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Single CBR Home market (Home market)

Start date: Jul 31, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

... Achievements: The Home Market project had the aim of enlarging the market where SMEs operate from local level to the level of the entire Central Baltic region, in order to unite the region so that it is viewed as one single market area. To reach this aim, the project partners conducted studies to identify the opportunities and shortcomings rel ...
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United in diversity (UNITED)

Start date: Jul 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2010,

The South Baltic Region is seen as one of the most heterogeneous areas in the EU. There are still great differences between regions, especially in terms of economic structure and development processes. In some rural areas, the economies still depend on agriculture largely, and do not fully exploit the opportunity of benefiting from the development of other sectors, such as tourism. On the other si ...
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South-Western Baltic Sea TransRegional Area - Implementing New Geography (STRING II )

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2004,

...people, infrastructure and transport, environment, nature and landscape, culture, knowledge exchange and learning society. The Development Concept will be implemented though STRING II (=South-Western Baltic Sea TransRegional Area – Implementing New Geography). The partners of the project are Schleswig-Holstein, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Danish regions of Storstrøm (lead partner) ...
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South Baltic Offshore Wind Energy Regions (South Baltic OFFER)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: May 30, 2013,

... imports. OWE has become a competitive alternative to fossil sources of energy, and therefore large-scale investments in new capacities have recently been made or are currently planned. For the South Baltic (SB) area alone, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) predicts more than a ten time increase in OWE capacities, as it offers ideal natural and economic preconditions. It is therefore the ...
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n reduction of the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea today (PRESTO)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,

Project PRESTO (Project on Reduction of the Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea Today) tackled the eutrophication which is the main environmental problem of the Baltic Sea. Eutrophication is caused by excess load of nutrients - nitrogen and phosphorus - to the sea mainly from land-based sources.Main objectives and related activities of PRESTO project:1. To improve water quality along River Daugava an ...
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art II: EUROBALTIC Programme for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region (Part II: EUROBALTIC)

Start date: Nov 15, 2004, End date: Mar 14, 2006,

The Eurobaltic Civil Protection Project establishes the Eurobaltic Programme for Civil Protection initiated by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).Societies are increasingly vulnerable to civil crisis such as natural and man-made/technological disaster or their combination, sometimes called complex disasters. These risks endanger positive economic, social, health-related and environmental ...
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Applications of ecological knowledge in managing oil spill risk (OILRISK)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

...de, and maritime traffic is the most efficient way to transport goods among countries. However, heavy maritime traffic and oil transportation, both rapidly expanding in the Gulf of Finland and in the Baltic Sea, cause a significant environmental risk. Should a large scale oil accident occur in the area, there would not be enough time nor resources to safeguard all important and vulnerable nature a ...
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My Social Responsibility (My Response)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

...l for improving social integration (organised 1 forum, 1conference, section on webpages, campaigns in social networks,municipalities, TV broadcasting, mobile exhibiton, etc.) data base with map made. Baltic sea beach environment will be adapted to use of persons with disabilities. This client group will get new appropriate social services (with staff speaking in more than national language and pre ...
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Learning Communities of Modern Liberal Adult Education (LEMON)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

...centers) networks with new local and cross border partners and make sure adult education centers are seen as active and interesting partners. Liberal adult education can have many roles in attracting Baltic Sea region and in the wellbeing of inhabitants and regions. Organisations of liberal adult education operate in an ever changing environment. Even in complex situations adult education center ...
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CENTRAL BALTIC INNOVATION TOOLS FOR PRACTISE (INTO PRACTISE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

...stments in education, R&D and networking is not sufficient for maintaining relative competitive advantage of the CB-region. Thus a new paradigm of innovation policy needs to be adopted. For a Central Baltic brand, innovative individuals and networks, more enterprises and a system theory approach is needed to develop competitive advantage. Previously, innovation policy has largely been seen as equa ...
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Livonian Green Coastal Region - 21 (LR-21)

Start date: Sep 3, 2001, End date: Sep 3, 2004,

Background The “Green Coastal Region–21” project area covers a stretch of 800 km² along the coast of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga, in the North-Western part of Latvia. Several municipalities and other local stakeholders, with the support of the Institute for Environmental Studies and Management of the University of Latvia, decided to launch ...
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EUROBALTIC Programme for Civil Protection in the Baltic Sea Region (EUROBALTIC )

Start date: Mar 16, 2003, End date: Jan 15, 2005,

The Eurobaltic Civil Protection Project will establish the Eurobaltic programme for Civil Protection initiated by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).Societies are increasingly vulnerable to civil crisis such as natural and man-made/technological disaster or their combination, sometimes called complex disasters. These risks endanger positive economic, social, health-related and environment ...
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Establish measures to facilitate the migration and reproduction of migratory fish species

