Interreg South Baltic Programme seeks to stronger involve local, regional & non-governmental stakeholders as well as academia in the programming process. Euroregion Baltic, a Lead Partner of the ”Umbrella – Boosting cross-border cooperation capacities of local actors in the South Baltic Sea” project decided to become an active part of this process.
The Umbrella project was meant to be exactly that – an umbrella to gather other projects and a way to connect people through cross-border projects. It was aimed at newcomers who had not yet been involved in projects in the South Baltic Programme. These included small local and regional organisations with an interest in developing a South Baltic identity.
The 1st Mini Call for proposals directed to ongoing projects (extension of the project under implementation) is now open for the following specific objectives:
In Newsletter No. 1, we wrote about film screenings as a part of the activities within the FilmNet project – about “Baltic Identity Film Tour”. Such shows and discussions have already taken place in all partner countries, and the Baltic Sea Culture Center from Gdańsk has prepared an Activity Report. What were the results?
It’s already October, and this month we deliver to you another Success Story from the South Baltic Programme! This time we wish to inspire you by presenting the Reviving Baltic Resilience project!
Project title
RBR – Reviving Baltic Resilience.
The main goal
The main objective of the project is to highlight the proactive approach when working with environmental projects by showcasing successful proactive methods and technologies to prevent hazardous and unwanted particles from reaching the Baltic Sea and at the same time to disseminate this knowledge to the South Baltic region by having a cross-border approach.
The main outputs of the project will be 4 different pilot cases (Less particulates emission from the diesel engine (Poland), Landfill leachate cleaning (Sweden), Ecopile phytoremediation plant (Sweden) and Marine litter disposal (Lithuania)) in all participating countries as well as a South Baltic Proactive Resilience institute/cluster. The purpose of this is to both show the approach/technologies in practice, but at the same time also to certify the cross-border knowledge exchange and durability of the method and pilot cases after the project has ended as well. The approach of the project is a 3-step process that includes technical analysis of the most optimal proactive technologies/solutions for each pilot case, the implementation of pilot cases and the evaluation of installed solutions from a technical, social and economic perspective.
Partnership
Four associated partners: Liepaja University, Latvia; Port of Gdansk Authority SA, Poland; CleantechInn, Sweden; IMCG (Innovation Management and Communication Group Sweden); KSRR (Kalmarsundsregionens Renhållare) Sweden.
Target groups of the project
The main target group is the municipalities in the region as well as their municipal companies and regional authorities that can implement similar solutions and promote the proactive prevention approach of RBR. As well, public stakeholders that would like to learn more about proactive prevention solutions and companies that can provide green technologies for the installations. The main target groups will be able to take part in the pilot cases created in the project through the institute/cluster, but also to initiate new ventures focusing on proactiveness.
Budget
1495000 Eur
Programme Co-financing
1189950 Eur
Duration
July 2017- June 2020
Slogan
Go proactive together!!!
Tips & tricks box
Always use opportunities to gain new knowledge and skills. Be open for challenges to go green and serve to environment/ nature. Discover the benefit that international cooperation gives you and your area – pilot cases, innovative ideas, experience to work in a multicultural team, contribution to decision making at a different level. Increase your self-believing and expertise. Use unique perspectives to improve your foreign language skill, to make in touch with other countries history, culture and traditions. Be ready to unlock your area advantages/disadvantages. Stay motivated and you will get exactly what you are looking for!!!
Website: https://chem.pg.edu.pl/rbr/main-page?p_l_id=61013061&p_v_l_s_g_id=0&
This story was brought to you within the UMBRELLA Interreg South Baltic project framework.
Future trends in ENERGY and ELECTROMOBILITY in the South Baltic Region
Cross-border Conference with PA panel; 25th of October, 2019, Scandic Hotel, Gdansk, Poland.
We invite all the stakeholders interested and working with the energy issues to join us on 25th October in Gdańsk.
Another month and yet another Success Story from the South Baltic Programme! This time we wish to inspire you by presenting the BalticMuseums: LoveIT! – Brand, gamification and Apps for museums and tourist attractions project!
Valentina Scandola – our Project Leader and Małgorzata Matkowska from Association “Pomorskie in the EU” talking about UMBRELLA project.
