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Coastal Habitat Conservation in Nature Park 'Piejura' (LIFE CoHaBit)

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

Background Piejūra Nature Park harbours valuable habitats and species of the Boreal region and is an important nature area both nationally and in Europe. Valuable protected coastal habitats found there include embryonic dunes, white dunes, grey dunes and wooded dunes, which are spread over an area of more than 30 km and are characterised by high biodiver ...
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Alternative use of biomass for maintenance of grassland biodiversity and ecosystem services (LIFE GRASSSERVICE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Grasslands, and in particular natural grasslands with high biodiversity, are complex ecosystems that provide a variety of different ecosystem functions and services, which are essential for the maintenance of biodiversity, as well as for human well-being. The main threats to grassland biodiversity are related to the intensification of agricultu ...
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100% Youth City

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

100% Youth City is KA2 Strategic partnership to develop an innovative approach to new generation of City Youth friendly Policies.The project aims to create and develop a quality label "100% Youth City", on Youth Friendly policies city and the all certification process to implement it.Project will combine the Structured Dialogue methodology and a new and innovative tool defined by the European Unio ...
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Riverways

Start date: Jan 29, 2013, End date: Jan 29, 2015,

Rivers, lakes and coastline are important resources of the Programme area, which supports water tourism development. Both – in Latvia and in Estonia water tourism is part of active and nature tourism with high development potentials. Existing tourism offers so far is limited to the local market and is concentrated in most popular areas, but the number of rivers suitable for boating is larger, acce ...
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Smart Work Centres in Non-Metropolitan areas (Micropol)

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

The MICROPOL project brings together partners from non-metropolitan regions that face the EU-wide challenge of loss of human capital due to increasing unemployment. The common pattern is that qualified people move to the big cities in search for job opportunities in the knowledge economy which leaves formerly thriving communities far from metropolitan centres with problems of depopulation and litt ...
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INNOvating entrepreneurship policies in the CRAFTS sector (INNOCRAFTS)

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

...he project proposal builds on existing experience and networks developed by the partners at theirlocal/regional level and previous cooperation projects. The partnership of the project is composed by: Municipality of Florence as LP; National Association of Italian Municipalities–Tuscany; National Institute of Arts and Crafts (France); Public Foundation The Legacy of al-Andalus; Bistrita Municipalit ...
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Fire Risk Prevention and Improvement of the Fire Extinction Systems of the Historic Town Centers of Cities named Word Heritage (HERITPROT)

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

Fires at Heritage Sites have always presented special challenges to Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) worldwide, not only because of the loss or damage of historical value, but also because of the difficulties in fire-fighting and rescue in such incidents.Their design, construction, layout and fire load are conducive to rapid and uncontrolled fire spread. Lack of separation and compartmentation, dust ...
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Green IT Network Europe (GreenITNet)

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

GreenITNetInformation and communication technologies (ICT) have become a driving force of economy and society sustaining growth and prosperity. On line data processing has in the last decade developed into a truly new infrastructure. ICT is ubiquitous and will become more so in the coming years. Also ubiquitous however has become the question of the sustainability of ICT. ICT has been singled out ...
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Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM PROJECT)

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

...on._Specifying in an Implementation Plan the necessary actions to implement the gained experiences and knowledge in each region through the participation in the program.This consortium is composed by:Municipality of Vigo,Regional Management Agency of Energy,Region of Murcia,Regional Agency for Energy and Environment in the Algarve,Municipality of Messina, Municipality of Reggio Emilia,Riga City Co ...
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Multi-modal Innovation for Sustainable Maritime & Hinterland Transport Structures (PORT INTEGRATION)

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

Port Integration - Multi-modal innovation for sustainable maritime & hinterland transport structures is designed to identify, exchange & transfer best practices in the transport sector with the aim of an overall integration of related policies. Background is the recent increase of European transport flows leading to imbalances in the usage of different transport modes. While landside especially th ...
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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,

Baltic Sea Region (BSR) does not yet exist as a region with shared identity and recognized image. Neither is the region’s competitiveness potential as a common marketing area fully exploited. BaltMet Promo faces this challenge by a new and innovative approach by enforcing BSR-identity through doing collaborative promotion for BSR in the global markets. Project simultaneously strives for the advanc ...
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ublic Energy Alternatives - Sustainable energy strategies as a chance for regional development (PEA)

