Lab-ammattikorkeakoulu Oy
Country: FI
Partner budget: 170.433 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 127.825 EUR ERDF
P4 Skilled and socially inclusive region
4.2. More aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region
Central Baltic
01.03.2018 - 30.11.2020
414.133 EUR
319.940 EUR ERDF
Crea-RE aligns and produces contents on resource-efficiency to be used in environmental vocational education and training programmes (VET) in a partnership consisting of: Lahti University of Applied Sciences (FI), the University of Gävle (SWE) and the University of Latvia (LV).
The project aims at aligning and producing learning content to be used in higher environmental VET studies; 2) Producing a channel to share aligned materials; 3) Implementing joint innovative cooperation between companies and higher VET to ensure better matching work opportunities of sustainable business. The activities enable the creation of the holistic view of students and companies in the theme of resource efficiency and circular economy. Working with resource efficiency requires international cooperation due to needed holistic perspective. The joint learning materials developed in the project bring required perspective and improve VET in CB area. All partners bring their own expertise to the activities.
The main project result will be the creation of an aligned curricula content, on "Resource efficiency and circular economy" and it will be implemented in 3 higher VET institutions in the CB region. The result is achieved through the creation of 10 ETCS of aligned curricula content,an E-learning web portal to share the aligned curricula content and 12 practical case studies for companies in international student groups.
Country: FI
Partner budget: 170.433 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 127.825 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 150.300 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 112.725 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 93.400 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 79.390 EUR ERDF
As the main result of the project, 10 ECTS of curricula content, learning package "Resource efficiency and circular economy" was created and aligned. The content is implemented in three higher VET institutions: Lab University of Applied Sciences in Finland, University of Gävle in Sweden and University of Latvia.
Project developed online learning materials for the course in amount of 12-20 ECTS. Learning materials are in the form of Power Point presentations, videos, electronic student tasks or course literature in electronic forms. The learning materials are placed on study environment LAB MOOC where they are freely available for students and teachers.
The project brought benefit to students through the production and testing of joint learning materials and thereby, supported integration of the CB labor market. The mode of operation in the project, especially case studies, provided the opportunity to improve the understanding of resource efficiency and circular economy from a wider perspective. For better employability in the future, also experiences on intercultural working, different cultures and languages and ICT skills are needed and these competences were improved throughout this project.
The transnational value in working with different methods gave the companies new ideas not only from students with fresh ideas, but also from students from foreign cultures and different perspectives. This kind of multicultural way of acting was beneficial especially when the information was shared, and new ideas were innovated.
As an additional value, the Russian partner ITMO university was able to participate in the project with funding from the Swedish Institute (Crea-RE-RU). This gave the project an opportunity to produce more learning materials, visit Russia and to do 4 additional case studies.
More information about the project can be found on project webpage from here.
P1 Competitive economy
1.2. More entrepreneunial youth
Central Baltic
01.01.2018 - 30.04.2021
1.397.046 EUR
1.099.996 EUR ERDF
DigiYouth project aims to develop entrepreneurship and cross-border cooperation skills of Estonian, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish youngsters (aged 14–19) by supporting the creation of start-up type student companies focused on digital products, services and solutions. From each country 2 to5 schools, teacher teams and a network of mentors will be engaged. Student companies generate IDEAs and develop business plans and their product/service into a PROTOTYPEs. Finally they engage in marketing and SALES. by participating in national and regional hackathons, robotics, start-up, business idea and innovation competitions etc. they get inspired by existing regional competence.
A clear focus on digital technologies enables to devote more time to product development and raise awareness to the multitude of entrepreneurial opportunities and career choices related to digital technologies. Integration of project activities into everyday school work brings education closer to working life and the needs of the economy. It also saves students´ time, provides teachers with valuable teamwork experiences and ensures sustainability.
During the project, 40 cross-border student companies will be established to build connections for the future. 220 pupils from 4 Central Baltic countries will gain experience in international business communication and the startup world . 45 teachers and mentors will be trained to mentor cross-border student companies, a cross-border network of schools and partners (entrepreneurs, incubators, startup communities) will be created to facilitate and support the work of student companies, and a 3-semester study module on digital entrepreneurship for general education will be developed and tested.
Country: EE
Partner budget: 429.405 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 360.700 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 460.977 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 341.123 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 28.552 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 21.129 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
http://peda.net/rauma/rauman-lukio
Partner budget: 28.552 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 21.129 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 232.412 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 195.226 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
http://www.campusgotland.uu.se/
Partner budget: 217.147 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 160.689 EUR ERDF
The project targeted the creation of cross-border student companies (business simulations).
