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...of the Pskov region 2012 -2017" concerning improvement of the wastewater treatment system of the LkP basin will be elaborated. To solve problems on the Estonian side 3 harbours will be constructed in Tartu, Mustvee and Räpina and the dock in Kallaste, as well as facilities for mooring of watercrafts, for ship reparation and maintenance, reception of cargo residues and ship-generated waste will be ...
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"COMPLEX CHALLENGES, INNOVATIVE CITIES" (CCIC)

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

BACKGROUND.Most surveys and analyses in EU are focused on innovation performance of private sector,while innovations in public sector remain largerly understudied and thus unknown.The simplest definition CCIC will use is 'public sector innovation is about new ideas that work at creating public value'.In terms of innovation,regions and municipalities have a crucial lead-role.Thus,CCIC aims to incre ...
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The project focuses on the preservation of archaeological heritage in the cross-border region, on developing cross-border cooperation in this field and on raising awareness of people about cultural / archaeological heritage. Partnership of the symmetrical project includes 9 organizations from Estonia, Latvia and Russia with cooperation of 3 associates from Russia. Each member state is represented ...
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Via Hanseatica (VH) is a tourism route connecting St Petersburg, Narva/Ivangorod, Tartu, Valga/Valka, Valmiera and Sigulda in the Programme territory. In addition to the abovementioned towns the route passes through areas rich in nature and cultural heritage. As VH is a tourism route passing Russia, Estonia and Latvia, and its potential is based on the diversity of these countries, the most effici ...
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The project aim is to promote effective and sustainable use of local renewable energy resources and to diversify the range of used sources of energy through joint research, planning, pilot projects implementation and exchange of experiences in the target regions of Estonia and Northwest Russia. Russian and Estonian municipalities in the Project show intent and political will to use their territori ...
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REgional policies towards GREEN buildings (RE-GREEN)

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

Over the last two years, the concept of 'green economy' has moved to the mainstream of the international and European policy discourse (OECD, UN, EC). Global economic crisis and the increased attention to climate change mitigation have intensified the need for a new economic paradigm. The greening of economies has the potential of being a new engine of growth, contributing to sustainable economic ...
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The main objective of the project is to unite ideas, capacity and tools for improvement of nature education situation and so awareness of the society on sustainable development and integrated nature conservation in the project region of territories of Estonia, Latvia and Russia. During the project it is foreseen to create cooperation network between public and non-governmental organisations in Est ...
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Project addresses cross border dimension of sustainable management of green areas (GA) in most populated cities in EE-LV-RU border area: Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov. GA are green landscapes, incl. natural and artificial ones, inside cities. It’s an integral part of urban districts playing a vital role in preservation of natural environment & providing daily communication between human and nature. The ov ...
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BACKGROUND: First cross border activities between LV and RU partners started in 1999, with soft projects implemented on SME development, eco-education. Project "LATLIT TRAFFIC" (2009-2011) between LV/LT partners has already proven to be a good practice with a need for a follow – up. EE partners joined to the partnership because of CBC with RU partners and having the same problems: 1)international ...
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In the current economic crisis it is essential to unleash intrinsic economic potentials. Creative industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property (UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport) are decisive in advancing towards the knowledge-based econom ...
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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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... is lead by the Baltic Institute of Finland. The partnership consists of eleven public administrations, cities and regions represented by Tampere from Finland, Sheffield from UK, Odense from Denmark, Tartu from Estonia, Flevoland from the Netherlands, South West Regional Authority from Ireland, Bologna from Italy, Patras from Greece, Miskolc from Hungary, Vysocina from Czech Republic, EUDEL from S ...
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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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Sustainable and balanced planning, management and utilisation of coastal areas and key areas of biodiversity and water protection is a crucial challenge in the CB-area. Different sectors are executing various plans but interdisciplinary cross-sector and cross-border approaches and comparison of scenarios are almost missing. It requires effort to identify and enhance ecosystem services that coastal ...
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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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...urement criteria for the design and construction of such buildings. These project specialists are also developing master solutions and draft drawings for three public buildings with low energy use (Tartu Technology Park in Estonia, kindergarten building in Strenči and Ērgļi vocational school in Latvia).Besides the mentioned activities, project also focuses on public awareness rising about energy e ...
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...ow’s demand.” BSR InnoReg also organised four Transnational Training Modules (TTMs) for BDOs: - TTM Seinäjoki (October 2009): Preconditions for Successful Innovation Processes - TTM Tartu (March 2010): Creativity, Innovation & Management - TTM Riga (September 2010): Financing and Support for Start-up Companies - TTM Rostock (March 2011): Innovation Support Tools & Networking The experiences ...
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... project aims directly at the know how transfer on new approaches for entrepreneurship promotion from Norway to Russia.The Norwegian experiences will be completed by practical experiences gathered in Tartu Science Park in Estonia and the NETZ Center for innovative technologies in Osterholz, Germany, which as incubator centres, have developed practical models for start-up promotion in production-or ...
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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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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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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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...u finalised and took into use eGovernment desktop for city administration, Kaunas developed an information system for EU projects and Vaasa tested solutions of paperless administration. In eServices, Tartu developed new mobile services for citizens, including Tartu WAP portal, Vaasa developed its Waasa card and investigated digital signature issues, Trento provided other partners with research on ...
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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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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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The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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Conversion of former military sites is a pressing issue in the Baltic Sea Region. Not only municipalities and regions are still coping with the after-effects of around 3500 post-Cold War military base closures – several hundred facilities are currently being closed in restructuring processes of the respective national armed forces. These processes are set to continue and gain momentum in the futur ...
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The Baltic University Urban Forum, BUUF, aims to contribute to a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region by developing local sustainability strategies. The project is of special relevance for spatial planning, building strategies, and infrastructure development, where the role of the municipality is large. The project aims to develop integrative tools for urban management.The project addr ...
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The objective of this project was to develop new strategies and methods for concrete action on the local level, to meet following challenges:1. Developed urban management - City renewal towards sustainability (housing, trade and industry, culture, commerce, transport, PPP);2. Cities as regional engines - Urban renewal and regional development towards functional urban regions and sustainability (de ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS )

