Projects for a better Baltic Sea Region

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BFCC:

Baltic fracture competence centre

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BFCC

The number of cases of fractures and associated health disorders will increase in the future due to an aging society. The project will set up local registries and link them together in one transnational data registry to support hospitals and companies in the Baltic Sea region in identifying needs and potentials for innovation within fracture management.

Capacity for innovation Research and innovation infrastructure Priority 1

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Project budget EUR 3.6 million

ERDF funding EUR 2.8 million

Norwegian funding -

Lead partner Life Science NordManagement GmbH, Germany

Project partners 15

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Baltic TRAM:

Transnational research access in the Baltic Sea

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Baltic TRAM

The project enhances international cooperation of universities, research institutes, large scale research infrastructures and industry nation- and regionwide via improved access to analytical research instruments.


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Lead partner DESY (DeutschesElektronen Synchrotron), Germany

Project partners 16

BSN:

Baltic Science Network


BSN

The project will foster the realisation of common higher education and research area in the Baltic Sea region, and its research and innovation performance. The overall aim is to support the realisation of the European Research Area via intensifi ed cooperation in the Baltic Sea region, increase the research and innovation performance and strengthen the political ownership in the fi eld of science policy.


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Lead partner Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities, Germany

Project partners 12

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InnoFruit:

Advancement of non-technological innovation

performance and innovation capacity in the fruit

growing and processing sectors in selected

Baltic Sea countries


InnoFruit

The project is aimed at developing the fruit growing potential in the Baltic Sea region to secure the availability of healthy, high quality fruit and fruit related products through research-driven innovations.



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Lead partner Institute of Horticulture, Latvia University ofAgriculture, Latvia

Project partners 8

Smart Blue Regions:

Smart specialisation and blue growth

in the Baltic Sea region


Smart Blue Regions

The project seeks to enhance blue growth opportunities based on increased capacity of the Baltic Sea region to implement research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (so called RIS3). This project focuses on the blue value chain of Machinery & Technology, Life Science & Blue Medicine and Energy.

Capacity for innovation Smart specialisation Priority 1


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Lead partner Ministry of Economic Aff airs, Employment, Transport and Techno-logy Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Project partners 8

EmpInno:

Empowering for innovation and growth

in medium sized cities and region


EmpInno

The project fosters the implementation and improvement of research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation in medium-sized cities in the Baltic Sea region.


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Lead partner Rostock Business and Technology Development GmbH, Germany

Project partners 16

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BSR Stars S3:

Smart specialisation through enhancing

cross-sectoral bio-, circular- and

digital economy ecosystems


BSR Stars S3

The main objective is to improve competences of innovation actors (SMEs, universities, business development organisations, regional authorities and national policymakers) to apply a transnational approach in the implementation of their regional and national smart specialisation strategies. The project focuses on bio, circular and digital economy as cross-sectoral priority fi elds of smart specialisation in the Baltic Sea region.


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Norwegian funding EUR 0.1 million

Lead partner The Baltic Institute of Finland

Project partners 12

SWW:

Smart and safe work wear clothing


SWW

The project focuses on mass customisation and the possibility to integrate IT technology in work wear, as well as to enhance supply chain management. The objective is to develop the work wear clothing industry in the Baltic Sea region and prepare it to meet competition from new producers and imports from other parts of the world.

Capacity for innovation Non-technological innovation Priority 1


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Lead partner Centria University ofApplied Sciences Ltd, Finland

Project partners 10

EcoDesign Circle:

Ecodesign as driver

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EcoDesign Circle

The project’s aim is to increase the capacity of design centres, professionals and lecturers in ecodesign, leading to an advanced performance in non-technological innovation. Applied, ecodesign can have an impact on the circular economy model in the Baltic Sea region by reducing carbon emissions and increasing employment.


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Lead partner Federal Environment Agency, Germany

Project partners 7

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SEMPRE:

Social empowerment in rural areas


SEMPRE

The project promotes empowerment in social service provision in rural areas in the Baltic Sea region. The project aims to improve the social service infrastructure by empowering end-users to participate in service design and delivery.



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Lead partner Diaconie ofSchleswig-Holstein, Germany

Project partners 16

Cross motion


Cross motion

The project objective is to build on the advancements of digital technologies and the potential of convergence between digital audio-visual content production industries, such as fi lm and videogames and the education, tourism and health sectors. Techniques of audio-visual, interactive, participatory and multiplatform storytelling and forms of gamifi cation can be used in service of the three sectors. There is a momentum for such inter-sector cooperation to open up the rapidly evolving avenue of ‘crossinnovation’.