The project defined the student company as “a group of pupils from at least 2 project countries who go through a product/service development and business simulation process during 2–3 half-years (60–90 hours) using start-up methods”.
Altogether, 41 joint student companies with different product or service were established, of which 17 during the 1st round of activities and 24 during the 2nd round. The principles in creating a team were set as at least 3 members and at least 2 different country representatives in a team to guarantee its international aspect.
The project succeeded to involve 221 pupils (age 14-19) into project activities.
All these pupils did not participate in activities from start till the end, as some cancelled their participation meanwhile because of different reasons - change of school, lack of time and other personal reasons. Still, all of them got an overview and experience of the joint work, feeling of belonging, teamwork and cooperation, design thinking exercises and other Project activities that enhanced their knowledge on entrepreneurship, competitiveness, regional cooperation and the Program.
The thematic area where student companies were created was determined as “digital products”, i.e., learning and gaming solutions; 3D, visual programming; robotics; low- and high-tech art and craft; mobile apps; hardware programming and IoT; communication solutions/platforms; digitally supported services
In addition to participating pupils, more than 40 teachers and mentors from 4 countries were trained to mentor the cross-border student companies.
Based on feedback of the participants, additionally to broader scale influences, already now many friendships have been created and kept, new ideas further developed, entrepreneurship has been chosen as a way of life and future profession.
Radio KUKU interview with project manager Ardo Rohtla (in Estonian)
Vanalinna kooli õpilased alustasid rahvusvahelist koostööd
How to reach kids outside TikTok – Latvian success stories on engaging the youth (17.12.2020)
Jaunieši prezentēs savas digitālā biznesa idejas (interreg.lv; 26.11.2020)
Jauniešu uzņēmums aicina atbalstīt pūļa finansējuma piesaistē (ventasbalss.lv; 17.02.2021)
P3 Well-connected region
3.2. Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development
Archipelago and Islands
01.12.2017 - 31.05.2021
1.479.085 EUR
1.140.184 EUR ERDF
Small boat ports located in the Baltic Sea are fascinating for both national and international visitors; many of them, explore the area using small leisure boats. As members of HELCOM, the countries around the Baltic Sea aim to reduce the release of latrine sewage from boats into the sea. Moreover, the possibility of emptying latrine sewage from leisure boats can be considered a fundamental service for boaters, which, when neglected, has a crucial impact on boaters’ comfort. However, this service suffers from lack of easily accessible and functional sewage pump-out stations, non-harmonized sewage collecting equipment and lack of easily accessible information regarding location and functionality of pump-out stations.
To provide boating tourists with better sewage collecting services, BATSECO-BOAT aims to improve the capacity and service level of latrine sewage collection in small boat ports in Estonia, Finland and Sweden. Within the project framework,a strategy containing cross-regional guidelines to inform decision-making on this issue will be developed. This strategy will be based on information about i) institutional landscape and legislation, ii) traffic flow of leisure boats, iii) operation costs, iv) best available technology for waste handling, v) analysis of latrine sewage, and vi) estimation of sewage flows.
Digital tools and guidelines will be developed, informing local investment and the three investment packages, leading to improved services in altogether twenty Central Baltic ports. An important project output will be a document providing guidelines and lessons learnt, which can be used to replicate investments in other regions after the project completion. The project will also conduct a scoping study to create a digital map, showing the network of functional sewage collection services. This map will facilitate cross-border mobility across the Central Baltic region.
Country: FI
Partner budget: 217.318 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 162.988 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 488.114 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 366.086 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 79.833 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 59.875 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 213.804 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 160.353 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 171.317 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 128.488 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 239.307 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 203.411 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 69.392 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 58.983 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
The BATSECO-BOAT project achievements are based on making investments in altogether 11 new sewage pump-out stations, which of five are located in Finland, four in Estonia and two in Sweden. In Finland the project supported also the renovation of altogether nine old floating pump-out stations, so that those could be used for another 10 years.
At the end of project duration, the BATSECO-BOAT project has improved sewage collecting services in altogether 20 locations.
The project has produced information to support the decision making when investing in sewage collecting technologies. Reports produced by partners cover topics from recent technological assortment to chemical analyses of the sewage collected from leisure boats. In addition, the starting level of sewage collecting network before investments and analysing the legislative framework and mapping the boat traffic in Norrtälje archipelago has been covered, the latter piloting completely new way of collecting and elaborating data from AIS Class-B transmissions from leisure boats. The service costs of sewage collecting networks in Finland, Sweden and Estonia were also handled in a report.