Start date: Feb 28, 2003, End date: Mar 30, 2006,

The goal of the project was the evaluation and demonstration of the potential of ecological recycling-based agriculture, combined with priority for local and regional processing, distribution and consumption, in order to reduce consumption of limited resources, emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen and phosphorus pollution to the Baltic Sea area by half or more, according to politically decid ...
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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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The main objective was to solve concrete local ICZD problems and to generalise experience acquired in this process into pan-Baltic actions such as changes of national legislation, elaboration of best practices and recommendations. The goal of the project was to accompany the implementation process by different international experts in the field of ICZD and to develop a common strategy based on the ...
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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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Development of a Conversion Network in the Baltic Sea Region (CONVERNET )

Start date: Apr 16, 2003, End date: Mar 15, 2005,

Conversion of former military sites is a pressing issue in the Baltic Sea Region. Not only municipalities and regions are still coping with the after-effects of around 3500 post-Cold War military base closures – several hundred facilities are currently being closed in restructuring processes of the respective national armed forces. These processes are set to continue and gain momentum in the futur ...
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...ecklenburg and Rügen, the World Culture Heritage Cities Lübeck, Stralsund, Wismar (all Germany), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania), Olsztyn, Szczecin, Chojna as well as Grudziadz in Poland and Tartu (Estonia). The Polish cities Gdansk and Chelmno joined the Route as associated partners.The aim of the project was to develop and establish a transnational culture tourism route through a network o ...
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The Baltic University Urban Forum (BUUF) is a cooperation between cities/towns and universities in the Baltic Sea region to promote sustainable development. The BUUF project aims to develop strategies for sustainable development for cities and towns. 20 cities and towns, and 15 universities in 9 countries take part in the project. Through the Union of Baltic Cities the results will be available fo ...
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North Livonia is a historical region on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea divided by border of Estonia and Latvia. The specific objective is to elaborate coherent policy joint services products and infrastructure for environment friendly tourism development in North Livonia Coastal Region involving neighbouring regions and promoting private-public partnerships. The main results of the project ar ...
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The original idea to compose Interreg project derives from the cooperation of Tartu County Tourism Foundation and Association of the Local Authorities of Tartu County. In May 2005 representatives of Pskov state were presented the idea and in June 2005 during the Hanseatic Days there was a more official meeting to discuss the common interests. The municipalities of both, Estonian and Russian, proje ...
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The present European child welfare services cannot adequately respond to growing needs because of their outdated knowledge; the skills of the professionals need to be updated and this project has been launched to design the needed supplementary training. It will consist of the following phases: a partners’ common view on children’s substitute care services and their quality will be defined; a comp ...
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