On Friday, June 24, 2022, the MV Cooperation Council Democratic Baltic Sea Region was constituted in Wismar under the chairmanship of Manuela Schwesig. The council includes 29 experts from science, culture, digitization as well as chamber representatives and a youth representative. They support the state government in developing a Baltic Sea strategy within a year in order to intensify contact and cooperation with the Sandinavian countries and the Baltic States.