Project website: www.batseco-boat.eu
New pump-out station locations:
Finland: Aspö, Björkö, Högsåra Kejsarhamnen, Pähkinäinen and Seili;
Sweden: Ellan and Stora Högskär;
Estonia: Eisma, Hara, Kelnase and Leppneeme
Renovated pump-out station locations: Hakkenpää, Nötö, Vänö, Borstö, Örö, Kirjainen and Velkuanmaa. Two renovated stations from Högråra (Kejsarhamnen) and Pähkinäinen will be relocated for boating season 2022. New proposed locations are Hämmarö strait in Rymättylä/Naantali and Vikom in Nauvo/Parainen.
Uusia imutyhjennyslaitteita Saaristomerelle EU-rahoituksella (2021)
Nya EU-finansierade sugtömningsanläggningar till Skärgårdshavet (2021)
Pidä Saaristo Siistinä ry asentaa taas uusia imutyhjennyslaitteita saaristoon (2021)
Seilin ja Aspön uudet kelluvat imutyhjennys laitteet paikoillaan (2020)
Seilin ja Aspön veneilijöiden palvelut kasvavat – satamiin tulee imutyhjennyslaitteet (2020)
Käymäläjätteen imutyhjennysverkosto vaatii kehittämistä (2019)
Sugtömningsnätverket längs Östersjökusten är fortfarande ett problem (2020)
P1 Competitive economy
1.3. More exports by the Central Baltic companies to new markets
Central Baltic
01.03.2018 - 31.05.2021
2.176.372 EUR
1.662.352 EUR ERDF
Novel solutions are desperately needed to prevent the global spreading of serious infections. IHMEC-project combines existing offerings to tailored indoor hygiene (IH) solutions and exports them to the Middle-East (ME) markets. The ME climate forces people to remain indoors and hence, large crowds meeting daily at e.g. shopping malls, airports, schools, and hospitals are at risk of catching infections. Although ME market holds lucrative business opportunities, they cannot be utilized by a single company or cluster. All actors involved in planning, designing, building, and furnishing indoor spaces are needed to reach effective IH results. However, most of the business actors in IH field are small or middle sized (SMEs) and lack the necessary knowledge and resources to export to host markets of considerable cultural and physical distance.
IHMEC offers a combination of local, indoor hygiene, and marketing capabilities. IHMEC creates and exports joint IH solutions of Central Baltic (CB) area SMEs into Middle-East construction markets using indoor hygiene as a competitive edge. IHMEC integrates relevant clusters from Sweden, Estonia and Finland into a meta-cluster; compiles a database on IH research, technology, and the target markets; develops, tests & tailors IH solutions; designs viable networked business models, market entry strategies & sales operations; as well as involves experts from the host markets for CB companies to enter the markets and close sales. The aim is to target customer segments with which long-term business relationships can be developed.
IHMEC novelty highlights: 1) Integrated CB region meta-cluster on indoor hygiene (IH), 2) Up-to-date knowledge data-base on IH technology and reliable test results, 3) Novel and tailored IH guidelines and IH solutions that fit the target markets, 4) Networked business models that support the export of the IH solutions, 5) Tailored market entry process to ME markets resulting in 12 export sales.
Country: FI
Partner budget: 670.797 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 502.292 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 452.850 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 339.637 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 323.840 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 242.880 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 420.106 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 315.079 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 71.708 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 60.952 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 237.072 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 201.511 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
IHMEC project aimed at creating business opportunities for Estonian, Finnish and Swedish companies at Saudi Arabian markets. The project supported number of companies from the Central Baltic region from several sectors to being able to achieve sales, raise investments and to prepare collaboration agreements.
upported companies came to the project from various business segments – water control and solutions, timber building, surface materials, cleaning chemicals, hospital equipment, furniture solutions etc. – where the common nominator for all of these was indoor hygiene solutions. Altogether 28 companies participated in the project activities.
Besides direct export market entry support, the project supported companies indirectly in entering process. The project tested several surface materials from the viewpoint of hygiene. Partners also created an indoor hygiene databank (indoorhygine.fi) to illustrate and distribute information about the indoor hygiene, its importance, and possibilities. Knowledge of companies’ products from the perspective of indoor hygiene can be a selling point when entering to the market.
COVID19 pandemic shook the world when the project was in halfway of the implementation. This unfortunate situation brought plenty of new opportunities for the companies in the field of indoor hygiene. The importance of the project increased, new contacts were created and media attention was received.
The project resulted in indoor hygiene solutions which can be exported in Saudi Arabian markets. By the end of the project, IHMEC actors have reached altogether two (2) sales, two (2) distributor agreements, one (1) non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and two (2) memorandums of understanding (MoU) in the field of indoor hygiene.
