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Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs (InnoMot)

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

Innovation in SMEs is one of the big challenges of the European economy to compete in the global markets. Even if different policies and programmes have been put in place in different Regions to push SMEs in this line, the lack of motivation to innovate in SMEs has been identified by all the actors involved in the innovation system.And for the major part of the European SMEs, the non-technological ...
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Sustainable RES-CHAINS in the South Baltic Region (RES-Chains)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have become of vital importance for and a substantial part of regional development. Amongst others, RES contribute to an independent and secure energy supply, economic growth and climate protection. When using RES, it is important to observe the entire chain to guarantee a sustainable application, from the outtake of biomass from forest or the production of solar pan ...
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The Strategic Project on Trans-national Commercial Activities in Research & Innovation, Clusters and in SME-Networks (StarDust)

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

How to link strong research nodes, clusters and SME networks in the Baltic Sea region in order to jointly reach globally-leading innovation partnerships? How to use the high innovation potential of the region to address common societal challenges?StarDust was designed to give answers to these questions. Besides the concrete testing of collaboration methods, policy implication should be drawn on ho ...
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Services of General Interest (SeGi)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Services of general interest traditionally comprehend electronic communications, postal services, electricity, gas, water and transport. Policymakers more recent documents tend to be more comprehensive and also look at labour market services, education, health care, child care, social care, culture or (social) housing. Socio-economic policies much focus on ensuring the provision of services of gen ...
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Wind energy in the BSR - the extension (WEBSR 2)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jan 30, 2013,

The project is a follow-up of the Interreg IIIB project "Wind energy in the BSR" (2003-2005), using resp. expanding the existing international network structure, and, thus joint competences. Still the current situation is quite different from 6 years ago: Wind energy is widely established on EU-territory, even in Poland and Lithuania there are wind energy projects and related support and promotion ...
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Creative City Challenge (CCC)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

CCC aims to build and implement an integrated evidence-based strategy for cities to strengthen their innovative capacity by means of a methodology of joint development and pilot testing of new tools and instruments in the fields of skills development, business cooperation and the development of urban creative clusters. CCC focuses on the catalyst role of creative industries in building and strengt ...
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Destinationsutveckling Ostfold-Fyrbodal fokus Tillgänglighet (DOFT)

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

Arbetet inom Projektet Besöksråd Norra Bohuslän har bidragit till flera exportmogna produkter och gett goda lärdomar som skall tillvaratas. Projektet DOFT syftar till att nyttja denna möjlighet i kombination med ökad tillgängligheten till en internationell marknad genom att nyttja Rygges potential som gateway till destinationen Ostfold och Fyrbodal. Projektet kan indelas i flera faser. Denna ansök ...
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Strategic Partnerships in River Corridors (SPARC)

Start date: May 17, 2005, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

There are two main objectives of the project. On the one hand, it aims to increase cooperation between all interested parties in management of river corridors, i.e. identify appropriate bodies and individuals undertaking the work, elaborate mechanisms for them to meet, reach consensus, and exercise control over the development of the river corridors. On the other hand, the aim is to demonstrate, i ...
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Baltic Gateway PLUS: Implementation plan for realizing the Baltic Gateway Quick Start Programme (Baltic Gateway+)

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

Baltic Gateway PLUS aimed at joint actions to implement and finance prioritised transport projects in the South Baltic Sea area. Focus was on infrastructure investments in the hinterland connections, as well as on implementation of intermodal services. The project involved 30 partners from six countries and had an overall budget of approximately 1 MEUR. It was implemented in the period 2006-2007.B ...
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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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Interregional Communication and Information Network (i-COIN)

Start date: Jan 10, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

A communication service will be developed and designed by the citizens in cooperation with regional/local actors in rural/structurally weaker areas. The i-COIN project will enable people to initiate a dialogue and obtain resolutions to their concerns using a communication system. E-government is no end in itself, but a means of improving services to private individuals and companies alike, and the ...
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Sustainable Use of Former or Abandoned Landfills Network, SUFALNET (SUFALNET)

