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. 4 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). 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 10 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. 11 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). 12 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. 13 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. 14 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). 15 0114 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. 16 0115 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. 17 0119 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. 18 0120 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. 19 0121 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. 20 0125 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. 21