The project produced 3D animation “indoor hygiene model space” (IHMEC Indoor Hygiene Solutions) which can be used for marketing purposes by the involved indoor hygiene cluster projects. Future export possibilities are also supported through an indoor hygiene model in room which will be created in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Indoor hygiene solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCdmQDSj6HM
Sisätilahygienian kokonaisratkaisujen vienti Saudi-Arabiaan vauhdittuu (2020)
Kampen mot mikrober med hjälp av möbler tar fart – Åbo universitet centrum för EU-projekt (2020)
IHMEC - Opening indoor hygiene SME’s exports to Middle East construction markets
Turun yliopiston hanke torjuu tartuntatauteja Saudi-Arabiassa
IHMEC assisted LED Tailor Ltd to enter into Saudi markets - article in Saudi Gazette
Salolainen Led Tailor ryhtyy viemään desinfiointilaatikkoa Saudi-Arabiaan
P1 Competitive economy
1.3. More exports by the Central Baltic companies to new markets
Central Baltic
01.04.2018 - 31.03.2022
1.178.072 EUR
917.031 EUR ERDF
China’s market is growing steadily and market demands wood products with added value. Based on expert’s research, facts show that wood sector’s export from Finland to China has grown up to 50% comparing 2015 with 2014. This shows to Estonian and Latvian companies, that wood sector export to China can be a real opportunity for them. Characteristic of all three countries shows that, they are competitive in wood sector and they have a common challenge to develop export to China. It’s clear, that the active sales are in raw materials, but the added value product demand is growing as well. The common challenge is to develop export of wood interior design products to China. The wood interior design industry consists of e.g. wood building materials, furniture, wooden doors and windows, wooden houses.Knowledge transfer, market research, visiting and participating with joint-expo booth, contact matchmaking and trade missions are a first-class opportunity for developing exports to China. The project partners from Latvia, Estonia and Finland have contacts in China and experience in export promotion activities.
Through the project, SMEs will have the opportunity to be involved directly in the main project activities in China.
The project results will be: the creation of practical trainings, market research - with long term impact. Moreover, 19 companies from all partner countries will be developing real exports through contact matchmaking events, expo visits, expo joint- booth and trade missions. The project beneficiaries are wood interior design entrepreneurs from Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Country: LV
Partner budget: 356.923 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 281.969 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 394.488 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 295.866 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 216.231 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 171.903 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 97.871 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 77.807 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 112.560 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 89.485 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
The project targeted the entry to the China’s market by CB region wood interior design industry companies. For that purpose, cluster uniting 5 partners was created. Cluster organisations from Latvia, Estonia and Finland participated.
COVID-19 pandemic had strong impact to project implementation as physical access to China was limited.
The project implemented following activities:
Lead partner webpage - project link
Project partner webpage - about the project
Puitmajaliit paneb Hiina eksportimiseks lätlastega seljad kokku
Leedo avab Hiinas puitmajade tehase
Leedo puitmajatööstus Hiinas sihib Hongkongi börsi
LTRK kopā ar uzņēmējiem dosies uz Ķīnu popularizēt kokmateriālus un to produktus
P4 Skilled and socially inclusive region
4.2. More aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region
Southern Finland - Estonia
01.03.2018 - 31.08.2021
947.952 EUR
739.757 EUR ERDF
Seafaring and maritime operations are under constant development; digitalisation, safety and renewed environmental regulations being the most significant factors requiring readiness for change from maritime education providers. The global nature of seafaring also needs for education to take place in an international context.This project aims to connect maritime simulator centers across the Baltic Sea. Simulator connectivity enables students to train within the same virtual learning environment where multi-cultural communication and teamworking are an integral part of the training.
Currently crossborder education between maritime education institutes and their simulator centres does not exist. Combining the best expertise into the project partnership, technical expertise in simulators of EMERA, specialization in simulator training structures of EKAMI, proven expertise of Xamk and Aboa Mare in simulation pedagogy and port management expertise in IVKHK enables creating joint maritime vocational education which measures up with the requirements set by labour markets.
The project will conduct a labour market investigation to elaborate on the set objectives. Then takes place the development of simulators to establish a connection between simulation centres. In parallel guidelines for harmonized simulator trainings are created. New training methods, tools, e-learning platforms and best practices for simulation pedagogy are examined. Joint education is designed and demonstrated in course pilots themed in accordance with labor market needs. Joint programmes and the learning materials developed by the project are integrated into existing curriculas. As a result, a new simulated transboundary learning environment and deepened collaboration between education institutions are created. They will in turn provide maritime, port and logistics studentswith modern education improved in quality and safety, extending the employment opportunities of the students.
