Descriptions of approved Seed Money
projects
fifth round (Spring 2004)
1
0084
Establishing a Model Forest Network for Responsible use
of Forest Resources in the Barents Region, BarentsModFor
Lead partner: Regional Forestry Board of Västerbotten in SWEDEN
Address: Box 284, SE-90106 Umeå Phone: +46-90-108362 Fax: +46-90-108301,
E-mail: clas.fries@svsac.svo.se Contact person: Dr. Clas Fries
Second obligatory partner: University of Joensuu in SUOMI/FINLAND
Address: Yliopistontie 4, FI-82900 Ilomantsi
Phone: +358-13 251 5401 Fax: +358-13 251 5444,
E-mail: taneli.kolstrom@jounsuu.fi Contact person: Prof. Taneli Kolström
Envisaged partners: Regional Committee for Natural Resources, Murmansk, Murmansk, RUSSIA;
Kovdozersky leskhoz (forest district), Murmansk, Murmansk, RUSSIA; Regional Committee for
Natural Resources, Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA; Vindeln Commune, SWEDEN, Vindeln,
SWEDEN; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, SWEDEN; WWF Russia, Arkhangelsk
office, Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA.
Indicative Measure: 2.3 Enhancing good management of cultural and natural heritage, valuable
landscapes and natural resources
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Forest industry is one of the most important
economical sectors in the Barents region. However due to lack of resources for
regeneration after logging and necessary subsequent stand management, as well as
structural and organizational reasons forestry has evident weaknesses concerning
sustainability. Long-term timber supply for the forest industry will therefore be less than
possible, which restrains industrial development and potential increase of prosperity for
society. There is also a need for developing forestry so it better meets environmental and
social demands.
The project aims at establishing a network of model forests (well-documented efficient
tools for developing a large array of forest related issues) in the Barents Region (a
Barents Model Forest Network) and uses this network as a basis for developing
responsible use of the forests in the region, primarily in the Russian part.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: In close co-operation with partners to
deepen discussions with partners about expectations and outcome of the project, to
develop the application for the main project including definition of the main project
objectives, working packages and activities, etc. throughout the discussions and
meetings. With the forest enterprise in Archangelsk define the actual model forest area.
2
0085
Nordic-Baltic Business Excellence, NOREX
Lead partner: Central Ostrobothnian Technology Centre, KETEK in SUOMI/FINLAND.
Address: Talonpojankatu 4, FIN-67100 Kokkola
Phone: +35868253303 Fax: +35868253300,
E-mail: juhani.kuusilehto@ketek.fi Contact person: Juhani Kuusilehto
Second obligatory partner: Kaunas University of Technology Regional Business Incubator in
LITHUANIA
Address: Studentu str. 65, LT-3031 Kaunas Phone: +837 300818 Fax: +8 37 451599, E-mail:
milius@ktc.lt Contact person: Pranas B. Milius
Envisaged partners: Nordicenter am TGZ OPR GmbH, Neuruppin, GERMANY; Concordia,
Pietarsaari Business Development Center, Pietarsaari, SUOMI/FINLAND; Kosek, Kokkola Business
Development Center, Kokkola, SUOMI/FINLAND; Tampere University of Technology, Tampere,
SUOMI/FINLAND; Torun Regional Development Agency, Torun Regional Development Agency,
POLAND; Teknologisk Institutt, Oslo, NORWAY; Växjö Universitet, Växjö Universitet, SWEDEN;
Ministry of International Affairs, Regional Development Department, Tallin, ESTONIA; Tartu
Kutseharidus Keskus (Adult Education Institute), Tartu, ESTONIA; Vörymaa Kutseharidus Keskus
(Adult Education Institute), Vöru, ESTONIA.
Indicative Measure: 3.0 Transnational promotion of institution building, strengthening the
capacity for spatial development activities
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Business innovations and new enterprises
concentrate to large cities leaving remote regions with few options to maintain or even
increase the number of enterprises or working places. The central objective of the project
is to strengthen the medium-sized cities as engines for development through strategic
cooperation. To develop measures in order to stimulate and enhance the innovation
activities and the use of the potentials of R&D results and innovations where the regions
have competitive edges. To develop the performance and service models for network
type incubators and innovation activities on specific business areas and industrial
branches. The industrial branches especially studied are chemical, mechanical and
woodworking industry. Special focus is also put on secondary sources of livelihood in
agriculture offered by these branches.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: To prepare project application with the
potential participants in order to use all the competence and experience in the network
and in order to commit the participants to the challenges in the main project. A clear
picture of the state of art situation of the innovation processes is drawn. The main areas
of development are defined and all the elements for the main project application are
defined. All the necessary partners to fulfil the goals of the project have been involved,
with balanced geographical distribution.
3
0086
Regional Cooperation in Waste Management, RECO
Lead partner: County Administrative Board of Stockholm in SWEDEN
Address: Box 22067, 104 22 Stockholm Phone: +46 8 7855073 Fax: +46 8 6547063,
E-mail: carlb@ab.lst.se Contact person: Carl Backlund
Second obligatory partner: Estonian Inst for Sustainable Development, SEI-T in
ESTONIA
Address: Box 160, 10502 Tallinn Phone: +372 6 276 108 Fax: +372 6 276 101,
E-mail: harri@sei.ee Contact person: Harri Moora
Envisaged partners: Latvian Pollution Prevention Centre, Riga, LATVIA; entre for
Sustainable Industrial Development (SPPC), Vilnius, LITHUANIA; Estonian Ministry on
Environment, Tallinn, ESTONIA; Latvian Ministry of Environment, Riga, LATVIA;
Lithuanian Ministry of Environment, Vilnius, LITHUANIA; Swedish Environment Institute
(IVL), Stockholm, SWEDEN; International Inst of Environmental Economics at University
of Lund (IIIEE), Lund, SWEDEN.
