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Safeguarding the Saimaa Ringed Seal (LIFE Saimaa Seal)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

Background Once widespread in Finland, the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is now found only in the Saimaa fragmented freshwater lake complex. With a small population of about 310 seals, it is probably the world’s most endangered seal species and is categorized by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. In Annex II of the Habitats Directive, it ...
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Joint Operation for Ultra Low Emission Shipping (JOULES)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

Reducing emissions from shipping has increasingly become a challenge over the last years, both as a counter measure against global climate change and to protect local environments and population from waste, gas emissions and noise.This challenge has been documented both in policy papers, like the Europe 2020 initiative or the Transport White Paper, and in rules and regulations issued by IMO as wel ...
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Baltic Forum for Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Manure Management (Baltic MANURE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The Baltic Sea Basin is an area of intensive, and intensifying agricultural production. There are about 36 million units of cattle, 67 million units of pigs, and 190 million units of poultry in the region. (Gren, I.-M. et al., 2008: Cost of nutrient reductions to the Baltic Sea - technical report). Intensifying and concentration of animal production has resulted in environmental problems caused by ...
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Developing a Knowledge-based Sheep Industry on the Baltic Sea Islands (KNOWSHEEP)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The traditional Baltic island sheep are not widely appreciated, although small-scale sheep keeping is a traditional activity for islanders and perfect for Natura/nature protection areas, where extensive farming is forbidden due to environmental considerations. Sheep is fairly unknown as a simultaneous source of meat, wool, and landscape design. Typically, sheep farming is polarized; targeting eith ...
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Innovative Services for International Talents - Easier Access to the CBSR (EXPAT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

CHALLENGES: The competition for international job-seekers, especially professionals and students (called “expats” in this application) and the ethnic diversity in the CBSR are increasing fast as a result of globalisation. Facilitating and increasing the interaction among individuals with widely different backgrounds are key priorities for community development in Europe and is critical for maintai ...
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Medic - Developing New Practices for Teleconsultation and Diabetes (eMedic)

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

zation of the diabetes treatment would mean remarkable savings in the healthcare budget. People suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes have to use large amounts of their energy, time and money in their lifetime to treat their illness. A mistreated disease can weaken a person’s health and quality of life in a severe way. It would be necessary to a patient to have different forms of treatm ...
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Baltic Sea cooperation for reducing ship and port emissions through knowledge and innovation-based competitiveness (BSR InnoShip)

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

Maritime transport constitutes a vitally important part of trade and services for the countries around the Baltic Sea and Europe. Baltic shipping is constantly growing and some of the busiest shipping routes in the world go through the Baltic Sea. Consequently, the sensitive environment of the Baltic Sea is threatened by increasing pollution from the shipping industry. Through international agreem ...
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Concepts for using reed biomass as local bioenergy and building material (COFREEN)

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

Interreg IIIA interdisciplinary ”Reed Strategy in Estonia and Finland” project brought out the concept of integrated coastal planning and Reed Strategy in 2007. It created a framework for wider utilization and gave an idea for the new project, which focuses on the bioenergy production with reed, and looks for new ways to use reed in the construction industry. COFREEN-project delves deep into utili ...
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Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies (BESST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

"Initiated by EUROYARDS, BESST aims to achieve a breakthrough in competitiveness, environmentally friendliness and safety of EU built ships. Focusing on passenger ships, ferries and mega-yachts, the results will to a large extend be applicable also to other ships. A holistic life cycle performance assessment on ship level will guide the technical developments on system level, clustered in System G ...
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Interregional SME Supply Clusters along the Northeast Corridor (BalticSupply)

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

BalticSupply (BS) is a transnational project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and made possible by the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) Programme. The project addresses the problem that very often markets in the BSR are too small and the fact that SMEs encounter a number of access barriers to European supply markets. These barriers cause competitive disadvantages for Baltic SMEs and th ...
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Sustainable historic park management and development in Finland and Estonia (DEVEPARK)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

U. of Turku in FI has contacts with many EE organizations. In many meetings, the question of nature protection has raised up. There are several old parks in both countries, and their re-establishment would make them more attractive for plants, animals and visitors. Cultural background and historic development of parks are quite different in EE and FI, but there are similar problems like how to add ...
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ACTIVE measures on WETLANDS for decreasing nutrient load in the Baltic Sea (ACTIVE WETLANDS)

Start date: Oct 31, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of nutrients (N and P) enhancing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. The reduction of agricultural nutrient load depends on the reduction of emissions from animal and crop production as well as on the enhancement of nutrient retention in the watershed. Available evidence suggests that improving retention processes have a greater potential for reducing ...
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Connecting Authorities for Safer Heavy Goods Traffic in the Baltic Sea Region (C.A.S.H.)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Sep 8, 2012,