Country: FI
Partner budget: 250.877 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 186.151 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 279.970 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 207.738 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 317.105 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 266.368 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 50.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 42.000 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 50.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 37.500 EUR ERDF
The project CoMET created a training programme for maritime, logistics and cargo handling. The programme includes several different entities, like cross-border simulator training program, simulator-based training, emergency procedures, watchkeeping, operation of machinery system and engineering watch and cargo handling. The training programme is based on the labour market and educational needs which were mapped in the project and published in the publication “Establishing Learning objectives for Maritime simulator training. CoMET Project Report on Maritime Educational Needs and Learning Objectives”.
Training programmes for maritime, logistics and cargo handling has been collected to online Training Manual. The Manual and contact information can be found on project webpage.
There is also a separate publication about “Methods and pedagogy of maritime simulator training. CoMET Project Report on Guidelines for Simulation Education used in Joint Training”.
Besides the training materials, the participated Maritime Simulator Centres are now connected to European Maritime Simulator Network and are enabled to cross-border seafarers’ training. Piloted joint simulator centre trainings were documented on video.
Training progammes for:
P3 Well-connected region
3.1. Improved transport flows of people and goods
Southern Finland - Estonia
01.05.2018 - 30.04.2022
2.079.872 EUR
1.656.280 EUR ERDF
Estonia and Finland are one of the most closely connected countries in Europe. Finland is the biggest foreign labour market for Estonians and Estonia is one of the most popular tourism destinations for Finns. The influx of people and goods have constantly been growing during the last decade. Projections show that these numbers are going to increaseA great deal of these passengers (approx. 60%) use public transportation, both for work and leisure. This means purchasing at least three different types of tickets – local tickets in either Helsinki, Tallinn or Tartu, and a ferry ticket. This is time-consuming.
The journey will get even more fragmented if the passengers need to travel outside the capital regions: urther destinations, such as Tartu have their local ticketing systems, which means another purchase. The e-ticketing project aims at connecting ticketing systems in Tallinn, Tartu, and Helsinki to enable seamless travelling. The project aims at talking this challenge with three interconnected actions: Firstly, the conceptual business model will to be sorted out. Secondly, the developing the system and testing it takes place. Thirdly, project partners will pilot the joint ticketing system in Tallinn, Tartu, and Helsinki.
As a result, it is expected that the time spent on travelling can be reduced approximately by 5%.
Country: EE
Partner budget: 974.553 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 818.624 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 959.140 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 709.284 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 187.394 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 159.004 EUR ERDF
Project developed a joint mobile ticket system that crosses the borders of Finland and Estonia. With the new ticket system it’s possible to buy public transport tickets for all three cities: Helsinki, Tallinn and Tartu with one app, and there is no longer need to buy a plastic card or paper ticket when traveling from another country.
Travelers from Estonia to Helsinki can use the mobile application to buy a single public transport ticket.
Holders of the Helsinki Travel Card (Matkakortti) can buy and store Tallinn and Tartu day tickets on their travel card.
Passengers can view all trip details on the websites www.pilet.ee and www.hsl.fi.
The name of the application is Pilet.ee 2020. The application is available for both iOS and Android systems.
Even without the app, the HSL Matkakort holder has the option to buy public transport day tickets for Tallinn and Tartu on their card.
Tartu tahab pakkuda Tallinna ja Helsingiga ühist ühistranspordi piletisüsteemi
Tallinn juhib Eesti ja Soome ühise transpordi piletisüsteemi projekti
Tallinn, Tartu ja Helsingi soovivad luua piletisüsteemi ristkasutust
Таллинн, Хельсинки и Тарту хотят создать единую систему продажи билетов
Тарту будет участвовать в создании единой билетной системы с Таллинном и Хельсинки
P1 Competitive economy
1.3. More exports by the Central Baltic companies to new markets
Central Baltic
01.05.2018 - 30.04.2021
1.237.054 EUR
969.377 EUR ERDF
The main aim of the cross-border cooperation project "North Star Film Alliance" is to substantially increase exports within the film production sector in Estonia, Latvia and Finland. The objective is that by the year of 2021 the region has attracted 25% more foreign film productions and that at least 65 SMEs from the region's film production sector have benefited from servicing an international production. Production in the context of this project stands for filming movies, TV series and advertisements in the Central Baltic region.
For a coherent and productive approach, the project activities have been divided into three interrelated actions - (1) benchmarking the current situation in the region's film production sector and global future trends of film production, (2) developing a comprehensive market strategy and finally (3) efficiently executing the market strategy. The underlying activity through all three phases is the cross-border cooperation between project partners and associated partners.
