Can art alleviate long-term pain, ease stress and anxiety, and restore confidence? A three-year pilot project in Sweden’s northernmost region, Norrbotten, suggests the answer is yes. As part of the EU-funded project Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region,...
Turku University of Applied Sciences Students Lead the Way in Hazardous Substance Education In the spring of 2025, a group of students from Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) undertook an ambitious project: training 100 engineering students on hazardous...
On May 14, 2025, Trelleborgs Hamn hosted a demonstration of the SM42-6Dn hydrogen locomotive, developed by PESA Bydgoszcz S.A., in collaboration with VÄTE Bolagen AB and Blue Supply Chains at their intermodal terminal. This event, part of the Blue Supply Chains...
The partner consortium travelled to beautiful mill village of Strömfors in the Kotka-Hamina area of Finland in unseasonally cold weather. The meeting celebrated 1.5 years of working together and the halfway project milestone. Work package 1 has been finalised and...
Petroleum contamination is a significant environmental issue in Europe and Lithuania. Many former industrial, oil processing facilities or port areas are heavily contaminated by petroleum products, posing serious environmental and health risks. These pollutants can...
The event took place at REFAL’s facility near Sandomierz (Poland) on 24-25 April 2025. The hackathon was surrounded by blooming apple orchards, creating an inspiring scenery for innovation. The challenge focused on proposing innovative product and/or...
Introducing nutrient recycling in the context of security and safety, was the topic discussed on Monday 12th of May at the Baltic Sea Region Forum themed Safe and Secure Baltic Sea. On the panel were Erik Sindhöj/RISE (CiNURGi); Elsi Kauppinen/ELY-centre Finland...
Today the TRUST ALUM project hosted its final webinar, gathering almost 50 stakeholders from the Baltic Sea region, to reflect on an extraordinary journey — the first lake treatment with ALUM method in Baltic States, at Lake Velnezers in Riga. This event was more than...
Empowering Entrepreneurship Trainers in Võru County through Social Innovation The RESIST Project continues to strengthen social innovation capacity across the Baltic Sea region, and our recent pilot training session of trainers in Estonia was a powerful example of...
Wuppertal, 25 April 2025 — CSCP hosted the second Replication Workshop in a hybrid format—continuing the series launched on 21 March—entitled “Driving Circular Food Solutions in Schools: Learning from the FoodLoops Experience.” The workshop aimed to provide a...
