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.
Urban Biodiversity Parks
Urban Biodiversity Parks as co-creative platforms for enhancing biodiversity, learning and community involvement in urban ecological regeneration
Urban Biodiversity Parks is developing and piloting the concept of urban biodiversity parks as a tool for urban ecological restoration and regeneration. The aim is to create a 20-hectare biodiversity park, providing a recreational area – while also serving as a platform for community engagement and experiential learning. This helps citizens, NGOs, private actors, educational institutions and others get involved in developing and testing ways to preserve and actively enhance biodiversity in urban environments.
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.
CDP
UBC-CDP Cooperation
The cooperation between UBC and CDP started in the beginning of 2017 with a Memorandum of Understanding signed in the autumn of 2016. Since 2017, the Baltic Sea Region cities have become the forerunners in environmental reporting and in 2020 became the largest participating area in CDP reporting.
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.
BUUF
Baltic University Urban Forum
A network of cities and universities supporting and implementing sustainable strategies and promoting education and research on sustainability issues.
TBestC
Transferring Best Environmental Solutions between Towns and Cities
Disseminating and promoting municipal good practices in the fields of Bio-diversity, Energy, Environmental issues,l Health, Air, and Information & Education.