For reaching the set objective it is crucial to address the current need of developing and introducing the region worldwide as an acknowledged film area providing an excellent and wide array of high standards services. Combining the advantages and strengths that the three partner countries have will result in a much bigger regional impact. The volumes that can be reached by means of this cooperation are far greater than what each country separately could ever achieve. Instead of competing and duplicating investments these countries will work together to resolve joint problems under one purpose - to attract vast productions from new markets to substantially increase SMEs export in the region's film production sector.
Country: EE
Partner budget: 210.987 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 174.001 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
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Partner budget: 282.915 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 233.320 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 0 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 0 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 508.208 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 368.298 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 234.944 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 193.759 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Country: LV
Country: LV
Country: LV
The project targeted to increase exports within the film production sector in Estonia, Latvia and Finland. Production in the context of this project was defined as for filming movies, TV series and advertisements in the Central Baltic region. Within film production sector the export occurs through servicing international productions that take place in the home country.
For reaching the set objective it is crucial to address the current need of developing and introducing the region worldwide as an acknowledged film area providing an excellent and wide array of high standards services. Combining the advantages and strengths that the three partner countries have will result in a much bigger regional impact.
Project developed and executed a large-scale international marketing strategy to provide the target markets with info that the regions co-operate to provide sufficient number of crew members, different needed technology and also expertise for specific tasks needed for large scale productions. The project received positive feedback from foreign producers, especially from the North American market, who considered the region more attractive when getting to know three countries’ strengths combined as homogeneous region and providing a wide array of services with high standards for their large international productions. The high interest rate towards B2B meetings and region FAM tours when possible confirmed that volumes that can be reached in 3 countries cooperation are far greater than what each partner separately could ever achieve.
NSFA countries participated at different international film festivals and markets in Europe, Asia, and North America, created two public online presentations for the North American and Japanese market, the latter one with simultaneous translation. These events had both highly valuable attendance. Due to COVID restrictions 30 B2B companies’ meetings were arranged by the project agent in Tokyo and 24 B2B online company meetings were arranged in North American market for key players like Paramount, Warner Bros and Amazon Studios.
More than 80 SMEs participated in project activities as participating in project festival booth, agent meetings, B2B meetings or servicing the production. Since the tailormade roadshows of the project could not be executed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, showcases and B-to-B meetings partly replaced the content of roadshows and face-to-face meetings with industry professionals, which resulted with high interest in FAM tours when the travel restrictions allow. Project received several production inquiries, and one bigger scale production took place in partner country (Latvia).
Baltic film initiative gets €2m backing to target international productions (exclusive)
P4 Skilled and socially inclusive region
4.2. More aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region
Central Baltic
01.04.2018 - 30.03.2021
472.947 EUR
369.805 EUR ERDF
Various researches have shown that there is a clear lack of skilled logistics employees on all organizational levels in Central Baltic countries. The current project aims at addressing this challenge in cooperation with representatives from Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, and Latvian universities offering courses in logistics to better match the current and future needs of the Central Baltic businesses and labor markets.
The project aims at individuating which are the current and future logistic skills needed in the Central Baltic job market. These needs are consequently compared to the current, university level offering of professional, logistics education within the Central Baltic area to identify which complementary courses would equip students with these skills. Consequently, the participating universities address the emerging development needs by creating a joint study package (18 ECTS BSc and 15 ECTS MSc ) and piloting it in cooperation with Central Baltic student groups.
The project results in a better logistics education to match the needs of Central Baltic enterprises as well as in more employees possessing skills and competences needed in the labor markets. Better logistic education will also help personnel already employed in logistics companies to be more efficient and integrated in the Central Baltic labor market.
Country: SE
Partner budget: 166.752 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 125.064 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
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Partner budget: 155.252 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 116.439 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
http:\\www.lf.rtu.lv
Partner budget: 75.947 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 64.555 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
http:\\www.tktk.ee
Partner budget: 74.996 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 63.747 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Country: FI
The UniLog project improved university-level vocational training by creating a joint study package for logistics. The project developed flexible teaching materials (18 ECTS for the bachelor's level, 15 ECTS for the master's level), which can also be used in vocational training and as part of lifelong learning programs.
Bachelor level programme includes three modules:
Master level programme includes following modules:
Descriptions of both programmes can be found from the project webpage with contact information
P3 Well-connected region
3.2. Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development
Archipelago and Islands
01.02.2018 - 31.10.2020
1.730.631 EUR
1.297.973 EUR ERDF
ENDED. The Sustainable Gateways (SG) project develops small boat harbors located in national parks and nature reserves in the Finnish (4 harbors) and Swedish (3 harbors) outer archipelagoes. With the project´s support, these harbors become sustainable and attractive gateways destinations for boaters.
