Projects
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Member City Partners
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.
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.
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
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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.
BSNA
Baltic Sea Needs Actions
Environmental Education and Awareness Raising project, focused on development of userfriendly and motivating interactive education/awareness raising materials.
GREENCIT
Green Citizens of Europe
New solutions to how environmental policy can be interpreted and implemented into concrete citizen-oriented actions, which motivate and help citizens to change their behavior.
NEAT 2.0
New Environmental Awareness Tools
The NEAT –project was further developing it with new attractive elements and increasing the use of the portal by adding new levels of communication with citizens.
BaltCICA
Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region
Focusing on the most imminent problems that climate change is likely to cause in the Baltic Sea Region.
MATRUSCHKA
Integrated Management System for Russian cities
MATRUSCHKA aimed at strengthening the capacity of local authorities and developing their city planning process. It contributed to the development of a solid foundation within local authorities upon which long-term planning decisions could be made to support sustainable development. Both EU and Russian cities either initiated or further elaborated their Integrated Management Systems around a chosen theme.
BUSTRIP
Towards Sustainable Urban Transport
The project provided guidelines, practical solutions and tools for European cities and municipalities to make Sustainable Urban Transport Plans.