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My Generation at Work

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

The main objective of My Generation at Work is to promote the employability of young people in a changing labour market, with special focus on enterprising skills and attitudes. The network will produce three sets of practical results: reduced drop-out and brain drain with new connections between education and work, (self) employment for young people in identified economic sectors and creation of ...
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Better marina management, harbour network consolidation and water tourism marketing in the southern Baltic rim (MARRIAGE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

...and spring 2015. - DEVELOPING AND TRANSFERING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MARINA NETWORK: The dialogue and exchange involved workshops and study trips. A delegation from the City of Szczecin / PL visited Vorpommern / DE to obtain experiences from the German Wasserwanderrastplatz funding scheme made in the last 20 years for the construction of small guest-only boater stops i ...
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Maritime Education and Sail Training for Young People (M.A.S.T.)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

MAST project origins from the local initiative of City of Gdansk to restore the historical two-mast sailing vessel General Zaruski and dedicate it to non-commercial sailing with young people. Inspired by the international history of the boat, an idea came up to let mixed groups of young people from different countries participate in such sail vacation, get to know each other and learn something fo ...
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Labour Market Dynamics and Attractive Business Environments in the South Baltic Region (SB Professionals)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

...market demands, c) develop strategies for making the SB labour markets more accessible by initiating internships and exchange co-operations and d) develop joint concepts and measures to build the capacity of labour market actors to deal with cross-border job placements. The 9 partners (PP) - local/regional authorities, business development agencies, universities and training institutions - togethe ...
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Dredged Materials in Dike Construction - Implementation in the SBR using Geosynthetics and Soil Improvement (DredgDikes)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Jan 30, 2015,

Due to the expected sea level rise the authorities of the Baltic Sea region are intensively planning the improvement of coastal protection structures. In Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (M-V), a total of 220 km of coastal dikes and another 530 km of primary and secondary river dikes exist, protecting 53,500 ha of land. An investment of Euro 50 Mio is estimated for the improvement or reconstruction of c ...
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Access by Cycling - Integrating cycling into multimodal transport system and mobility culture (abc.multimodal)

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

...pics: > Integrating cycling into multimodal transport system aims at improving conditions for cycling (infrastructure, service). The project partners will develop solutions together with experts (city & traffic planners, traffic engineers, mobility advisors and politicians). Beginning with a master plan the partners will elaborate action plans, plan, implement and evaluate hard and soft measures t ...
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licy and Public-Private Partnerships for Offshore Wind EneRgy (4 POWER)

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

...s calculated that it is economically feasible to generate over 60 to 70% of EU’s total energy demand by OSW in 2020. Regions are crucial for further OSW development, for practical reasons - electricity cables have to ‘land’ in coastal regions – and because of the political and strategic role they can play – e.g. creating Triple Helix linkages and stimulating business networks.While the technologi ...
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European cities for integrating cycling within sustainable mobility management schemes (CycleCities)

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

...ementation plans developed;6) Studies, reports and policy tools.MAIN RESULTS- Over 1500 participants in the dissemination events;- 410 participants in the interregional events;- Increased capacity of 40 staff members from the consortium and 240 staff from other organisations on the issue tackled by the operation;- The expression of interest of 21 policy-makers to use the management game and of 21 ...
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Opportunities and Benefits of Joint Use of the Vistula Lagoon (ILPR.02.04.00-22-143/10-00)

Start date: Dec 28, 2012, End date: Dec 27, 2014,

The overall objective of the project is the intensification of socioeconomic cooperation among regions of Vistula Lagoon. Specific objectives which will support the overall idea incorporate several soft activities. Achievements: 1. Increased knowledge of opportunities b ...
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Baltic Metropolises Accelerating Branding and Identity Building of the Baltic Sea Region (ONE BSR)

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

...nd inside the region. The objectives of the project are to market the whole region and its different parts by developing joint promotional services and to test them in practice; to make positive publicity of the BSR lifestyles and to encourage the we-feeling of the Baltic Sea Region.ONE BSR project is implemented by 17 partners from around the entire BSR. ONE BSR partnership is built on expert org ...
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More sustainable transport in Central European Cities through Improved integrated bicycle promotion and international networking. (Central MeetBike)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2014,

Everybody knows that feeling of total frustration when you get stuck in the traffic jam on your way home from work. Traffic jams have become part of our daily routine and with growing car ownership this situation is only going to get worse. Therefore there is an absolute need for finding solutions to this problem. Encouraging residents to cycle to short distances and improve cycling paths and cond ...
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CLEAN BALTIC SEA SHIPPING (CleanShip)

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

...gion 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 shoreside electricity. It also elaborates future solutions to stop all sewage releases from ships into the Baltic Sea. The project shall result in a web-based Pan-Baltic Best Practice Manual and a strategy for Clean S ...
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Modern Water Management in the South Baltic Sea Area (MOMENT)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

