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Imatra-St.Petersburg: Cultural Flow

Start date: Feb 28, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is to eliminate communication barriers between the citizens of the participating territories and improve understanding of each other culture and identity thus breaking negative stereotypes and increasing the level of mutual trust. Project aims to develop contacts and the network of cultural connections in South-Karelia and St. Petersburg in accordance with the stra ...
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EcoPark

Start date: Dec 21, 2012, End date: Dec 20, 2014,

The main goal of this project is to improve energy efficiency in the areas of cross-border cooperation (the South-East Finland and North-West of Russia). For the development of construction in Kouvola, Helsinki, Lappeenranta, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region is supposed to create an information platform on energy efficiency, construction and professional education, to consolidate educational in ...
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Castle to Castle

Start date: Apr 20, 2011, End date: Apr 19, 2014,

To establish an internationally recognizable Castle to Castle cultural route between Finnish and Russian castles and a related network of experts and entrepreneurs. Culture tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism business and a future mega trend of the industry. Cultural tourism resorts are constantly developing into more attractive, memorable and profitable destinations. A un ...
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Digital Sphere - A Finnish-Russian ecosystem for television over broadcast and Internet (Digital Sphere)

Start date: Mar 27, 2012, End date: Mar 26, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is creating the conditions for promoting economic development in the programme region by meeting the needs of today's information and telecommunication (ICT) technologies and services on the areas of development of interactive digital television technology and services based on cross-border cooperation. Specific objectives are combining achievements and potential o ...
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Improving Social Services

Start date: Apr 28, 2011, End date: Apr 27, 2013,

...ch will simplify access to information about governmental social services for IT-incompetent foreigners and provide information on recommended behaviour in unfamiliar situations abroad. Enhancing capacity and cooperation of Russian and Finnish local and regional authorities of the program region by developing recommendations on improvement of social services both for foreigners and own citizens. F ...
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Integrating Geological Information in City Management to Prevent Environmental Risks (GEOINFORM)

Start date: Jan 8, 2007, End date: Dec 28, 2009,

Background The development of any big city implies both groundwater resource exploitation and intensive use of the subsurface area: construction of subways, sewers, subterranean service lines, deep foundations, underground parking lots and storage. These have significant environmental implications, which can be exacerbated by local geological conditions. ...
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Integrated management system for Russian cities - MATRUSCHKA (MATRUSCHKA)

End date: Dec 30, 2008,

MATRUSCHKA aimed at strengthening the capacity of local authorities and developing their city planning process. It contributed to the development of a solid foundation within local authorities upon which long-term planning decisions could be made to support sustainable development. Both EU and Russian cities either initiated or further elaborated their Integrated Management Systems around a chosen ...
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moting Regional Innovation System in St. Petersburg through Transnational Cooperation - SPb InnoReg (SPb InnoReg)

Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2008,

The project SPb InnoReg - Promoting Regional Innovation System in St. Petersburg through Transnational Cooperation aims to promote sustainable economic development and competitiveness in the city of St. Petersburg. This is done by strengthening the regional innovation system (RIS) and improving utilization of the innovation and research potential of St. Petersburg in cooperation between Finnish, G ...
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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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Information and Communication Technologies to Strengthen Sustainable City Management (InfoCoSM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

Background The City of St. Petersburg’s Municipality stored, in various databases, many environmental data on local issues ; there was no efficient data management system by the Municipality, which was not equipped with appropriate software tools. Objectives The overall object ...
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AGORA -Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region (AGORA)

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

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 sus ...
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A.S.A.P. - Efficient Administrative Structures as a Prerequisite for Successful Economic and Social Development of Rural Areas in Demographic Transition (A.S.A.P.)