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

...on and reproduction of migratory fish species on the basis of a classification and inventory of rivers with historic and existing migratory fish species such as eel and salmon as agreed in the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP). Actions related to protection of migratory fish species are prioritized within implementation of HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and include • further development and appl ...
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Development of Innovative Systems through Knowledge Exchange (DISKE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The importance of science and technology parks in the South Baltic region as places offering SMEs access to facilities, flexible space and the ability to operate close to other innovation focused businesses is increasing. They are especially popular among small and medium companies because they allow creation of cooperation networks and transfer of technology among them. That is why the project ...
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Baltic Sea cooperation for reducing ship and port emissions through knowledge and innovation-based competitiveness (BSR InnoShip)

Start date: Jun 9, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

Maritime transport constitutes a vitally important part of trade and services for the countries around the Baltic Sea and Europe. Baltic shipping is constantly growing and some of the busiest shipping routes in the world go through the Baltic Sea. Consequently, the sensitive environment of the Baltic Sea is threatened by increasing pollution from the shipping industry. Through international agreem ...
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Baltic Sea Labour Network - A European Model for Improvement of Interregional Labour Policy (BSLN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

In order to make the Baltic Sea region an attractive place to invest, work & live in (strategic objective of INTERREG IV BSR), actors working on labour marked issues came to the conclusion that the already existing interregional labour market in the BSR has more potential as presently utilised. The interregional labour market is handled by national labour policy actors and stakeholders, which are ...
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Introducing Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea (BaltSeaPlan)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...,7 m project BaltSeaPlan (2009-2012) accompanied the EU Maritime Policy by supporting the introduction of Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning and preparation of National Maritime Strategies within Baltic Sea Region. It also contributed to the implementation of the HELCOM recommendation on broad-scale Maritime Spatial Planning & the VASAB Gdańsk Declaration.BackgroundThe Baltic Sea is a unique inl ...
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BalticSeaNow.info - Innovative participatory forum for the Baltic Sea (BalticSeaNow.info)

Start date: Oct 31, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

There is a general concern about the state and the future of the Baltic Sea. The most alarming issue is eutrophication, but also alien species, and oil and chemical freighting present serious threats to the region. Some political steps in national and EU-level to react to the challenge have been taken. In order to change the course joint actions and shared responsibility are needed. In addition to ...
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Baltic Outdoor

Start date: Jun 30, 2015, End date: Oct 30, 2015,

The project is based on South Baltic Program 2014-2020, Axis 5 and has its origin in the work done by the partners in the prolongation of the Respect Balticum-project.The partners will improve institutional capacity by increased international cooperation. Target groups are small actors - SMEs, sports clubs, NGOs, schools, tourist organizations etc operating in an outdoor environment promoting natu ...
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Maritime Safety - Transport and Environment in the South Baltic Sea Region (Baltic MaSTER)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The aim of Baltic Master was to improve maritime safety by integrating and bringing forward local and regional perspectives. This included measures to improve the prevention and the preparedness for ship accidents as well as methods for managing the coastal zones.The issues concerning safe transportations, oil combatting and coastal management has a clear transnational link as they deal with the e ...
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Baltic pilot cases on reduction of emissions by substitution of hazardous chemicals and resource efficiency (LIFE Fit for REACH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

...umulative toxic (PBT) substances can also be transported long distances from their original emission source, causing significant damage to ecosystems. PBT contamination is a recognised problem in the Baltic Sea region. The most effective way to prevent the entry of these hazardous substances into the environment is to prevent the pollution at its emission sources, avoiding the use of these substan ...
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Sustainable oceans : our collective responsibility, our common interest. Building on real-life knowledge knowledge systems for developing interactive and mutual learning media (Respon-SEA-ble)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

...terests in the state of our oceans - today and in the future. Within a participatory process involving the stakeholders of the knowledge creation & sharing system from four European marine regions (Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Northern Sea and Atlantic _ including in its transatlantic dimension), and building on the scientific knowledge-base established and on project-dedicated IT strucure/pla ...
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Inventory of marine species and habitats for development of NATURA 2000 network in the offshore waters of Lithuania (DENOFLIT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

...sal anadromous common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus), which are protected by the Habitats Directive. Both species spawn in the freshwater Curonian Lagoon, but during spawning migrations inhabit some Baltic Sea coastal areas in Lithuania. It is largely unknown how both species use their habitats during the juvenile feeding and maturation stages; therefore fish inventory surveys are necessary to pr ...
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Energy Efficient and Ecological Housing (ECOHOUSING)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Finland, Estonia and Latvia have made plans how to save energy, compensate the use of fossil energy sources by renewable energy sources. Important domestic source is wood and other biomass in different forms. Through the project the partners in Finland, Estonia and Latvia will collect information of heating technology, boilers and devices utilizing wood energy and other bioenergy in different form ...
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CLEAN BALTIC SEA SHIPPING (CleanShip)