13,361 road fatalities occurred in 2007 in the BSR. 10 percent of these are caused by an accident involving heavy vehicle. The problem C.A.S.H. addresses is traffic safety of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV's), including Dangerous Goods (DG) and oversized transport in international traffic in each of the participating countries/regions. Although EU legislation on HGV and DG transport is being harmonised ...
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Nature and Nurture of the Northern Baltic Sea (NANNUT)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

The coastline of the Northern Baltic sea constitutes of a mosaic of islands and bays with a very heterogeneous submerged landscape.The archipelago of Finland,Åland and Sweden is naturally nutrient rich and very productive with unique and species rich flora community.The shallow bays and shelterd archipelago areas are also important for the reproduction of a number of fish species and provide the f ...
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From Ancient to the Present Estuary, Kokemäenjoki Wetland Chain (Kokemäenjoki-LIFE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2006, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

Background Areas along the River Kokemäenjoki in Southwest Finland, from the river's ancient estuaries to the present estuary, including Lake Puurijärvi, Preiviikinlahti and Kokemäenjoen suisto, are among the most important for bird protection in Finland. They have been assessed as internationally valuable wetlands in many contexts. A number of species ...
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Minimization of Wastewater Loads at Sparsely Populated Areas (MINWA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

Baltic Sea Region. The quality of groundwater is threatened due to the risk of contamination from untreated waste waters. By qualified handling of waste waters it is possible to reduce the nutrient load and hygienic problems. The handling of sludge from treatment plants is also becoming a problem. Optimization of sludge handling can result in notable benefits. This project aims to promote educatio ...
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Safe and Reliable Transport of Dangerous Goods in the Russian-EU Logistics Chain (DaGoRus) (DaGoRus)

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

Project importanceTransportation volumes in the Baltic Sea region have been growing significantly due to the rapid growth of the Russian and Baltic economies. Especially strong growth has been taken place with oil and chemical transportation.Increased transportation volumes may pose increased risks to health, people and environment. However, there is only limited information on the Dangerous Goods ...
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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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Reed strategy in Finland and Estonia

Start date: Mar 14, 2005, End date: Feb 27, 2008,

The goal of the project is to create sustainable strategy of the common reed (Phragmites australis) in the coastal areas of Southern Finland and Estonia. In the frame of the project will be planned and carried out interdisciplinary measures in the selected planning areas taking into account different themes such as utilisation, water protection, biodiversity, landscape and culture. The project sha ...
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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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History in town - co-operation between regional museums in Southwest Finland and Estonia (HIT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The objective is to create permanent co-operation and network between cultural historical museums and artisans of Southwest Finland and Estonia by improving the co-operation between museums at the field of archaeology and pedagogism. This goal is also achieved by increasing the professionalism of artisans and developing new museum products. The project strengthens also the identity and historical ...
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Integrated Solutions for Sustainability Management in Baltic Cities (SUSTAINMENT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The SUSTAINMENT project aims to meet the needs and challenges of local authorities in moving towards a more integrated sustainability process. The intention is to further develop the current sustainable development processes of the municipalities by creating models for Sustainability Management Centres (SMC), including cross-sectoral policy integration, increased stakeholder participation, and mon ...
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ShipNODeff - (Deposition and effects of shipborne atmospheric nitrogen emissions (ShipNODeff)

Start date: Aug 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project aims at development and implementation of an operational emission estimation algorithm. The algorithm consists of the following: 1) an operational air quality model to estimate the dispersion and deposition of the ship emissions; 2) an air quality and deposition measurement and model validation system, which will in the next phase be extended to a small measurement network that can iso ...
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Safe and Reliable Transport Chains of Dangerous Goods in the Baltic Sea Region (DaGoB) (DaGoB)

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

...r incident to happen. These themes have been addressed in the DaGoB –project both on the academic level through various reports and co-operation with the Doctoral thesis project in Lund University, and on the practical level through various field exercises and events organized amongst the project partners and other stakeholders.Incidents & Accidents: All transport modes bear the risk of accidents ...
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Nature Centres and Environmental Interpretation in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR EAGLE)

Start date: Sep 2, 2004, End date: Nov 29, 2007,

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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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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North East Cargo Link (NECL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Dec 2, 2006,

Rail and road transports in the Northern Europe and the southern part of the Nordic Countries are presently hampered by congestion, causing traffic infarcts, high pollution, slow transport speeds and a threat to economic competitiveness. These problems are becoming more severe with the increasing traffic load.North East Cargo Link (NECL) is aiming at promoting and marketing new, speedy and safe in ...
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Environmental Education Co-operation

