Ilga Gruševa, the Monitoring Committee member from Latvia, has helped shape the Programme for more than 10 years. Read about her experiences and benefits the Programme has brought to Latvia.
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Strategic partnership that works excellently
Esa Kokkonen, policy area coordinator Innovation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, reflects on the unique partnership between the Strategy and Interreg Baltic Sea Region, and explains Interreg for his home Tampere region in Finland.
About friends who learn from each other
Finding consensus and learning from each other: listen to Deimantė Jankūnaitė, a Monitoring Committee member from Lithuania, who is sharing her experience with the Programme and benefits for Lithuania.
Time for connections, cooperation and co-creation; time for Interreg
Wiktor Szydarowski, Head of the ESPON Programme, has accompanied the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme in various roles from an early start in 1998. Listen about his experiences, memories and what has been possible to achieve – thanks to Interreg.Â
Let’s do some maritime spatial planning together!
Elīna Veidemane, Deputy Head of VASAB, intergovernmental cooperation on spatial planning and development in the Baltic Sea region explains how Interreg helped advance maritime spatial planning in the region.
Taking blue biomass into circular bio-economy
Across the Baltic Sea region there is a pressing need to adopt more circular approaches to respond to local and global environmental challenges caused by unsustainable practices in farming and fisheries, in combination with climate change. Cathy Brown Stummann from Skive Kommune tells us what they expect to accomplish thanks to EU funding and the Interreg Baltic Sea Region support.
Core projects tune in to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
This year, the first core projects were launched in Interreg Baltic Sea Region. They bring core changes to our region and help implement important actions of the EU’s first macro-regional strategy.
88 ways to shape the region!
The Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme has closed the second call for core project applications with 88 proposals for innovative, water-smart and climate neutral solutions to solve the challenges in the Baltic Sea region!
We belong together: my 25 years with Interreg
What do the Finnish town Akaa, FC Hansa Rostock football team and transnational cooperation have in common? Listen to Matti Lipsanen, the Monitoring Committee member from Finland, to find out and learn more about his 25-year journey with Interreg.
New business models for food producers!
In the coming three years, the project BASCIL will support small food producers in testing new business models to diversify their business.