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Helsinki-Tallinn Science Twin City

Start date: Sep 30, 2002,

Project is a part of the EUREGIO Helsinki-Tallinn co-operation and the Science Twin City priority. The aim is to increase competitiveness of the two capitals in international high-tech business in three sectors: biomedicine and biotechnology, ICT and material sciences (incl. new technologies). Activities include studies and analyses, brokerage events for actors in the three high-tech sectors, surv ...
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Youth participation and intercultural learning

Start date: Aug 1, 2011,

Youth Participation and' Intercultural. Learning" project is a cooperation between the SO, the Vuosaari.Youth Work Unit (Vuny) of the City,,of Helsinki Youth Department from Finland and the HO, the PT Foundation of Malaysia. It is an individual EVS project in• which the young person from Finland will work as volunteer for 6 months in at PT Foundation in Kuala Lumpur. The objectives are to facilita ...
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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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Capacity building of Kaliningrad City Hall in the environmental performance

Start date: Sep 16, 2002, End date: Mar 15, 2005,

Background St. Petersburg is the largest city on the Baltic Sea, with a developed industrial sector and a population of about five million people. According to the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), it contributes 20% of the pollution in the Baltic Sea. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) contaminated with heavy metals and soluble hazardous substances is one of the m ...
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Development of the Environmental Action Plan for Municipal Solid Waste Management in St. Petersburg (MS WASTE in SPb)

Start date: Feb 1, 2002, End date: Jun 30, 2006,

Background St. Petersburg is the largest city on the Baltic Sea, with a developed industrial sector and a population of about five million people. According to the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), the city produces 20% of the pollution in the Baltic Sea. Municipal solid waste (MSW) contaminated with heavy metals and soluble hazardous substances is one of the ...
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Mitigation of and Adaptation to the Climate Change in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area - From Strategy to Implementation (Julia 2030)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

...rategy for adaptation to climate change in the Helsinki metropolitan area. A main aim of the project was to demonstrate and verify the positive impact that CO2 calculators – developed for city residents and municipal administration personnel – play in mitigating climate change in a municipal area. Expected results of the project included: 5% decrease in CO2 emissions for public procuremen ...
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Best winter maintenance practices to reduce respirable street dust in urban areas - demonstration of best practices, strategy development and implementation (REDUST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...(e.g. Scandinavia, the Baltic, North America and Japan). In Finland, it is considered to be one of the most problematic air pollutants, causing most of the high pollution episode days in urban areas. City residents are very aware of the street dust problem, which causes annoyance and health problems, especially for those who suffer from respiratory diseases. For this reason, the issue attracts con ...
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Cultural perspectives

Start date: Jul 1, 2012,

... the project is the Academia Baltica, Lübeck, Germany. The Project starts at the 1st of July 2012, and has a duration of 24 months until the 30th of June 2014. Co-organizers are the Tallinn City Archives, Estonia; the Aue Stiftung, Helsinki , Finland; and the University of Szczecin, Poland. Nine associated partner support the project.
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City Noises

Start date: Jun 1, 2011,

City Noises is a collaborative arts project using sound, media and digital technology as a means to relate to contemporary city life. Distinctive practitioner based organisations from London, Budapest, Helsinki and Santander will commission artists to work together on a series of events and exhibitions taking place in each participating city over the project's life cycle. Each city exhibition wil ...
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EUROPE CITY

Start date: Sep 1, 2013,

...rge collection of examples of good practice in the renovation of public space. It is now time to interpret, translate and analyse all this knowledge. This is the quantum leap represented by “EUROPE CITY”.Four top-ranking institutions in the sphere of European public space – the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, the Museum of Architecture and Design (Ljubljana), the Museum of Finnish Arc ...
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Creating promotional BSR products for tourists, talents and investors in the global markets (BaltMet Promo)

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

...de BSR. Promo supports the objectives of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region by aligning its horizontal activities in the fields of identity building, marketing and branding.Project is led by City of Helsinki and coordinated by Aalto University/CEMAT. Project works from the metropolitan and transnational perspective in the framework of Baltic Metropoles Network (BaltMet) and Baltic Developme ...
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Employment & Cultural Experiences of Vocational Fields in the EU

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

...English/Swedish speaking establishment, managing receptions in Hotels and companies, supporting teaching and learning in English speaking German nurseries and working in hair and beauty salons in the City. This type of project has been successful in it's previous undertaking and therefore is desired by the participants and accompanying staff and to continue future endeavors. The aim is to broad ...
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Focus op leren en welbevinden

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

Seeing how we are a school in a multicultural city, there is a large diversity within our class groups as students come from a very different social and cultural background. It is vital to differentiate and it is a great challenge to do so, since the goal of the school is to make sure every student can keep up with the program, especially in our first grade. But it’s not always simple to get stude ...
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One Time E·xperience - Life Long Bonds II