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Lead partner Tallinn University, Estonia

Project partners 9

BaltSe@nioR:

Innovative solutions to support enterprises in the

Baltic Sea region in product development aimed at

raising comfort and safety of seniors living at home


BaltSe@nioR

The project will give furniture companies inspiration and a common identity, enhance their knowledge and competences, and increase their capability to work in a transnational environment. Consequently it will enhance their capacity for innovation to create smart products adapted to seniors‘ needs, making the companies more innovative and competitive. This is a unique opportunity to raise seniors’ comfort and level of safety and at the same time enhance capacity for innovation.


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Lead partner Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

Project partners 10

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NonHazCity:

Innovative management solutions for minimizing

emissions of hazardous substances from

urban areas in the Baltic Sea region


NonHazCity

The pollution of the Baltic Sea from urban areas is a common problem which cannot be solved by a single country. The project will implement concrete substance reduction measures and make the Baltic Sea region a front runner in chemicals management at the local level.

Management of natural resources Clear waters Priority 2


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Lead partner Municipality of Stockholm, Sweden

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WAMBAF:

Water management in Baltic forests


WAMBAF

The project aims at tackling problems concerning forestry activities in relation to water quality. Special emphasis is set on clear water, nutrient export and hazardous substances, such as mercury. The project works on three main topics that all have a large impact on water quality: riparian forests, drainage and beaver activity.



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Lead partner Swedish Forest Agency, Sweden

Project partners 9

IWAMA:

Interactive water management


IWAMA

The project aims to tackle the resource effi ciency in wastewater management in the Baltic Sea region by capacity development of the wastewater treatment operators and implementation of pilot investments, which will result in reduced nutrient infl ows to the Baltic Sea.



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Lead partner Union of the Baltic Cities,Sustainable CitiesCommissionc/o City of Turku, Finland

Project partners 17

DAIMON:

Decision aid for marine munitions


DAIMON

The project aims to support maritime, defence and environmental administrations in making decisions on management strategies for dumped chemical and conventional warfare in the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak to assess the risk associated with corroding warfare objects, such as dumped containers fi lled with munitions.



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Lead partner Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy ofSciences (IOPAN), Poland

Project partners 13

VillageWaters:

Water emissions and their reduction

in village communities


VillageWaters

Discharge from households not connected to urban waste water treatment plants, called scattered dwellings, is the third largest diff use of nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea. The main challenge of this project is to fi nd the most cost eff ective and environmentally friendly wastewater treatment solutions for the households in order to decrease wastewater emissions into the Baltic Sea.



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Lead partner Natural ResourcesInstitute Finland (Luke), Finland

Project partners 20

MARELITT Baltic:

Reducing the impact of derelict fi shing gear

on the Baltic Sea environment


MARELITT Baltic

Derelict fi shing gear is addressed worldwideas a source of marine litter with extensivehazardous eff ects on the marine ecosystem.The project will be the fi rst transnationalinitiative in the world providing asolution to turn a diff use problem intoa clear topic contributing to an internationalreadiness to act. It will contribute to a BalticSea free from marine litter and hazardoussubstances and it will increase sustainabletreatment of derelict fi shing gear.



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Lead partner Municipality ofSimrishamn, Sweden

Project partners 9

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Baltic Slurry Acidifi cation:

Reducing nitrogen loss from livestock production

by promoting the use of slurry acidifi cation

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Baltic Slurry Acidifi cation

Livestock manure is the main source of ammonia nitrogen emissions in the Baltic Sea region. It not only threatens the status of the Baltic Sea, but also directly threatens human health. This project will promote the use of slurry acidifi cation technologies throughout the Baltic Sea region to reduce airborne eutrophication and create a more competitive and sustainable farming sector.



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Lead partner JTI - Swedish Institute of Agricultural andEnvironmentalEngineering, Sweden

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BEA-APP:

Baltic energy areas - a planning perspective


BEA-APP

The project addresses challenges related to the transition towards low carbon energy systems with an increased production and use of renewable energy. To meet the ambitious climate mitigation and renewable energy targets in the Baltic Sea region, there is a need to designate additional areas to renewable energy installations, such as wind parks, bioenergy units or solar installations.

