Youth delegates aged 18 to 29 from across the Baltic Sea Region convened in Warsaw from 20 to 22 April 2026 for the CBSS Youth Ministerial, hosted under Poland’s rotating Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Presidency by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The three-day event produced a set of youth recommendations to be presented to CBSS Foreign Ministers at their upcoming Ministerial Session, and to the Committee of Senior Officials ahead of that.
Delegates addressed five priority areas: integrating young people into regional resilience and security efforts; strengthening the region’s competitiveness in artificial intelligence; countering disinformation and promoting digital literacy; linking environmental protection with security debates; and improving regional energy and transport infrastructure. Participants also took part in a tabletop exercise on the shadow fleet and Baltic maritime security, and attended an energy law conference at the University of Warsaw.
Poland’s CBSS Presidency — which runs from 2025 to 2026 — has made meaningful youth participation a central pillar of its agenda, seeking to ensure that younger generations have a direct voice in shaping regional policy and decision-making across the Baltic Sea area.
