State of institutional capacity in the Baltic Sea region in 2020
Interreg Baltic Sea Region is currently planning the next seven-year programme and considering everything from thematic focus to simplifying paperwork. We first needed an overview of how the region has developed in the past seven years. This report by Spatial...
A storymap #MadeWithInterreg
2020 has seen a striking rise in digital communication, as physical meetings became impossible in international contexts such as Interreg cooperation. The new storymap #MadeWithInterreg is one such example of digital communication. It was set-up jointly by 13...
Countries agree on amendments to the thematic framework for the future Programme
Members of the Joint Programming Committee Task Force have agreed on the revised topics that will drive transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea region in the next programming period 2021-2027. © IB.SH Towards Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027 Last week,...
When the busses stop driving
Accessibility in remote areas is a topic of growing urgency in the vast territories of the Baltic Sea region: The quality of life of elderly and young people in villages is at stake. Interreg Baltic Sea Region is providing EU funding to three cooperation projects to...
Interview: “Interreg shows people what European Unity can really accomplish”
Niklas Nienaß is an energetic young politician from the Baltic Sea region. He is a German member of the European Parliament who was elected in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a region that is represented in 32 projects with 25 partners in the current Interreg Baltic Sea...
Great project pictures that tell great Interreg stories!
More than seventy pictures competed in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region photo competition. Which projects were the best in illustrating transnational cooperation, grasping the essence of a project and its result, and presenting the 30th anniversary of Interreg?...
Next steps taken to develop the future Programme
More than 40 representatives of the EU Member States, neighbouring partner countries, European Commission and the Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat convened online at the Joint Programming Committee Task Force meeting last week. Together they examined to-date...
Interreg projects from the region gain EU wide visibility
Two Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects – EcoDesign Circle and NonHazCity – have reached the finals of two EU wide campaigns: RegioStars Awards 2020 and the Interact Project Slam. Both projects showcase how cooperation in an Interreg project actively...