The European Water Policy and the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) aim at ensuring clean waters. HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) has appointed eutrophication and hazardous substances as key issues requiring action. In achieving this, the roles of local actors and citizens will be crucial. The local and regional levels are very important for the implementation of practical measures aiming at ...
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Wind energy in the BSR - the extension (WEBSR 2)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jan 30, 2013,

The project is a follow-up of the Interreg IIIB project "Wind energy in the BSR" (2003-2005), using resp. expanding the existing international network structure, and, thus joint competences. Still the current situation is quite different from 6 years ago: Wind energy is widely established on EU-territory, even in Poland and Lithuania there are wind energy projects and related support and promotion ...
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mote Clean Public Transport (TROLLEY)

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

The project partnership is convinced that electricity-based mobility is the cleanest and most efficient mobility solution today and considers (electric) trolleybuses as the best and ready-to-use response to the urban mobility challenges in Central Europe. Project partners consider trolleybus systems as a ready-to-use transport technology for the future; for both medium-sized and large urban areas. ...
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Development and Promotion of Creative Industry Potentials in Central European Cities (Creative Cities)

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

...ative industries in five Central European major cities in the field of economic promotion and urban development. With help of SWOT-analysis, concept and realization plan was prepared of every partner city. Partners jointly formulated objectives for future transnational collaboration and elaborated a Joint Action Plan (JAP), including local and joint transnational measures to support the clustering ...
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Heritage Tourism for increased BSR Identity (AGORA 2.0)

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

...n over the borders of the region? Finally, 65 pre-selected features were basis for a public online ranking to identify "The Six Baltic Sea Wonders". The winners were: Cultural heritage: - Tallinn Old City (EE)- Vilnius Old City (LT)- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (PL) Natural heritage: - White Cliffs on Ruegen & Moen (DE, DK)- Curonian Spit and Lagoon (LT, Kaliningrad / RU)- Masurian Lake Di ...
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n Urban Reduction of Eutrophication (PURE)

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

Eutrophication is a major problem in the Baltic Sea. Its caused by excessive phosphorus and nitrogen loads coming from land-based sources. At least 95% of the phosphorus load enter the Baltic Sea waterborne and a major part of this load originates from point sources. Here the municipal waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) play the primary role. New actions to reduce the amount of phosphorus from t ...
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LED - Increasing Energy Saving through Conversion to LED lighting in public space (LED)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

...gy action plans that present national strategies on how the EU Member States intend to achieve their adopted energy savings target by 2016. It aims at providing verified arguments for a conversion of city & road lighting to the energy-saving, environmentally friendly and versatile LED-technology, promoting the LED-technology, creating know-how and raising the awareness for energy-saving. It shall ...
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Maritime safety - Transport and Environment in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic Master II)

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

...from around the whole Baltic Rim. Its aim is to improve maritime safety by integrating local and regional perspectives with cross-border cooperation. This involves increasing the land-based capacity to respond to maritime oil spills and working to prevent pollution from maritime transport. Baltic Master II started in 2008 as a follow up project to the successful Baltic Master project. 48 partners ...
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The Baltic 21 Eco Region Project (Eco-Region)

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

...lical, integrated, regional sustainable development management is new and complex, with only little practical experience available. Thus, all 10 model EcoRegions participated in a capacity building programme designed to strengthen their sustainable development management on a regional level. In a sequential series of joint transnational workshops participants were introduced to the “Integrated Sus ...
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TRansferring Actions iN Sustainable mobility For European Regions (PIMMS TRANSFER)

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

BACKGROUND Mobility Management uses soft measures (e.g. information or coordination of existing user services), which enhance the effectiveness of hard measures of traffic planning to improve sustainable mobility. It faces resistance from key decision makers and remains a minority policy field that is established in very few European regions. PIMMS (INTERREG IIIC) developed a transfer methodolog ...
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Common Information to European Air (CITEAIR II)

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

The majority of European citizens live in an urban environment and share the same space for all of their activities. Urban agglomerations are the drivers of the European economy and attract investment and jobs. Their further development depends on a sustainable urban environment in general and urban mobility options in particular. Cities and regions are facing risks such as exposure to high air po ...
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My Generation

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

... Achievements: Documents/reports:Overview of outputs18/02/2015My Generation - Gothenborg study visit Rotterdam 201020/01/2015My Generation – Gothenburg city visit to Rotterdam and Antwerp – March 201020/01/2015My Generation – Gothenburg city visit to Rotterdam and Antwerp – March 201020/01/2015My Generation – Local support group Gothenburg – March 2010 ...
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SeaSide - Developing excellent cultural destinations in the southern Baltic area (SEASIDE)

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

TTo overcome the times of the Cold War period & disparities among the cities & regions of the South Baltic area the project aims to emphasize & utilize the common maritime cultural heritage that binds the region together to create a common identity.Adjacent cities & regions shall become excellent tourism destinations based on common heritage. Maritime museums & festivals have the potential to act ...
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Housing Praxis for Urban Sustainability (HOPUS)

