Unleashing the Power of Deep Tech Across the Baltic Sea Region In the heart of the Baltic Sea Region, a wave of transformation is taking place. Deep within the labs, universities, and innovation centers scattered across this vibrant area, ideas are simmering—ideas...
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The BEACON Project helped improve the monitoring of the Baltic Sea
Why was this project launched? What problems did this project aim to solve? What was the stakeholder’s experience of the situation? Kari K. Lehtonen, Project coordinator, Group manager, Finnish Environment Institute: One of the major gaps in current ways of assessing...
A round goby cooking challenge
Our project partner Kalmar Kommun decided to find out and organised Round Goby cooking challenge during the annual sustainability week. Four public kitchen chefs were given four hours to compose different dishes with round goby. The dishes had to appeal to...
BioBoosters Showcases Innovation at EUSBSR Annual Forum 2024
The BioBoosters project made a significant impact at the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) Annual Forum 2024 in Visby, Gotland, with its workshop "Business-Driven Cooperation for Sustainable and Resilient Bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea Region." The forum...
🌟 Sweden: A Leading Hub for Innovation and Business Success 🌟
As one of the world's most developed post-industrial societies, Sweden stands out for its stability, prosperity, and high standard of living. Regularly topping global rankings, Sweden excels in areas like sustainability, productivity, competitiveness, and innovation –...
Project partner meeting and conference in Berlin and Potsdam – 5-7.11.2024
WaterMan Partner Meeting: Advancing Water Reuse in Europe Berlin-Potsdam, November 2024 Exploring the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and its impact A joint session focused on the EU’s Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), and its impact on water reuse....
Finnish-Danish Collaboration Releases Digital Tools for Navigating the AI Act, Data Act, and EHDS Regulation
A joint initiative by Finnish and Danish organizations has produced a suite of digital tools to help European innovators and companies better understand and comply with the EU’s new digital regulations, including the AI Act, Data Act, and the European Health Data...
Tech-Park Kaunas Launches Business Incubation Program for Ukrainian Women Refugees
On October 18, 2024, Tech-Park Kaunas launched a business incubation program tailored to empower Ukrainian women refugees in Lithuania through entrepreneurship. The program, organized within the framework of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project “BSI_4Women,” aims to...
Assessing innovation public procurement: current landscape in PPI4Cities partner countries
Spending on public procurement is similarly high across countries in the Baltic Sea Region: Finland spends nearly 19% of its GDP, Germany about 18%, and Estonia, Latvia, and Denmark around 14%, while Lithuania spends about 10%. Given this significant purchasing power,...
Hack the Future: 24h Brain Activity for Public Sector Solutions
Public services, in general, but small cities and municipalities in particular, are primarily known to be very cautious when trying new approaches and technologies. Yes, we are always short of resources, but it’s equally true that what’s needed most is help,...