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.

Executive Board Member:
Mr Maciej Lisicki
Deputy Mayor
City Hall
Nowe Ogrody 8/12
PL-80 853 Gdańsk
Poland
Tel. +48 58 3236317
Fax +48 58 3236397
e-mail: m.lisicki@gdansk.gda.pl

www.gdansk.gda.pl

Number of inhabitants: 4.100

Mayor
Mr Anton Kaljula
City Hall
Uus 1
92413 Kärdla
Estonia
Tel. +372 46 36082
Fax +372 46 36080

Contact Person
Ms Annely Veevo
City Hall
Uus 1
92413 Kärdla
Estonia
Tel. +372 46 36093
Fax +372 46 36080
e-mail: Annely.Veevo@kardla.ee

www.kardla.ee 

Executive Board Member:
Mr Jorma Virtanen
Deputy Mayor
City Hall
Valtakatu 26
FIN-94100 Kemi
Finland
Tel. +358 16 259203, +358 400698741
Fax +358 16 259699
e-mail: jorma.virtanen@kemi.fi  

Contact person:
Mr Tani Järvinen
CEO
City Hall
Valtakatu 26
FIN-94100 Kemi
Finland
Tel. +358 408445767
Fax +358 16 259699
e-mail: tani.jarvinen@kemi.fi 

www.kemi.fi

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.

Executive Board Members:
Mr Per Sigurd Sorensen                                                                                 
Mayor                                                                                     
City Hall
Radhusgata 20
Postuttak
N-4604 Kristiansand
Norway
Tel. +47 38 075042
Fax +47 38 075600
e-mail: ordforer@kristiansand.kommune.no

Contact Persons:
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

Mr Jan Odegaard
International Adviser
Tel. +47 38 075022
Fax +47 38 075600
e-mail: jan.odegaard@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
Jurmalas iela 23
Liepāja LV 3401
Latvia
Tel. +371 34 04774
Fax +371 34 07298
e-mail: gunars.ansins@dome.liepaja.lv 

Contact person:
Ms Ligita Pudza
Head of Foreign Relations and Protocol Department
Liepāja City Council
Rozu iela 6
Liepāja LV 3401
Latvia
Tel. +371 34 04789
Fax +371 34 04777
e-mail: ligita@dome.liepaja.lv

www.liepaja.lv

Number of inhabitants: 48.000

Number of inhabitants:  119.000

Mayor
Mr Vitas Matuzas
City Hall
Laisves a. 20
LT-5319 Panevežys
Lithuania
Tel. +370 45 501341
Fax +370 45 501353

Contact Person
Ms Dalia Gurskiene
Public Relations Officer
City Hall
Laisves a. 20
LT-5319 Panevežys
Lithuania
Tel. + 370 45 501200
Fax + 370 45 501353
e-mail: d.gurskiene@panevezys.lt 

www.panevezys.lt

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:  4.730.000

Mayor
Mrs Valentina I. Matvienko
Government of St. Petersburg
Smolny
RU-193060 St.Petersburg
Russia
Tel. +7 812 5764501
Fax +7 812 5767827
e-mail: gubernator@gov.spb.ru 

Contact Person:
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 

Mr. Vladislav Balsky
Leading officer
Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg
Government of St. Petersburg
Tel. +7 812 5767504
Fax +7 812 5767633, 5767244
e-mail: balsky@kvs.gov.spb.ru 

www.spb.ru