South Baltic Programme approves first seed money projects

Following the completion of the 1st call for seed money projects, 19 projects have been selected for funding by the Monitoring Committee (MC) of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020. (more…)

On 23rd July 2016 the winners of the Maritime Education Programme contest “How do we see the Baltics Sea” began their summer cruise around the Baltic Sea. (more…)

The Norden Association (Föreningen Norden) published a report on labour mobility in the Baltic Sea Region in 2014-2015.

The report provides an outline and analysis of the current and prospective services that facilitate cross-border labour mobility in the Baltic Sea Region for job-seekers, frontier workers, posted workers, other employees and employers.

Please follow this link to read the entire report.

For more information about the Norden Association please visit its official website.

Between 8-9th June 2016 the ERB stakeholders met on the island of Bornholm to discuss current and upcoming cooperation initiatives within the organisation in the area of water management, youth policy development and capacity building for local and regional actors. (more…)

Taking advantage of the summer holiday season, you can now participate in the Europe in My Region photo competition with a chance to win a photography workshop in Brussels and a two night trip to Brussels for two people, including travel and accommodation, between 10 – 13 October 2016. To enter the competition, all you need to do is take a photo of a project receiving EU funding they know or have seen, with the EU funding information and the EU flag somewhere in the picture. (more…)

The Maritime Institute in Gdańsk and the Pomorskie in the EU Associations, project partners of the Smart Blue Regions project, in cooperation with the national contact point (NCP) networks BioHorizon and ETNAplus, are organising the „Be Smart, Think Blue“ conference on the 19th and 20th September 2016 in Gdansk.

Three projects, namely the Smart Blue Regions Interreg BSR project (Smart specialisation and Blue Growth in the Baltic Sea Region) and the two European NCP network projects BioHorizon (Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy) and ETNAplus (Smart, green and integrated transport), have joined forces to strengthen Europe’s capacity for efficient Blue Growth.

Smart specialisation is a key concept for boosting innovation around the EU. Understanding the role of smart specialisation in enhancing the European Blue Growth sector is a prerequisite to making the most of the sea of opportunities open to stakeholders. In addition to regional specialisation and funding, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, provides several funding opportunities for marine and maritime R&I projects on a European scale. Creating synergies between all available funding sources is the ultimate goal of the “BE SMART – THINK BLUE” event.

The aim of the overall two-day event is to create an inspiring space and encourage a spirit of effective cooperation amongst blue growth actors from across Europe.

For more information including the programme and registration form, please visit the official registration website.

Source: http://www.submariner-network.eu/index.php/projects/smartblueregions/smart-blue-regions-news/148-save-the-date-be-smart-think-blue-conference-in-gdansk

Are you ready to become a driving force in the implementation of the South Baltic Programme 2014-2020 and foster cooperation in the fields of transport and mobility? (more…)

From 19-20 October 2016 tourism representatives will convene for the 9th Baltic Sea Tourism Forum (BSTF) in Pärnu / Estonia. The international convention will be hosted by the City of Pärnu and University of Tartu, Pärnu College in cooperation with the Policy Area Tourism in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tourist Board and together with a group of like-minded partners. (more…)

On 28th June 2016 Polish and Russian negotiators approved the Programme Document of the new Poland-Russia CBC Programme. The final draft was sent to the European Commission for the approval. (more…)

Pomorskie Region has been showcased in the recent edition of the European Commission’s Panorama magazine. In a string of articles (pages 28-35) including an interview with the region’s marshal, the region is presented as one of the first to adopt a unique bottom-up partnership process in developing its smart specialisations.

Direct link to Panorama – http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/panorama/pdf/mag57/mag57_en.pdf