Interreg South Baltic Programme seeks to stronger involve local, regional & non-governmental stakeholders as well as academia in the programming process. Euroregion Baltic, a Lead Partner of the ”Umbrella – Boosting cross-border cooperation capacities of local actors in the South Baltic Sea” project decided to become an active part of this process. Between October and December 2020 ERB/Umbrella project organised:
- Four thematic focus group workshops
•Blue & green growth
•Energy transition & connectivity
•Sustainable & innovative tourism –and cultural heritage
•Building civil & more inclusive society
- Umbrella project final conference on 2.12.2020 with a panel called: South Baltic Programme – Future. Speakers:
- Niels Chresten Andersen, Regional Municipality on Bornholm
Introduction of the panel. South Baltic programme 2021-27 – state of art
- Dominika Butkiewicz, Head of the Joint Secretariat of South Baltic Programme
Proposed Priority Axes and specific objectives of the next Interreg South Baltic Programme
- Anna Drążek, Director of the Pomorskie EU Office in Brussels, ‘Pomorskie in the EU’ Association
- Jens Masuch, GA-MA Consulting
Input on the future of the South BalticProgramme given by the Umbrella beneficiaries summary – report
- Direct consultations with the representatives of the Council of Non-Governmental Organizations of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (ROPWWM) and request to provide their written feedback
Organisations actively involved in the process – their representatives took part in the 4 thematic focus group workshops:
1. BMUC Innovation & Development, Member of the Offshore Center Bornholm, Denmark
2. Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden, Sweden
3. Municipality of Västervik, Sweden
4. Symbiosis Kalundborg, Denmark
5. Baltic Tech Park, Klaiped, Lithuania
6. Warmia and Masuria University, Centrum Biogospodarki i Energii Odnawialnych (CBEO), Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Poland
7. Pomorskie Voivodeship, Economic Development Department, Energy Efficiency office, Poland
8. Baltic Institute for Regional Affairs, Gdynia, Poland
9. Western Ships Agency (legal name in Lithuanian language UAB ,,Vakarų laivų agentai”) , Lithuania
10. Gate 21, NGO, Albertslund, Denmark
11. “Pomorskie in the European Union” Association, Gdańsk, Poland
12. Klaipeda Association of Communities, Lithuania
13. Roskilde University, Denmark
14. Municipality of Kalmar, Sweden
15. Municipality of Guldborgsund, Denmark
16. Kalmar County Museum, Sweden
17. New Competence Center., Gdańsk, Poland
18. Netport Karlshamn , Sweden
19. Rotorwerk, consulting company, Germany
20. European Solidarity Center Gdansk, Poland
21. DIALOG Association, Poland
22. Water Users Partnership Oskarshamn, Sweden
23. Kalmar County Administrative Board, Sweden
24. Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN), Poland
25. Gdansk Water (Gdanskie Wody sp. z o.o) , Poland
26. Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management in Olsztyn, Poland
27. Masuria Entrepreneurship Agency, Poland
28. Leibnitz Institute of Farmed Animals Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany
29. Linneus University of Kalmar, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Sweden
30. Region Kalmar County, Sweden
31. Municipality of Karlskrona, Sweden
32. Oskarshamn Municipality, Sweden
33. Bornholms Museum, Denmark
34. Museum Lolland-Falster, Denmark
35. Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Gdańsk, Poland
36. Tourism Associiation Vorpommern, Germany
37. The Coastal Union Germany (EUCC-D), Germany
38. University of Gdańsk, Poland
39. CSE Światowid, Elbląg, Poland
40. CittaSlow cities, Olsztyn, Poland
41. Pomorskie Tourism Board, Gdańsk, Poland