Indicative Measure: 3.0 Transnational promotion of institution building, strengthening
the capacity for spatial development activities
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Rational and cost effective waste management
today requires larger waste volumes, a raised level of competence among officials and
increased transregional and transnational cooperation. Larger scale solutions are also
required in order to attract international funding and financing of investments. This gives
an excellent opportunity for cross border cooperation and harmonization across the entire
BSR. The central objective of the project is to improve waste management infrastructure
thru cooperation between local municipalities and improving the capacity on waste
management issues.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Supporting the development of Regional
Institutions for Waste Management in Estonia.
In Latvia and Lithuania regional Institutions for Waste Management cooperation have
already been created. In order to be able to carry out an efficient waste management
project like RECO in the Baltic countries, the formation of similar institutions in Estonia is
crucial. This approach enables each region to customize their participation based on their
present situation, development phase and level of competence. Partners in Russia,
Belarus and Ukraine will also be tied to the project.
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0089
Intermodality and interoperability around the Baltic Sea,
InterBaltic
Lead partner: Nordland County Council in NORWAY.
Address: Fylkeshuset, Prinsensgate 100, N-8048 Bodø
Phone: +47 75650300 Fax: +47 7565 0301,
E-mail: per@nfk.no Contact person: Per Strømhaug
Second obligatory partner: Klaipeda County Council in LITHUANIA
Address: Danes str. 17, LT-5800 Klaipeda Phone: +370 46 314921 Fax: +370 46 314907,
E-mail: region@klaipeda.aps.lt Contact person: Dalia Makuskiene
Envisaged partners: Paijät-Häme Regional Council, Lahti, SUOMI/FINLAND; Pärnu County
Council, Pärnu, ESTONIA; Riga District Council, Riga, LATVIA; Podlaskie County Council, Bialystok,
POLAND; Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommeren, Schwerin, GERMANY; Aarhus County Council,
Højbjerg, DENMARK; Västernorrland County Council, Härnösand, SWEDEN; Regional Council of
Southwest Finland, Turku, SUOMI/FINLAND; Klaipéda State Seaport Authority, Klaipéda,
LITHUANIA; Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania, Vilnius, LITHUANIA.
Indicative Measure: 2.2 Creating sustainable communication links for improved spatial
integration
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: With the great potential for economical
development for the region, it’s a challenge to take up and enhance the former good
connections between the nations and regions in the area. In this context effective
solutions for transport and communications are of particular importance, both to
stimulate trade and other economical activity between regions and to make it easier for
people to meet across regional and national borders to develop cultural, social and
educational connections. The project idea is well anchored within the multimodal
transport work group of the Baltic Sea Commission and aims to find coherent transport
policy for the whole Baltic Sea area based on international cooperation between regions
and between regions and national authorities
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Examining previous and running projects
in order to learn from earlier conclusions concerning the subjects to be covered, and
prevent overlapping with other projects;
Discussions with CBSS / National authorities in countries involved; Invitation to
infrastructure owners, transporters, forwarders, cargo owners and other possible private
partners to take part in refining the project ideas; Further/concluding discussions of
visions, objectives and strategies for the main project(s).
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0090
Preservation of historical sites from the post-war period
in Baltic Sea Countries, COLDWARMONUMENT
Lead partner: Museum of Langeland, Municipality of Langeland, County of Funen, Denmark in
DENMARK.
Address: Jens Winthersvej 12, 5900 Rudkoebing
Phone: +45 63 51 10 10 Fax: +45 63 51 10 11,
E-mail: langelandsmuseum@rudkom.dk Contact person: Mr. Ole Mortensoen
Second obligatory partner: Valdai Municipality, Novgorod Oblast, Russia in RUSSIA
Address: Valdai Municipality, Komsomolsky ave. 19/21, 175 400 Valdai Phone: 007 81666 20325
Fax: 007 81666 23642
Contact person: Mr. Denis Efimov
Envisaged partners: Spatial planning and/or museum authority (not appointed yet),,
SUOMI/FINLAND; Spatial planning and/or museum authority (not appointed yet), SWEDEN; Spatial
planning and/or museum authority (not appointed yet), NORWAY; Spatial planning and/or museum
authority (not appointed yet), ESTONIA; Spatial planning and/or museum authority (not appointed
yet), LATVIA; Spatial planning and/or museum authority (not appointed yet), LITHUANIA; Spatial
planning and/or museum authority (not appointed yet), POLAND; Spatial planning and/or museum
authority (not appointed yet), GERMANY.
Indicative Measure: 2.3 Enhancing good management of cultural and natural heritage, valuable
landscapes and natural resources
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Immediately after the break-down of Soviet
Union a big number of historical sites from pre-war/Cold War period were destroyed or
closed down, both in Eastern and Western Europe: military bases, prisons, prison camps
and locations on which historical events took place. The protection of the historical sites
is – as time goes by – going to be more and more difficult because of destruction and
falling into disrepair. Therefore, it is important to promote awareness about newer
historical heritage and to protect the most valuable sites, mainly in connection with
tourist development and with newest history as a thematic theme.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The seed money project is necessary
because of innovative partnership and an innovative approach. It is especially needed
that partners find a project consensus. Preservation of historical sites from pre-war
period is a theme with many feelings involved, and there is probably different point of
views among people and authorities in the Baltic countries. The seed money will be used
for - searching of relevant key persons in all Baltic countries interested in protection of
sites from pre-war period. Each country must be presented by at least one person from
responsible national/regional authority and one person working with the theme in
practise.
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0092
Implementation of Participation structures for
sustainable coastal zone development and for sustainable
production and consumption patterns for the coastal areas of the
Baltic Sea Region, Baltic parti-SEA-pation
Lead partner: City of Lahti in Finland
Address: Niemenkatu 73C, 15140 Lahti
Phone: +358 3 816 5121 Fax: +358 3 816 5100,
E-mail: paivi.hippelainen@lahti.fi Contact person: Ms Päivi Hippeläinen
Second obligatory partner: Storströms County in Denmark
Address: Parkvej 37, 4800 Nyköping F. Phone: +45 54 84 4851 Fax: +45 54 84 48 48
E-mail: bjr@npk.stam.dk Contact person: Mr Bjarne Rasmussen
Envisaged partners: Coastal Network Coastal Zone Agenda 21 (CoNet CZA 21)
GERMANY;Finnish Environment Institute; mensch und region, Böhm Kleine-Limberg GbR,
Hannover, GERMANY; ECAT-Lithuania University of Riga, IESAM, LATVIA ; Partner of ESTLAND ;
Gotland, Community of Visby (or University), SWEDEN ; Swinoujczie, POLAND; Ministry of
Environment, Nature and Agriculture, Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY.
Indicative Measure: 1.3 Strengthening integrated development of coastal zones, islands and
other specific areas
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: At present the population of the coastal areas
of the Baltic Sea Region are at the beginning of a comprehensive use and utilization of
the Baltic Sea itself and its coastal areas, which shall improve the quality of life in the
coastal regions and shall preserve the sea as a sustainable life supporting system. Since
12 years Local Agenda 21 strategies were developed and implemented, but transnational
participatory strategies for sustainable coastal zone development are rare, even though
participation is a key element of ICZM (acc. EC-recommend. 2002/413/EC) and LA 21.
Thus, "Baltic parti-SEA-pation" shall create several Regional Participation Units and one
Main Baltic Transfer Unit to fulfil this missing link. The main is to initiate ICZM processes
and link stakeholders, NGO´s, investors and decision makers for cooperation to achieve
sustainable coastal lifestyles.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The seed money activities (SMA) will
develop a concept how to implement public participation within ICZM activities (as
demanded in the EU recommendation 2002/413/EC) and how to establish the RPU´s and
the MBTU as motors for regional development. The seed money activities should hence
develop a concept for an integrated strategy implemented by those Units to start in pilot
regions with good practice projects or measures for sustainable coastal orientated
production and consumption patterns.
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0093
Ports of dialogue
Lead partner: Ale municipality in SWEDEN
Address: Vitklövergatan 1, 449 80 Alafors
Phone: +46 303 330 000 Fax: +46 303 330 632,
E-mail: thomas.sundsmyr@ale.se Contact person: Thomas Sundsmyr
Second obligatory partner: Rogaland County Council in NORWAY
Address: PO Box 130, NO-4001 STAVANGER Phone: +47 51516870
Fax: +47 51516674,
E-mail: gsr@rfk.rogaland-f.kommune.no Contact person: Geir Sør-Reime
Envisaged partners: Region of Skåne, SWEDEN; Storströms amt, DENMARK; Västra Götaland
Region, SWEDEN; Stockholm region, SWEDEN; Region of Novgorod, RUSSIA; Ösel/Saarema
municipality, ESTONIA; Wolin municipality, POLAND; Gotland Municipality, SWEDEN; Ribe amt,
DENMARK; Schleswig Holstein, GERMANY.
Indicative Measure: 1.3 Strengthening integrated development of coastal zones, islands and
other specific areas
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: For thousands of years, trade has led to
intensive and interactive exchange and dialogue of ideas, crafts, goods and traditions
between coastal areas of the Baltic Sea region and their hinterlands. The project main
aim is to ensure that history and modern development are in dialogue - to contribute to
developing better communities by exploiting the potential of the experience and results
of past generations, and by making modern man aware and conscious of the openness
and multicultural character of the past, adopt several of these historic strategies to
modern society. The awareness of common roots and a more conscious use of dialogue
will contribute to a renewed identity strategy, creating a joint and inclusive Baltic
identity.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: To focus the project idea and to develop
the cross-sectorial approach with planners, port managers, historians and tourism
officers will be invited to attend. They will prepare a project idea description for the main
application. This will include a draft description of all parts and components of the main
project.
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0097
Support to the Innovation Structure in the Baltic Region
(Bridging Innovation Divide), BID
Lead partner: Klaipeda Regional Development Agency in LITHUANIA.
Address: Zauerveino 23-8, LT5800 Klaipeda
Phone: +370 46 401 851 Fax: +370 46 401 850,
E-mail: rda@takas.lt Contact person: Stanislovas Bielinis
Second obligatory partner: Danish Technological Institute in DENMARK
Address: Gregensvej P.O.Box 141, DK-2630 Taastrup
Phone: +45 72 20 20 00 Fax: +45 72 20 20 19
E-mail: thomas.hermann@tekonologisk.dk Contact person: Thomas Hermann
Envisaged partners: Lithuanian Innovation Centre, Klaipeda, LITHUANIA; Liepaja City Council,
Liepaja, LATVIA; Kaliningrad District Administration, Kaliningrad, RUSSIA; Blekinge Institute of
Technology, Karlskrona, SWEDEN; Baltic Institute of Finland, Tampere, SUOMI/FINLAND.
Indicative Measure: 3.0 Transnational promotion of institution building, strengthening the
capacity for spatial development activities
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: As identified in EU Lisbon strategy, innovation
is the key driver of competitive economic growth. Recent European research has
identified “regional innovation paradox” which refers to the apparent contradiction
between the comparatively greater need to spend on innovation in less favoured regions
and their relatively lower capacity to absorb public funds earmarked for the promotion of
innovation, compared to more advanced regions. The main objective of the project is:
Bridging of the Innovation Divide between Eastern and Western Baltic regions through
creation of innovation support infrastructures in less favoured regions. The activities will
combine research, training needs analysis, development of curricula, delivery of training,
exchange of experience, demonstration and business networking events and will be
carried out in all the participating regions.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Main goal of the planned activities of BID
seed money project is creation of the partnership focused on promotion of innovation and
development of necessary infrastructures for the innovation support in Less Favoured
Baltic Regions. The project will build on the experiences and extend the methodologies
developed in bilateral project sponsored by Danish National Agency for Enterprise and
Housing and implemented by DTI, “Support to the Innovation Structure in Lithuania
(SINO)”.
9
0100
Facilitating horizontal and vertical networking in the
Baltic Sea region by using innovative telemedicine solutions,
INNOMEDNET
Lead partner: FOUNDATION TUURU in ESTONIA.
Address: Vabrikuväljak 1a, 92411 Kärdla Phone: +372 46 22 801 Fax: +372 46 321 00, E-mail:
aivi@tuuru.edu.ee Contact person: AIVI TELVIK
Second obligatory partner: FINNISH SOCIETY OF TELEMEDICINE in SUOMI/FINLAND
Address: Kirkkopuistokatu 1A 2, 94100 Kemi
Phone: +358 16 259 765 Fax: +358 16 259 766
E-mail: ilkka.winblad@oulu.fi Contact person: ILKKA WINBLAD
Envisaged partners: TELEMEDICINE CENTRE OF KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE, Kaunas,
LITHUANIA; THE ESTONIAN SOCIETY OF FAMILY DOCTORS, Tartu, ESTONIA; WEST ESTONIAN
CENTRAL HOSPITAL, Tallinn, ESTONIA; ESTONIAN MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS, Tallinn,
ESTONIA; NORRTÄLJE HOSPITAL, NORRTÄLJE HOSPITAL, SWEDEN; HIIUMAA HOSPITAL, Kärdla,
ESTONIA; MARIINSKY HOSPITAL IN St.PETERSBURG, St.Petersburg, RUSSIA; OULU POLYTECHNIC,
Oulu, SUOMI/FINLAND; KUOPIO CITY COUNCIL, Kuopio, SUOMI/FINLAND.
Indicative Measure: 2.1 Promoting balanced polycentric settlement structures
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Misbalance in the development of urban- rural
settlements has created the situation where in metropolitan regions the offer in
healthcare services exceeds demand whereas the less developed rural settlements lack
professional services and sense the drain of routine medical services to bigger medical
centres. Telemedicine can offer services in areas where health care is either often limited
or with relatively low quality. The central objective of the main project is to enhance
Telemedicine as a strategic, innovative tool for facilitating the delivery of equitable
healthcare and medical education services irrespective of distance and availability of
specialised expertise and reduce the isolation of rural health care practitioners regarding
the BSR and thus contribute to more balanced, sustainable economic development and
demographical situation of the region.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The project will focus on developing
further and strengthening of the already existing team. Partners will develop the main
project concept, visuals and content: establishment of transnational cross-sectorial
partnership network; analyses of development plans and spatial planning examples in
Telemedicine context.
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0106
Rail Baltica – Transnational integration through
coordinated transport infrastructure and regional development,
RAIL BALTICA
Lead partner: Ministry of Transport and Communication of Republic of Latvia
Address: Gogola street 3, LV-1743 RIGA Phone: +371 7028 214 Fax: +371 7820621,
E-mail: andulis.zidkovs@sam.gov.lv Contact person: Andulis Zidkovs
Second obligatory partner: German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing
(BMVBW)
Address: Invalidenstrasse 44, D-10115 Berlin
Phone: +49-30-2008-2830 Fax: +49-30-2008-97-2830
E-mail: welf.selke@bmvbw.bund.de Contact person: Dr. Welf Selke
Envisaged partners: Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments of Republic of
Latvia, Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republic of Lithuania, Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Communications of Republic of Estonia, Ministry of Environment of Republic of Estonia,
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Estonia, Ministry of Transport and Communications of
Republic of Finland, Ministry of Infrastructure of Republic of Poland, Riga Region Development
Agency, Vidzeme Development Agency, Zemgale Development Agency
Indicative Measure: 2.2 Creating sustainable communication links for improved spatial
integration
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Economic integration of Baltic States and
Poland with Western Europe leads to growing trade and traffic. While cross-sea ferry
traffic is growing fast, coast-parallel transport on sea or rail stagnate in contrast to
rapidly growing road transport. Via Baltica, road and rail, is a priority in the TEN network,
but only road improvements are progressing so far. Rail Baltica will develop a
transnational concerted strategy for reviving railway transport link of the W-European
network from Berlin through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia to Estonia and further to Finland.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: - to specify partner institutions for the
main project and to create a partners' network; assessment of current situation in
partner regions to specify the most topical needs and most realistic activities of the
future project; co-ordination of Cohesion fund project and INTERREG project preparation
- definition the scope of works for each study.
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0108
EAST-WEST CORRIDOR
Lead partner: Blekinge Institute of Technology in SWEDEN
Address: Box 214, 374 24 Karlshamn Phone: +46 455 385000 Fax: +46 455 385007,
E-mail: bengt.gustafsson@bth.se Contact person: Bengt Gustafsson
Second obligatory partner: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in LITHUANIA
Address: Plytines 27, 2040 Vilnius Phone: +370 8-22 315613 Fax: +370 8-22 315613, E-mail:
algirs@ti.vtu.lt Contact person: Algirdas Sakalys
Envisaged partners: Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, Klaipeda, LITHUANIA; Port of Karlshamn,
Karlshamn, SWEDEN; Karlshamns Expressbyrå AB, Karslshamn, SWEDEN; Netport: Blekinge
Logistics Cluster, Karlshamn, SWEDEN.
Indicative Measure: 2.2 Creating sustainable communication links for improved spatial
integration
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: The demand for efficient, safe and
environmental friendly transportation of goods and people is growing in pace with
increased competition on the global markets. The trans-national transport corridors
connecting regions from new and old member states are today inadequate. Bottlenecks
in these corridors have negative environmental and economical impacts. Available
resources for investments in infrastructure are scarce and recent trends shows that not
enough investments will be made in order to meet the transport need.
The project aims to demonstrate how agent based simulation can be used for detecting
bottlenecks an inefficiency in a transnational and intermodal transport corridor.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The seed money will be used for building
a strong and innovative partnership involving research institutions, public authorities,
entrepreneurs and private stakeholders (in line with the Triple-Helix theory for regional
innovation and sustainable development).
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0109
Transparent timber flows in the Baltic Sea Region preparatory phase, TTF
Lead partner: National Board of Forestry in SWEDEN
Address: Vallgatan 8, 551 83 JÖNKÖPING Phone: +46 36 155 706 Fax: +46 36 166 170,
E-mail: lennart.ackzell@svo.se Contact person: Dr. Lennart Ackzell
Second obligatory partner: Department of Forest Policy, Ministry of Agriculture in LATVIA.
Address: Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, 1981 RIGA
Phone: +371 7027477 Fax: +371-7027409
E-mail: janis.birgelis@zm.gov.lv Contact person: Mr. Janis Birgelis
Envisaged partners: Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow, RUSSIA; Minstry of Agriculture and
Forestry, HELSINKI, SUOMI/FINLAND; Forest Department, Ministry of Environment, TALLINN,
ESTONIA.
Indicative Measure: 2.3 Enhancing good management of cultural and natural heritage, valuable
landscapes and natural resources
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Trade in illegally logged timber has been
acknowledged to be a hold back for sustainable development in the forest sector, with
negative economic as well as environmental effects. Discrepancies between import and
export statistics is often used as an indicator that trade in illegally logged timber is wide
spread in the region. There is thus a great need to improve knowledge of major timber
flows in the region, and to analyse scaling and conversion factors, custom procedures,
classification, definitions and nomenclature.
More in depth knowledge and cooperation between countries in the region would help to
close this gap of uncertainty and thereby raise the capacity of Governments and other
relevant stakeholders to device suitable interventions. The project will improve
transparency in timber flows in the region by identifying and reducing sources of errors in
export/import statistics. The project will institute a framework and procedures for closer
cooperation between organisations which are monitoring the timber trade in the region.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Suitable partners and experts will be
identified with the help of the national contact points of the Baltic 21. List possible
explanation factors: In cooperation with the partners the PC will prepare a tentative list
of explanation factors to discrepancies in trade statistics which will be investigated
further in the main project; Commission two pilot studies in Russia and Latvia to analyse
import/export statistics.
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0112 Baltic Metropolises Network Innovation Strategy Project
Lead partner: City of Helsinki, International Affairs City Office in Finland
Address: P.O. Box 1, FI-00099 Helsinki Phone: 358 9 169 3613 Fax: +358 9 169 3871
E-mail: olli.keinanen@hel.fi Contact person: Olli Keinänen
Second obligatory partner: City of St. Petersburg in Russia
Address: Committee for External Affairs, Smolny, 193060 St. Petersburg
Phone: +7 812 276 1688 Fax: +7 812 276 1633
E-mail: sad@cfea.ecc.spb.ru Contact person: Vladislav Balsky
Envisaged partners: Cities of Berlin; Copenhagen; Malmö; Riga; Stockholm; Tallinn; Warsaw;
Vilnius.
Indicative Measure: 1.1 Supporting joint strategies and implementation actions for macroregions
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Baltic Sea area, especially after the
enlargement of the union is a highly developed part of EU in terms of science and higher
education. However, in innovation creation and in economic terms internal cooperation
networks, i.e. innovation systems cross the national borders are less developed
especially in the Baltic Sea area than in the heart of EU. Metropolises, as heart cities of
their regions, are the key players in formulating regional and even national innovation
strategies. The main aim of the project is strengthen the Baltic Sea area innovation
environment and the joint knowledge based economical area. The activities will take
place in all of the Baltic Metropolises Network member cities: Berlin, Copenhagen,
Helsinki, Malmö, Riga, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vilnius and Warsaw.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The aim of the seed money is to put
together a report of the outcome of the survey on the metropolitan innovation
environments in the BSR. The workshop will identify and crystallize those measures
which the city management can have in supporting innovation creation. The workshop
will benchmark the best practices found on base of the survey made, process them
further and discuss the objectives of the main project.
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0113 AGORA - Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the
Baltic Sea Region, AGORA
Lead partner: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Institute of Geography in GERMANY.