Start date: Dec 18, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Effective public sector action is a cornerstone of spatially balanced and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region. Especially rural areas need administrative support for compensating lower economic potentials for the benefit of their population. ASAP created innovative solutions to meet the most urgent challenges for rural development in the Baltic Sea Region in an integrated way: Demogra ...
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Maritime Tourism Marketing in the Baltic Sea Region (MARITOUR)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Apart from the natural diversity the Baltic Sea Region has everything a boating tourism region needs: festival highlights such as the Hanse Sail and the Kieler Woche, numerous smaller but no less attractive maritime events, about 1,500 marinas and some 500 traditional vessels sailing the Baltic Sea.What is missing is a cooperative marketing platform. Many maritime suppliers conduct their own marke ...
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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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Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region / COASTMAN (COASTMAN)

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

The COASTMAN project is aimed on developing approaches for conflicts resolution in coastal zone areas. The project partners’ group with representatives from Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia aimed at investigating conditions under which spatial conflict resolution in coastal zone management can be handled in a bottom up perspective in different countries around Baltic Sea. The ...
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moting Spatial Development by Creating COMon MINdscapes (COMMIN)

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

Transnational and cross-border co-operation have a growing need (e.g. EU-enlargement) for a precise understanding of the partner’s concepts and the planning systems they are embedded in. The improvement of solving similar problems in different BSR countries and on transnational activities can best be achieved by exchange of experiences and ideas, mutual training and further education as well as pr ...
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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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Metropolitan Areas+. Network of Regional Systems of metropolises in the Baltic Sea Region - Strenghtening of Competitiveness by Sustainable Developmen (MA+ )

Start date: Mar 16, 2003, End date: Mar 15, 2006,

... Achievements: All MA+ partners demonstrated concretely their interpretation of polycentricity and the problems in the implementation of this strategy. Several conferences, workshops and meetings took place, which were organised alternately by the participating project partners.A WP2 study ...
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Karelia Gateway – Border Service Centre

Start date: Oct 31, 2001, End date: Apr 29, 2005,

The challenge of Central Karelia is to utilise its position as a gateway region and the international Värtsilä-Niirala border-crossing point, particularly from the viewpoint of industry. Th e goal of the project was to improve the operational environment of cross-border entrepreneurship and business across the border in general and industrywise by creating a Border Service Centre. Th e Border Serv ...
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The Baltic Palette II (Baltic Palette II )

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: Nov 30, 2004,

...n autumn 2004. All the action group reports have been published electronically on the Baltic Palette web site.Polycentric Platform and Training in Spatial Planning; The report on polycentricity in the Baltic Palette regions, the reports about the case studies and an inventory on existing spatial planning programmes and courses have been published. A training course about the best practices in spat ...
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Oulu South Know-How Bridge with Russia

Start date: Jun 10, 2001, End date: Oct 29, 2004,

Th e goal was to improve the competitiveness of the regions, companies and their affi liates and to strengthen their resources and ability to operate. Th e projects focus area was taking expertise from the Oulu South region to Northwest Russia; similarly, Russian expertise was to be brought over to serve the companies and educational institutions in the Oulu South region. Th e target groups in Rus ...
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Baltic Cruise Project 2004-2007 (BCP 2004-2007)

Start date: Sep 20, 2004, End date: Sep 20, 2004,

BALTIC CRUISE PROJECT is a cooperation between 10 countries, 19 destinations and 32 partners (ports, city and tourist org.) in the Baltic Sea RegionAn exchange of knowledge and information between Baltic ports and destinations focusing on international cruise tourism. To realise a cruise, the cruise vessel must visit several ports and therefore cooperation between Baltic ports and destinations is ...
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Clusters development and B2B internationalization in Estonian -Russian transborder regions (EstRuClusterDevelopment)

...d partners from Russia and Estonia: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg, Slantsy and Kingisepp region municipalities, Ivangorod Centre for Sustainable development (Russia),and Sillamae City Government and Narva Region Entrepreneurs Association (Estonia).Target groups are: regional SMEs, Local authorities, Labour market, Business Support organisations and newtworks.The main activities ...
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