Number of inhabitants: 462.700

Main fields / interests for Baltic Sea cooperation:

• The city role in the process of creation of new strong selfgovernmental Gdańsk region; we would like to use Scandinavian and German experiences in question.
• To work out the Gdańsk urban development strategy including district revitalization, city infrastructure, housing
• To develop efficient city administration structure
  Other fields like social care, social pathology, ecology.

Motto:
Cooperation between the Baltic cities as a decisive factor in the process of European integration.

Mayor
Mr Paweł Adamowicz
City Hall
Nowe Ogrody 8/12
80-803 Gdańsk
Poland
Tel. +48 58 3236300
Fax +48 58 3020134
e-mail: prezydent@gdansk.gda.pl

Executive Board Member
Mr Piotr Grzelak
City Councillor
City Hall
Nowe Ogrody 8/12
PL-80 853 Gdańsk
Poland
Tel. +48 695 890 295
Fax +48 58 3053452
e-mail: piotr.grzelak@radny.gdansk.pl

www.gdansk.pl

Number of inhabitants: 130.000

Mayor
Mr Markku Andersson
City Hall
P.O. Box 193
FIN-40101 Jyväskylä
Finland
Tel. +358 14 2661501
Fax +358 14 820945
e-mail: markku.andersson@jkl.fi

Contact Person
Mrs Marketta Makinen
Director of International Relations
City Hall
P.O. Box 193
FIN-40101 Jyväskylä
Finland
Tel. +358 14 2661559
Fax +358 14 620945
e-mail: marketta.makinen@jkl.fi

www.jyvaskyla.fi

City of Keila, Estonia

Number of inhabitants: 9.962

Mayor
Mr Tanel Mõistus
City Government
Linnavalitsus
Keskväljak 11
76608 Keila
Estonia
Tel. +372 6 780302
Fax +372 6 780303 

Contact Person
Ms Janne Kasi
Assistant to the Mayor
City Government
Linnavalitsus
Keskväljak 11
76608 Keila
Estonia
Tel. +372 679 0714
Fax +372 678 0303
e-mail: janne.kasi@keila.ee

www.keila.ee

Number of inhabitants: 81.000

Main fields / interests for Baltic Sea cooperation:

• Co-operation within the Baltic Sea Region has great potentials and resources according
  to the nine commissions.
• Kristiansand will contribute with our knowledge and experience,
  and it is also obvious that we have a lot to learn from joint efforts with other
  UBC member cities.

Mayor
Mr Arvid Grundekjøn
Mayor
City Hall
Radhusgata 20
Postuttak
N-4604 Kristiansand
Norway
Tel. +47 38 075042
Fax +47 38 075600
e-mail: ordforer@kristiansand.kommune.no

Executive Board Member
Mr Jørgen H. Kristiansen
Executive Committee
City Hall
Radhusgata 20
Postuttak
N-4604 Kristiansand
Norway
Tel. +47 92 468673
Fax +47 38 075600
e-mail: jorgen.kristiansen@kristiansand-bystyre.no

Contact Persons
Mr. Øyvind Lyngen Laderud
City Hall
Radhusgata 20
Postuttak
N-4604 Kristiansand
Norway
Tel. +47 92838529
e-mail: oyvind.l.laderud@kristiansand.kommune.no

Ms Trine Marit Aasen
Secretary of the Municipal Chief Executive
Tel. +47 38 075009
Fax +47 38 075600
e-mail: trine.marit.aasen@kristiansand.kommune.no

www.kristiansand.kommune.no

Number of inhabitants: 87.000

Main fields / interest for Baltic Sea cooperation:

• to exchange information and share best practices with other stakeholders around the Baltic Sea regarding sustainable city development and good governance
• to disseminate information about Liepāja as a business friendly port city with low tax environment in its Special Economic Zone
• to re-establish Liepāja as an international tourism destination, joining efforts with other UBC member cities in developing new tourism routes, cooperating in tourism marketing and developing an information exchange system
• open to any other cooperation - environment, youth, culture, sports, etc.

Motto: As Albert Einstein has said, "We cannot solve the problems we have created
with the same thinking that created them".
Let's exchange ideas and look for new solutions! Find a reliable partner - Liepāja!