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

...institution are: a) Enhancing the learning of languages by bilingual Spanish-English different subjects of the training courses taught at the center. b) Acting as an educational reference for our city, Badalona (220,000 inhabitants) c) Ensuring the full dissemination of European Projects developed in the school in different media: our webpage, radio, tv and magazines. The work programme is as fo ...
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Opetushenkilöstön täydennyskoulutus ja opetuksen kehittäminen

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

... obtained in the program we be shared with the school's staff at the end of each activity. Each of the participant teachers were fully responsible for doing that. Also the Education Department of the City of Helsinki requires participants to report on the activities in their website Reppu. The staff training and mobility aimed at improving the quality of the teaching in our school. We hope to hav ...
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disABILITIES! EVS in City and Countryside Communities

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

This EVS project "disABILITIES! EVS in City and Countryside Communities" gave opportunity for four EVS volunteers to come to Finland for 12 months period. The volunteers came from from Macedonia, Armenia, Spain and Turkey. The volunteers didn't have any previous long-term international experience and three of them had fewer opportunities. The volunteers worked in two different host organisations i ...
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Stadi Training Abroad for Future

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

...eriods abroad according to ECVET is extended to new qualifications and partnerships. For the part of the staff mobility this project answers the need of the Internationalisation Action Plan of the City of Helsinki Education department to strengthen the skills of the staff controlled and target-oriented in order to reach the aims of the Internationalisation Action Plan and to support the students. ...
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Contre Courants II : PORTRAITS / A LA RENCONTRE D'UNE JEUNESSE EUROPEENNE AUX MULTIPLES VISAGES

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: May 15, 2015,

...to the border and young decision makers amongst others. Over the course of three days they will draw portraits of multifaceted European youths using different media throughout the city. Through writings, videos, plays and dynamic fictional and documentary portraits based on true stories, they will capture the role young people play in our society, and convey the way they perceive their own realiti ...
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ublic Policies and Instruments in Support of Creative Industries (CREATIVE METROPOLES)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

... intellectual property, form an integral part of the knowledge economy (Interreg IV C Operational Programme). Through exchanging experience and good practices, this project aims to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of public support to unlock and support the economic potential of the creative economy. In particular, 5 policy areas are addressed within the project:1. Structure of public sup ...
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Twin-Port (FI-EST)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

...h, combating climate change by using new innovative technical solutions is another objective of the Global Project.The need for the proposed Action is due increased cargo volumes and will lead to capacity and efficiency gains on the link.The activities concerns:1) Development of Helsinki West Harbour- Port infrastructure and access developments- Traffic system and access improvements- Use of autom ...
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SUPPORTING FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND RECEIVERS IN ESTONIA AND FINLAND (SUFACARE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

...ect regions are Tallinn,Rakvere,Helsinki,Raasepori, Salo. The program consists of evaluation, education/information courses for caregivers, supportive functions, better physical/mental functional capacity, improving environmental indoor/outdoor accessibility,increase social participation by info/practical assistance and finally to form a model of home care system which includes all before mentione ...
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Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC)

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

The RBGC is led by the City of Helsinki and coordinated by the Aalto University Small Business Center. The project has in total of 21 partners from 6 BSR countries. Target groups of the RBGC are City and regional authorities, Transport service providers, Logistics centers, Intermodal terminals, Public transport authorities, Universities and other research centers. RBGC's partner composition is bas ...
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Motorway axis Gdańsk-Brno/Bratislava-Vienna

...ssengers with the port of Gdańsk, rail and roads. PP25 touches upon four Member States: Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia. Its western branch passes through Brno, the second largest city of the Czech Republic on its way to Vienna (950 km), while its eastern branch passes through Žilina, a city of growing importance regarding automotive production in Slovakia, to the countrys capital ...
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Making Knowledge Work (MKW)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The Making Knowledge Work (MKW) consortium consists of 12 ambitious regions wishing to improve their regional innovation capacity. They all observe that excellent research does not always find its way into commercially valuable innovations and excellent ideas are often not used. Policy action is needed to bridge the gap in the innovation chain. It asks for projects on micro level and meso level st ...
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Innovation Policy in University City Regions (INNOPOLIS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...sed by regional authorities in transfering best policy practice, and thus actively supporting knowledge co-creation between universities & enterprises. The activities of INNOPOLIS focus on university city-regions, defined here as localities with at least three multi-departmental universities and at least 60,000 students (students used as a proxy of university knowledge endowments). This choice is ...
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Helsinki-Tallinn Transport and Planning Scenarios (H-TTransPlan)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

In Estonia and in Finland the closer integration of the countries is seen important to support competitiveness of the sparsely populated area. The Helsinki-Tallinn twin-city region (HTTCR) is seen as the driver of integration due to proximity of the capitals. Despite vision documents created in all political levels, the region is not yet truly developed together. The project will discuss the imp ...
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Design led Innovations for Active Ageing (DAA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...he Design led Innovations for Active Ageing project consists of a network of cities that drastically need to find economic and innovative yet sustainable solutions for senior care. Each participating city brings forth a best practice in the field of senior care and a need for a change of policy in that area. The project’s starting point is a shared European challenge: Demographic ageing is identif ...
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Baltic Metropolises Innovation Strategy (BaltMet Inno)

