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Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Co-operation, BSSSC is an international network associating local governments and local government organizations of the countries around the Baltic Sea. It was established in 1993 under the Stavanger Declaration as a result of the establishing Council of the Baltic Sea States a year earlier.

It has an observer status in HELCOM.

History
The BSSSC was founded in October 1993 in Stavanger, Norway, pursuant to the Stavanger Declaration, the result of the establishment of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in 1992.

Structure and mission
The goal of the BSSSC is to strengthen regional cooperation as well as to support the interests of its members among decision-makers from the European Union.

The organization consists of:


 * chairman who represents organizations outside and conducts board meetings ;
 * board, which is the decision-making body of the BSSSC;
 * annual BSSSC conference, which is the organisation's main forum;
 * secretariat that changes with the president and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the organization.