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LIFE SURE - Sediment Uptake and Remediation on Ecological basis (LIFE SURE)

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

Background The natural characteristics of the Baltic Sea, namely, a long water residency time (around 30 years), a large catchment area, a population of about 90 million people, and a brackish water environment poor in species, predisposes it to harmful contamination effects. One environmental problem comes from shallowed overgrown bays, which occur when ...
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Improving local youth work by bringing an multi- and intercultural, European dimension into the mindset of youth workers

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Through trainingcourses and jobshadowing activities we will achieve the following goals with participating youth workers: - Give youth workers an intercultural understanding and European awareness to bring into local youth work - Give youth workers a more European approach to youth work in general - Educate youth workers about Erasmus+ programme. - Educate youth workers in the positive effects of ...
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Coastal World Heritage (CoWoH)

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

The main challenge that we are addressing is “To get more visitors to world Cultural heritage costal sites that covers a large area and is situated in the Southern Baltic Sea area”. All UNESCO world heritage sites, or similar sites, in the southern Baltic Sea area faces similar problems that can be jointly solved more efficient if put into a transnational context. Existing common problems are for ...
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Let's do it! South Baltic school initiatives to stop climate change (Let's do it!)

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

Local actors, especially in the school sector, are hesitating to join cross-border cooperation projects for the following reasons: lack of knowledge about management of EU funded projects, lack of personnel capacities & time to deal with EU projects, missing language skills & uncertainty about the personal capability to implement international activities. School teachers are often left alone with ...
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Maritime Education and Sail Training for Young People (M.A.S.T.)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

MAST project origins from the local initiative of City of Gdansk to restore the historical two-mast sailing vessel General Zaruski and dedicate it to non-commercial sailing with young people. Inspired by the international history of the boat, an idea came up to let mixed groups of young people from different countries participate in such sail vacation, get to know each other and learn something fo ...
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Access by Cycling - Integrating cycling into multimodal transport system and mobility culture (abc.multimodal)

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

The ABC-project aims to improve accessibility of cities by integrating cycling into the multimodal transport system and strengthening a sustainable mobility culture. The roject follows suggestions of the European GREEN PAPER “Towards a new culture for urban mobility” and implements measures to make towns and cities more fluid, greener, smarter, more accessible and safer and to reduce traffic barri ...
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Creative learning environments - schools building competences to lead and learn in a rapidly changing world (CreatLearn)

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

Rationale: 21st century requires the diverse talents of all people, realising their full potential to develop creative answers to complex problems. We need new approaches in education based on a broader conception of ability, promoting motivation and self-esteem, creative skills and individual aptitudes. CreatLearn is a South Baltic cooperation of 5 municipalities, their education administrations ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

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

...y makers and the general public and as good examples for similar initiatives to be established. Diet for a Clean Baltic (DCB) is developed and practised in several partner countries. In Södertälje municipality it is implemented in all kitchens in schools, elder care and social institutions. The good practises are spread through partner exchange, a kitchen handbook and offspring projects. BERAS e ...
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Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area - upgrade project (MOMENT UP)

Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

MOMENT UP IS AN upgrade project, close connected to the MOMENT project, with the same background, aims, values etc. It is jointly developed by the MOMENT partnership. MOMENT/MOMENT UP will develop local and regional methods for effective management of water, with special focus on nutrients and hazardous substances from small/diffuse sources. It will test, demonstrate and develop knowledge about ho ...
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Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area (MOMENT)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

The European Water Policy and the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) aim at ensuring clean waters. HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) has appointed eutrophication and hazardous substances as key issues requiring action. In achieving this, the roles of local actors and citizens will be crucial. The local and regional levels are very important for the implementation of practical measures aiming at ...
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Wind energy in the BSR 2: Demonstrators - the Upgrade (WEBSR2 Upgrade)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

With a clear reference to the main idea elaborated in the WEBSR2-project, to promote wind energy use not mainly via arguments but by addressing peoples emotions, the project "WEBSR2 Upgrade" understands itself as pilot project, not elaborating a single "group of investments" but initiating an EU-wide campaign that will attract the peoples interest in and sympathy for wind energy by creating positi ...
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Rehabilitation of the Baltic coastal lagoon habitat complex (BALTCOAST)