The project focuses on environmental sustainability, customer satisfaction, harbor operator´s business knowledge and increased regional nature-tourism and it is divided into four inter-linked work packages: 1) investments, 2) development of services and business, 3) marketing and networking and 4) environmental awareness. Investments, in the harbors,mean improved accessibility and safety thanks to increased pier capacity and better harbor planning. Environmental protection equipment such as waste water treatment and waste management facilities are updated. New service facilities will be built for visitors, e.g. saunas and service buildings. The operational development component improves the managerial skills of the harbor operators and encourages them to offer new services. This will be achieved by joint training, exchange of experiences and harbor-specific business development. Joint marketing increases visibility and attractiveness of the networked gateway harbors. Environmental information is distributed to visitors in the harbors to influence their behavior. These activities will increase mobility and nature-based tourism in the outer archipelagoes in a sustainable way.
The seven localities that the project is delevoping, will showcase sustainable and customer-oriented harbor management. In addition, the results of the project will be summarized into a Sustainable Harbor Development Manual to be used in developing other harbors with similar challenges and aims. Thus, the results may be disseminated to other harbors contributing to their development and environmental protection.
Country: FI
Partner budget: 976.917 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 732.688 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
www.skargardsstiftelsen.se, www.archipelagofoundation.se
Partner budget: 655.205 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 491.404 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 98.508 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 73.881 EUR ERDF
The Sustainable Gateways project developed a network of seven small boat harbours located in national parks and nature reserves in the Finnish and Swedish outer archipelago.
With the project support, the harbours became more sustainable and attractive for boaters, as they are well-managed destinations that offer good quality services. The project focus was on increasing environmental sustainability, customer satisfaction and harbour operators’ business knowledge.
Environmental sustainability in the ports concerned mostly preserving nature and providing better opportunities for environmental protection. Investments implemented at ports were directly related to environmental protection (such as wastewater treatment, waste collection and improved sanitation) or indirectly contributed to it. Increased service level makes the ports more attractive for visitors who will stay longer at the well-managed ports, which in turn leaves most of the natural areas protected.
As part of the project activities, the harbour entrepreneurs’ business skills were improved, and a separate business plan was developed for each harbour. Thanks to the project, the port entrepreneurs have better capabilities to make their businesses sustainable.
Furthermore, the project learnings were gathered as a publication for wider use.
Guidelines for Sustainable Harbour Development provides necessary practical guidelines for any small boat port entrepreneur to be considered when developing a harbour for leisure time visitors.
Metsähallituksen ulkosaariston satamille kehittämisrahoitusta (Turun Sanomat, 2017)
P2 Sustainable use of common resources
2.2. Sustainably planned and managed marine and coastal areas
Central Baltic
01.01.2018 - 31.12.2020
2.935.640 EUR
2.274.430 EUR ERDF
Marine and coastal areas, face similar environmental and spatial planning challenges in the Baltic Sea Region. The increasing demands of exploiting these areas are creating potential conflicts with other interest such as preservation of natural resources and ecosystem services. It is essential that different values and interests are recognized in the marine and coastal plans to reach long term sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region.
The idea of this project is to develop a holistic and inclusive approach in to the planning process, through involving stakeholders of different interests and together create sustainable marine and coastal zone plans. New methods and strategies will be developed and evaluated to visualize different values and interests and to improve local participation in order to make them more efficient and sustainable.
The main outputs from the project will be sustainable marine and coastal spatial plans for pilot areas in Åland, Latvia, Sweden and Estonia, and new tools and management strategies, guidelines and better cooperation between stakeholders regarding spatial planning. Important outputs are also innovative technical tools, such as GIS tools, web-based platforms, web and mobile applications, developed to support a transparent and inclusive planning process. In addition, these plans could lead to the creation of new jobs. Coast4us will exchange experience and knowledge with current and earlier projects, and ensure that new tools and management strategies developed in this project are transferred to other areas in the Baltic Sea Region.
Country: SE
http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/Ostergotland
Partner budget: 582.119 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 430.768 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
www.helasverige.se/ostergotland/hssl-oestergoetland/
Partner budget: 40.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 29.600 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
www.ostergotland.coompanion.se
Partner budget: 200.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 148.000 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
www. Valdemarsvik.se
Partner budget: 215.766 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 159.667 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 212.478 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 157.234 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 130.323 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 96.439 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 139.342 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 103.113 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 288.476 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 213.472 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 106.575 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 78.866 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 146.180 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 122.791 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 215.936 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 181.386 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 706 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 593 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 147.524 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 123.920 EUR ERDF
Country: LV
Partner budget: 153.000 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 128.520 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 233.486 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 196.128 EUR ERDF
Country: EE
Partner budget: 123.731 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 103.934 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Country: SE
Country: SE
Country: SE
Country: LV
Country: LV
Country: FI
Country: EE
Country: SE
The aim of the project Coast4us was to develop a holistic and inclusive approach to the spatial and community development planning process by involving stakeholders of different interests to create sustainable marine and coastal development plans at different levels, including at community grassroots level.
