Organisational Development and Capacity Building

CCB marked its 30th Anniversary in 2020!

Given the implications of Covid-19 outbreak for all countries including restrictions on travel and safety of all participants as primary concern, the CCB Board decided to postpone the celebrations.


Nevertheless, since the main theme of the Annual Conference was climate change, we decided to organize the webinar “Climate change and the Baltic Sea catchment” in May 2020.

Moreover, national side events contributing to CCB 30th Anniversary were organized by some Member Organizations during the year.

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CCB's main events

"OCB" summer course

CCB summer course "Our Common Baltic" is organized annually for young professionals to receive training in the CCB Working Areas and environmental policies in the Baltic Sea Region.


Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the OCB summer course was held online via Zoom from 29 June to 3 July 2020, with 10 participants and 14 speakers. 


Some lectures were also livestreamed on Facebook and we organized also different interactive sections such as a Clean Games trial, a team-based litter clean-up competition, which the participants tested in a decentralized way.


1st Edition

CCB River University was established and launched on 20-24 October 2020. Due to Covid-19, we had to move this initiative online, via Zoom.


International River University aims for professional river education to change the reality and to create a network. Plus, to train the participants in public engagement into river basin management, share experiences and generate new joint project ideas that help our waters.


This 1st edition gathered nearly 100 participants from scientific and research communities, NGOs, government institutions, representatives of water administration, business, and individuals, and with:


The 2nd edition is planned in Lithuania in 2021.


Webinar "Climate change and the Baltic Sea catchment"

Climate change was the main theme of CCB Annual Conference in 2020 and for this reason we organized the webinar "Climate change and the Baltic Sea catchment".


Since we are integrating climate awareness into all topical areas, the aim of the webinar was to share, reflect upon, consolidate, and learn from our collective experience. At the same time, we looked for those threads most relevant to pursue in campaign work for the next two years. The webinar focused on 5 areas with 5 different main speakers for each one: 

  • science
  • youth & action
  • health
  • finance
  • communication & campaigning

The official language was English and the online event was held in Zoom and promoted in CCB's social media channels.


Improve organizational structure

In May 2020, a new Financial Manager was hired to improve and manage the CCB 's administrative and financial management routines.


CCB Board has also approved Project Management Guidelines to be applied to all CCB’s project applications and reporting by MOs in 2020. The Guidelines aim to guide CCB MOs on how to submit an application for funding through CCB and how to report outcomes of any such project. 


Moreover, the Guide for Sustainable Event Management has been published and shared within the network to limit our own environmental footprint.


During 2020, CCB core staff has attended different thematic trainings: