Draft 10. May 2011
EcoRegion Findings – Structure
Objective


Inform on project results
Recommend fields for future policy actions
Target groups


Political decision makers in the BSR and beyond
Administrations of cities and regions dealing with sustainable
development issues in the BSR and beyond
Programme / Project Experts

Incentive
Drafting of the new BSR Programme 2014-2020, national & regional
funding programmes
Structure
Overview of EcoRegion recommendations
Section 1. The EcoRegion project
Section 2. Partner-specific results
Section 3. Policy recommendations
Length
80 – 100 pages
Coordination
s.Pro
Contributions


Note
The publication EcoRegion Findings intends to promote project
outputs, such as sustainability measures, good practice examples,
and policy recommendations. It reflects the findings of project
partners while implementing project activities. It does not intend to
provide any comprehensive overview.
All project partners & experts
Focus groups
o Access and Mobility (coordinated by M. Thynell)
o Renewable energy (coordinated by A. Tonderski)
o Food system (coordinated by B. Rasmussen)
o Culture, democracy, youth (coordinated by M. Nachtigall)
o Sustainable tourism (coordinated by B. Meliss)
o Integrated management of natural resources (coordinated
by S. Vääriskoski-Kaukanen)
o Aalborg Commitments (M. Crawford)
Introduction
Introduction of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment
German Federal
Ministry for the
Environment
Introduction of CBSS / CBSS Expert Group Baltic 21
CBSS/ CBSS
Expert Group
Baltic 21
Overview of EcoRegion recommendations
Draft 10. May 2011
Section 1. The EcoRegion project




Background: CBSS Baltic 21 & Local Agenda 21 processes
Approach: Inter-regional, cross-sectoral and sector-regional dialogue and
understanding on sustainable development within the Baltic Sea Region
Project outputs: EcoRegion database, EcoRegion Perspectives,
Sustainability programmes and measures
Basic facts: Partners, budget, timeline
s.Pro
Section 2. Lessons learned: partner-specific results
Sustainable Sectors



Definition of “sustainability” from sector-specific perspective (what is
sustainable transport? What is sustainable tourism? Etc.)
“Findings” / conclusions to be drawn for sector on basis of work (i.e. good
practice examples/writing of perspectives/cross-sectoral work – work with
regions)
Identification of relevant actions and players for the sector in the BSR
(probably in a separate “Info” box)
Sustainable management cycle

Presentation of one concrete sustainability measure / pilot project OR
Presentation of the steps undertaken in sustainability cycle
Overview of basic regional facts (common format for all regions)
CBSS-Baltic 21 Strategy 2010-2015

ICLEI
Overall results of trainings and introduction of sustainable management
cycle in regions
Model EcoRegions



All EcoRegion
Sectors
Stakeholder event and background papers
All EcoRegion
regions &
AP Petrozavodsk
CBSS Expert
Group Baltic 21
Section 3. Presentation of recommendations on future fields for policy action
Policy framework



BSR Strategy
Other policy processes (e.g. Rio +20)
Funding programmes (BSR Programme 2014, national & regional funding
programmes)
Policy recommendations
Back cover: list / images of EcoRegion products
German Federal
Ministry for the
Environment &
CBSS Expert
Group Baltic 21
Focus Groups