Executive Board Member
Mr Gunars Ansins
Vice-Chairman of the City Council
Rožu iela 6
Liepāja LV 3401
Latvia
Tel. +371 34 04774
Fax +371 34 07298
e-mail: gunars.ansins@dome.liepaja.lv

Contact person
Mrs Natalja Vecvagare
Foreign Relations Officer
Liepāja City Council
Liepājas pilsētas domē
Rozu iela 6
LV-3401 Liepāja
Latvia
Tel. +371 63404789
Fax +371 634 04777
e-mail: natalja.vecvagare@dome.liepaja.lv

www.liepaja.lv

Number of inhabitants: 81.000

Mayor
Mr Carsten Rasmussen 
Raadhuset
Teatergade 8
DK-4700 Næstved
Denmark
Tel. +45 55 885000
Fax +45 55 885009

Executive Board Member
Mr Sœren Revsbæk
City Councillor
Slagelsevej 184
DK-4700 Næstved
Denmark
Tel. +45 55 445076
Fax: +45 55 445043
e-mail: revsbaek@revsbaek.dk

Contact Person
Mrs Maria Santana
International Coordinator
Radhuset
Teatergade 8
DK-4700 Næstved
Denmark
Tel. +45 5588 5252
Fax +45 5578 4377
e-mail: masan@naestved.dk

www.naestved.dk

City of Rostock, Germany

Number of inhabitants: 199.000

Mayor
Mr Roland Methling
City Hall
Neuer Markt 1
D-180 50 Rostock
Germany
Tel. +49 381 3811600
Fax +49 381 3811903
e-mail: ob@rostock.de

Contact Person
Mrs Karin Wohlgemuth
Hansestadt Rostock
Mayor's Office
International Relations / EU-Office
Neuer Markt 1
D-180 50 Rostock
Germany
Tel. +49 381 3811452
Fax +49 381 3811913
e-mail: karin.wohlgemuth@rostock.de

www.rostock.de

Number of inhabitants: 123.000

Mayor
Mr Justinas Sartauskas
Šiauliai Municipality
Šiauliai Miesto Savivaldybė
Vasario 16-osios 62
LT-76295 Šiauliai
Lithuania
Tel. +370 41 596300
Fax +370 41 524116
e-mail: meras@siauliai.lt  

Executive Board Member
Mr Žilvinas Šilėnas
City Councillor
Šiauliai Miesto Savivaldybė
Vasario 16-osios 62
LT-76295 Šiauliai
Lithuania
Tel. + 370 8 645 81744
e-mail: zsilenas@gmail.com

Contact Person
Mrs Audrone Jaugelaviciene
Officer of Foreign Affairs
Šiauliai Municipality
Šiauliai Miesto Savivaldybė
Vasario 16-osios 62
LT-76295 Šiauliai
Lithuania
Tel. +370 41 596303
Fax +370 41 524116
e-mail: a.jaugelaviciene@siauliai.lt 

www.siauliai.lt

Number of inhabitants: 4.730.000

Mayor
Mr Georgy Poltavchenko
Government of St. Petersburg
Smolny
RU-193060 St.Petersburg
Russia
Tel. +7 812 5764501
Fax +7 812 5767827
e-mail: gubernator@gov.spb.ru

Executive Board Member
Mr Igor Lonsky
Deputy Chairman of the Committee
for External Relations of St. Petersburg
Government of St. Petersburg
Smolny
RU-193060 St. Petersburg
Russia
Tel. +7 812 5767688
Fax +7 812 5767244
e-mail: lon@kvs.gov.spb.ru

Contact Person
Mr Igor Lavrov
Leading officer
Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg
Government of St. Petersburg
Tel. +7 812 5767504
Fax +7 812 5767633, 5767244
e-mail: lavrov@kvs.gov.spb.ru

www.spb.ru

Number of inhabitants: 77.000

Mayor
Mr Bo Frank
City Hall
Box 1222
351 12 Växjö
Sweden
Tel. +46 470 41000
Fax +46 470 25608

Executive Board Member
Ms Charlotta Svanberg
Deputy Mayor
City Hall
Box 1222
351 12 Växjö
Sweden
Tel. +46 470 41352
Fax +46 470 41580
e-mail: charlotta.svanberg@kommun.vaxjo.se

www.vaxjo.se