Zane Šime is the Communication & Research Coordinator at the CBSS Secretariat. She is involved in the implementation of two Interreg Vb Baltic Sea Region Programme funded projects Baltic TRAM (Transnational Research Access in the Macro-region) and Baltic Science Network. Zane joined the CBSS Secretariat in May 2016, prior to that she worked as a national civil servant in Latvia at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Defence. She holds a Master in European Politics & Policies from KU Leuven.