… concentrates on linking existing networks, lobbying towards European or other supranational institutions as well as the organisation of European wide events (e.g. a "European Action Day Conversion").

It is a fact that dumped munitions are an incalculable risk for the Baltic Sea. This includes environmental and safety issues as well as the preparation of infrastructure projects (e.g. the North European Gas Pipeline). An initiative is intended to assess these risks and to start the dialogue solving this issue.

As space where different political systems crossed in the past the Baltic Sea Region was especially in the 1990-ies a focus of military transformation and withdrawal. It is estimated that more than 3,000 single sites and 600,000 ha of former military bases have been set free for civil purposes.

>>Prosperity Perspective for Brownfields – PROSPERITY

Structural change occurs in all of Europe: whether caused by economic change (e.g. transformation in post-communist countries) or the release of huge areas after military use has been ceased: the question of turn these areas into incubators for economic growth and social welfare becomes more and more important in an integrating European Union.