Wow, what a journey it has been for the BATS project! In November 2023, a new idea took flight: 12 organisations from seven Baltic Sea Region countries gathered in Hamburg’s borough of Altona to start working out how cities can make walking and cycling safer, more...
Ask anyone who walks or cycles in winter and they will tell you the same thing: a path is only as good as the last time it was cleared. The Union of Harju County Municipalities (HOL) set out to understand a series of shared questions raised during the BATS project:...
On 20th and 21st October 2026, the project partners of PlanHeat gathered in Kaunas and Alytus, Lithuania, for their fourth Transnational Partner Meeting. Over two days, participants discussed the status of project implementation, exchanged experiences on citizen...
How can circular living become an integral part of our neighbourhoods? On 14 October 2026 this question was at the heart of Forum Bezirke in Hamburg, where the three local Circ@Home partners – Baltic Environmental Forum Germany (BEF), Goldbekhaus and UVM – presented...
As Easy Energy comes to a close after three years, we asked our partners one question: what positive change has the project brought to your region? Their answers, recorded as short audio clips from Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, keep...
On 26 October 2026, our project partner Stowarzyszenie Otulina Podkrakowska hosted a closing meeting for the Easy Energy project. Representatives of the Polish municipalities involved came together to look back on three years of joint work. The meeting reviewed the...
At the last project meeting in Lund, Sweden we asked everyone to share their thoughts on the project and its achievements and these are their answers: From concept to practice Partners described the importance of making nutrient recycling more understandable and...
In July 2025, Anykščiai District Municipality in Lithuania launched a reusable container system for takeaway food as part of Change(K)now!. A year later, the containers are used not only in cafés but also at children’s camps, the town festival, an international sports...
As part of MI-RAP's ongoing work in the Vaasa region, local music and cultural organisations recently came together in Jakobstad/Pietarsaari for a workshop exploring how a shared understanding of the regional music ecosystem could strengthen collaboration across...
Over the past three years, Change(K)now! has tested and promoted reusable food and beverage packaging solutions, implementing 25 original pilot initiatives in a range of local and organisational settings. The project’s ambition, however, extends beyond these pilots. A...
