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CARPE European Sustainable Solutions for Existing and New City Environments

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...f viable solutions for sustainable cities by enhancing cooperation between HEIs and regional authorities such as municipalities, incubators (e.g. by introducing an international Sustainable City student competition and a Start-Up competition for students). The expected impacts include: an increased sustainability in urban areas, an increased collaboration between regional authorities, businesses a ...
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SAFE AND ACTIVE SCHOOLDAY - WellBeing Partnership (SAS)

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

...paigns etc.) 2) create better basis for doing things together (developing school yards, co-operation between school and families etc.) 3) enable innovative co-operation in schools, between schools, city level and cross borderly 4) collect data to evaluate the process, well-being and life style of children and youth and models for partnership. In order to make this happen, we must enable the dev ...
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Natureship (Integrated planning and management in the Baltic Sea Region) (NATURESHIP )

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

...e management and valuation of ecosystem services are presented (also in publications). Furthermore project tests in WP3 how to estimate public values of traditional rural biotopes and green areas in city sector. Project tests methods how to use historical and landscape data to identify ecologically functioning networks of important areas that need restoration and special measures via Agri-Environ ...
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Challenge of eCitizen - Promoting eGovernment Actions in European Cities (eCitizen)

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

... Achievements: Challenge of eCitizen project started its activities early 2005, and proceeded well towards the goals set in three subject categories: eManagement for city administrations as well eServices and eParticipation targeted at citizens, with awareness raising as a cross-cutting theme. Concrete results were achieved by all 11 partners from 10 partner citie ...
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E-Math:Improving Competence in Mathematics using New Teaching Methods and ICT (E-Math)

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

...close cooperation with the participating teachers. -- WP4: Course material for pilot courses. New course material needs to be created for the pilot courses, adapted to the local requirements of each city, and translated to the local language. -- WP5: Web based learning environment for mathematics. The project builds an integrated open-source computer based system for teaching mathematics that supp ...
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Baltic Sea Cycling project: strategies for more cycles in the transport system for developing attractive and sustainable townscapes (BSC project)

Start date: Aug 19, 2004, End date: Nov 18, 2007,

...onal network.13 pilot actions for trying, testing, investigating and disseminating information on different cycling issues have been carried out. Five pilot actions within the work package Attractive City and five pilot actions within the work package Sustainable City. Moreover a vision of the Bicycle city and a website have been realized. To inspire other cities to take a step into the world of u ...
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Baltic Sea Challenge - Cities for a Healthier Sea (Baltic Sea Challenge)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

...ures which have an influence on the state of the local waters as well as on the entire Baltic Sea by reducing loading and promoting such management and operations that enhance water protection in the city administration. In addition to shaping up their own performance, the cities of Helsinki and Turku have continued by challenging other actors to do the same. The challenge campaign has been a succ ...
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Hijabiksi

Start date: Jan 1, 2014,

...pe is national youth initiative. The project lasts for 12 months (365 days) and it will be from 1.1.2014 till 31.12.2014. Our theme is hijab awareness. We want to organize an outdoor event in Turku city center where we have assembled a tent with a small photo booth. The bypassers may ask questions and they also have a chance to try on the hijab and take a picture when wearing it. The biggest aspir ...
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Nice to work with you!

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The project “Nice to work with you!“ has enabled the city administration of the City of Bonn to offer an intensive European internship abroad for trainees as well as employees which are responsible for staff training. Currently, about 70 – 80 % of all decisions of the European Union are implemented in the municipalities. Hence, Europe is part of the everyday life of the local governments by now. I ...
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Innovative solutions for sustainable mobility of people in suburban city districts and emission free freight logistics in urban centres. (CIVITAS ECCENTRIC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

The cities of Madrid, Stockholm, Munich, Turku and Ruse have formed the CIVITAS ECCENTRIC consortium to tackle the challenges of mobility in suburban districts and clean, silent and CO2 free city logistics. In many cities, these two important areas have received less attention in urban mobility policies.Though European cities have made significant steps forward in making city centres attractive an ...
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Youth for equality, equity and peace

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...ess their concerns and give possible solutions. This partner groups has its roots in the youth commission of the union of the baltic cities (UBC) - a union of 100+ cities around the baltic sea - each city represented by the mayor, politicians and a number of civil servants being members of one or more of the 13 different commission. At the moment there is around 20 active cities in the youth commi ...
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Askel kohti Eurooppaa - opettajien täydennyskoulutus koulujen kansainvälistymisen tukena

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

... possible partners and make the report. Results and impact: As a result of this project the schools in Turku, as well pupils, will get international skills equally, regardless of the principal or the city district. Teachers get new ideas for school teaching. Their language skills improve and they are more willing to use them. Teachers get new international friends and connections which help them t ...
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FAMILY is the BEST

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The International Cultural Association of the city of Turku coordinates meetings of young people from Finland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Sweden. Meetings are organized 11.8. - 22.8.2015. The project lasts 12 days. 60 young people and 10 leaders take part in the project. The main topic of the project is FAMILY and its importance for children’s and youth’s welfare. The title of the proje ...
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Nice to work with you!