Management of natural resources Renewable energy Priority 2


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Lead partner Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and State Development Mecklen-burg-Vorpommern, Germany

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Baltic InteGrid:

Integrated Baltic off shore

wind electricity grid development


Baltic InteGrid

The project aims to contribute to sustainable indigenous electricity generation, further integration of electricity markets and security of supply in the Baltic Sea region by optimising the potential and effi ciency of off shore wind energy. It will present plans for a coordinated Baltic Sea off shore grid and signifi cantly reduce one of the most important bottlenecks for the development of renewable energy sources in the Baltic Sea region.

Management of natural resources Renewable energy Priority 2


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Lead partner Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility, Germany

Project partners 14

Green PE:

Power electronics for

green energy effi ciency


Green PE

The project accelerates the market uptake of Advanced Power Electronics especially by small and medium sized enterprises in the Baltic Sea region for the effi cient conversion, transmission and consumption of energy.

Management of natural resources Energy effi ciency Priority 2


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Lead partner University of Southern Denmark

Project partners 18

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Baltic LINes:

Coherent linear infrastructures

in Baltic maritime spatial plans


Baltic LINes

The project seeks to increase transnational coherence of shipping routes and energy corridors in Maritime Spatial Plans (MSP) in the Baltic Sea region. This will prevent cross border mismatches and secure transnational connectivity, as well as effi cient use of Baltic Sea space.

Management of natural resources Blue growth Priority 2


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Lead partner Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Germany

Project partners 15

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ALLIANCE:

Baltic blue biotechnology alliance


ALLIANCE

The project brings together blue biotechnology actors from across the Baltic Sea region to develop innovative marine biotechnology based products and services in response to the EU Sustainable Blue Growth Agenda for the Baltic Sea region - a blueprint for harnessing the region’s strengths to boost innovation and growth in the maritime area.


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Lead partner GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

Project partners 20

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Baltic Blue Growth:

Initiation of full scale mussel farming

in the Baltic Sea


Baltic Blue Growth

One of the most serious challenges the Baltic Sea is facing is eutrophication, the enrichment of ecosystems by chemical nutrients. The objective of the project is to remove nutrients from the Baltic Sea region by farming and harvesting blue mussels. This may be a stand-alone measure to counteract eutrophication, but can also become a business model for the feed industry and be used in symbiosis with fi sh farms.



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Lead partner Region Östergötland, Sweden

Project partners 18

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EMMA :

Enhancing freight mobility and logistics

by strengthening inland waterway and

river sea transport and promoting new international

shipping services


EMMA

Transport volumes in the Baltic Sea region are expected to grow signifi cantly in the next decades. The project intends to focus on raising inland waterway and river-sea transport potentials.

Sustainable transport Interoperability of transport modes Priority 3


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Lead partner Port of HamburgMarketing, Germany

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HAZARD:

Mitigating the eff ects of emergencies

in Baltic Sea region ports


HAZARD

Harbours, terminals and storage facilities, including those for dangerous goods, are often located close to residential areas, thus potentially exposing a large number of people to the consequences of accidents. The project aims to mitigate accidents and emergencies in seaports in the Baltic Sea region, all handling large volumes of cargo and passengers.


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Lead partner University of Turku, Finland

Project partners 15

Scandria®2Act:

Sustainable and multimodal transport actions

in the Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor


Scandria®2Act

The objective of the project is to foster clean, multimodal transport through the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Network Corridor regions to increase connectivity and competitiveness, while at the same time minimising the negative environmental impact induced by transport activities.



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Lead partner Joint Spatial Planning Department BerlinBrandenburg , Germany

Project partners 19

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NSB CoRe:

North Sea Baltic connector of regions


NSB CoRe

The project aims to improve the sustainable accessibility of the Eastern Baltic Sea region to freight and passenger transport. It underlines the importance of linking the input from transport operators and the business sector to the improvement of interoperability and proposes their view on measures needed to remove bottlenecks in border-crossing areas.



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Lead partner Helsinki Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland

Project partners 16

TENTacle:

Capitalising on TEN-T core transport network

corridors for prosperity, growth and cohesion


TENTacle

The Baltic Sea Region is crossed by three core transport network corridors (CNCs), which together have the potential to stimulate positive eff ects beyond the pure transport sector and beyond the immediate territories they cross. The project aims to improve stakeholder capacity to reap benefi ts of the implementation of CNCs.



