Projects

We assist local authorities in the Baltic Sea Region in initiating, applying and managing projects on different sustainability topics. The themes and actions are tailor-made based on the needs of the project partners from local authorities to assist the ongoing processes towards sustainable development. More information can be found on projects description pages below.

EMPEREST
Eliminating Micro-Pollutants from Effluents for Reuse Strategies

The EMPEREST project supports local authorities, service providers and policy-making community by strengthening the sustainable water management cycle. The holistic approach to the elimination of PFAS and other persistent organic pollutants incorporates regional strategies for monitoring and assessment, technological advances in wastewater treatment, risk management assessment for cities, and training materials for water experts.

BALTIPLAST
Baltic Approaches to Handling Plastic Pollution under a Circular Economy Context

The project's main objective is to identify, test and deploy concrete solutions to handle and reduce the flow of plastic waste to the Baltic Sea, under the lenses of a circular economy. It will do so with the consortium of key actors in the plastic waste value chain, namely local authorities, universities and research institutions, associations and NGOs, as well as SMEs and large enterprises in the participating countries, that operate in the waste management field.

NonHazCity 3
Reducing hazardous substances in construction to safeguard the aquatic environment, protect human health and achieve more sustainable buildings

NonHazCity3 (NHC3) tackles the challenge of hazardous substances in buildings, building sites and building materials. The project will develop 4 solutions and pilot them, elaborate usable protocols to get these chemicals out of our homes and workplaces, and out of the (aquatic) environment, including the Baltic Sea. This project is for municipalities, private entrepreneurs and residents.

EUCF
European City Facility

The European City Facility (EUCF) is an initiative to support local investments in sustainable energy. The objective of the EUCF is to is to facilitate access to private and EU financing along with access to technical, legal and financial expertise. In the long run the aim is to deliver at least 200 investment concepts in cities and municipalities all over Europe.

HUPMOBILE
Holistic Urban and Peri-urban Mobility

Holistic urban and peri-urban mobility project aimed to provide a holistic approach to sustainable mobility solutions in cities and their perimeters in Baltic Sea port cities.

BSR WATER
Platform on Integrated Water Cooperation

Bringing together knowledge and innovation potential on the transnational basis Image

cities.multimodal
cities.multimodal – urban transport system in transition towards low carbon mobility

The project wants to make it easier for people in cities around the Baltic Sea to combine walking, cycling, public transport and car-sharing as an environmentally friendly alternative to using private cars. The cooperation between cities, NGOs and expert partners aims at developing and applying a low-threshold approach for environmentally friendly urban mobility, attractive and easy to adopt for follower cities. The project focuses on dense inner-city areas, offering good opportunities for sustainable mobility

IWAMA
Interactive Water Management

IWAMA project’s approach to improving resource efficiency in wastewater management in the Baltic Sea Region concentrated on capacity development of the WWT operators and implementation of the pilot investments which result in reduced nutrient inflows to the Baltic Sea. IWAMA application was a main outcome of the BSR IWAMA Seed project work, successfully submitted for funding from the Baltic Sea Region Interreg Programme 2014-2020.

iWater
Integrated Storm Water Management

Improving urban planning by developing integrated and multifunctional storm water management in the Central Baltic cities.

GoF 2014
Gulf of Finland Exhibition

Creation of the main exhibition of the Gulf of Finland year (2014) with virtual materials in Finnish, Estonian, Russian and English.

CH4LLENGE
Addressing the four Key Challenges of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning

Addressing the four most pressing challenges in the development and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.

PURE
Project on Urban Reduction of Eutrophication

Tackling eutrophication by  investing in enhances phosphorus removal at selected municipal wastewater treatment plants in the Baltic Sea region.