Start date: May 1, 2005, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background Coastal lagoon is a priority habitat of the EU Habitats Directive. Coastal lagoons are particularly well developed in the Baltic region. Together with various dune habitats, cliffs and stone beaches, salt meadows and various types of grasslands, the Baltic coastal lagoons form an extremely varied habitat complex, associated with high levels of ...
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LED - Increasing Energy Saving through Conversion to LED lighting in public space (LED)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

...nning to find selling arguments towards decision-makers in cities. Unfortunately the installations in Kalmar have been delayed which was caused first by internal discussions in the municipality about the installation site and secondly delayed deliveries from one supplier. This caused correspondingly the delay of the demonstration of the test installations and also the evaluation. Furthermore the d ...
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Maritime safety - Transport and Environment in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic Master II)

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

The Baltic Sea’s unique ecology is under a lot of pressure. Fishing, maritime pollution from ships and substantial additions of nutrition from e.g. sewage and farming all pose a threat to the inland sea where the water is estimated to take 30 years to renew. At all times there are some 2000 ships in movement, and each year we see 120-140 collisions and groundings in the Baltic Sea – both traffic a ...
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Youth Cross-border Cooperation and Communication Project (Yc3)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: May 30, 2011,

The Yc3 is the result of a feasibility study initiated by Region Blekinge and ERB Youth Board. The feasibility study has been financed by Region Blekinge and SIDA the Baltic Sea Unit with the ambition to develop a youth project application to the South Baltic programme. The basis of the project is the political ambition within Euroregion Baltic to develop youth participation in cross-border cooper ...
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Joint capacity building concerning waste management (JOCCOW)

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

...f the project is to demonstrate and distribute knowledge regarding the utilization of waste management systems and economically efficient technology of biological leachate water treatment used in the Municipality of Kalmar. Achievements: The construction of pilot plant ...
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Regional Collaboration for Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment (CleanRegion)

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

The participating research institutes are strongly involved in the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and have a long and extensive expertise on non-chemical methods of weed control.By linking these research institutions with the public authorities, CleanRegion supports the involved municipalities and cities in (1) developing alternative strategies for weed control, (2) developing improved poli ...
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Baltic Environment and Energy, BEE (BEE)

Start date: Feb 14, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The BEE project has been financed according to measure 3.2 of the Interreg programme (Bilateral maritime cooperation across the Baltic Sea). BEE has focused on the lack of sustainable education methods and practises of friendly environmental attitudes, as well as on how to develop methods for good management and capacity building for handling environmental and energy issues. The objective of the p ...
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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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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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Integrated Solutions for Sustainability Management in Baltic Cities (SUSTAINMENT)

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

The SUSTAINMENT project aims to meet the needs and challenges of local authorities in moving towards a more integrated sustainability process. The intention is to further develop the current sustainable development processes of the municipalities by creating models for Sustainability Management Centres (SMC), including cross-sectoral policy integration, increased stakeholder participation, and mon ...
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Seagull II: Strengthening institutional structures and spatial development capacities of Euroregion Baltic (Seagull II)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Dec 4, 2007,

The central objective is to enhance institutional capacities of ERB by streamlining its networking, benchmarking and communication activities, in order to be able to become an important player in the BSR. The other key objective remains to assist regional and local authorities around the South-East BSR in the implementation of JDP and be considered a forefront economic growth region in EU. In deta ...
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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,

The Baltic Sea Region is facing an increasing urban traffic which contributes to pollution abundance and less attractive cities. Baltic Sea Cycling is a co-operation between 22 partners in Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden for the development of sustainable and attractive townscapes. The project has addressed problems concerning the integration of cycling as a part of urban tra ...
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Alliance of Baltic Cities II - A City network co-operation for Local Approaches to Regional Strategies / ABC (ABC )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Jul 30, 2007,

The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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Baltic Tangent

Start date: Jan 3, 2005, End date: May 2, 2007,

The Baltic Tangent (BT) project derives from the unsatisfying socio-economic situation in large parts of the BT area. The peripheral location in relation to the main transport infrastructure corridors in the BSR, constitutes a serious disadvantage for economic and labor market development of partnership regions in the Baltic States, Scandinavia and Russia. The BT project therefore has focused on h ...
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Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Woodlands by the Baltic Sea (Coastal Woodlands)

