A new CBSS-led project will strengthen cooperation between young people and local authorities in the Baltic Sea Region to address disinformation, hate speech and polarisation. ACTIVATE BSR officially kicks off in Gdańsk, Poland, on 3 September 2026. “Democratic...
Alīna Beitane is one of the project participants from Riga, who travelled to the design festival 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen as part of a Creative Circular Cities study trip. With a background in architecture and a strong interest in sustainable solutions, she...
The BSR Mental Health Platform has started a new article series, BSR Mental Health Insights. Each edition brings forward one voice from the region and one idea worth pausing on, drawn from the people working on mental health promotion, prevention and support across...
For the final chapter of our PestSpace on Tour series, we visited the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) in Jelgava. It was a great opportunity to meet the people behind the research and see where the work happens - from the university...
The Facetten pilot in Åtvidaberg began with ambition and a practical municipal interest. Åtvidaberg Municipality had a long history of working with climate and energy projects, and StartSun offered an opportunity to connect that experience with something concrete:...
In early September 2026, the partners of the BSR HyAirport project gathered in Kiruna, Sweden, for a partnership meeting hosted by Swedavia. With less than two months remaining until the end of the project, the meeting focused on reviewing progress and preparing for...
The BSR Mental Health Platform has opened an Instagram account. You can find it at @mentalhealthbsr. The platform brings together the results of a number of projects working on mental health across the Baltic Sea Region, and much of that work is easier to show than to...
The idea of exploring an energy community in Marttila did not begin with a broad wish to do something greener or more innovative. It grew out of a practical need to understand how a typical Finnish housing company could modernise its energy system, reduce long-term...
How can we make it easier for smicro-SMEs to grow beyond their national borders in the Baltic Sea Region? And what can policymakers, business development organisations and regional ecosystems do to make internationalisation more accessible for even the smallest...
On 22 August, Goldbekhaus in Hamburg-Winterhude opened “Teilen & Schrauben” (“Sharing & Screwing”), a new neighbourhood space for sharing, repairing, making and learning. The opening featured hands-on activities including screen printing, making deodorant,...
