The 5th Annual forum for the EUSBSR took place on 3-4 June in Turku, Finland. More than 1,000 participants registered and actively participated in plenaries and discussions about the future implementation of the EUSBSR. The event was part of the Turku Baltic Sea Days, an initiative that included an array of many different events having the Baltic Sea region as a common denominator.

Among the participants of the Turku Baltic Sea Days were Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja, Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Policy and Innovations in St Petersburg Maksim Meiksin, Minister of Economic Affairs Jan Vapaavuori, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb, Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö and Regional Policy Commissioner of the European Union Johannes Hahn.

The event was widely covered live on Twitter @EUSBSR and a set of videos captured during the Turku Baltic Sea Days has been made available.