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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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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,

...he partnership consists of 11 metropolitan hotspots that have the potential to put cross-innovation on the top of local and regional policy agendas across Europe: Birmingham, Amsterdam, Rome, Berlin, Tallinn, Warsaw, Vilnius, Stockholm, Linz, Lisbon, Plzen.Cross-Innovation is a key policy priority of EU 2020 and its flagship initiative Innovation Union. Improving metropolitan cities' expertise in ...
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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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Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC)

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

...) that contributes to the economic growth of the Eastern BSR.RBGC is linked to the TEN-T Core Network Corridor North Sea - Baltic. The Corridor will connect the Eastern BSR branching from Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas and Warsaw to Berlin and to North Sea coast. The BSR gains new economic potential as the major business hubs will be connected with N-W Russia and the EU core. ...
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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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Involvement of youth into NGOs, sports and hobby education programmes (Youth Space)

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

Project creates with and for young people in Riga, Tallinn and Stockholm a better living environment - physical and virtual - necessary for the development of the attractive and dynamic societies. Education, Youth ans Sports Department of Riga City Council, Youth Centre of Tallinn and Stockholm School of Arts are joining efforts in setting up a creative space for young people and motivating them ...
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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,

... at various Baltic-, North- and Mediterranean Sea Port locations. To communicate project activities and outputs also on Policy Level, three policy conferences have been so far organized at Hamburg, Tallinn and Brussels/Antwerp, completed by a joint conference Short Sea Shipping and Customs in Northern Europe, organized together with an Interreg partner project at Hamburg in September 2011. Achiev ...
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ublic Lighting Strategies for Sustainable Urban Spaces (PLUS)

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

...d regions, all having clear public lighting strategies or being in the process of developing one: Eindhoven, Nice Côte d'Azur, Lyon, Birmingham, Leipzig, Bassano del Grappa, Plovdiv, Patras, Burgos, Tallinn and Iasi. The consortium is completed with LUCI, the global network uniting cities and lighting professionals. All of these partners are well aware of the multi-faceted role public lighting can ...
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FIRST MOTION - driving BSR regional development by innovating the high-skill growth sector "creative/AV industry" (FM) (FM)

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

FIRST MOTION (FM) aims at improving the business environment susceptible for innovation and to overcome the weakness of insufficient use of innovation potential and low intensity of joint efforts in the BSR. Building upon the strengths of the BSR, the innovative potential of Baltic SMES in creative industries, IT and culture FM takes advantage on exiting opportunities, makes use of the vast innova ...
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Baltic Sea Innovation Network Centres (BaSIC)

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

BaSIC aims to build a “Baltic Sea Archipelago of Innovation” (recommendation of BaltMetInno). The objective is to create a seamless working environment for fast growth innovative SME all over the Baltic Sea Region, embedded in a reliable network of leading Science Parks and clusters. Emphasis is given to identify, select, train and coach SME-gazelles; to provide them harmonized access to markets ( ...
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ublic Policies and Instruments in Support of Creative Industries (CREATIVE METROPOLES)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2011,

...partnership of the project is constituted by municipalities and development agencies of 11 metropolitan cities of Europe – Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Helsinki, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vilnius and Warsaw – which play a central role in the economies of their regions and countries.The project is organised into 3 components. In addition to management activities (Component 1), Co ...
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Baltic Sea - Asia Agenda for Regions in a Globalising World (BASAAR)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

CHALLENGE: The CBSR is a leading region in Europe in respect of innovation and technology. However, its human and financial resources are very limited compared to those now being mobilized in Asia. Long term sustainability of the CBS knowledge-based society depends on how well the Region can adjust to the new emerging world economic order. This adjustment process requires regional planners achieve ...
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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,

...daptation strategy and providing country specific national strategies.4. Climate Impact studies for each case study city or region (Gdansk, Riga, Espoo, Kokkola, Klaipeda, Pirkanmaa Region , Kokkola, Tallinn and Pärnu, Estonian archipelago, Curonian spit, Oder river basin, Salaca river basin).
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Brownfield's Europe Regeneration Initiative (BERI)