Start date: Jun 1, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2007,

Background The constant pressure on and deterioration of coastal regions is a big environmental problem. The European Union is working to introduce a coordinated policy for coastal regions based around the implementation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe. Following a recommendation adopted by Council and Parliament in 2002, each EU Me ...
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Baltic Balance - Integrated settlement structures (Baltic Balance)

Start date: Sep 3, 2003, End date: Jan 2, 2007,

...her. An underlying hypothesis is of course that there exists a common willingness from all parts to secure both economic growth and preservation of valuable nature and culture interests in the entire municipality and to provide a balanced settlement structure Our experience from the project is that the understanding of the rural-urban interdependence and how to use it in spatial planning, does not ...
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art II: Alliance of Baltic Cities II - A City network co-operation for Local Approaches to Regional Strategies (ABC II)

Start date: Jun 30, 2004, End date: May 30, 2006,

The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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Ancient Times in the Baltic Sea Region: integrated concepts for edutainment and sustainable tourism by using cultural heritage sites (Ancient Times)

Start date: Mar 2, 2003, End date: May 1, 2006,

Cultural heritage, history and traditions play a mayor role in tourism development. Today tourists are often looking for qualitative offers and a combination between study tours and entertainment. The objective of the Ancient Times project was to preserve and further develop cultural heritage sites of the participating partners according to visitors' demands and in an ecological way. The aim was a ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2006,

The goal of the project was the evaluation and demonstration of the potential of ecological recycling-based agriculture, combined with priority for local and regional processing, distribution and consumption, in order to reduce consumption of limited resources, emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen and phosphorus pollution to the Baltic Sea area by half or more, according to politically decid ...
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South East Baltic Transport Link (SEBTrans-Link )

Start date: Aug 28, 2002, End date: Nov 27, 2005,

SEBTrans-Link is a direct continuation of the former Interreg II C project SEBTrans. This SEBTrans project identified strong demand for improved infrastructure in the SEBTrans corridors. In the North-South Corridor, building the A1 motorway (Gdynia – Lodz) in Poland is a first priority together with improving the section within Sweden (Gothenburg – Borås – Växjö – Karlskrona). Road improvements pr ...
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Seagull-DevERB (Seagull )

Start date: Aug 19, 2002, End date: Nov 18, 2005,

The structure and living conditions differ considerably between the member regions of Euroregion Baltic (ERB), which are Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge Counties in Sweden, the Regional Municipality of Bornholm in Denmark, The Kurzeme Planning Region in Latvia, Klaipeda County in Lithuania, Kaliningrad Region of The Russian Federation, and the Pomeranian and Warmia-Masurian Regions in Poland.The cr ...
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Integrated Coastal Zone Development in the Baltic Sea Region / BALTCOAST (BALTCOAST )

Start date: Jun 30, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2005,

The main objective was to solve concrete local ICZD problems and to generalise experience acquired in this process into pan-Baltic actions such as changes of national legislation, elaboration of best practices and recommendations. The goal of the project was to accompany the implementation process by different international experts in the field of ICZD and to develop a common strategy based on the ...
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Rock Art in Northern Europe (RANE )

Start date: Jun 25, 2002, End date: Sep 24, 2005,

Rock art (paintings and carvings on rock formations) is the oldest form of human art. The remaining examples of this historical art form are threatened both by a natural development and our modern way of living. The central objectives of RANE were to initiate measures and promote research that would improve the management and sustainable use of prehistoric rock art in the Baltic Sea Region. The pr ...
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Baltic Welcome Center for a high quality sustainable development of cities and regions in the BSR in the frame of spatial planning aspects (BWC )

Start date: Dec 18, 2001, End date: Mar 17, 2005,

The main objective of the project was to strengthen the tourism sector in the Baltic Sea Region by improving the quality of tourist information and visitor centres. The development of common quality guidelines was seen as crucial in this respect. In addition, the project aimed at establishing a marketing network with the Baltic Welcome/Visitor centres as distribution channels for promotion of regi ...
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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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