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

SUFALNET aims to identify and bring together expertise and best practice, as well as the joint development of policy programs available in Europe on redevelopment and aftercare of landfills, so that former landfills might finally really be dealt with. In this way, the various EU Member States can combine forces, enabling them to deal effectively with the environmental risks posed by these former l ...
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East-West Transnational Transport Corridor in the S-BSR (EAST-WEST)

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

In the Baltic Sea Region, trade and traffic in the east-west direction is increasing dramatically. The need to develop sustainable transport in the east-west direction is therefore of outmost importance. The “East-West transport Corridor (EWTC)” between Vilnius and Esbjerg via the Öresund region, includes several TEN-T ports, road and railways links, parts of the Nordic triangle and Corridor IX B/ ...
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TOOL TO PROMOTE THE RELATIONS OF COOPERATION AMONG THE EU REGIONS (EUROTOOL)

Start date: Apr 30, 2005, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

Problems addressed• Lack of knowledge of the organisational structures and scope of competence of the various European regions. • The need for a database that specifies the various organisations with responsibilities in the area of co-operation. • The difficulties involved in establishing contacts with a view to the presentation of joint projects, with particular reference to the new Member Stat ...
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Bird rich wetlands of international importance, nature reserves and cultural landscapes as resources for sustainable developments in rural areas (BIRD)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

The main focus in the BIRD project was to increase rural development in areas with attractive bird rich wetlands, nature reserves and cultural landscapes. 35 joining partners in 6 Baltic countries have localized areas where a quality secured eco tourism has good assumptions to expand. The six joining countries and numbers of partners are: Estonia (5), Finland (5), Germany (1), Latvia (2), Lithuani ...
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ECO-TOURISM: Places and Traditions (ECO-TOURISM)

Start date: Feb 29, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2006,

The operation “Ecotourism: Places and Traditions” is aimed at exchanging experiences, developing joint guidelines and pilot activities for improving sustainable tourism in the partner regions These will focus on four main subjects: (1) PLACES, i.e. how to promote "minor" or less visited areas with respect to major places, also by creating and/or revitalising tourist routes; (2) TRADITIONS, i.e. ho ...
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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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Want-2-Learn

The project is based on three previous projects’ results, which have developed an on-line programme aiming at developing personal skills in public and private sector. This project aims at developing further the results by creating new initiatives within the retail and public sector. Target groups are teachers, managers, co-workers in the retail and public sector. The objectives of this project are ...
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Make a Step Forward

Start date: Apr 1, 2014,

Based on Youth in Action program Annual Priorities for 2013 this project is mainly targeted at young people suffering the consequences of unemployment and aimed to offer them the possibility of improving their skills (social, linguistic, professional…).This EVS project will enable 28 young volunteers aged from 18-30 from Italy, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain and Sweden to be enga ...
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EIPEN – European Interprofessional Education Network for vocational training in health and social care

EIPEN is the acronym for “European Interprofessional Education Network for vocational training in health and social care”. Eipen will establish a sustainable and inclusive network of people and organisations in the six partner countries (UK, SE, HU, PL, FI, EL)to share and develop effective interprofessional vocational training curricula, training methods and materials for improving collaborative ...
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Youth leaders in training

The reason for the project is that the youth work profession is in change and requires new competencies. There is an identified need, among employers, training providers and youth worker organisations, for proper vocational training and skill enhancement programmes to meet the new demands and challenges in the youth work. This new role implies accommodated educational approaches:•from activating t ...
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ENSA - European Network Sustainable Agriculture

The recently established European Network for Sustainable Agriculture (ENSA) that forms the project partnership aims to improve the range and quality of education and training provision for farmers and other employees in sustainable agriculture throughout Europe. The project aims to initiate network development via core activities and innovative initiatives in relation to a level 3 qualification, ...
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