Start date: Aug 20, 2008, End date: Apr 19, 2010,

Design coding for sustainable housing stock (governance for the implementation of design coding; quality standards for urban and architectural design, etc.) Achievements: Documents/reports:Good Green Safe Affordable Housing28/01/2015Housing for Europe23/01/2015Hopus Fin ...
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ADRIATIC-BALTIC LANDBRIDGE (A-B LANDBRIDGE)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

Besides east/west connections and transport corridors, the enlarged EU also needs an improvement in the transport routes connecting the Mediterranean and Baltic countries. The Adriatic-Baltic land bridge project will conduct a pre-feasibility analysis and develop a deployment roadmap for north/south intermodal transport connections which link Europe and the Mediterranean countries with global mark ...
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CITYREGIO II - Regional economic development through co-operation within city-regions (CITYREGIO II)

Start date: Mar 31, 2006, End date: Mar 30, 2008,

Whereas many West European conurbations are already efficient promoters of regional economic development for their surroundings, such "lighthouse functions" of city regions still have to be established in the CADSES area. CITYREGIO II bundles six second-order cities and their respective regional partners or national regional development authorities - depending on the national distribution of compe ...
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LogVAS - Logistic potentials for value added services in port-located areas (LogVAS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2005, End date: Feb 28, 2008,

The traffic flow in the Baltic Sea Region rises immediately and several studies forecast an ongoing dynamic growth in the upcoming years. Ports can benefit from this growth if they do not serve as water-gates only but also create Value Added Services (VAS) on the goods handled. In order to implement the most efficient VAS in the respective ports it is vital to acquire information regarding the kin ...
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EUROBALTIC Civil Proctection Project II (Eurobaltic II)

Start date: Sep 25, 2005, End date: Jan 24, 2008,

...ivil protection capabilities of the region. The activities in the following project was focused on three identified priority areas: risk management and spatial development, building transnational capacity through exercises, training, education and research and promoting safety over sectors and borders.Eurobaltic Civil Protection Project II is a continuation of the Eurobaltic I Project. 36 partners ...
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Regional Cooperation in Waste Management (RECO)

Start date: Jan 12, 2005, End date: Jan 11, 2008,

...ed by:Institution building thru the development of Regional Waste Management Institutions (RWMIs)Supporting of cross-border and cross-sectoral cooperation in waste management and Spatial Planning.Capacity building thru development of Waste management handbooks and other information material, educational seminars, training and study visits.Raising the level of participation and knowledge in waste m ...
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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,

...o adapt to the consequences of climate change effects.3. Development of pan-Baltic adaptation 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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Baltic Culture and Tourism Route Fortresses (BalticFortRoute)

Start date: Jan 18, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

After the end of Cold War, military fortresses lost their function. Some of them have been designated as World Cultural Heritage sites.Fortresses have a significant economic and tourist potential for regional development. In transnational cooperation of 17 fortresses (“Fort-Pool”) and 8 scientific institutions (“Brain-Pool”) a high-quality tourist product is developed to be a model for a European ...
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Maritime Safety - Transport and Environment in the South Baltic Sea Region (Baltic MaSTER)

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

The aim of Baltic Master was to improve maritime safety by integrating and bringing forward local and regional perspectives. This included measures to improve the prevention and the preparedness for ship accidents as well as methods for managing the coastal zones.The issues concerning safe transportations, oil combatting and coastal management has a clear transnational link as they deal with the e ...
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Baltic Spatial development Measures for Enterprise (B-SME)

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

This project has set itself the following overlapping goals: strengthening of competitiveness in the whole Baltic area generally as well as for SME especially strengthening of co-operation between the old and the new member countries of the European Community as well as with the neighbouring countries Russia and Belarus; promotion of economic and cultural identity, development of intellectually me ...
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AGORA -Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region (AGORA)

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

The BSR is characterised by large areas of unspoilt countryside. Because of strong economic problems just in these rural areas tourism seems to be a promising opportunity to support regional development. Sustainability considered as a guiding principle can ensure that such a development will lead to economical benefits without threaten the nature and the social structure. Consequently a lot of sus ...
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Exploiting Inland Waterways for Regional Development (InWater)

Start date: Jan 1, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The main aim of the project was to create fundamentals for development by exploiting inland waterways. As for many years the role of waterways was minimized therefore they suffered continuous degradation. Tourism was one of the sectors, which can speed up the regional development. Therefore it was important to create conditions and also increase tourist attractiveness for foreign tourists. Central ...
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Investing in Heritage to Regenerate Heritage Cities (INHERIT)

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

The objective of INHERIT is to increase the capacity of cities to regenerate physically, economically and socially through realising the potential of investing in heritage. It will do this by exploring in depth the experiences of the partners, who represent heritage cities across Europe. The project aims to identify the processes followed and the key factors leading to success. ...
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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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