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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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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,

...TransBaltic, and use them in the national and regional transport planning processes (MACRO) and how to secure durability of joint strategic transport processes in the Öresund region and Helsinki-Tallinn area (MESO);• MLG models for the planning and operation stages of intermodal terminals (WP4) – and test them on five differentiated cases in the BSR (MICRO);• operational MLG model for better freig ...
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E-Math:Improving Competence in Mathematics using New Teaching Methods and ICT (E-Math)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

...tractive business market for mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering education. The project is carried out in close cooperation between the cities of Turku (lead partner), Stockholm, Tallinn, and Mariehamn, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku. The project builds upon a new method for teaching mathematics called structured derivations, which has been extensively tried 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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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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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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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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Baltic Sea Challenge - Cities for a Healthier Sea (Baltic Sea Challenge)

Start date: Apr 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted brackish water bodies in the world. Its most serious ecological threat is eutrophication caused by high nutrient loading of both point source and scattered loading from the catchment area. Intergovernmental and national legal obligations, treaties etc. have not been enough to improve the state of the Baltic Sea. On the other hand, cities and other local a ...
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OWER (POWER)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

...g effective forms of sub-regional action which also contribute to regional competitiveness. The seven participating regions of South East England, Malopolska, Emilia-Romaga, Noord-Brabant, Stockholm, Tallinn, Andalucia have come together to exchange on good practices, transfer of knowledge and experiences on the how to tackle these complex issues requiring an integrated policies framework and comm ...
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Eco-support activity - working together for a better environment (Eco-support Activity)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The objective of the project is to increase environmental awareness by implementing the eco-support activity in the municipalities of the partner organisations, Helsinki, Kotka, Hämeenlinna, Tallinn, Tartu and Rakvere. Implementing the activity reduces the direct and indirect environmental loads of the organisations. Helsinki and Tallinn have just started the activity in a previous cross-border co ...
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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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Baltic Metropolises Innovation Strategy (BaltMet Inno)

Start date: Jan 2, 2005, End date: Jan 1, 2008,

...nitiated by the major cities in the Baltic Sea Region. The project consortium consists of thirteen partner organisations from Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Malmö, Riga, Stockholm, St. Petersburg and Tallinn. In addition, organisations from Oslo, Warsaw and Vilnius participate in the project as observers. The project was started in the beginning of 2005 and will be finalised by the end of 2007.The ...
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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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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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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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venting drug abuse and infectious diseases in Helsinki and Tallinn (HUUTA)

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

Project develops preventive methods and health care working modes for target groups in Helsinki and Tallinn: project shares best practices and develops e.g. information materials and services for tourists, health information for drug addicts and, low-threshold social and health services for sex workers. The aim is to prevent uncontrolled dissemination of infectious diseases in the two capitals. Ta ...
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Information on archipelago for travellers

Start date: May 31, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2005,

The aim is to give the Tallinn-Helsinki ferry passengers a wider experience on the Gulf of Finland archipelago and nature in the coastal areas in Helsinki and Tallinn by the means of joint materials and exhibitions. The long-term aim is to affect attitudes and increase public's interest in environmental issues relating to the Gulf. Target areas: Helsinki (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia)
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FinEst MetNet (network of metal industry)

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

The aim is to strengthen the metal industry sector and its firms by establishing cross-border contacts and finding the co-operation potentials. Target areas: Southwest Finland, Tallinn and Tartu (Estonia)
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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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