How water-smart ideas make the Baltic Sea region thrive
From a rich marine life to beautiful vacation places, the Baltic Sea offers numerous resources that can be exploited to boost the economic growth of the region without harming its ecosystem. Interreg Baltic Sea Region funded multiple cooperation projects that have...
Building an environment for cooperation in the region for years 2021-2027
How to build innovative, water-smart and climate-neutral societies across the Baltic Sea region? Another meeting of the Joint Programming Committee held on 5-6 May 2021 brought more clarity on what the projects in Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027 will look like....
Europe Day 2021: Five messages from the EU Parliament
Don’t miss our latest video with five Members of Parliament connected to the Baltic Sea region who believe that Interreg cooperation is the key to ensuring a sustainable and greener future for our region. Europe Day 2021 marks the anniversary of the Schuman...
How to reduce pharmaceutical emissions posing a threat to wildlife in the Baltic Sea?
Active pharmaceutical ingredients are found in our environment at concentrations that pose a risk to wildlife. Pharmaceuticals are used to treat humans and animals, and we cannot stop using them. Instead, the overall consumption of pharmaceuticals tends to increase...
Interreg fights aliens in the Baltic Sea
At any moment in the Baltic marine area, about 2,000 ships are transporting people, goods, but also stowaways: marine organisms from distant places, like Harris mud crabs, that colonise the Baltic Sea waters. The Interreg project COMPLETE brought together people with...
Cooperation as the key to a climate-neutral Baltic Sea region
A common challenge for the countries in the Baltic Sea region is how to produce green and climate-neutral energy. In fact, as much as 75% of the EU greenhouse gas emissions still come from energy use and production. Cooperation and sharing good practices in Interreg...
Further steps taken for preparing the new Programme
Shaping a funding programme like Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027 requires a full dedication of all Joint Programming Committee (JPC) members. In another meeting held on 24-25 March 2021, the JPC members focused on the division of the expected Programme budget to...
5 questions to EcoDesign Circle: RegioStars finalist 2020
One of our Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects, EcoDesign Circle, reached the finals of the RegioStars Awards last year in the category of circular economy. What did the process look like? What did the project like most? And, most importantly, what was the gain for...