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

The project „Nice to work with you!“ enables the city administration of Bonn to offer intensive European internships to learners and people working in vocational training. Europe has long become part of the everyday life of our cities. City administrations already implement 70-80 % of the decisions of the European Union. In order to make the European idea work it is essential to increase the city ...
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Better Boss - rehtoreiden täydennyskoulutusta Briteissä

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

...Education Division the internationalization of principals is regarded as a way to develop management. In this project we want to give our principals international perspective to management. Earlier, City of Turku has hosted two groups of British headteachers who have come to Turku to explore the Finnish education system and the operations model in Turku Education Division. Our principals who are ...
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Migration & Integration

Start date: Aug 2, 2016, End date: Dec 1, 2017,

Turku is a multicultural city with a population of Turku is 180 000 (2007), 5,2 % of the population are Swedish-speaking and about 10% of the population are imigrants. The purpose of the project is to promote tolerance and understanding between different culturese as well as enhance the integration process of the migrants living in Turku region.The main activities for EVS are:• to work with ethnic ...
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ELAV (Elava Linna Aja Vool)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010,

...ctivities focused on school children.The first part of OSLA included research of the material, encounters with our partners from Turku and making 6 short dance films portraying differents eras in the city life of Tallinn.The aim of the second part ELAV is to engage school children by involving them in an unformal learning process in the form of 4 dance and media workshops and a dance performance. ...
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European Programme for Accelerating the Take up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs-Up)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Through SUMPs-Up, an experienced consortium of public and private organisations, including four major city networks and seven frontrunner cities, skilled in coordinating major European SUMP projects will accelerate the take-up of SUMPs, where this is currently low, ensuring that SUMP is the primary mobility planning concept in Europe. To achieve this, the project will combine comprehensive SUMP re ...
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SINDBAD/TRANSDUAL/move-it

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

sequa is a non-profit organization of the German private sector. Shareholders are Germany's top four business membership organisations DIHK, ZDH, BDI and BDA as well as GIZ. sequa is a globally operating development organisation that has carried out projects and programmes of international cooperation in close collaboration with the German private sector since 1991. VET and mobility of employees i ...
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Open youth house

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

...ituations of quarrel. The volunteer will also learn some Finnish and will develop his or her skills in the English language.We are looking for an adult person to join our activities who has the capacity to work with youngsters. We don't expect the volunteer to be artistically creative or to be musical etc., but we hope that the volunteer will be social and open-minded and enjoys working with young ...
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DYNamic citizens @ctive for sustainable MObility (DYN@MO)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...portance to sustainable mobility planning in four dynamic European cities. Aachen (DE), Gdynia (PL), Koprivnica (HR) and Palma (ES) will jointly develop "Mobility 2.0" systems and services, implement city and citizen-friendly, electric mobility solutions and vehicles, and engage in a dynamic citizen dialogue for mobility planning and service improvement.CIVITAS-DYN@MO is targeting "dynamic citizen ...
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SINDBAD/TRANSDUAL/move-it

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...TRANSDUAL is a Mobility Programmes for trainees who intend to untertake practical and theoretical learning either in Madrid, Paris or London. Soft skills like mobility, flexibility, tolerance and capacity for teamwork become increasingly important in the labour markets. The programmes' targets are to supporting the development of these soft skills. SINDBAD and TRANDUAL targets are to gain professi ...
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Planning for energy efficient cities (PLEEC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

...l gather cities with innovative planning and ambitious energy saving goals. It will identify technology, citizens’ behaviors and structure driven efficiency potentials within urban planning and key city aspects. PLEEC will assess the status of energy efficiency and energy flows in the participating European middle size cities. It will improve understanding of basic conditions for energy efficiency ...
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Benchmarking water protection in cities (CITYWATER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

