At present, the Zemgale Planning Region is implementing 29 development projects, most of which are related to the environment, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation. As emphasized by Head of the Development Department, Dace Vilmane, environmental and...
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Building Resilience Together: Learning from Finland and Estonia on the role of volunteers in civil protection
Partners of the CREWS project will visit Tallinn and Helsinki from 15–17 September 2025 to learn more about each country’s systems and best practices for cooperation between volunteers and agencies in crisis situations. The study visit will take participants to the...
CREWS Views #1 – Vineta Polatside, CBSS
Vineta Polatside is the Senior Adviser for Safe and Secure Region at the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS). In the CREWS project, the CBSS contributes to developing and reviewing the cooperation model between public authorities and civil society, organises...
BSR Go-abroad startups shine at TechBBQ in Denmark: two days of networking, partnerships and new opportunitie
Last week several BSR Go-abroad partners – together with some of the programme’s participating companies – joined the TechBBQ event in Denmark alongside more than 10,000 startups, investors and talents from all over the world. Our German project partner Niclas Apitz...
SmartAging – Ninth Podcast : Personal Experiences of Assisted Living from Sweden
Ninth SmartAging Podcast - Interesting Times Gang
No One at 0%, No One at 100%: The Spider Web Model for Everyday Sustainability
We’ve created an easy-to-use tool designed to help you live more sustainably. The Spider Web Model is here to make circular living accessible for everyone, no matter where on the sustainability journey. Circular living means reducing waste and reusing materials in a...
RoundGoby featured on Latvian TV
In a news item on the public broadcasting network Latvian Television. Loreta Rozenfelde and Eriks Kurze, both working actively in the project are talk about opportunities and challenges around round goby in Latvia. Every year, local fishermen haul in several hundred...
Tox-Free Building Blueprint: Chemical Criteria for Building Certification and Procurement
Sustainable construction is rapidly gaining momentum across the European Union, driven by tightening regulations, the EU Green Deal, and the overarching goals of circular economy and climate neutrality. To meet these ambitions, the construction sector is increasingly...
BSC Project Story: Greening Supply Chains — From River Corridors to Port Roadmaps
Lithuania’s Electric Inland Waterway Takes Shape The Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority and Klaipėda Science and Technology Park have joined forces to develop Europe’s first fully electric inland waterway, stretching from the port of Klaipėda to Kaunas....
Cross-border free ESG Tool launched in five languages to support sustainability efforts
From today, a new ESG tool is available to all companies free of charge, supporting companies' sustainability journeys, risk assessment and reporting. The ESG Tool was developed in cooperation with state authorities and business associations in Estonia, Latvia,...