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

...enewable energy sources including hydrogen and fuel cells has been developed and installed. In Ylivieska (FI) a new type of wood chip gasifier has been developed and installed as heating means for a municipality school. Reports on pilot investments are also part of the Baltic Energy Compendium. Based on the experiences with local investments and local energy planning additional tools have been de ...
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n Urban Reduction of Eutrophication (PURE)

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

Eutrophication is a major problem in the Baltic Sea. Its caused by excessive phosphorus and nitrogen loads coming from land-based sources. At least 95% of the phosphorus load enter the Baltic Sea waterborne and a major part of this load originates from point sources. Here the municipal waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) play the primary role. New actions to reduce the amount of phosphorus from t ...
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From detached Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies to a regionalised indigenous EU 2020 (EU 2020 going local)

Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

“EU 2020 going local – from detached Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies to a regionalised indigenous EU 2020” is designed to contribute to the effective implementation of the current Lisbon and Gothenburg Strategies and the new EU 2020 strategy at local and regional level. In particular, this means building on the stock of tried and tested successful experiences at the local implementation of the fo ...
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Energy Efficient and Integrated Urban Development Action (Urb.Energy)

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

The European housing stock is a major contributor to energy waste and CO2 emissions. At the same time the refurbishment rate in the new EU member states still is extremely low and sustainable urban development concepts are barely addressed, neither in local, nor regional or national policies in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). The project Urb.Energy addresses these issues and aims at the elaboration a ...
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The Baltic 21 Eco Region Project (Eco-Region)

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

The EcoRegion project was developed in the years 2007/2008 and finally implemented between 2009- 2011 in order to contribute to the aim of Baltic 21 to turn the Baltic Sea Region into the world’s first EcoRegion, where economic growth goes hand in hand with environmental integrity and social justice.The transnational project – co-financed by the ERDF BSR Programme 2007-2013 - was based on the uniq ...
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Implementation of mire habitat management plan for Latvia (MIRES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Dec 1, 2008,

Background A habitat management plan for Latvia drawn up in 2003 outlines the priority areas for urgent management activities: Cena, Stikli, Klani and Veseta Mires. The sites are nationally and internationally important as include habitats and species of both Latvian and European concern. Cena Mire and Stikli Mires are included in the EU list of Importan ...
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Regional Cooperation in Waste Management (RECO)

Start date: Jan 12, 2005, End date: Jan 11, 2008,

RECO is a waste management and spatial planning project in cooperation between partners from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Its Central Objective is to support the development of efficient Institutions for management of municipal waste in the BSR in order to minimize negative environmental effects, lower life cycle costs for waste managem ...
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Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (ASTRA)

Start date: Jun 5, 2005, End date: Jan 4, 2008,

Focusing on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), the project "Developing Policies & Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" (ASTRA) assesses regional impacts of the ongoing global change in climate. Its aim is to develop adequate climate change adaptation strategies and policies, together with relevant stakeholders, such as planners and decision makers.The ASTRA project uses clim ...
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Baltic Energy Efficiency Network for the Building Stock (BEEN)

Start date: Jun 20, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...ilding was implemented, now serving as an example for other residential buildings in Estonia. Also in Poland a refurbishment project was initiated, in this case aiming at the active inclusion of the municipality and the local homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the process. Project partners in Lithuania decided to elaborate a technical standard documentation for the most frequent building types in ...
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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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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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Institutionalization of the European Route of Brick Gothic (EuRoB) - a culturally and historically inspired tourism route marketing the brick Gothic heritage and related cultural offers (EuRoB II)

Start date: Dec 12, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The European Route of Brick Gothic has become a six-borders-crossing European cultural route in the Baltic Sea Region inviting local inhabitants and visitors and media to experience this outstanding cultural heritage. The route has been organized in a non-profit association open to extensions with natural persons and further cities/bodies, founded in September 2007. The website www.eurob.org and a ...
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Establishment of a mechanism for interregional cooperation on project development and implementation (E-PIPELINES)

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

Based on the positive experience gained in these two projects, the partnership is now being extended to Lithuania, Denmark and Sweden. E-Pipelines aims to establish a compatible project development and implementation system in all five partner municipalities that can be used as an efficient project pipeline and thus support cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region. ...
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ORT-NET - Promoting interregional co-operation of ports and multi-modal transport structures in the EU (PORT-NET)

