Fostering integrated governance for the joint sustainable use of human and natural capital in the near shore zone
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Baltic Sea2Land

PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.2 Blue economy
Project type
Implementation
January 2023 - December 2025

Baltic Sea2Land

The project Baltic Sea2Land equips public authorities with the navigator tool that helps harmonise land and marine planning and balance initiatives that impact coastal development.
Project summary

The processes that take place managing and planning the land and coastal sea territories are becoming more complex, ranging from obstacles that concern environmental provisions but also of overlapping jurisdictions of various public authorities. Also, the tendency to inhabit coastal areas in Europe is increasing, and estimates show that more than 200 million Europeans live permanently within 50 km of the sea. Among them, there is a growing desire for aesthetic recreation and cultural experience, in which the scenic diversity of the coast is perceived as a resource for the development of tourism. In order to preserve the values ​​of the coast and to balance different interests and drivers in coastal areas that align with European Green Deal (EGD) goals and Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE), it is necessary to create a sustainable and integrated management of the coast, which would promote well-considered decision-making, as well as support the planning, implementation and preservation of balanced development solutions. How?

For an integrated approach, Multi Level Governance  (MLG) is needed to consider coastal communities, culture, environmental and economic interests. Public authorities together with SBE sectors can be compared to a sailing ship with many stakeholders acting as the ship crew - rowers operating oars, deck crew dealing with sails and helmsman steering - each with their own task. Somehow, they all need to work together to avoid crashing and to navigate to their intended destination. Thus, there should be a guiding system for our ship – a navigator.

As such, under the Interreg programme’s umbrella, it is our project’s "Baltic Sea2Land" mission to support the long-term development of a diverse and viable coastline in the Baltic Sea region by promoting cooperation between different levels of governance (from local to international), blue economy sectors, local communities and other stakeholders. Led by our crew composed of 7 Baltic Sea Region (BSR) country institutional representatives, a set of auxiliary tools under the title – Sea2Land Navigator - are being created for an inclusive assessment of sea and land connectivity challenges. As a tailored guidance and decision making-support platform for public authorities and SBE stakeholders, the Sea2Land Navigator aims to balance interests to aid viable coastal development and sustainable use of human and natural capital in the BSR and foster integrated governance via multi-dimensional collaborations.

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Budgets

Baltic Sea2Land
in numbers.
  • 3.45
    Million
    Total
  • 2.76
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway

Top news

News

Get to know the Sea2 Land Navigator

News

SAVE THE DATE: Baltic Sea2Land Final Conference to be jointly organised as the 5th Baltic MSP Forum
The Baltic Sea2Land project is preparing to present the final output - the Sea2LandNavigator Tool, ...

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Register and join online seminar «Towards updated Coastal Planning and Development Recommendations for the Baltic Sea Region»!
The seminar «Towards updated Coastal Planning and Development Recommendations for the Baltic Sea ...

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Fieldwork completed for the coastal landscape assessment in Latvia
In summer 2024, experts from the Baltic Environmental Forum in collaboration with the Kurzeme ...

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Share your insights in survey on coastal planning and development in the Baltic Sea Region
We invite you and anyone working with the coastal planning and development issues in the countries ...

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New video: Our experts introduce the Sea2Land Navigator - a tool designed to support decision-making at coast and sea
Maritime and coastal spatial planning is a vital task that has a huge beneficial potential for ...

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Hamburg to Fehmarn: A Successful Baltic Sea2Land Project Meeting in Germany
From May 14 to May 16, the Baltic Sea2Land project partners gathered in Germany for a productive and ...

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Baltic Sea2Land project in Mission Arena 2
Baltic Sea2Land project team was happy to be a part of Blue Mission Arena 2 event that took place in ...

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Klaipėda region's path towards leadership in the blue economy
Within the Baltic Sea2Land project our Lithuanian partners of the Klaipeda region are amongst the ...

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Towards improved coastal management: The case studies in Latvia within the Baltic Sea2Land multi-level governance setting
Latvia boasts almost a 500 km long coastline that hosts many valuable and unique habitats and ...

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Fehmarn Island's Path to Energy Self-Sufficiency: A Case Study within the Baltic Sea2Land Framework
In the framework of the Baltic Sea2Land project, Fehmarn Island emerges as a distinctive case study, ...

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Finalising year 2023 with our first project deliverable - the Multi-Level Governance Implementation Plan!
The Multi-Level Governance Implementation Plan reflects the collaborative work of project partners ...

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Advancing energy citizenship: Project implementation in Poland
The BalticSea2Land project is making significant strides in its mission to foster energy ...

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The Baltic Sea2Land project guides harmonizing land and sea planning at local level: The case of Saaremaa (Estonia)
Saaremaa municipality participates in the implementation of the Interreg Baltic Sea2Land project at ...

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The Gulf of Bothnia in a changing environment - Reconciling fisheries and offshore wind developments
In autumn 2023 the Baltic Sea2Land project convened meetings in Finland with different sectors and ...

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Be invited to gain more insights on how Interreg pushed maritime spatial planning

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Stakeholders from the Baltic Sea and the North Sea regions came together in Gothenburg to push forward carbon-neutral & circular Blue Economy by 2030

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Multi-Level Governance Tool workshop: content elaborations as a step closer to our key target: The Navigator!
The 3rd round of Multi-Level Governance workshops has now been conducted! The Multi-Level Governance ...