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

...the previous milestone. An environment seminar was held in Belfast and Lyon facilitated an economic seminar in Rostock and one in Flanders. Rostock hosted a heritage seminar support by an expert from Tallinn and Stockholm accommodated a heritage expert from Dublin. Follwing the seminars 12 specific workshops took place in the partners' locations: public realm experts from Stockholm were in Belfast ...
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Baltic Energy Efficiency Network for the Building Stock (BEEN)

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

...y importance within the project work have been the best practice projects (WP 5). Based on the theoretical approaches and strategies developed in WP1 to WP4, concrete projects have been realised. In Tallinn the complex energy efficient refurbishment of one residential building was implemented, now serving as an example for other residential buildings in Estonia. Also in Poland a refurbishment proj ...
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Developing Regions through Spatial Planning and Logistics & ICT Competence (LogOn Baltic) (LogOn Baltic)

Start date: Dec 9, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

LogOn Baltic improved spatial integration by transferring knowledge in ICT and logistics competence. The main objective is to produce and disseminate information for regional development agencies on how to support enterprises in the participating regions in their effort to improve ICT and logistics competence, thus improving regional development.Objectives of the project: identifying development a ...
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Developing the co-operation in strategic planning of Helsinki and Tallinn metropolitan regions (STRATEEG)

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

The purpose of the project is to gather and analyse the strategical development plans, - programmes and most important regional development projects of the Helsinki- Tallinn metropolitan region. A cooperation network of planning and regional development officials is established and models for co-operation are developed. A common planning and programming methodology enables a better implementation ...
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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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Integrating Logistics Centre Networks in the Baltic Sea Region (InLoC)

Start date: Jul 31, 2004, End date: Mar 30, 2007,

As a follow up of the project NeLoC projecz InLoc aimed at further improvement of the networking between logistics centres, ports and other logistics operators in the Baltic Sea Region. The project also analysed spatial and environmental consequences of logistics centres and aimed at removing bottlenecks in port-hinterland connections. Furthermore, the project tried to improve the compatibility of ...
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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,

...e 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 creating a coordinat ...
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Network for Future Regional Health Care (Future Health)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

...ation; (CP4) future environments; and (CP5) implementation. Operation's management and organization was agreed upon in the beginning as planned and the first general partners' meeting took place in Tallinn in June 2004. Due to the prolonged signing process of the subsidy contract, start of the CP activities was delayed. However, by summer 2005 implementation of all the CPs had been activated. Goal ...
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art II: Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (Part II: WEBSR)

Start date: Nov 23, 2004, End date: Dec 22, 2005,

The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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Connect Baltic Sea Region (CBSR )

Start date: May 31, 2005, End date: Aug 30, 2005,

The overall objective of CBSR project was to stimulate creation of new firms and jobs in knowledge intensive sectors by linking entrepreneurs and innovators with R&D, service providers and venture capitalists. A short term goal was to establish Connect organisations or networks in all the countries participating in the project (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany) ...
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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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Eco Forum Baltica (Eco Forum Baltica )

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

Eco Forum Baltica has two main objectives; to promote the development and knowledge on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in companies (mainly SMEs) and authorities in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and to develop the Spatial planning process (starting in the Harju region) and integrating Waste management/EMS perspectives in this process. The project is based on Eco Forum St Petersburg, ...
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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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Wind energy in the BSR - Planning, Construction and Investment (WEBSR )

Start date: Jan 23, 2003, End date: Nov 22, 2004,

The aim of the project was to establish a BSR-wide wind energy association with a secretariat and national contact points, co operation groups, permanently growing contacts, integration into BSR panels, to start and continue of wind energy internet-platform for information and as a tool for over-regional BSR-wide telematik co operation and for awareness raising, as well as to develop the wind ener ...
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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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AIREA

AIREA is a pilot project funded by the EU’s Leonardo da Vinci program. AIREA is working to fulfill the following goals: 1. Establish priority needs for airport regions in regards to vocational training. 2. Find the current best-practices available that are suitable for the project. 3. Build a digital learning platform suited for vocational training. 4. Adapt one or two best-practice module ...
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