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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 […]

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.

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

Second call for proposals in the INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme attracted as many as 212 project concept notes covering all ll themes of the Programme priorities “innovation” (98 concept notes), “natural resources” (67) and “sustainable transport” (47). The majority of the concept notes were submitted by project lead applicants from Finland (60), Germany (41), […]

Lithuanian partners of the INTERREG South Baltic Programme are looking for an Information Officer for the Programme’s Regional Contact Point in Vilnius. More information on the employment offer and requirements can be found in this link.

The South Baltic Programme launched a seed money call. Providing funding for project development activities, seed money can help applicants to develop a full project concept for submission under the 3rd call for proposals between 2 November 2016 and 16 December 2016 or later. The deadline for the submission of seed money applications is 17 […]

On 9th May 2016 the South Baltic Programme has launched the 2nd call for proposals. Once again the call will be open to beneficiaries targeting all five Priority Axes. The call will continue until 17th June 2016. For more details about the current call please read the attached call announcement. For the complete 2nd call […]

On 26-27 April 2016 in Kalmar, Sweden the delegates to the Monitoring Committee (MC) of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020 met to discuss the results of the the 1st call for proposals. Following in-depth and detailed analysis of each of the 27 proposals, they decided to approve 10 projects for funding.

A match-making seminar between Russian and Swedish municipalities is taking place in Kaliningrad on 28-29th April 2016. The goal of the seminar organised by ICLD (Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy) is to rekindle cross-border cooperation on the local level by identifying common challenges in the field of energy/environment and inclusion of people with disabilities and […]

Under the Polish presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Ministry of Economic Development of Poland invites to the conference entitled “INTERREG changes the Baltic Sea Region. Stories that inspire”. The conference is scheduled to take place on 23-24 May 2016 Gdańsk, Poland at the European Solidarity Centre. The conference is organised […]