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The inspiration behind the Baltic Sea2Land project: Land-Sea-Act
Interreg BSR project Land-Sea-Act sought to test and collect various innovative governance ...

Pilot

Meet the Sea2Land Navigator — tool designed to assist planners!

Pilot

Baltic Sea2Land solution tool pilot testing in 6 partner countries!

Overview

What we've achieved so far
The technical and content basis for a Multi-Level Governance guidance tool with various digital tasks with preliminary links to a spatial data platform and collection of precedents, scientific knowledge and methodologies in the Knowledge Hub for the main solution tool: The Sea2Land Navigator.Multi-Level Governance Implementation Plan - Activity 1.1 "Tailoring the Multi-Level Governance Agenda for Integrated and Sustainable Coastal Development"
70 Benefitting organisations 1 Solution(s) in preparation 1 Solution(s) plannedfor use / upscale 3 Pilotactivities 19 Organisationsin the project

Baltic Sea2Land
in numbers.

  • 56.949397724.1051846
  • 58.252769322.4849207
  • 59.437215524.7453688
  • 60.451753122.2670522
  • 53.5753276500000069.95682044196797
  • 54.4389427511.197159467043846
  • 60.167245124.9597605
  • 56.958568224.1119083
  • 56.666001522.488643887130458
  • 55.712752921.1350469
  • 54.443039918.561309520130756
  • 56.949397724.1051846
  • 54.370685818.61298210330077

Project partners

Lead partnerMinistry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of Latvia
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Rīga
Total partner budget
454,956.80
Saaremaa Municipality
  • Town
    Kuressaare
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lääne-Eesti
Total partner budget
187,006.40
Tallinn University
  • Town
    Tallinn
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Põhja-Eesti
Total partner budget
233,225.00
Regional Council of Southwest Finland
  • Town
    Turku
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Varsinais-Suomi
Total partner budget
313,768.00
Baltic Environmental Forum Germany
  • Town
    Hamburg
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Hamburg
Total partner budget
293,683.60
City of Fehmarn
  • Town
    Fehmarn
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Ostholstein
Total partner budget
238,154.40
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
  • Town
    Helsinki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Helsinki-Uusimaa
Total partner budget
267,548.00
Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Rīga
Total partner budget
255,851.20
Kurzeme Planning Region
  • Town
    Saldus
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Kurzeme
Total partner budget
249,752.00
Association “Klaipeda Region”
  • Town
    Klaipeda
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Klaipėdos apskritis
Total partner budget
208,236.00
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Town
    Sopot
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Trójmiejski
Total partner budget
311,092.00
State Regional Development Agency (VASAB)
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Rīga
Total partner budget
295,354.40
The Association of Sea Cities and Municipalities
  • Town
    Gdańsk
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Trójmiejski
Total partner budget
138,528.00

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Events

20
November
Online seminar «Towards updated Coastal Planning and Development Recommendations for the Baltic Sea Region»
Project: Baltic Sea2Land
Virtual Meeting
20. November 2024
09:00 - 11:30 (CET)
11-12
November
Baltic Sea2Land Final Conference to be jointly organised as the 5th Baltic MSP Forum!
Project: Baltic Sea2Land
Physical Meeting
11. - 12. November 2025
    15-17
    May
    Project Partner Meeting to navigate next steps
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    15. - 17. May 2024
    25-26
    April
    Baltic Sea2Land project at the Blue Mission BANOS Arena 2 2024, supporting the EU Mission Restore our Ocean & Waters in the Baltic and North Sea
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    25. - 26. April 2024
    04
    April
    Project Partner Capacity Building Webinar "Approaches of Ecosystem Services and Blue Green Infrastructure mapping, assessment and integration in spatial planning"
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Virtual Meeting
    04. April 2024
    10:00 - 12:30 (EET)
    23
    February
    Project Partner Capacity Building Webinar "Climate smart coastal planning"
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Virtual Meeting
    23. February 2024
    15
    February
    First national pilot workshop on blue-green corridors (Finland)
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    15. February 2024
    31-01
    January-February
    Invitation to participate in the final conference of the eMSP NBSR project
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    31. January 2024 - 01. February 2024
    19
    December
    Latvian national pilot Maritime and Coastal Planning Coordination Group meeting on the Coastal thematic plan
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Virtual Meeting
    19. December 2023
    15
    December
    Introductory regional pilot seminar on the development of the Coastal thematic plan of Kurzeme (Latvia)
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    15. December 2023
    08-09
    November
    First regional pilot stakeholder meetings on fisheries in the changing environment of the Bothnian Sea (Finland)
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Virtual Meeting
    08. - 09. November 2023
    06-07
    September
    #2 Baltic Sea2Land Project Partner Meeting: Facilitating the implementation of Working Package activities
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    06. - 07. September 2023
    09:00 - 17:00 (CEST)
    24
    August
    Latvian Maritime and Coastal Planning Coordination Group meeting: climate change and tourism
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Physical Meeting
    24. August 2023
    27-28
    February
    Baltic Sea2Land Kick-off
    Project: Baltic Sea2Land
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    27. - 28. February 2023

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