The BSR is characterised by large areas of unspoilt countryside. Because of strong economic problems just in these rural areas tourism seems to be a promising opportunity to support regional development. Sustainability considered as a guiding principle can ensure that such a development will lead to economical benefits without threaten the nature and the social structure. Consequently a lot of sustainable tourism projects are already terminated and several are ongoing - but unfortunately there is only little coordination between these highly supported projects. Long-lasting effects are low and mostly limited to the area, where the project took place. Usually the methodologies and experiences are hard to find or not accessible at all after the project terminated.Thus the lead partners of the tourism sector of BALTIC21 with its existing network prepared the project AGORA. This project first intended - as the acronym AGORA with its sense in the Ancient World as a market place with a strong communication function already indicates - to establish an information & service hub. AGORA started on existing results, knowledge and experiences of other projects, compiled tools and information concerning sustainable tourism and made them accessible for interested users. Achievements: AGORA evaluated and improved tools in spatial planning and tourism management for strengthening the effectiveness of sustainable tourism (Toolbox). The tools were tested in practice and feedback was given to the Toolbox by a third work package comprising several pilot projects. These pilot projects also served to demonstrate best practices, to present the wide range of possible activities and to show that sustainable tourism can come up with economically profitable results, without endangering ecological values. Sustainability has been the guiding principle for all projects. To ensure this a check tool for sustainability of tourism projects was developed, discussed by an Advisory Board and tested in the pilot projects (Sustainability Check).All experience, information and expertise of the partners were integrated in the Strategy Factory. The Strategy Factory concluded policy recommendations for sustainable tourism development in the BSR and discussed a Strategy concept with organisations from the entire BSR. Main outputs:YepaT – The Service Hub of Tourism Projects in the BSR (iwww.yepat.info )AGORA ToolboxAGORA Sustainability Check for tourism projectsAGORA Strategy for sustainable tourism development in the BSR