Start date: Jun 9, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BALTIC SEA CLEAN SHIPPING (CLEANSHIP), is part of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, and has by the EU Commission become selected as a strategic flagship project in its mission to make the Baltic Sea a model region for clean shipping. It promotes measures to reduce emissions from ships to the atmosphere and elaborates ways to promote infrastructure for bunkering of LNG and increased use of ...
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Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (BALTADAPT)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

...egrity of the ecosystem and increase risks caused by natural disasters. There are good experiences of adaptation in the region but they are somehow fragmented and do not acknowledge the fact that the Baltic Sea is a specific eco-region.The EU BSR Strategy recognizes this problem by calling for a BSR-wide climate change adaptation strategy, which should provide a framework to strengthen cooperation ...
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Towards Joint Management of the Transboundary Gauja/Koiva River Basin District (Gauja/Koiva)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...onians – this is the goal for cooperation among Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Biology Institute of Latvian University, Baltic Environmental Forum in Estonia and Latvia, Tallinn Technological University and Estonian University of Life Sciences. ...
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Baltic COMPASS - Comprehensive Policy Actions and Investments in Sustainable Solutions in Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic COMPASS)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

Baltic COMPASS project has grown out of a large number of international projects in the field of landuse, agriculture, water and environment related to the protection of the Baltic Sea. Specifically, Baltic COMPASS is a response to the need for a transnational approach to reduce eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and contribute in adaption and implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSA ...
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Baltic actions for reduction of pollution of the Baltic Sea from priority hazardous substances (BaltActHaz)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

...antic (OSPAR), and the Stockholm Convention. Objectives The BaltActHaz project's goal was to underpin joint action by Baltic countries on hazardous substances with regard to the implementation of the WFD, the IPPC Directive (industrial pollution prevention and control, 2008/1/EC), the Marine Strategy Framework Direct ...
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

Hazardous substances are one of environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. Recently 11 hazardous substances and substance groups have been taken into consideration in the area and a specific programme established for these substances (HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan BSAP, hazardous substances segment). Project Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region – COHIBA focused on these eleven s ...
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Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Baltic MPAs)

Start date: Aug 1, 2005, End date: Nov 30, 2009,

Background The Baltic Sea is a unique and fragile marine ecosystem hosting many species and habitats of European and global interest, including the Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) which has its own European Species Action Plan. It is believed that the by-catch of birds and seals in fishing nets is a problem in the Baltic Sea and assumed that habitat ...
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Transnational River Basin Districts on the Eastern Side of the Baltic Sea Network - TRABANT (TRABANT)

Start date: Jul 10, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

Project Transnational River Basin Districts on the Eastern Side of the Baltic Sea Network - TRABANT endeavours to improve basis for the integration of significant ecological and management aspects in the Eastern Baltic Sea region, including links to spatial development. The conditions in the Baltic Sea result to a large extent from the activities in river basins. The activities have been and will ...
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Baltic SeaBreeze (BSB)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The goal for the Baltic SeaBreeze (BSB) project was to increase awareness of the marine pollution situation in the target sectors of fishing, shipping, and leisure craft owners. Focus areas have been environmental issues in guest harbours and marinas, Blue Flag activities, courses for fishermen and seamen, and a media campaign. The ultimate goal of Baltic SeaBreeze was to change the attitudes and ...
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Baltic Haz Control: Development and institutional implementation of a transnational monitoring system for hazardous waste streams in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR Haz Control)

Start date: Jun 13, 2004, End date: Jun 12, 2007,

...least financial resistance, the prolongation of non-cohesive structures and the misdirection of investment initiatives. The key project objective was to enroll waste management authorities around the Baltic Sea into a coordinated effort to integrate the crucial issues of hazardous waste stream management and best practice waste infrastructure planning into the BSR spatial planning agenda and there ...
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Increasing environmental awareness and networking in local administration in Finland and Estonia

Start date: Jul 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Project evolves co-operation of local authorities in environmental issues in Finland and Estonia. It activates contacts and exchange of information between administration and NGO's at local level, and arranges seminars and training sessions at regional and cross-border level. Project collects information necessary for environmental programmes as well as for development of environmental indicators. ...
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NEW HANSA OF SUSTAINABLE PORTS AND CITIES (NEW HANSA)

Start date: Mar 5, 2003, End date: Dec 14, 2005,

... heavily molested by increasing air emissions, huge amounts of waste & waste waters originating from ships. Ship owners are willing to invest in new technologies if there was one common system in all Baltic ports. However they fear that their investments would be in vain due to regulations differing from port to port. This is particularly the case with ferries and Ro-Ro-Ships but also increasingly ...
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