Project News
Follow-up of the Seminar: Innovative Tech-Driven Services – from Idea to Implementation
Tech for Smarter Work & Life- Digital tools with a human purpose.
Tech for Smarter Work & Life- Digital tools with a human purpose. These startups use tech not for the sake of it, but to make work, systems, and everyday life more intuitive. 🔹 @Nera (Germany) – AI-based no-code builder that creates websites and apps using voice...
NURSECOAST-II contributing to to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy consultation
On 9 June 2025, NURSECOAST-II joined leading experts and policy-makers at the second PA Nutri Talks webinar, contributing to an important dialogue on regional strategies for nutrient recycling in the Baltic Sea Region. Organized as part of EU Green Week 2025,...
Can plants send warning signals? Thanks to PlutoF – a powerful biodiversity tracking tool – the answer is yes!
Developed by an Estonian research team (University of Tartu), PlutoF is an innovative platform that functions like an early warning system for plant health. By analyzing environmental DNA samples and employing AI-powered tools, system provides scientists,...
The German electricity grid infrastructure
The German electricity grid is characterised by four different levels, all of which operate at a frequency of 50 Hertz. At the highest level, the transmission grid, with a length of 38,500 km, ensures the supraregional distribution of electricity at extra-high voltage...
Strategy Lab on Social Innovation Explores Policy Integration during Hamburg Sustainability Week
On 4 June, a diverse group of stakeholders came together at the co-working space "betahaus" in Hamburg to address a central question: What exactly are social innovations—and how can they be strategically embedded into policy frameworks? The event, titled Strategy Lab:...
New Milestone in Sweden: Biodistrict Sörmland becomes a Non-Profit Association
On June 18th, the non-profit association Biodistrict Sörmland was formed, which will ensure that the work continues. At the meeting, the association’s first board was appointed, consisting of Anna Sundberg, Harriet Nilsson, Helena Nordlund, Jenny Askenfelt, Linus...
Botswana Delegation Visits Västerås: BALTIPLAST Showcases Plastic Reduction
Västerås and Gaborone have built a dynamic municipal partnership aimed at strengthening local democratic practices and improving waste management systems. They collaborate under the project “Society Engagement in Sustainable Consumption and Waste Management in...
Arts on Prescription Presented as a Model for Mental Well-being at Nordic Public Health Conference 2025
The Nordic Public Health Conference (NPHC) 2025 concluded on a high note in Gothenburg after three days of inspiring discussions, knowledge exchange, and future-forward collaboration. Among the notable sessions was a dedicated presentation on Arts on Prescription...
Two winning teams: Hackathon of leading German activated carbon producer AdFiS concluded
The goal was clear. Challenge international teams to rethink the production of activated carbon, a material used in everything from biogas purification to industrial air treatment. The manufacturing process is highly energy-intensive and demand is only growing,...
IT for a healthier society
The health sector is facing great challenges in all countries around the Baltic Sea: demographic change, more and more people with chronic diseases and a declining number of doctors, in particular in rural areas. One important solution aiming for better treatment of patients is eHealth.
Joint labour policy – made in the Baltic Sea Region
It’s been ten years since the global financial crisis expanded from the United States to the European Union. Among other negative effects, the Baltic Sea region was unpleasantly surprised by an emigration crisis in the east and intensive immigration to the west of the...
Baltic Sea region as a design comfort zone for seniors
Despite the progressing age of communities in the Baltic Sea region, needs of the elderly are not being sufficiently addressed by producers of furniture and home equipment. In the project BaltSe@nior co-financed by Interreg Baltic Sea Region, by developing prototypes of intelligent furniture and upgrading design trends, companies are offered thriving opportunities to develop more suitable products for the elderly.
Jointly creating sustainable products from a shared sea
Red algae growing in the Baltic Sea are the special feature of facial creams in the Estonian cosmetics line Berrichi. But what’s more, it is the first product developed with the support of the Interreg-funded expert network ALLIANCE. The ALLIANCE is a European cooperation project and a flagship of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region. It brings together blue biotechnology actors from around the Baltic Sea to create new products and services.