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Nature Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

... and generate momentum to realise the potential of NBS through co-design, co-development & co-implementation of new partnerships, knowledge, recommendations, processes and tools required to build capacity, enable replication and foster cultural change (Objective 3). Our transdisciplinary approach working with ‘urban-regional innovation partnerships’ in six different cities and a Task Force of high ...
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European Programme for Accelerating the Take up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs-Up)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Through SUMPs-Up, an experienced consortium of public and private organisations, including four major city networks and seven frontrunner cities, skilled in coordinating major European SUMP projects will accelerate the take-up of SUMPs, where this is currently low, ensuring that SUMP is the primary mobility planning concept in Europe. To achieve this, the project will combine comprehensive SUMP re ...
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Combating inequalities through innovative social practices of, and for, young people in cities across Europe (CITISPYCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

This project builds on research that shows the disproportionate impact of the economic crisis on young people across Europe, including excessively high rates of youth unemployment and threats to the social provision enjoyed by previous generations. This is compounded by the 'coming of age' of the descendants of recent migrant communities - who now form significant proportions of the young populati ...
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Biogas Skåne –an energy system creating sustainable development by combating climate change. (BIOGASSYS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Sep 1, 2015,

... other biomass into biogas production; To demonstrate innovative applications of biogas (e.g. as a duel fuel supply in freight vehicles, as a fuel for ferries and tractors, and for generating electricity in private homes); To demonstrate alternative commercially-viable uses for by-products of biogas production (for instance, sludge) such as for bio-fertilisers for agricultural use; To demonstra ...
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Climate friendly health and care (CLIRE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Background The health sector will play a crucial role in reducing the impact of climate change on health. However, the impact of hospitals themselves on the climate and the environment is not being adequately addressed by the EU. Hospitals and other healthcare units are energy and resource intensive, which indirectly affects human health by contributing t ...
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Buildsmart – energy efficient solutions ready for the market (BUILDSMART)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The Objective of the Builtsmart-project is to demonstrate and mainstream innovative and cost effective techniques and methods for constructing very low energy buildings in various climates.Residential and non residential new buildings in Sweden, Ireland and Spain will participate in the project. The total gross floor space of the buildings will be 81 300 m2.New forms of incentives will be develope ...
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Smart Energy Logistics in harbours (e-harbours movement)

Start date: Jan 6, 2014, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

Harbours are a microcosm of the challenges that Europe as a whole will have to face in its energy future. The shift towards renewables puts a strain on the existing electricity system, where demand and supply need to be in balance at all times.To avoid loss or spill of large amounts of valuable green energy in times of high production, the power and heat sectors can be combined in various ways. Th ...
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CSI Europe

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

The Network will focus on the involvement of cities in Urban Development Fund (UDF) structures and the way these instruments can be more effectively embedded in future city planning and governance. It will also strive to demonstrate the role that financial instruments can play in efficiently planning, progressing and administering urban development priorities, particularly in the context of the cu ...
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Green eMotion: Development and demonstration of a unique and user-friendly framework for green electromobility in Europe (GREEN EMOTION)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Green eMotion aims at enabling mass deployment of electromobility in Europe. To achieve this, major players from industry, the energy sector, municipalities as well as universities and research institutions have joined forces to develop and demonstrate a commonly accepted and user-friendly framework consisting of interoperable and scalable technical solutions in connection with a sustainable busin ...
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Carbon responsible transport strategies for the North Sea Area - CARE-North plus (CARE-North+)

Start date: Jan 8, 2013, End date: Feb 27, 2015,

Transport and mobility – a challenge The approach of the project will reflects several European policy areas – from health aspects, clean air and noise abatement, energy supply and fuel policy and the transport sector with its White Paper and Action Plan on Urban Mobility. The project has its basis in the further development of innovative mobility solutions on the local and regional showcase level ...
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Surpassing Energy Targets through Efficient Public Buildings (SERPENTE)

