During September–October 2025, the Environmental Center for Administration and Technology (ECAT), in collaboration with Lithuanian partners Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Kaunas City Municipality, organised six BALTIPLAST training events across Lithuania....
A new practical guide for running effective bioeconomy hackathons is now available: How to be a BioBooster! Hackathon Handbook. Building on lessons from 18 international BioBoosters hackathons, the handbook offers clear, actionable guidance for organizers,...
At the same time, there are many starting points for making the region more resilient in the long term. Anyone seeking to advance water recycling as part of a future-proof water economy needs robust evidence, good examples and dialogue with the relevant actors. The...
The pilot implementation of the Arts on Prescription (AoP) programme in the Baltic Sea Region has been accompanied by a comprehensive quantitative* and qualitative** evaluation, conducted by the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark and...
Blog by Hermanni Backer Johnsen, Åbo Akademi University One key output of our Openrisk II project will be an extension and development of the Norwegian AISyRISK risk assessment system (aisyrisk.no) to the Baltic Sea. The AISyRISK model calculates, in a cost-efficient,...
An event dedicated to supporting migrant and refugee women’s entrepreneurship was held as part of the BSI_4Women project, bringing together representatives of public institutions, project partners, experts, and women with migration experience. The meeting provided a...
The in-person event was organised by the ReNutriWater project’s lead organisation, the Chamber of Economy Polish Waterworks (Izba Gospodarcza “Wodociągi Polskie”), and also served as a key milestone in the project’s closure. It gathered nearly 100 participants,...
"Meeting new people" was the most popular choice. The key message of We make transition! project is that creativity, common understanding and enabling hope for the future require interaction and inspiration between different kinds of people. Solutions for a better...
The twelve case examples were collected from the three regions that participated in the We make transition! -project: Southwest Finland, Tampere Region and Helsinki-Uusimaa Region. The publication focuses on the civil society´s crucial role in sustainability...
Much would be easier today if, hundreds of years ago, people had not begun draining the many bogs, pools and wetlands around Västervik in order to cultivate the land. The large amount of surface water that used to shape this landscape would be a valuable...