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Lead partner Region Blekinge, Sweden

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DiveSMART-Baltic:

Diving with state maritime resources

in the Baltic Sea


DiveSMART-Baltic

The project attempts to prepare divers forcooperation across the Baltic Sea regionin the case of accidents. With coordinationand a common understanding of proceduresand diving competences, solid and endurable search and rescue organisation can be established in the Baltic Sea. This will contribute to making it a safer place to travel, live and work.

Sustainable transport Maritime safety Priority 3


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Lead partner Swedish Coast Guard, Sweden

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ChemSAR:

Operational plans and procedures for maritime

search and rescue in incidents involving

hazardous and noxious substances


ChemSAR

100 – 200 incidents are reported involving commercial traffi c, but the number of near miss situations is many times higher. This, combined with the increasing amount of traffi c in the Baltic Sea, the traffi c intersecting at several nodes, diffi cult waters, and the harsh winter conditions in the northern Baltic Sea, increases both the probability of a large-scale maritime incident and the diffi culty of conducting search and rescue operations.

Sustainable transport Maritime safety Priority 3


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Green Cruise Port:

Sustainable development of cruise port locations


Green Cruise Port

Planning and meeting the fast growing demand and the associated environmental requirements in the cruise sector in a strategic, sustainable manner is necessary. Due to the transnationality of the ‘cruise product’, only a joint planning process of Baltic Sea region ports will have sustainable results.

Sustainable transport Environmentally friendly shipping Priority 3


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EnviSuM:

Environmental impact of low emission shipping:

measurements and modelling strategies


EnviSuM

The project addresses measurement and modelling strategies to assess present and future compliance costs, health eff ects, and environmental eff ects of ship emissions.



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Go LNG:

Liquefi ed Natural Gas value chain

for clean shipping, green ports

and blue growth in the Baltic Sea region


Go LNG

The project will focus on developing the demand and accessibility of Liquefi ed Natural Gas (LNG) in the Baltic Sea region. It will create a strategic approach to LNG development and a technology approach for consolidating the LNG value chain and it will provide skills and business partnerships for infrastructure development.



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Lead partner Klaipeda Science and Technology Park, Lithuania

Project partners 18

About the Programme

Interreg Baltic Sea Region is an EU funding programme

that stimulates cooperation around the Baltic Sea.

Developing the Baltic Sea region is at the core of the Programme.

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First call for applicationsprojects approvedto create change for a better region

You can fi nd all projects in this postcard collection.

There is a postcard for each project - take a glance!

Altogether, EUR 90 million out of EUR 264 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) have now been allocated to these projects (as of summer 2016).

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Priority 1 Capacity for innovation

Capacity for innovation is dedicated to actions strengthening the ability of the Baltic Sea region to create and commercialise innovation.

Priority 2Management ofnatural resources

Management of natural resources highlights the need to manage natural resources more efficiently.

Priority 3Sustainable transport

Sustainable transport covers capacity-building measures ensuring more sustainable transport solutions in the region.

PrioritiesThe Programme offers funding in three thematic fields.

Specifi c objectives

Capacity for innovation

• research and innovation infrastructures

• smart specialisation

• non-technologicalinnovation

Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3

Management ofnatural resources

• clear waters

• renewable energy

• energy effi ciency

• blue growth

Sustainable transport

• interoperability oftransport modes

• accessibility of remote areas and areas aff ected by demographic change

• maritime safety

• environmentally friendly shipping

• environmentally friendly urban mobility

Countries around the Baltic Sea worktogetherto fi nd joint solutions to common challenges.

Capacity for innovation Research and innovation infrastructure

BFCC BalticTRAM BSN Innofruit

Capacity for innovation Smart specialisation

Smart Blue Regions EmpInno BSR Stars S3

Capacity for innovation Non-technological innovation

SWW EcoDesign Circle SEMPRE Cross Motion BaltSe@nior

Management of natural resources Clear waters

NonHazCity WAMBAF IWAMA DAIMON VillageWaters

MARELITT Baltic Baltic Slurry Acidifi cation

Management of natural resources Renewable energy

BEA-APP Baltic InteGrid

Management of natural resources Energy effi ciency

Green PE

Management of natural resources Blue growth

Baltic LINes ALLIANCE Baltic Blue Growth

Sustainable transport Interoperability of transport modes

EMMA HAZARD Scandria 2Act NSB CoRe TENTacle

Sustainable transport Maritime safety

DiveSMART-Baltic ChemSAR

Sustainable transport Environmentally friendly shipping

Green Cruise Port EnviSum Go LNG

Approved projects in fi rst call

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Flagship projects are projects implementing the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR).

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