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

...ficiency in public buildings.Through intense dissemination of project results SERPENTE has a direct impact on 10 public policies focused on energy efficiency and increases awareness and capacity among relative policy makers and end users. SERPENTE also spreads results outside the consortium. In this way, SERPENTE contributes to improved environmental conditions across the EU. ...
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Energy Oresund

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

Strategic energy planning is a cooperative theme for the project. In the project, municipalities and energy companies across Oresund implement concrete demonstration projects, which address the challenges connected with integrating renewable energy in the existing energy system. Achie ...
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Green STRING Transport Corridor

Start date: Nov 30, 2011, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Identify the sectors and companies which will have special growth opportunities through the establishment of a green transport corridor between Öresund and Hamburg. This will be of interest to logistics and goods transportation. To identify the physical, organisational and legal barriers limiting the full capitalisation of the value available for the business community in the Öresund Region with t ...
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Orestat III

Start date: Aug 31, 2011, End date: Aug 29, 2014,

In order to monitor integration-related progress in the Oresund Region and to gain insight into the competitiveness of regions compared to other regions, there is a need to develop new comparative data in key areas. The database Orestat" contains comparable statistics, for instance in the areas of demography, housing and employment, for the Oresund region. ...
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Green tools for urban climate adaptation (GreenClimeAdapt)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

... Results The GreenClimeAdapt project managed to demonstrate how cities can respond to climate change by adopting measures that helped the City of Malmö to adapt to climate change, making the city more resilient. Key climate challenges for the city concerned increased precipitation and heavy storms that enhance flood risks. The project thus demo ...
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Knowledge brokerage to promote sustainable food consumption and production: linking scientists, policymakers and civil society organisations (FOODLINKS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The policy issue central to this project is food as many of today’s sustainability problems (e.g. water shortage, GHG emissions, pollution of soil and water, decrease of biodiversity, urban waste) are related to the prevailing pattern of food production and consumption (including processing and distribution). Hence, developing more sustainable food production and consumption patterns will have a s ...
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E-mission in the Oresund Region

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The long term goal of the project is to influence as many citizens, public and private companies in the Oresund Region as possible to replace their petrol or diesel powered cars with electric vehicles. It will work towards the establishment of an infrastructure for electric vehicles that makes it possible for commuters to charge their electric vehicles on both sides of Oresund. There is yet no sta ...
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Climate Change, Cultural Heritage & Energy Efficient Monuments (Co2olBricks)

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

...tners from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Germany, combining know how from heritage preservation departments, departments for protection of the environment, city administrations, universities, training institutions, representatives of housing societies, monument protection societies and energy agencies.The main objectives and expected results of the proje ...
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Food Hygiene and Food Safety in the Baltic Region (Focus on Food)

Start date: May 31, 2011, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

The idea with the project is to harmonize the way in which we interpret our common food legislation. We also want to raise competence among controlstaff and increase interest in foodhygiene and food related issues among foodbusinesses and consumers. Since a couple of years there has been a cooperation between Swedish and German foodinspectors which has resulted in joint projects. When the idea abo ...
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CRUISE GATEWAY - towards sustainable growth of cruise shipping in the NSR (Cruise Gateway)

Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

Cruise Gateway will increase the maritime accessibility by developing the NSR as a cruise destination of its own and promoting it as a "lighthouse" for sustainable cruise. Main outputs are the creation of a brand for cruise in the NSR, the improvement of service quality in ports and environmentally friendly economic growth. Within the work packages, the brand will be jointly designed and best prac ...
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E-Logistics in NSR Harbour Cities (E-Harbours)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Aug 30, 2013,

E-Harbours aims to create a lasting change towards sustainable energy logistics for NSR harbour cities. It will set innovative energy standards to create a transformation of the energy network in harbour areas. Show cases will provide examples for the NSR, guided by a European expert platform. By this the project will implement EU energy policies, develop innovative solutions and allow economic gr ...
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artnership for Growth (Partnership for Growth)