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Project strengthens the co-operation in environmental education between Southern Finland and Estonia. Project consists of exchange of nature school teachers, a study trip and an international conference on environmental education. Project draws up introduction material on Finnish and Estonian nature schools, maps out further possibilities for cross-norder co-operation and creates a co-operation ne ...
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Deepening Finnish Estonian contacts of between NGOs, municipalities and churches

Start date: Sep 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Project aims at linking the NGO sector to the regional development forum and to twinning activities between Finnish and Estonian municipalities, towns and regions. The project establishes an information centre in Tartu, strengthens the NGO sector co-operation, and invigorates the activities of Finnish-Estonian twinning towns and parishes. Project will also make a survey on the present and existed ...
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Network of Economic Research of Natural Resources and Food Industry

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: May 30, 2005,

Project builds up a sustaining and evolving co-operation network between Finnish and Estonian research institutes in the field of economic research of natural resources and food industry. Participating institutes establish a development scheme for the research co-operation where the long-term objective is to enable the Finnish-Estonian partnerships to participate in international R&D projects. Tar ...
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Coastal management strategy for Southwest Finland (COASTRA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

Background The coastal area of Southwest Finland is part of the Baltic Sea, between the Baltic proper and the Bothnian Bay. The project area consists of the coastal waters and their drainage area. The archipelago of some 8300 km2, which is the largest in the Baltic, is topographically complex, having more than 2000 islands and some 12000 km of coastline ...
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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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Turku-Tartu cultural bridge

Start date: May 31, 2003, End date: Sep 29, 2004,

Project between the towns of Turku and Tartu aims at widening co-operationВ  networks, and increasing expertise and know-how in the field of museum co-operation. Project supports activities connected with the Hansa Years event in both towns. Target areas: Southwest Finland and Tartu town and county in Estonia
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Networking Logistics Centres in the Baltic Sea Region (NeLoC )

Start date: Dec 17, 2001, End date: Feb 16, 2004,

The NeLoC project provided a networking forum for existing and planned logistics centres in the Baltic Sea Region and it has enabled the exchange of experiences in planning and operating logistics centres.The project promoted the role of logistics centres in regional development as well as national and international logistics chains with emphasis laid on intermodal solutions. Further, the project ...
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Key persons in key positions - a training programme

Start date: Oct 31, 2002, End date: Dec 30, 2003,

Project provides Finnish and Estonian experts with information and training about EU issues and increases the know-how of Finns about the present-day Estonia. Key persons in key positions are identified as professionals that can affect the general opinion and provide EU information - such groups are: journalists, trainers of extension studies centres and teacher further education centres, as well ...
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Developing co-operation in the field of sports

Start date: May 31, 2002,

The aim is to develop a model for co-operation network between Southwest Finland, Porvoo and Viljandi in the field of sports. Network covers regional authorities, municipalities, sports organisations, local sports clubs, and other voluntary organisations. Target areas: Southwest Finland, Porvoo (Itä-Uusimaa) and Southern Estonia
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European Electronics Workshop Team Promoting EuroSkills and National Competitions (EEWT)

The target of the project was to expand the international cooperation started during the ModVocPilot project and supporting projects before that, spread the good practices of coaching electronics developed during the projects, compare, improve and unify the curricula of the education to approach the European level in different European countries, to develop European training programme and training ...
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DUALHVE - New Developments in Work Linked Training - Dual Education in Higher Vocational and Professional Education

The project will produce a research-based, reference material on Dual Vocational Education (DVE), addressing issues such as; the relative position of dual education in the higher vocational education system; the costs and benefits of dual education for stakeholders; the role of labour market stakeholders in dual education (development of dual education, models of learning, theory-practice relation ...
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OPIFEX - Qualifications Development for on-the-job training staff in the Metal Industry

The OPIFEX project will develop both a learning package and skills test qualification for welders and computer numerical control (CNC) machinery technicians in the metal industry.Following an initial needs analysis reviewing existing on-the-job training practices, standard curricula will be produced to form the basis of a common European training package for on-the-job trainers. The package will c ...
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Sustainable tourism co-operation between South-West Finland and Estonia

Start date: Oct 14, 2001,

The aim is to improve the preconditions for nature tourism and establish sustainable tourism products and services both in Finland and Estonia by integrating the environmental issues in all planning activities of entrepreneurs, travel agencies, development organisations and municipalities. Target areas: Southwest Finland and Western Estonia
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