During this project, partners worked in three main, interlinked areas:
Mapping and assessment of values (e.g. ecological, cultural and social) as well as mapping of the present use of resources and local demands for economic development was done. Planning tools (e.g. GIS, planning IT tool, LEA and Smart City Planning) were developed i to facilitate the planning process. Meeting points, both physical and web-based, were established.
The main results of the Coast4us project were 8 sustainable development plans for pilot regions around the Baltic coast:
A key activity, and new practice developed in the project, was informal local society involvement in the planning process, inspiring and motivating people to engage and act, as well as to strengthen collaboration between local communities and local governments. In that regard capacity and skills of various NGO’s, local communities and local governments were improved regarding development planning and society involvement issues. In addition, the scientific studies put the work of the project in a broader context and pinpointed important parts of the processes.
Project results, partners experience and recommendations are available in the project story map which is available here.
The main results of the Coast4us project were 8 sustainable development plans for pilot regions around the Baltic coast. During this project, partners worked in three main, interlinked areas:
Lead Partner Website about international projects
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Tudengid pakkusid uusi ruumilahendusi
Nätundersökning om grönt Mariehamn (2020)
Susanne Vävare om kustzonplanering (Åland 2020)
Fem grönområden röstades fram som favoriter (2020, Åland)
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P3 Well-connected region
3.1. Improved transport flows of people and goods
Central Baltic
01.03.2018 - 31.08.2021
4.093.858 EUR
3.070.394 EUR ERDF
The Baltic Sea Region is in need of efficient transportation solutions. In order to optimize the flow of goods in the transport corridor between Finland and Sweden by sea, road and rail there is a need to improve the quality of maritime transportation between Finland and Sweden. The possibilities for just-in-time arrivals and departures, especially in the maritime part of the corridor, should be improved.
The EfficientFlow project is a joint Swedish - Finnish initiative that contributes at the development of two transport corridors in the Central Baltic area e.g. the corridor to and between the ports of Gävle and Rauma and the ScanMed corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The project will make the transport flow in the corridors more efficient by improved processes and new digital solutions. The project will deliver improved processes, business models and ICT tools for enhanced information exchanged between port actors, between ports, between port and hinterland operators and between ports and ships.
The results of the project will be carefully analysed and evaluated, widely disseminated and can serve as best practices for other corridors and ports in the Central Baltic area and beyond. Improving the information exchange between the two corridor actors will contribute to higher efficiency and timesaving in both corridors. This will result in reduced transport time, higher transport predictability, improved sustainability and better transport quality. The project is expected to produce a 7% time saving.
Country: SE
Partner budget: 1.541.921 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 1.156.441 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 828.164 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 621.123 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 20.532 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 15.399 EUR ERDF
Country: SE
Partner budget: 615.050 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 461.288 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 620.098 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 465.073 EUR ERDF
Country: FI
Partner budget: 468.093 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 351.070 EUR ERDF
The EfficientFlow project improved the flow of goods and passengers through the two corridors of Gävle-Rauma and Stockholm-Turku in Baltic Sea Region by implementation of Sea Traffic Management concept.
The project had two blocks of activities:
1. Port flow optimisation - development of Port Activity Application
Port Activity App™ is a digital solution for sharing information before and during a ship call to a port. The sharing of information through the app between port actors makes planning more efficient for everyone involved. For example, when it comes to operational planning, the app provides updated current and correct information about when the ship is expected to arrive, when it arrives at the quay, planned departure time and any delays, etc.
2. Ship flow optimisation
The project introduced the Flow optimization in the regular ferry traffic to improve situational awareness, facilitate higher predictability and efficiency as well as time saving and safety in the corridor. ECDISes, Portable Pilot Units and VTS systems were developed to be able to exchange routes with each other in order to very accurately calculate where in the fairway, canal or other confined water ships will be meeting each other.
The relevant information on how the “system” works can be found in the documents, links and movie clips below on the project website.
The short summary about the ship flow optimisation activities is presented in the project video.
Project website: www.efficientflow.eu
Here you can find the recording of the final project event.
Link to project website were result is displayed