Address: Makarenkostraße 22, D-17487 Greifswald
Phone: +49-3834-864540 Fax: +49-3834-864542,
E-mail: steingru@uni-greifswald.de Contact person: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Steingrube
Second obligatory partner: Swedish Tourist Authority in SWEDEN
Address: P.O. Box 860, SE-101 37 Stockholm
Phone: +46 8 54 51 54 60 Fax: +46-(8)54515469,
E-mail: olle.melander@tourist.se Contact person: Olle Melander
Envisaged partners: Finnish Tourist Board, Helsinki, SUOMI/FINLAND; Institute forTourism and
Recreational Research in Northern Europe, Kiel, GERMANY; Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social
Policy of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, POLAND; Lithuanian State Tourism Department, Vilnius,
LITHUANIA; Ministry of Economics of the Republik of Latvia, Riga, LATVIA; Coalition Clean Baltic
(CCB) - International network of environmental NGOs, Uppsala, SWEDEN; Tourism Service Rügen
Ltd.(local/regional level), Stralsund, GERMANY; Latvian ECO-Tourism Society (local/regional level),
Liepaja, LATVIA; St.-Petersburg State University, Environmental Safety Centre, St.-Petersburg
State University, RUSSIA; Federal Environmental Agency of Germany, Berlin, GERMANY.
Indicative Measure: 1.2 Promoting sustainable spatial developments of specific sectors
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Up to now numerous projects, partly also
supported by EU-funds, aiming at sustainable tourism in spatial planning and regional
development has been carried out or are still going on in the BSR. Unfortunately there is
no real overview available on Pan-BSR level regarding specific tasks, trends, results,
prosperities, problems or contact persons. Thus cross-border information and
communication have to be improved. The aim of the project is to strengthen the existing
co-operation on sustainable tourism and involvement of practitioners of the local/regional
tourism industry, spatial planning authorities, public administration, NGOs,
environmental, agricultural and social-cultural experts; linking together ‘green and blue’
networks, creating a focal and coordination point; exchange of experiences.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Seed Money activities will be: to adjust
the project to scientific knowledge and international agreements; (Helcom, Baltic 21,
VASAB 2010, Agenda 21 for Tourism in Europe (EC), Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism
in vulnerable Ecosystems (UNEP), Tour Operators Initiative For Sustainable Tourism
(UNEP), International Network on Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism
Destinations (WTO/UNED) and to look for strategically necessary partners Already
during the Seed Money project co-operation will be started with partners from ongoing
projects in the BSR to consider their conclusions and experiences, i.e. “SuPortNet II”,
“High Quality Tourism II”, “BaltCoast”, “South Baltic Arc”, “CoNet CZA 21” (contacts to
these projects already made), “BothnianArc-ACTion”, “Welcome Centre”. Additional the
lead partner will involve competent partners with special experiences outside the BSR
(contacts available).
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FOCUS HINTERLAND. Rural development, Spatial planning
and Landscape identity in Coastal inland areas FOCUS
HINTERLAND
Lead partner: Centre for the Urban Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU) in SWEDEN
Address: MOVIUM, SLU, Box 54, S-23053 Alnarp
Phone: +46 40 415000 Fax: +46 40 460845,
E-mail: sten.goransson@movium.slu.se Contact person: Sten Göransson, head of the
department
Second obligatory partner: Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Hoersholm in
DENMARK Address: Hoersholm Kongevej 11, DK-2970 Hoersholm
Phone: +45-45 76 32 00 Fax: +45 45 76 32 33, E-mail: vne@kvl.dk
Contact person: Vibeke Nelleman, landscape architect, senior advisor
Envisaged partners: The Administrative Board of Halland County, Halmstad, SWEDEN; The
Administrative Board of Kalmar County, Kalmar, SWEDEN; Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty
of Economics, Jelgara, Jelgava, LATVIA; Univ.of Warmia and Mazury, Fac.of Environmental
management and Agriculture, Olszyn, Olsztyn, POLAND; Estonian Agricultural University,
Environmental Protection Institute, Tartu, Tartu, ESTONIA; Dept of Landscape Planning, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, SWEDEN; Halmstad municipality, Halmstad,
SWEDEN; Laholm municipality, Laholm, SWEDEN; Falkenberg municipality, Falkenberg, SWEDEN;
Varberg municipality, Varberg, SWEDEN.
Indicative Measure: 1.3 Strengthening integrated development of coastal zones, islands and
other specific areas
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: The rural landscapes in the BSR of today are
characterized by changes of use of land and by shifts of population. In western countries
rural areas are becoming urbanised, farming demands less labour and the population is
diminishing or shifting to urban commuters and tourists, while in the Baltic countries land
re-privatisation and other altering policies are changing the landscape. In both cases
traditional landscape values are threatened by changes in maintenance and in use.
According to the European Landscape convention 2000 it is urgent to protect existing
landscape values in all countries around the Baltic see. How is this to be done under
existing demographic, economic and social changes?
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The aim of the seed money project is to
develop contacts with experts and researchers: landscape architects, geographers,
sociologists and spatial planning authorities in order to set up cross-scientific groups in
each country. It is also to find strategic regions and administrative districts for case
studies and establish contacts with the local board and local physical planners,
entrepreneurs or other important local actors. Another aim is to plan common research
and individual strategies for each country regarding their specific situation.
