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Bringing ideas to life (Genius: Open)

Start date: Jan 28, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

In a time of unprecedented change for cities, with financial resources reducing rapidly, it is imperative we find new ways of operating. We must source ideas from outside the traditional city council structure and couple this with a different culture and working practice within the city council itself.Our online collaboration platform enables exchange of ideas between residents, communities, compa ...
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Development of interregional financial assistance to SMEs and of non-grant instruments (DIFASS)

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

DIFASS aims to unlock potential for innovation, internationalisation and sustainable growth of SMEs in Europe by improving access to finance.Innovative SMEs are often faced with problems when obtaining loans from commercial banks and intermediaries as valuing risks in technology innovation or foreign markets is problematical and as SMEs often cannot provide sufficient collateral. Resulting from th ...
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Regions for Recycling (R4R)

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

R4R (Regions for Recycling) aims at promoting regional contributions to the European Recycling Society, by allowing local and regional authorities to make consistent comparisons thanks to a common method and exchange of transferable good practices related to local instruments in order to improve recycling performances.The European Waste Policy aims at preventing waste generation and optimising the ...
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moting Cross-Innovation in European Cities and Regions (Cross-Innovation)

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

ABOUT PROJECT CROSS-INNOVATIONProject Cross-Innovation focusses on experience exchange between 11 leading European cities in relation to the promotion of collaborative and user-driven innovation that happens across sectoral, organisational, technological and geographic boundaries (= cross-innovation). In this context, a specific focus rests on policies and support measures that enable cross-innova ...
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MLG support to the implementation of PA 11 in the EU Baltic Sea Strategy (BSR TransGovernance)

Start date: Jun 12, 2012, End date: Sep 11, 2014,

PA Transport of the EUSBSR calls for coordination of national transport policies and actions to ensure a harmonised transnational development of the transport system. The ensured thematic focus and established links between the above initiatives helped achieve certain stage of coordination and complementarity. However, fuller integration of the approaches, which would enable better development and ...
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RECO Baltic 21 Tech (RB21T)

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

..., for problem owners facing waste management investment, to simplify and narrow down the search for applied techniques and facilitating the decision on availabe waste management options for the municipality or region.Avoiding duplication of initiatives and progress is a cornerstone in the European integration process. Transfering RB21T to the Mediterraen (MEDA)-region is a fundamental part of RECO ...
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Innovative solutions in care of elderly citizens living at home (INNOCARE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

As most European populations the population in Baltic states and in Scandinavia is ageing.The elderly are over-represented in the occurrence of almost all types of accidents.Falls are most common,followed by suffocation,fires and accidents caused by extreme cold.New technology can be used in injury prevention and in minimizing consequences of accidents and cases of illness for health care.The use ...
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Benchmarking on contaminated sites (BECOSI)

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

The industrial heritage of the Central Baltic countries has caused countless areas with contamination from chemicals and from waste. The contamination is a severe threat and because of that there is a direct need to decrease the risks for environment, human health and economy caused by contaminated sites. Finding solutions is a joint issue for all Central Baltic countries. The environmental sta ...
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CLEAN BALTIC SEA SHIPPING (CleanShip)

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

BALTIC SEA CLEAN SHIPPING (CLEANSHIP), is part of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, and has by the EU Commission become selected as a strategic flagship project in its mission to make the Baltic Sea a model region for clean shipping. It promotes measures to reduce emissions from ships to the atmosphere and elaborates ways to promote infrastructure for bunkering of LNG and increased use of ...
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Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

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

The Baltic Sea faces significant challenges: fishery declines, severe marine pollution, the effects of climate change as well as an increasing competition for space. At the same time new scientific and technological developments provide opportunities for innovative uses of marine resources which do not only have the power to generate sustainable regional economic development but also proactively c ...
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Improved accessibility of the Baltic Sea Region by air transport (BALTIC BIRD)

Start date: Jun 8, 2011, End date: Mar 7, 2013,

Peripheral Baltic Sea regions have been characterized by depopulation and weak socio-economic conditions. These trends are contrary to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), VASAB and the integrated territorial development of the EU (see Art. 3 (2c) of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006 and Art. 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006). Although train and ferry connections exist, on ...
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Mitigating Spatial Relevant Risks in European Regions and Towns (MiSRaR)

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

The MiSRaR project is about protecting people, environment and property against the destructive impact of natural and technological hazards. Recent examples of such hazards are the 2005 floods that hit Germany, the forest fires in Greece in 2007 and the fireworks disaster in Enschede, the Netherlands in 2001. These events damaged the homes of countless people, the businesses of many entrepreneurs ...
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Helsinki-Tallinn Transport and Planning Scenarios (H-TTransPlan)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

