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Beneficial Business Relations between the Central Baltic Region and China (BENCH)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The overall objective with the BENCH project is to increase the trade with China as well as inward investments from China for the benefit of trade and industry in the Central Baltic region, and to better take advantage of the business support actors’ established contacts with China. Together the regions in Finland, Sweden and Estonia have a lot more to offer than on their own when it comes to tech ...
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Baltic Archipelago and Islands Centres (BACES)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Eleven partners connected to seven Baltic Archipelago and Islands Centres (BACES) located in the southwestern, northwestern and eastern part of the sub-programme area have after networking met and togeter developed a project for targeting cross-border experiences and growth of their respective BACES area. The partnership has different points of departure but common challenges and sees the growth d ...
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moting women’s entrepreneurship in social and health care sector (Forte)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Increased opportunities does not automatically mean more businesses! Regions Päijät-Häme and Östergötland, recognises and shares the ambition with the Central Baltic programme, the importance of developing new business opportunities. The transmission from a public health care to a mix of public and private provides a wide range of new business opportunities, especially for women’s entrepreneurship ...
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Business to Nature - Interregional Approach to SMEs and Entrepreneurship Policies in Natural Areas (B2N)

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

The considerable lack of entrepreneurial initiatives in some European regions makes it essential that the public sector takes an active role in supporting the small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular in those less developed regions both in EU-15 and new member states territories performing below EU average in terms of productivity, employment rate and R&D expenditure. Most of these territ ...
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Youth Entrepreneurship Strategies (YES)

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

The overall aim of YES, Youth Entrepreneurship Strategies, is to increase the number of entrepreneurs and accelerate European competitiveness. The method for reaching the objectives is integrating an entrepreneurial perspective in the one forum that gathers all European youth, the education system. Studies show that Entrepreneurship in school is an effective way to increase the number of entrepren ...
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Waste to Energy (W2E)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The W2E project will focus on the potential to improve the sustainable management of waste in Europe's regions, and to produce energy from waste.Its objective is to exchange knowledge and good practice about regional policies for sustainable waste management, by changing the perception of waste as a potential resource, and to increase energy recovery from waste. The project will lead to the devel ...
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Female Entrepreneurs´Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region (FEM)

Start date: Aug 14, 2004, End date: Aug 13, 2008,

FEM has promoted womens access to labour markets and entrepreneurship and strengthened the role of women in local and regional development by e.g. training, mentoring, networking and creating meeting-places. Gender sensitivity and gender mainstreaming have been key issues in the project. The aim has been to produce sustainable positive changes in the attitudes, processes and methods of economic an ...
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TOWER - Towards Sustainable Excellence by Innovating Regions. (TOWER)

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

The overall aim of TOWER is to create and improve strategies, methodologies and tools for sustainable economic growth and to establish a platform for a long-term exchange of experiences and best practices between the regions involved. Achievements: TOWER has been perfom ...
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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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Development of First Division Regions (Defris)

Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Aug 31, 2007,

The Defris project focuses on the following tendencies:The Globalization process strengthens the metropolitan regions.First Division Regions (middle-sized) within the area of influence of a metropolitan region are able to take advantage of this and at the same time develop their own identity.First Division regions outside of the area of influence can develop city networks to strengthen their compe ...
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Tools for integrated regional and business development (Advantage Hardwood )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Mar 8, 2006,

The full title of the project ‘Advantage Hardwood – tools for integrated regional and business development’ illustrates the wide approach chosen. By promotion of hardwood species (birch, oak, alder, beech etc.) in forestry environmental aspects (biodiversity, outdoor life) are provided for. The amount of hardwood timber available will increase which is essential for hardwood business (processing, ...
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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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