Making legal requirement accessible to establish an environmentally friendly aquaculture in the baltic sea
Establishing environmentally friendly mussel aquaculture requires to follow necessary legal obligations in the EU. The project Baltic Blue Growth is making a concerted effort in explaining these requirements to its projects partners and others who are interested in...
Conflict resolution in spatial planning enables wind farm development in europe
On 8 May Germany hit a record high number of 87,6 % of national electricity generated from renewable resources. Even though Germany and other countries around the Baltic Sea are doing well in renewable energy production, there is still a lot left to do in terms of...
Access to research and cross-border cooperation key motivators for small companies to join projects
The InnoFruit Project (Advancement of non-technological innovation performance and innovation capacity in the fruit growing and processing sectors in selected Baltic Sea countries) recently kicked-off in Dobele, Latvia. One of the project partners, Berry Plus Ltd,...
New skills for social workers in Lithuania and beyond
Many rural areas in the Baltic Sea Region find themselves in a downward spiral, where outward migration and the recent economic downturn are leading to a deterioration of social service infrastructure and quality of life. Social empowerment in rural areas (SEMPRE) – a...
ALLIANCE plays matchmaker in blue biotechnology value chain
The Blue Biotechnology Alliance is one of 35 projects approved in the first call of Interreg Baltic Sea Region. Its goal is to connect blue biotechnology product ideas with the know-how and resources needed to bring them to life. From fish oil to biofuels to drugs...
Faciliating innovation uptake by companies
The TRAM project (Transnational Research Access in the Baltic Sea macro region) aims at enhancing international cooperation between universities, research institutes, large scale research infrastructures and industry to improve access to analytical research...
Disarming the baltic seabed
Decision aid for marine munitions (DAIMON) is a project that was approved under the first call for the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme (2014-2020). It aims at supporting maritime, defence and environmental administrations in making decisions on management...
Stimulating the effects of transport: first project kicks off!
35 projects were selected and approved for funding last November as part of the first call of the Interreg Programme 2014-2020. Recently the first of those projects, called TENTacle, kicked off its activities in Karlskrona on the Swedish south-east coast. Transport is...