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Concept of network management implementation in
sustainable and ecological tourism in Baltic Sea Region, BALTIC-STOURISM
Lead partner: IVL Swedish Environmental Institute Ltd in SWEDEN
Address: Hälsingegatan 43, Box 210 60, SE- 100 31 Stockholm
Phone: +46 8 5985 6300 Fax: +46 8 5985 6390
E-mail: hans.lundberg@ivl.se Contact person: Hans Lundberg
Second obligatory partner: Association “World is Open” in RUSSIA
Address: Boytsiva street, 4, 190068 St.Petersburg
Phone: 007 812 524 04 12 Fax: 007 812 174 51 64,
E-mail: olgarazum@mail.ru; shogi@mail.wplus.net Contact person: Irina Karaldina
Envisaged partners: St.Petersburg’s Administration Committee on Natural Resources,
St.Petersburg, RUSSIA; St.Petersburg’s Administration Committee on Tourism and Resort
Development, St-Petersburg, RUSSIA; Educational state enterprise ”St.Petersburg Academy of
service and economy”, St-Petersburg, RUSSIA; Environmental Business Association, SaintPetersburg Chamber of Commerce, Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA; Mälardalens university, Västerås,
SWEDEN; Environmental Office of Transport and Environmental Department of Tallinn City, Tallinn,
ESTONIA; Business development authorised enterprise of Estonia, Tallinn, ESTONIA; Estonian
“Green Key”, Tallinn, ESTONIA.
Indicative Measure: 1.2 Promoting sustainable spatial developments of specific sectors
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) has a unique
potential for sustainable tourism (ST) both in realm of Eco-tourism and urban tourism. ST
could be one important tool to preserve those ecosystems instead of exploiting them for
other purposes. Today very little is has been achieved and there is a need to establish
capacity building in this sector by establishing new networks between different
stakeholders. The present study will establish concrete pilot projects and solutions to
implement a sustainable tourism. An united network management mechanism of
sustainable tourism development will be developed on the basis of network
environmental management.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Crucial for the main project (MP) will be
a strong and well defined partnership for creation a concept of network management,
which is an innovative approach, and effective implementation it in sustainable and
ecological tourism in BSR. Development of the project content, budget plan, investment
opportunities and finding out relations between the INTERREG, TACIS parts of the
project. The transnational aspects of the project will also be developed through the
setting up of transnational working groups.
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Baltic Biomass Network BBN
Lead partner: Potsdam Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Germany
Address: Breite Straße 2a-c, 14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 27 86 281 Fax: +49 331 27 86 191,
E-mail: stehr@potsdam.ihk.de Contact person: Torsten Stehr
Second obligatory partner: EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre in POLAND
Address: ul. Reduta Zbik 5, 80-761 Gdansk
Phone: +48 58 301 57 88 Fax: +48 58 301 66 36,
E-mail: krzyg@ibmer.waw.pl Contact person: Krzysztof Gierulski
Envisaged partners: Kaunas Regional Energy Agency, Kaunas, LITHUANIA; Estonian Biofuel
Association, Rakvere, ESTONIA; Kurzeme Planning Region, Riga, LATVIA; Kehittämisyhtiö JOSEK
Oy, Joensuu, SUOMI/FINLAND.
Indicative Measure: 1.2 Promoting sustainable spatial developments of specific sectors
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Biomass production for bio-energy use in the
Baltic area is becoming increasingly a complex spatial planning issue especially in view of
the EU agro-reforms in 2005 which should promote alternative crop production. Local
authorities and biomass producers throughout the Baltic region and especially in the
accession states need to be supplied with optimal biomass production schemes for
deciding for the integration of alternative crop production in traditional crop systems. The
planned case studies will identify suitable biomass product lines for specific regions in
accordance with land-use plans, environmental restrictions, market requirements and
production costs. The network will work closely with local administrations and biomass
producers promoting spatial-planning know-how transfer for introducing optimal biomass
production methods especially to the accession states, regions on the threshold of bioenergy development.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The seed money will be used to clarify
the specific barriers to ensuring long term biomass resource security in the Baltic regions
represented and specify working methods of the proposed Baltic Biomass Network. It
will serve to finalize participation in the network, methods, financing, application and
project time tables. Through the workshops a high quality application should be
prepared. The project tasks will be synchronised with the thematically similar INTERREG
IIIB project North Sea Bio energy. The project will also be synchronised with the
RENSMASH project application (INTERREG IIIB BSR) for the development and
demonstration of the use of renewable energy in small-scale heating systems using
domestic fuels in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Network of Industrial Parks in New and Old EU Member
States: a Strategy for Entrepreneurship, Development and
Cohesion INDPARKNET
Lead partner: Association of Local Governments in Tartu County in ESTONIA.
Address: Riia 15, 51010 Tartu Phone: +372 730 5216 Fax: +372 730 5220,
E-mail: tol@tartumaa.ee Contact person: Aivar Soop
Second obligatory partner: Lithuanian Development Agency (Utena Industrial Park) in
LITHUANIA
Address: Šv. Jono str. 3, LT-2600 Vilnius
Phone: +370 5 2627438 Fax: +370 5 2120160,
E-mail: lda@lda.lt Contact person: Viktorija Radzeviciute
Envisaged partners: Lahti Science and Business Park OY, Lahti, SUOMI/FINLAND; Lithuanian
Innovation Centre, Vilnius, LITHUANIA; Latvian Technological Center, Riga, LATVIA; Union of Local
and Regional Governments of Latvia, Riga, LATVIA; The Association of Finnish Local and Regional
Authorities, HELSINKI, SUOMI/FINLAND; The Swedish Association of Local Authorities,
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN; Union of Estonian Association of Local Authorities (UEALA), Tallinn,
ESTONIA; Swedish Business Development Agency, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Science Park Aarhus,
Aarhus, DENMARK.
