-Level Governance (MLG) a reality within the Baltic Sea region. With regard to the involvement of civil society, the Baltic Sea NGO Network, representing more than 500 NGOs all over the Baltic Sea region, including the neighbouring countries Norway, Iceland and Russia, will function as a resource centre, providing human capital and competence to the EUSBSR. Targets and indicators A comprehensive system for the design, the monitoring and the follow-up of indicators and targets will be set up in 2013, under the responsibility of the horizontal action leaders. The still missing targets and deadline, baseline, and statistics/information sources related to the above indicators will be defined.
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