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The final report of BaltCICA displays the main activities achieved by transnational cooperation and learning as well as applications in case studies.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
In the editorial, Björn Grönholm, head of UBC Commission on Environment Secretariat, highlights the key elements for building more sustainable, modern and attractive cities and the Baltic Sea Region
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
Solutions – local, together, Nordic Conference on Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region gathered 584 participants from 16 different countries in the city of Turku, Finland 31.1. – 2.2.2011. During 2,5 days the participants of the conference got the opportunity to hear 88 speakers with several practical solutions to share. The conference offered also a choice of 13 local solutions, 3…
Type: Toolkit
Topic: Green governance
This report is the final report of the INTERREG IVB project NEW BRIDGES ‘Strengthening the Quality of Life through the Improved Management of Urban Rural Interaction’. Approved under priority 4: ‘Attractive & competitive cities and regions’ the project received funding from the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.  
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Use of Social media tools, when to use, what to consider in English and Russian
Type: Publication
Topic: Green governance
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Green governance
“Planning Together for Better Quality of Life – Guide for Integrated Management of Urban Rural Interaction” is one of the final outputs of the NEW BRIDGES project promoting a more integrated approach to regional planning. This guide functions as an inspiration to anyone interested in striving for a more open, inclusive and interactive planning culture.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
Suunnitteluyhteistyöllä kohti parempaa elämänlaatua -julkaisu on NEW BRIDGES -projektin lopputuotos. Projektissa kehitettiin keinoja entistä yhtenäisempään aluesuunnitteluun. Tästä oppaasta löytyy tietoa jokaiselle avoimemmasta, osallistavasta ja vuorovaikutteisesta suunnittelukulttuurista kiinnostuneelle. Opasta voidaan käyttää monella tapaa: kaupunkiseudullisen yhteistyön ohjenuorana, tuomaan…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
„Wspólne planowanie – lepsza jakość życia” to jeden z końcowych efektów realizacji projektu NEW BRIDGES promującego bardziej zintegrowane podejście do procesu planowania regionalnego. Celem niniejszego informatora jest dostarczenie inspiracji osobom, które za cel stawiają sobie stworzenie bardziej otwartej i interaktywnej kultury planowania o szerokim zasięgu. Informator może służyć jako źródło…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
„Gemeinsames Planen für mehr Lebensqualität“ ist eines der Ergebnisse des NEW BRIDGES-Projekts, mit dem ein umfassenderer Raumplanungsansatz gefördert wird. Dieser Leitfaden soll als Inspiration für all diejenigen dienen, die eine offenere und interaktivere Planungskultur anstreben, in die alle Betroffenen miteinbezogen werden.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
„Elukvaliteeti parandav ühine planeerimine” on terviklikumat piirkondlikku planeerimist edendava projekti NEW BRIDGES üks viimaseid väljundeid. Käsiraamat on mõeldud inspiratsiooniallikaks kõigile, kes on huvitatud avatuma, kaasavama ja interaktiivsema planeerimiskultuuri juurutamisest. Seda on võimalik kasutada mitmel moel. Selle abil võib alustada kogu linnapiirkonda hõlmavat koostööd ja…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
„Bendras planavimas siekiant geresnės gyvenimo kokybės“ – tai vienas iš galutinių projekto NEW BRIDGES, remiančio labiau integruotą požiūrį į regionų planavimą, rezultatų. Šio vadovo paskirtis – įkvėpti kiekvieną, norintį siekti atviresnės, labiau įtraukiančios ir interaktyvios planavimo kultūros. Jį galima naudoti įvairiai: kaip gidą siekiant miestų regionų bendradarbiavimo ir taikant gyvenimo…
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
Viens no projekta NEW BRIDGES, ar kuru veicināja integrētāku pieeju reģionālajai plānošanai, īstenošanas rezultātiem ir publikācija "Kopīga plānošana labākai dzīves kvalitātei". Šo vadlīniju uzdevums ir kalpot par iedvesmas avotu ikvienam, kurš ir ieinteresēts panākt atklātāku, iekļaujošāku un interaktīvāku plānošanas kultūru.
Type: Publication
Topic:
“Planera tillsammans för bättre livskvalitet” är en av slutprodukterna i projektet NEW BRIDGES som är avsett att främja en mer integrerad strategi för regional planering. Denna handledning är tänkt att fungera som en inspirationskälla för alla som är intresserade av att sträva mot en mer öppen, inkluderande och samverkande planeringskultur.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region is a successful model for the cooperation in Europe
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
The NEW BRIDGES online toolkit is a complimentary methodological package for the Planning together for Better Quality of Life –Guide for Integrated Management of Urban Rural Interaction. Available in EN, FI, SE, DE, LV, LT, EE, PL. (The toolkit has been archived)
Type: Toolkit
Topic: Green governance
Innovative and sustainable cities do not emerge by themselves. Market forces or political statements alone do not attract people and enterprises. Active leadership and broad partnerships are needed to steer our cities into a sustainable direction.
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
Aiming to involve young generation in tackling the problems of the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of Environment of Finland, the Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of the City of St. Petersburg, City of Kotka, City of Turku, UBC Commission on Environment and VALONIA organized a Russian-Finnish comics competition for school students, "What can you do for the Baltic…
Type: Publication
Topic: Water
It was 18 years ago, in 1992, at the UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, when the idea of sustainable development was first time recognized at a high political level. The governments of the world committed to promote sustainable development in their national activities and international co-operation. As a result of the Rio Conference, the world began to understand…
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
The Baltic cities are changing with the world around them. Globalisation sets the scene for our cities with increased competition and global effects on local actions. Cities must cope with climate change, air pollution from increasing transportation, greater waste production and congested roads. New modes of production develop and people want a city suitable for working, housing and city life on…
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
UBC Sustainability Action Programme 2010-2015 Agenda for Sustainable Baltic Cities Adopted at the X UBC General Conference, Kristiansand, September 2009   During the upcoming Programme period the Baltic Sea Region as well as the UBC cities will be facing several large scale challenges. The challenges are already well known and some first steps to conquer them have already been taken. Climate…
Type: Publication
Topic: Green governance
Привлечение заинтересованных сторон к процессу принятия решений в городах помогает местным властям создавать атмосферу взаимного доверия между гражданами и политиками, что способствует большей прозрачности политических решений, повышает интерес к ним и их принятие.
Type: Publication
Topic: Green governance
The Baltic Sea Region connects the states having different historical backgrounds, distinct economic development and political experience. They have divergent past, but what unites them all is the future of the Baltic Sea. The prosperity of each state surrounding the Sea directly depends on the ecological state of the Baltic Sea. The importance of the Baltic Sea and the influence of its region…
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic:
Integrated Management – Towards Local and Regional Sustainability gives a short introduction to a model, an integrated management system (IMS), showing how cities and regions can integrate sustainability aspects in their management practices.
Type: Publication
Topic: Green governance