Cooperating across borders since 1998
The same goals, the same region. We help to boost cross-border cooperation capacities of local actors in the South Baltic Sea region.
This is the most southern region of Sweden. With an ancient history it presents ruins from the iron-age like the mystical Ale’s stones, 59 stones placed in the formation of a ship, maybe a burial...more
Famous for IKEA founded by Ingvar Kamprad from Elmtaryd farm in Agunnaryd village (acronym). Sweden's 30th National Park Ã…snen offers a unique lake archipelago with a 700 km ...more
Blekinge attracts for its unique archipelago and more than 1000 lakes. The main city of Karlskrona is part of Unesco World Heritage sites as an outstanding example of a late-17th-century...more
Kalmar is a region in the south of Sweden occupying part of the historical province of Smaland. Famous for its beautiful countryside, typical red cottages, glassware shaping...more
There's a distinctly German flavour to KlaipÄ—da (klai-pey-da). Lithuania's third-largest city, formerly known as Memel, was part of the Prussian Kingdom until the region wrestled...more
Kaliningrad Oblast, is a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Old medieval castles and ruins of forts are sprinkled throughout the area leftover from...more
North-eastern region in Poland, it presents few curiosities like a place where the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Russia join; the Elbląg-Ostródzki...more
The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot...more
BORNHOLM is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea off the south coast of Sweden. In its north are the clifftop ruins of Hammershus, a medieval castle. In 2017 Bornholm became the first...more
Below you can find all 7 Umbrella promo video clips summarising the project that we prepared for the final conference. We asked our project beneficiaries and Umbrella partners to give their comments on the activities and outcomes of our project. Enjoy!
>The Umbrella project was meant to be exactly that – an umbrella to gather other projects and a way to connect people through cross-border projects. It was aimed at newcomers who had not yet been involved in projects in the South Baltic Programme. These included small local and regional organisations with an interest in developing a South […]
>Three years have passed since Umbrella was approved by INTERREG South Baltic Programme and launched by the partnership. This project was needed since research showed that the South Baltic Programme was still poorly available to small organizations because of insufficient institutional and financial capacities, communication barriers, lack of English language skills, lack of competencies and capacities for project development and […]
>On 13th January 2021 Umbrella 2.0 project partners: Euroregion Baltic, Unione of the Baltic Cities and Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation met together with the Swedish Institute representative to officially start the activities in the new project. Read below to get to know our project better and familiarise with the activities we plan to offer […]
>The past year was the final and firmly the busiest year for the Interreg South Baltic Interconnect project which started in June 2017. 2020 began with some great news from one of the project partners, Innobaltica (Poland), who announced an open tender for the implementation of FALA – integrated ticket for the Pomorskie Region – […]
>Baltic Sea Youth Platform is an Erasmus+ Programme project that aims to empower youth and foster real participation in decision and policy-making in the Baltic Sea Region. The platform will enable youth organisations to reach their fullest potential by empowering them to develop new ideas and pursue them jointly, under the 2030 Agenda framework’s guidance. […]
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