The Baltic Sea Region: on its way to the world’s first EcoRegion?

Final Conference

Gdynia, Poland, 16 November 2011

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The Baltic21 EcoRegion project

Objective

TO DEVELOP THE BALTIC SEA REGION INTO THE WORLD‘S FIRST ECOREGION WHERE ECONOMICAL GROWTH GOES HAND IN HAND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

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Basic Facts• Funding Programme: Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007–2013• Number of partners: 22 from all BSR countries• Lead partner: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation

and Nuclear Safety, Germany• Total budget: 2.983.056 EUR

· ERDF Budget: 2.151.667 EUR· Norwegian Budget 104.250 EUR· Partners own contribution: 727.139 EUR

• Duration: 36 months (January 2009–January 2012)

• CBSS Baltic 21 Lighthouse Project

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Project partners1) Policy • German Ministry for the Environment,

Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety• CBSS Baltic 21 Secretariat

2) Sectors • Forest: Swedish Forest Agency • Tourism: University of Greifswald • Industry: Baltic University Programme• Agriculture: Julius Kühn-Institute • Energy: Maritime Institute Gdansk • Spatial Planning: University of Gdansk • Transport: University of Gothenburg• Education: Norwegian Directorate of

Education and Training

3) 10 Model EcoRegions• City of Lahti• Region Zealand• Region Darss• Region Soltau-Fallingbostel with

LWK Niedersachsen• County of Ludwigslust• County of Kronoberg with City of Växjö• City of Tallinn• City of Riga• City of Kaunas• Province of Akershus

4) Associated Partners from Russia• City of Petrozavodsk• Immanuel Kant University Kaliningrad

20 partners from around the Baltic Sea turn SD into practice!

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Database

·showing almost 200 good practices and contact points

·Free of charge and online available at

www.baltic-ecoregion.eu

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Perspectives

Thematic periodicals on selected sustainable development issues, e.g. tourism, territorial cohesion, innovation and education for sustainable development, energy and transport, sustainable agriculture

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CBSS Strategy on Sustainable Development 2010-2015

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EcoRegion Findings

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Thank you for attention

www.baltic-ecoregion.eu

The Baltic Sea Region: on its way to the world’s first EcoRegion?

Final Conference

Gdynia, Poland, 16 November 2011