B7 Baltic Islands Network various interests of the islands at national and international level, as well as to function as a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. B7 Baltic Islands Network B7 Baltic Islands Network is a transnational cooperation between the local administrations or governments of seven islands in the Baltic Sea. The network is made up of the local administrations or governments of the islands of Bornholm (Denmark), Gotland (Sweden), Hiiumaa (Estonia), Rügen (Germany), Saaremaa (Estonia), Åland Islands (autonomous part of Finland) and Öland (Sweden). The network has two decision-making bodies; a "steering committee", which is the politically responsible body, and a
Baltic Sea The Bornholm Basin is the area east of Bornholm, and the shallower Arkona Basin extends from Bornholm to the Danish isles of Falster and Zealand. In the south, the Bay of Gdańsk lies east of the Hel Peninsula on the Polish coast and west of the Sambia Peninsula in Kaliningrad Oblast. The Bay of Pomerania lies north of the islands of Usedom and Wolin, east of Rügen. Between Falster and the German coast lie the Bay of Mecklenburg and Bay of Lübeck. The westernmost part of the Baltic Sea is the Bay of Kiel. The three Danish straits, the Great