The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is designed to deliver a more prosperous, environmentally sound, accessible and safe region. But what do people actually think about the strategy and what is needed to make it work? We at the Sida Baltic Sea Unit set our sights on finding out. Our findings from talking to people involved in forming the strategy and those affected by its implementation are available in this one-off issue of From a Baltic Point of View. The magazine explores the opportunities provided by the strategy and what individuals around the Baltic Sea expect from the collaboration. And, like the region in itself, the responses, feelings and hopes connected to the future of the strategy are very diverse.