Indicative Measure: 2.1 Promoting balanced polycentric settlement structures
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: After the collapse of the Soviet Union many of
the Baltic industries lost their market. As a result skilled labour force and large industrial
premises were left unused. Today, the Baltic economies are among the fastest growing
ones in Europe and enjoying inflow of foreign direct investments. The information on
industrial infrastructures is fragmented and therefore not easily accessible for potential
investors. There is a risk that several urban centres will develop oversupply of industrial
infrastructure, whereas the other areas (rural and sub-urban) are not realising their
industrial potential; the experience from current EU states is poorly used. The main
objective of the main project is to strengthen the cooperation between the industrial
parks in the Baltic States and in the old EU member states in BSR.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Mapping out public and private projects
dealing with the development of industrial parks in the Baltic States and establishing
networks between the developers; searching for partners from the EU member states
that would share their experiences and competence in the field of developing industrial
parks. The seed money initiative provides the developers of industrial parks with
excellent opportunity to prepare and to establish good grounds for a long-lasting
partnership. The seed-money project will seek to involve partners with special
competence who have not been involved in INTERREG III B projects so far and lay a firm
foundation for public-private cooperation by involving private sector partners.
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Re-Opening the Baltic Coastline: Coastal Villages and
Small Harbours Network BSc - Baltic Sea circle
Lead partner: Association of Estonian Small Ports in ESTONIA.
Address: Sauna 3-6, 10140 Tallinn Phone: 372 6 314 678 Fax: 372 6 314 678,
E-mail: jaak.reinmets@mail.ee Contact person: Jaak Reinmets
Second obligatory partner: Lejaskurzeme Tourism Information Office in LATVIA
Address: Liela iela 11, LV - 3401 Lijepaja Phone: 371 3480808 Fax: 3713480808,
E-mail: ltib@apollo.lv Contact person: Arturs Skroderis
Envisaged partners: Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg, JSC, Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA; Finnish Port
Association, Helsinki, SUOMI/FINLAND; Baltic Ports Organization, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Union of
Local and Regional Governments of Latvia, Riga, LATVIA; Association of Municipalities of Germany,
Köln, GERMANY; Union of Estonian Association of Local Authorities, Tallinn, ESTONIA; Harju County
Government, Tallinn, ESTONIA; Union of Local and Regional Governments of Lithuania, Vilnius,
LITHUANIA.
Indicative Measure: 1.2 Promoting sustainable spatial developments of specific sectors
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Considering the EU enlargement and growing
interest towards the new member states, there is a clear potential for sustainable
tourism products such as thematic routes of yacht tourism and coastal villages.
Currently, the development of small harbours is not sufficiently integrated with
developing local tourism products. In particular, there is a need for reviving the unique
culture of the small coastal villages. Also, the absence of safe yacht harbours with
reasonable distance along the coast of the three Baltic states and Russia has impeded the
realisation of the Baltic Sea Circle) in boat tourism. The central objective of the project is
to strengthen sustainable development of boat tourism products in the Baltic States
through transnational spatial planning. The partners involved in the network will devise
an integrated strategy and action plan for the sustainable development of the harbours
involved in the network.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: The seed money activities involve: a)
finding partners from both public (local, regional, transnational level) and private sector
who would be interested in being part of the small harbours network of the Baltic States;
b) finding synergies with other similar projects within INTERREG and other programmes.
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Development of the Culture Heritage Objects in the Baltic
Sea Region, The Palace of Tomorrow
Lead partner: Cesvaine City Council with Country Territory in LATVIA.
Address: Pils iela 1a, LV-4871 Cesvaine Phone: (+371) 4852030 Fax: (+371) 4852099, E-mail:
ivraimo@one.lv Contact person: Iveta Raimo
Second obligatory partner: Social and Economic Development Centre in LITHUANIA
Address: Konstitucijos pr.12-207, 9308 Vilnius
Phone: (+370) 52750925 Fax: (+370) 52102281,
E-mail: md@sepc.lt Contact person: Mindaugas Danys
Envisaged partners: Multimedia Projects of Historical Places, Riga, LATVIA; Historisches
Gutsensemble Ludorf e.V., Ludorf/Müritz, GERMANY; Latvia Culture, History and Nature Heritage
Development Foundation, Riga, LATVIA; Cesis City Council, Cesis, LATVIA; Estonian Institute,
Tallinn, ESTONIA; Association of Latvian Castles, Palaces and Manors, Riga, LATVIA; Kaliningrad
City Council, Kaliningrad, RUSSIA.
Indicative Measure: 2.3 Enhancing good management of cultural and natural heritage valuable
landscapes and natural resources
Main Project - Problem and Objectives: Nowadays many of culture heritage objects
(c.h.o.) in BSR are endangered or even ruined, mostly due to the lack of financial support
and low perception of their significance. C.h.o. in BSR are in many cases managed and
owned by local governments possessing little funds and that lack of experience in
development and redevelopment of c.h.o. as attractive tourism destinations, maintaining
and emphasizing historical value of the objects.
The main aim of the project is develop a special scheme for passing the ownership of
c.h.o. from public to private sector in order to ensure better and economically justified
development of c.h.o. by the best industry practice implementation in pilot objects.
Seed Money - Activities and Expected Results: Pre-feasibility study and partner
networking to specify more precise locations of potential sources of information as well as
locations of receivers of expertise, who are in most need. Pre-agreements about
cooperation within the project between partners will be discussed and agreed; focusing
on partners from Kaliningrad (RU), the area with extremely high density of c.h.o.
Possible integration with other existing and planned INTERREG projects will be sought.
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