Highlights

Project platform is a relatively new concept: the first platforms started in 2018. As the first platforms are about to finalise, it is a good time to look back and think about lessons learnt. Agnieszka Ilola from BSR Water platform shared her experiences.

Can we make an impact on urban regeneration with something as seemingly intangible as culture? The fourteen partners of EUSBSR Flagship UrbCulturalPlanning in nine partner countries certainly think so.

Ambitious visions, innovations and cooperation are needed in the transport sector to address emerging challenges and reach EU goals. Policy Area Transport share insights about the future direction of transport in the context of EUSBSR.

The prosperity of the Baltic Sea Region is strongly dependent on efficient, affordable and sustainable cross-border connections within the region and beyond. “A high standard of transport is an important factor in contributing to the development of foreign trade and international exchange of services and knowledge,” says PA Transport Coordinator Algirdas Šakalys.

Flagship project CASCADE – Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate Adaptation and Development brings together civil protection specialists and climate change adaptation experts. The flagship status is a recognition for CASCADE’s aims to improve urban resilience in cities and towns in the Baltic Sea Region, as well as the overall macro-regional resilience and CASCADE now operates as a pilot example for cross-sectoral cooperation in the region.

Seed money is funding to help plan and prepare bigger projects, such as EUSBSR Flagships. Get to know one seed money experience by LISA, an initiative to establish a flagship process for the Policy Area Transport, and how they have succeeded to plan activities despite the pandemic.