In Estonia and in Finland the closer integration of the countries is seen important to support competitiveness of the sparsely populated area. The Helsinki-Tallinn twin-city region (HTTCR) is seen as the driver of integration due to proximity of the capitals. Despite vision documents created in all political levels, the region is not yet truly developed together. The project will discuss the imp ...
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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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ublic Lighting Strategies for Sustainable Urban Spaces (PLUS)

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

The lighting of public space accounts for 60% of public energy use in an average city. It is clear that any reduction that can be achieved will have a significant impact on total energy use and, therefore, on CO2 emissions, without forgetting the positive effects on public finances. The PLUS project makes a significant contribution to decreasing energy use and rationalizing energy consumption rela ...
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E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR (Egoprise)

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

The overall aim of Egoprise is to turn public administrations in rural BSR areas to more business oriented service suppliers, to relieve SMEs from administrative burdens, improve their access to information & qualified staff and as a consequence to increase attractiveness of rural areas as places to live, work & invest in. BACKGROUND:E-government potentials are not exploited so far: The developmen ...
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Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region (COHIBA)

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

Hazardous substances are one of environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. Recently 11 hazardous substances and substance groups have been taken into consideration in the area and a specific programme established for these substances (HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan BSAP, hazardous substances segment). Project Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region – COHIBA focused on these eleven s ...
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Baltic Challenges and Chances for local and regional development generated by Climate Change (BalticClimate)

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

BACKGROUND and addressed PROBLEM: Climate change, with its manifold aspects, is one of the biggest global challenges we face currently and in the future. Guidelines for the general direction of action developed on the international or national level are a first step but do not equal implementation. Concrete action in dealing with climate change issues is required on the local and regional level, f ...
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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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Friendly Island Routes (FIR)

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

The main objective of this project is to improve the regional competitiveness in both countries - Finland and Estonia. The result of networking between Estonia and Finland is araised interest towards small harbours, growth in new and more individual and special products. Also there will be available more high quality sustainable tourism products. Friendly Island Project (FIR) helps to enhance the ...
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The Development of Pay as You Throw Systems in Hellas, Estonia and Cyprus (HEC PAYT)

Start date: Jan 5, 2009, End date: Jul 4, 2011,

...ons and innovative schemes were already being used to implement PAYT municipal waste services in Europe, however no such schemes yet existed in Greece, Cyprus or Estonia. The Municipality of Elefsina was already co-operating with the Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation (HERRCO) on the recycling of several household waste streams, including packaging waste. It had also implemented pilot waste- ...
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Baltic Euroregional Network (BEN)

Start date: Jul 11, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2008,

The objective of the Baltic Euroregional Network (BEN) was to promote spatial development and territorial integration in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) by strengthening Euroregions as competent partners with national authorities and international institutions, and by building a network of Euroregions for continuous capacity-building and sharing of experience. In order to achieve the objectives, the p ...
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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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Lighthouse Tourism in the Archipelagos of South-West Finland and Estonia

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

Lighthouses are interesting tourist resorts, but often difficult to reach. This project will create connections between the various actors administering, exploiting and developing the lighthouses, in order to make the lighthouses easier to reach. This process includes producing directions to the lighthouses. In addition, new products for lighthouse travelling will be produced in Finland and in Est ...
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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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Integrated urban waste-managment model (IUWMM)

Start date: Mar 31, 2005, End date: Sep 29, 2007,

As EU societies become wealthier they create more waste. OECD estimates that every EU citizen generates 550kg solid waste per year and this number is likely to increase to 640kg by the year 2020. To address the rising waste stream, urban areas need effective municipal solid waste management (MSW) concepts that not only build upon innovative new technologies (e.g., in the recycling field), but also ...
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Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region / COASTMAN (COASTMAN)

Start date: Jun 13, 2004, End date: Sep 12, 2007,

The COASTMAN project is aimed on developing approaches for conflicts resolution in coastal zone areas. The project partners’ group with representatives from Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia aimed at investigating conditions under which spatial conflict resolution in coastal zone management can be handled in a bottom up perspective in different countries around Baltic Sea. The ...
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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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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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Destination Viking - Baltic Sea (VIKINGS! )

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

...epared. There is a close co-operation between Destination Viking – Living History and Destination Viking – Saga lands; an Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery project, and one partner, Karmøy municipality from Norway is a partner of both projects.The two projects also share the web site and the co-financing of the Viking Heritage Magazine. Making history remains visible as reconstructions and adopting ...
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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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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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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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