In the past, the car park in front of the indoor swimming pool in Braniewo, Poland, was heavily sealed – an urban heat island in summer and, in spring, an exacerbating factor for flooding. Today, a rain garden stores water, cools the surroundings, and enhances the area. So simple, so important, so transferable across the entire Baltic Sea Region.
>It is astonishing, really, that recycling swimming‑pool water has never been systematically tested before. In this sense, the pilot in Braniewo – set up by the local municipal administration in cooperation with the Gdańsk University of Technology – is a true pioneering achievement, with encouraging results.
>A pilot project on Bornholm demonstrates how forward-looking water recycling for agricultural use can succeed with well-established technologies. Even more importantly, it has sparked significant momentum in Denmark’s national policy debate.
>After several droughts, it became clear that the municipality of Kalmar in Sweden urgently needed a new water strategy. The other important conclusion was that in order to develop it quickly, everyone should just get down to work and test out alternatives. Here is a report from a place where there is a lot going on and everything is flowing in the right direction.
>At the first of two WaterMan Roundtables in Brussels on 16 January 2025, the discussion flowed openly and directly: Do we need specific water-recycling regulations for Europe’s humid regions? And to which extent can the existing EU Water Reuse Regulation (2020/741) be stretched to support other use cases, beyond its agricultural focus? It was the beginning of a dialogue with ambitions reaching well beyond policy detail.
>Registration Open for the Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) 2025 in Sopot!Theme: Securing the Future: Stronger Together – Building Stability in Times of Uncertainty We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), […]
>Euroregion Baltic Strengthens Its Voice in Brussels: High-Level Discussions on Disinformation and Regional Security On 20–21 May 2025, representatives from Denmark, Sweden, and Poland gathered in Brussels at the invitation of Leszek Bonna, President of ERB, for a two-day meeting held under the presidency of the Pomorskie Region. The event took place in the symbolic […]
>The Security of the Baltic Sea and the Region in the Face of New Challenges – this was the topic of a panel discussion organized by the Youth Board of the Euroregion Baltic on 14 April 2025 during the Local Trends Self-government Financial Congress in Sopot. The debate was moderated by Jakub Hamanowicz, Chair of […]
>We are pleased to announce that the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2025 will take place in Pomorskie Region (Gdańsk/Gdynia/Sopot) in Poland, in October 2025. Registration will open soon, and we encourage you to save the date: • Date: 29-30 October 2025 • Venue: Gdańsk/Gdynia/Sopot, (final venue to be confirmed in due time) • Registration: Opens in […]
>[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”25″ gal_title=”ERB Executive Board Meeting in Gdańsk”] Representatives from the Danish, Swedish, and Polish regions gathered in Gdańsk on February 17-18, 2025, to launch the Euroregion Baltic (ERB) agenda for the upcoming year. Over the course of the two-day meeting, key issues were discussed, including the priorities set by the Pomorskie Voivodeship for its […]
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