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

The overall objective of PORT-NET is to identify and tackle the main challenges faced by the European ports industry in order to create better operational structures and capacities and achieve the best possible regional integration of ports. Since ports are an important link of the transport chain, sub-objectives are to increase the quality of port services and to encourage cost efficient and envi ...
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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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Joint action of Baltic metropolises towards the development of coordinated investment approach in the Baltic Sea Region (BALTMET INVEST)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Feb 1, 2007,

...g the desirable effect. The project partnership consists of three Baltic States – Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The project was carried out by Riga City Council in cooperation with Vilnius City Municipality, Tallinn City Government and the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS). The project contributed to sustainable development of the Baltic metropolises through creati ...
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Development of castles and manor houses of BSR as cultural heritage objects and town centers in rural areas (Castle Tomorrow)

Start date: Jan 2, 2005, End date: Jan 1, 2007,

Many of cultural heritage objects (c.h.o.) in the Baltic Sea Region are endangered or even ruined, mostly due to the lack of financial support and low perception of their significance as well as lack of experience and unused opportunities regarding their management. CASTLES OF TOMORROW project aimed at the promotion, safeguarding, preservation and development of castles and manors as cultural heri ...
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art II: Development of a Conversion Network in the Baltic Sea Region (Convernet II)

Start date: Mar 16, 2005, End date: Jul 15, 2006,

Conversion of former military sites is a pressing issue in the Baltic Sea Region. Not only municipalities and regions are still coping with the after-effects of around 3500 post-Cold War military base closures – several hundred facilities are currently being closed in restructuring processes of the respective national armed forces. These processes are set to continue and gain momentum in the futur ...
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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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Via Baltica Nordica Development Zone (VBNDZ )

Start date: Jul 31, 2002, End date: Jul 30, 2005,

The Via Baltica Nordica is a coherent development corridor stretching from Berlin to Mo i Rana in Norway. The idea is not to construct or develop the Via Baltica road connection as such, but to develop the regions located along the corridor by means of transnational co-operation. More than 40 cities, municipalities, regions and other development organisations from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia ...
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Development of a Conversion Network in the Baltic Sea Region (CONVERNET )

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

Conversion of former military sites is a pressing issue in the Baltic Sea Region. Not only municipalities and regions are still coping with the after-effects of around 3500 post-Cold War military base closures – several hundred facilities are currently being closed in restructuring processes of the respective national armed forces. These processes are set to continue and gain momentum in the futur ...
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The Baltic Palette II (Baltic Palette II )

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

The Baltic Palette II is a joint effort between the metropolitan areas surrounding Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and St. Petersburg to develop a dynamic and sustainable region. The main challenges in the Baltic Palette region are the vast differences in development levels between the partners from the old and new EU member states and the non-EU partners. The Baltic Palette network has been es ...
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European Route of Brick Gothic - Historical European Architecture as a common heritage and as a local and regional economic factor (EuRoB )

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Oct 30, 2004,

The Baltic Sea Region features an impressive cultural heritage of brick Gothic as well as a beautiful and multifaceted natural landscape. From 2002 on, these characteristics have been linked together successfully within the European Route of Brick Gothic (EuRoB) offering well balanced and diversified travel opportunities especially for fastidious visitors. The 22 participating cities and counties ...
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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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Co-operation on promoting entrepreneurial skills and attitudes among young people in border regions (YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS)

The target group of the project is approximately 60 young persons in Rouge and Aluksne who will benefit from the following activities carried out during the project: 1) development of a training concept and implementation of a first training course on entrepreneurial skills using IT-sector as a case study (the IT has been chosen as a sector which allows overcoming the physical borders and distance ...
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Life, Media and Participation - Youth in Baltic Sea Region

Start date: Mar 1, 2012,

...ies of the Baltic Sea• exhibition of campaigns in the cities & virtual Internet exhibitionDuration: 16 monthsInvolved partners:Tallinn Sports & Youth Department / Estonia; Kärdla Municipality / Estonia; Pärnu / Estonia; CultHus Guldborgsund Municipality / Denmark; Kolding / Denmark; Gävle Municipality / Sweden; Kulturhus Lätting / Sweden; Karlstad / Sweden; Education, Culture and Sports Department ...
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