The 2nd General Assembly Meeting of the BALTIPLAST Project took place in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14th-15th November 2023. This two-day event brought together our project partners from six member countries to work on concrete solutions for the reduction and prevention...
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Digitalization in urban development
Director of Urban Development, Director of the Technical Department, Mika Hakosalo, City of Pietarsaari My responsibility area is managing the technical sector including real estate, urban planning, municipal engineering, land area management, building permits and...
Sustainable Lifestyle Learning may be Interesting
Lakesconnect team asked these questions at the event for youth: “Discover, Know, Find Out” in Telsiai on the 29th November, 2023. It was a great opportunity to communicate tourism impact into lakes pollution, microplastic pollution and responsible management of...
The Baltic Sea2Land project guides harmonizing land and sea planning at local level: The case of Saaremaa (Estonia)
The goal of the project is to balance the interests of sustainable blue economy sectors (e.g. tourism, energy, fisheries etc.), nature conservation, local communities. It is expected that the piloting of the Sea2Land Navigator tool will support Saaremaa’s...
UrbanTestbeds.JR @ Child in the City World Conference
UrbanTestbeds.JR was selected to present at the 11th "Child in the City World Conference" in Brussels, Belgium, on the 21st of November. Under the title of "Young Citizens - Future Cities", various types of engagement with young citizens regarding sustainability and...
Published: Report on regulation and integration in six European countries
A new report offers an overview of national and local regulations in Baltic Sea Region countries and policy analysis for the introduction of Urban Air Mobility in cities and regions. The cities of the European Union and regions are actively exploring the potential of...
Photo report – “Local challenges, international solutions. INTERREG programs invite you to cooperate”
During the event, Dr. Magdalena Michalska-Kacymirow represented the Interreg Lakes Connect project in a panel on climate issues. Together with other representatives of projects in the areas of green energy, water quality improvement, circular economy and...
Data model opens the reasons behind seasonal variation of milk production
Swedish Elvenite AB offered the winning solution for ValioHackathon 2023/11/28. Elvenite proposed to pilot a data model for understanding the factors affecting the seasonality of the milk production. Pilot would be developed based on a dataset collected from...
The Interreg BSR program facilitates collaboration among Baltic region countries and fosters the creation and expression of common position at the EU level.
In the MainPotRe project, the collaboration established between countries with similar views on the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance and distribution of local potato varieties as part of this diversity, has created the opportunity to develop a joint...
The Gulf of Bothnia in a changing environment – Reconciling fisheries and offshore wind developments
The Gulf of Bothnia is now facing unprecedented pressures from many directions. The escalating geopolitical situation and climate change mitigation have increased political interest and project developers' interest in developing offshore energy production. A...