Start date: Jan 2, 2005, End date: Jan 1, 2008,

...consists of five Work Packages. Cities have agreed on the importance of fostering transnational cooperation by the project in selected innovation related themes:1. Innovation strategy development;2. City marketing;3. Cluster development; and4. Innovation competences and entrepreneurial skills.Work Package 5 compiles the work of the other work packages as a general innovation policy framework. Hori ...
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EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CITY-REGION COMPETITIVENESS (COMPETE)

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

...ence about the economic relationship between cities and their regions. This means that urban and regional planners have little experience to draw on when deciding how best to drive competitiveness in city regions. The COMPETE network focuses on enabling cities to fulfil their potential as drivers of urban renaissance and as critical economic assets in their regions. Its main purpose is to allow a ...
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Climate Change, Cultural Heritage & Energy Efficient Monuments (Co2olBricks)

Start date: Sep 16, 2010, End date: Dec 15, 2013,

...tners from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Germany, combining know how from heritage preservation departments, departments for protection of the environment, city administrations, universities, training institutions, representatives of housing societies, monument protection societies and energy agencies.The main objectives and expected results of the proje ...
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Clusters & Cities Network (CLUSNET)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

... are important because they allow companies to be more productive than they would be in isolation. Supporting clusters has therefore become an important element in the economic development efforts of city-regions. However, the nature and impact of such efforts vary enormously, making it difficult for decision makers to find the right combination of tools that most effectively support cluster. City ...
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City Twins Co-operation Network (City Twins)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

The overall objective is to foster local development in twin cities by developing cooperation between different city pairs and by introducing and disseminating best practices and action models in different sectors of local administration, e.g. welfare and health care, education, crime prevention, or labour. ...
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Cleantech Incubation Europe (CIE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... conference 'Cleantech Incubation Policy and Practice'; where all results, experiences of the project will be showed and policymakers will be informed how to tackle clean tech incubation in their city or region. The project will be supported by a website 'Policy and Practice; Cleantech Incubation Europe', focused on all actors in the field of clean tech incubation (policymakers, incubators, knowle ...
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Creating Attracitve, Developed and Dynamic Societies together with Inhabitants (CADDIES)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

... Achievements: The CADDIES project improved living conditions and enhanced inclusion of people living in the 20th century city neighbourhoods of Helsinki, Norrköping and Riga. The project motivated various inhabitant groups to participate and take responsibility for their own house, block or neighbourhood in a sustainable w ...
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Auch in Zukunft sicher - ein Erfahrungsaustausch zur Optimierung der Nachwuchsgewinnung in der Polizei Berlin

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

...e lowest salary in comparison with other German police forces) - lack of opportunity to equip police training to meet changing needs of society - the unique situation of Berlin as a major city places enormous demands on police officers. Goal: The specific aims of the project include: - optimising recruitment in order to increase the numbers of applicants, including applicants who reflect the div ...
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Parallel Cultural and History – Finland/Ireland

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

...want to show Finish Culture and History for the Irish Youth.The Youths also want to do meditation, sport activities and music. The accommodation Munkkiniemi Youth House is near the sea and Helsinki city Central Park. In the Youth House there is music room, where is all the needed instruments available. Through the Meditation we want to teach the Youth to concentrate during the day and to relax bef ...
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Boosting broadmindedness

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...sting broadmindedness" project will be handling the themes of inclusion, youth (participation, youth work, youth policy) and social dialogue. Project will start 1.1.2016 and it will be located in the city of Hyvinkää and Riihimäki and municipal of Loppi, Finland. We will select three volunteers for our project. They all will work in our Youth workshops as a helping workshop trainers/ instructors a ...
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Moving people

Start date: May 2, 2016, End date: May 1, 2017,

...yment or unecological living standards.In this project, we will settle in Joutsa, a village located in Central Finland. For the last two days of the camp, we'll also visit Helsinki, Finland's capital city, exploring its multicultural services and facilities. The camp itself will take place 23.7.-3.8.2016 and we'll have 14 participants and 2 leaders from Germany and Finland each, 32 in total.The "M ...
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Europa de Norte a Sur: una mirada pluricultural

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

...annes (2 teachers)5. Promoting the culture of entrepreneurship. Malta (2 teachers)6. Structured study visit to schools/institutes and training seminar in Finland. Helsinki (2 teachers)7. Reading the city: Stockholm. Discover the city as an experiential learning resource (2 teachers)8. Islandia (1 teacher)9. Sicily: a chain of civilizations. Palermo (2 teachers)The results and impact expected are:- ...
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A Escola em Mudança ao Encontro da Europa_KA101

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

...of Training Sessions with Credits, workshops and seminars for teachers, presentation of mobility results of jobshadowing to the host school, publication of articles in the newspapers of the city, dissemination of the actions in the school, on website and on the Facebook school. With the realization of this project it is expected it to contribute in the short and long term:- to help in achieving t ...
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