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RoundGoby partners gather in Poland for third project partner meeting
On 24 June 2025, RoundGoby partners gathered in Władysławowo, a port city in the north of Poland, for the third project partner meeting. A particular focus was on gathering practical feedback from small fishers as new fishing material was tested. The meeting was...
Project story: Building a Cross-Border Living Labs Network for Innovation and Cooperation
One of the goals of the project was establishing a network of Living Labs that could serve as a real-world platform for experimentation, co-creation, and learning. “The vision was clear: to bring together universities, businesses, public authorities, and citizens to...
Empowering Neighbourhood Associations – Riga, Latvia
The Riga pilot focuses on finding solutions to improve collaboration and trust between the municipality and local neighbourhood communities. This includes two steps: 1) Developing a neighbourhood project co-design system. 2) Improving the system for financing local...
Meeting of the Hamburg Regional Stakeholder Group and exchange with representatives from Berlin, Graz and Basel
From 4 to 5 June 2025, ZEBAU, together with IBA Hamburg GmbH, organized an exchange meeting with representatives of the Hamburg Regional Stakeholder Group and guests from Basel, Berlin and Graz. The focus was on heat transformation as part of integrated urban...
Electric cranes soar at the Gdynia Container Terminal
Located in one of the most charming coastal cities of Poland, the Gdynia Container Terminal (GCT) is an integral part of the region’s maritime industry ecosystem. While it might not be the biggest terminal in Europe, or Poland for that matter, it certainly is one of...
Register for the first Climate Budget Summit on Oct. 1st in Malmö!
1 October 2025 | Malmö, Sweden Cities across Europe are facing the challenge of turning climate commitments into concrete action. To support local authorities in this critical transition, Climate-4-CAST is partnering with the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission to...
eRural resilience – Digitalisation and Bioeconomy as Rural Vitality Boosters
“Within the project, a step‑by‑step method has been developed to support businesses in assessing their readiness and developing new products. The method also acts as a bridge between SMEs and s organisations, enabling individualized assessments and assistance”, says...
CompositeCircle kicked off in Lappeenranta: setting the stage for circular innovation
The CompositeCircle project officially launched with a multi-day kick-off meeting in Lappeenranta, Finland, bringing together partners from across the Baltic Sea Region. Hosted by Finnish Plastics Industries Foundation and Centria, the meeting marked the beginning of...
Summer 2025 Newsletter is now out
Have you already read our latest newsletter? In this edition, we share exciting updates from the Light in the Dark project as we pass the halfway point of our journey. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find: Highlights from the transnational piloting phase, where 36...
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 find solutions. The first one, MAMBA, ended in September 2020 – and delivered some very practical results.
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 Region Programme. On the occasion of Interreg celebrating its 30th anniversary, we asked Niklas about his view on the future of Interreg cooperation.
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? Congratulations to the teams of BalticRIM, RESQU2, Baltic Game Industry, EcoDesign Circle and GoSmart BSR!
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 contributes to a greener Europe.