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How can StratKIT+ project overcome barriers and create a healthier and more sustainable public food consumption in the BSR? Sara Seing from Södertälje Municipality tells us what they expect to accomplish thanks to EU funding and the Interreg Baltic Sea Region support.

On 19-20 June, members of the Monitoring Committee met in Stockholm to check on the Programme and select new projects for funding. All in all, 24 new projects will receive funding to have their share in shaping the region. ​

Staffan Lund from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences took part in several Interreg projects about water management in the agricultural landscape, e.g. Baltic Compass, Baltic Compact and Waterdrive.

How has Poland benefitted from the Programme? Listen to Monika Cholewczyńska-Dmitruk, our Monitoring Committee member from Poland, to find out. 

Listen to Tiina Tihlman, our Monitoring Committee member from Finland who is sharing her experiences with the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme. 

An awareness of climate change, hazardous substances and the need for a circular economy exists in the current policy environment, but all too often these three dimensions of sustainability are considered one by one. Agnė Petrošiūtė from Tauragė Municipality tells us what they expect to accomplish thanks to EU funding and the Interreg Baltic Sea Region support. 

Kaarina Williams has been connected to the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme in many different ways: read now about her unique experiences.

Why ‘common’, ‘innovative’ and ‘urgent’ so well describe Interreg? What convergence effects does Interreg trigger? Read the interview with Margarita Golovko, the Monitoring Committee member from Estonia, to find out! 

Why is it worth investing time, effort and money in cooperation in the Baltic Sea region? Read the interview with Teresa Marcinów, Monitoring Committee member from Poland. 

Interview with Mr Erk Westermann-Lammers, Chairman of the Management Board of the Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, the hosting organisation of the Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat of Interreg Baltic Sea Region for the past 25 years. 

How to get inspired by solutions in place and Interreg partnerships? Read the interview with Torfi Jóhannesson from the Nordic Council of Ministers, who is also coordinating the EUSBSR policy area Bioeconomy. 

How has Interreg supported SMEs in the region? Listen to Max Hogeforster from the Hanse Parliament who shares his memories and experience from 11 Interreg projects.