...se understandable environmental communication and demonstrate the cost-benefit relationship of voluntary water protection measures in order to effectively convey the importance of such actions. The 'CITYWATER' project will be based on the Baltic Sea Challenge Initiative, which will be used as a demonstration basis for the project implementation. The initiative links a network of more than 170 act ...
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Green citizens of Europe - Innovative tools and methods for interactive and co-creative citizens (GREENCIT)

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

Background Growing cities and changing lifestyles demand an ever increasing supply of natural resources. However, city managers have the opportunity and the means to drive forward change and reduce the negative impacts of urban development, such as urban sprawl and the growing demand for car-based urban transport. This can be done by developing and implem ...
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Network between world-leading Cluster of large-scale Research Infrastructure of Photon and Neutron Sources and Users fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region (SCIENCE LINK)

Start date: Sep 28, 2011, End date: Mar 27, 2014,

Strong cooperation in the scientific area is needed in the Baltic Sea region in order to ensure the competitiveness of the region. There is a new cluster of large-scale research infrastructure (Lund, Hamburg, Berlin and Geesthacht as EU countries and Gachina in Russia) and some more are planned or already under construction (the European XFEL in Hamburg, ESS and Max IV in Lund, Solaris in Krakow). ...
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Young Peoples cultural right in the Baltic Sea Region. (Bridging Baltic)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The partnership of this project has gathered to develop innovative methods for contributing with tools for solutions within one big problem area in our society; The involvement of young people. Problems with increased social exclusion among young people can be found in the entire Baltic Sea region, and the rest of Europe, and the reasons can be found largely in increased unemployment, low movemen ...
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Moving In, Moving On! Application of Art-Based Methods to Social and Youth Work (MIMO)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

MIMO has its starting point in the fact of social exclusion as a problem emerging among youth across Europe. There are cross-border issues of youth alienation, low level of school attractiveness, students extremely low feeling of subjective wellbeing, frequency of acts of school violence and the changing demographics regarding youth multiculturalism and diversity. It is addressed in research that ...
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SmartComp - Smart competitiveness for the Central Baltic region (SmartComp)

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Maritime sector has always been sensitive for economical changes. During the past years maritime clusters in the Central Baltic region have faced tightened competition, new requirements of environmental protection, structural changes and weakened competitiveness. Maritime clusters play an important role in different sectors of economy and thus its profitability has wide influences to other sectors ...
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Innovative Services for International Talents - Easier Access to the CBSR (EXPAT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

CHALLENGES: The competition for international job-seekers, especially professionals and students (called “expats” in this application) and the ethnic diversity in the CBSR are increasing fast as a result of globalisation. Facilitating and increasing the interaction among individuals with widely different backgrounds are key priorities for community development in Europe and is critical for maintai ...
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ntial and competitiveness of biomass as energy source in Central BSR (Pure Biomass)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

...Guideline development for RES strategies; 3.6. Development of public and professional competence tool. WP4- Promotion and Dissemination: 4.1.Kick-of meeting and startup conference; 4.2.Project publicity meetings; 4.3.Web Page; 4.4.Direct meetings with target groups; 4.5.Participation in state and or regional exhibitions/conferences presenting the results of project and promoting the biomass; 4.6.E ...
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CLEAN BALTIC SEA SHIPPING (CleanShip)

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

...gion 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 shoreside electricity. It also elaborates future solutions to stop all sewage releases from ships into the Baltic Sea. The project shall result in a web-based Pan-Baltic Best Practice Manual and a strategy for Clean S ...
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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,

... sector has benefitted from BSR InnoShip through independent knowledge and guidance on available solutions, as well as through active participation in solutions (LNG infrastructure, shore-side electricity, promotion of best solutions). The Clean Shipping Currents platform has been the basis of e.g. TEN-T investment studies. Stakeholder surveys with segmented stakeholder needs have been performed a ...
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Development of Innovative Business Models for Ensuring Competitiveness (INNOREG)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Finland and Estonia have long-term mutually beneficial experiences in science&production in mechanical engineering and mechatronics.This industry forms dominant part of the structure of manufacturing industry and export in the region. Globalization and continual growth of competition takes place in the world,necessitating implementation of new business models and production structures (Manufuture ...
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Virtual Elderly Care Services on the Baltic Islands (VIRTU)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

... following work packages: WP1) Administration and coordination, WP2) Research, WP3) Technological testing, WP4) Testing, development and dissemination of the service model WP5) Communication and publicity Achievements: The project VIRTU aimed to improve the standard of ...
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