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

The project aims to strengthen the cooperation across Oresund and attract more foreign companies and investments to Copenhagen and Malmö. To promote growth and create jobs the project will develop a physical and a digital Business Map which provides a brief overview of the areas for urban development in the two cities. ...
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Oresund as a bicycle region

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

The project aims to promote the bicycle as a mean for transportation. It is done by coordinated facts and maps, improved tools for information for cyclists (webb based maps, navigation systems, and the promoting of roads that are well signed-posted). Achievements: The p ...
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Sound Settlements

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

Research institutions in Sweden and Denmark will work with five case areas in a crossdiciplinary manner. A vital concept is the sound settlement, which represents a holistic view on dwellings, places of work, services, recreation and a sustainable infrastructure. An interdisciplinary research group with Danish and Swedish researchers will co-operate with local politicians, officials, architects an ...
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Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor for Growth and Innovation (SCANDRIA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Sep 8, 2012,

...European Union. Supported by Scandria, two MoS porojects were established: Rostock-Gedser and Rostock/Travemünde -Trelleborg that induce additional investment of 210 million Euro for increasing capacity and improving environmental performance of ferry services.- the preparation of a Scandria biogas corridor, enabling road based freight transport to run on alternative fuels, thus reducing CO2-emiss ...
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Carbon Responsible Transport Strategies for the North Sea Region (CARE-North)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

...ility education, mobility management, spatial development on PT corridors and intermodality• Calculating CO2 reduction and fossil fuel use and scaling up for larger applications• Electricity for e-mobility from renewable and regional sources. Link to North Sea Region wind energy and other projects• Influencing citizens’ and businesses’ transport and supporting EU Directive on purchasing services a ...
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Better Opportunities on the Labor Market (BMPA)

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

The project will develop and try out new educational modules aimed at the now and forthcoming commuting workforce. The differences between the two countries is that Denmark has a forthcoming lack of workforce while Sweden suffers from an unemployment problem, these are problems that the project indirectly will be working with. ...
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Oresund EcoMobility

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

... Achievements: Some 50 experts was tied to the project and created spin-offs within the following fields; Citylogistics (Copenhagen), Slide In – trolley buses (Landskrona), Intelligent Access Program for monitoring long goods vehicles, MM Oresund – collaborative project in Mobility Management. The project ...
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Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

...and expertise stemming from the first phase of the Mentoring Programme, and Study Visits to Malmo and Amsterdam. Mentoring visits were hosted by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Southampton City Council and the London Borough of Sutton in the UK; Klaipeda University Coastal Research and Planning Institute in Lithuania; Etnambiente and the University of Catania in Sicily; the Province of ...
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Cohesion Network (CO-NET)

Start date: Nov 20, 2008, End date: Jul 18, 2011,

Approaches to strengthening social cohesion in neighbourhoods (area-based and integrated approaches to neighbourhood development; new governance structures for the integration of socio-cultural, educational and economic dimensions, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports ...
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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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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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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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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,

...cross 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 project has hereby been to create an interest network with representatives from different sectors in Kaliningrad Region ...
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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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LifeSTYLE

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

The LifeStyle project demonstrated to different sectors how increased sustainability could be incorporated into new residential development. The project incorporated several topics in order for this to be achieved including the following:• A strategy for the increased use and development of micro-renewable;• Conditions for the adoption of sustainable technologies in the construction sector. ...
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Integrated Solutions for Sustainability Management in Baltic Cities (SUSTAINMENT)

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

...cities.The project enables local authorities to develop their working methods, skills, and personnel in order to significantly contribute to all the dimensions on sustainable development within their city. Cross-sectoral co-operation is emphasized. One key aspect of SUSTAINMENT is to provide a forum for cities – despite their varying local situations - to learn from and support each other in this ...
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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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Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR EAGLE)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

Interreg IIIB project BSR EAGLE Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region brings together nature interpreters and nature education centres from 10 Baltic Sea Region countries to network and to improve skills.The vision of the project was to improve the role and contribution of nature centres and environmental interpretation as a part of the society's strengthening of ...
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