Cruise shipping in the Baltic Sea region has grown enormously. In 2018, the number of cruise guests visiting destinations at the Baltic Sea was almost five times higher than in 2000 and the boom is expected to last at least. More passengers means more jobs and growth for the port locations and their hinterland.
Baltic Sea region cooperation is a major political priority of Germany’s northern-most region Schleswig-Holstein. In this interview, the minister responsible for Baltic Sea affairs, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, provides her views on the benefits and future of transnational...
While first Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects are about to finalise their activities, the Programme offers its support in increasing their impact in the region by extending project activities and joining projects in platforms. Check on the statistics of the two...
More than 50 project representatives from Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects approved in the third call attended the Lead Partner Seminar to learn together how to run a project successfully and bring the best results to the regions and cities around the Baltic Sea....
Although pharmaceuticals are useful and often lifesaving for people, they may contaminate the Baltic water and marine life, for example if inappropriately disposed. CWPharma, an Interreg Baltic Sea Region project, picks up this pressing challenge and screens active pharmaceutical ingredients to analyse the sources, emissions and environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea region.
The NonHazCity project has compiled knowledge about hazardous substances in everyday life and about how to reduce their consumption. Campaigns were run among consumers, companies and municipal administrations in nine cities around the Baltic Sea: Pärnu, Turku, Gdansk, Riga, Hamburg, Västerås, Stockholm, Silale and Kaunas. One site visit even led the project to the office of the Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat of Interreg Baltic Sea Region.
Today, the Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat of Interreg Baltic Sea Region received the first share of funds available for activities of Russian project partners. Starting in January 2019, payments to project partners will be initiated. The north-western part of...
The second call for project platforms in Interreg Baltic Sea Region is open until end of January 2019. Partners from more than 20 projects from Interreg Baltic Sea Region, Interreg South Baltic, BONUS as well as the coordinators of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea...
“Platforms are a new funding instrument in Interreg Baltic Sea Region to make more out of the results of a single project, and we are looking forward to an interesting learning experience by working with the platforms,” stressed Susanne Scherrer, director of the...
Interreg Baltic Sea Region opens two targeted calls to advance ongoing projects through an extension or through merging related projects into a project platform. The calls are open until 31 January 2019. ©Stefanie Maack What funding is offered by Interreg Baltic Sea...
