Highlights
Tuesday, 26 June 2018 10:19
Baltic Sea region as a design comfort zone for seniors
Written by Anna Gałyga and Beata Fabisiak
Despite the progressing age of communities in the Baltic Sea region, needs of the elderly are not being sufficiently addressed by producers of furniture and home equipment. In the project BaltSe@nior, co-financed by Interreg Baltic Sea Region, by developing prototypes of intelligent furniture and upgrading design trends, companies are offered thriving opportunities to develop more suitable products for the elderly. Transnational cooperation that increases the comfort of life of seniors and at the same time fosters a more competitive Europe drew the attention of EU Commissioner Corina Crețu, who recently paid a visit to the project.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:30
Jointly creating sustainable products from a shared sea
Written by Ute Kolley and Stefanie Maack/Interreg Baltic Sea Region MA/JS and Kamila Zalesiak/SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth
Red algae growing in the Baltic Sea are the special feature of facial creams in the Estonian cosmetics line Berrichi. But what’s more, it is the first product developed with the support of the Interreg-funded expert network ALLIANCE. The ALLIANCE is a European cooperation project and a flagship of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region. It brings together blue biotechnology actors from around the Baltic Sea to create new products and services.
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Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:59
Flagship projects FAMOS, STM Validation and WINMOS II - together for safer and more efficient shipping in the Baltic Sea
Written by Emmi Huvitus, Chief Project Manager, WINMOS II
The Baltic Sea is a special region in many ways. It is one of the busiest maritime areas in the world, it is also one of the largest brackish water areas in the world and has a very sensitive and unusual combination of freshwater and ocean species, and it is surrounded by nine countries which all work hard on holistic regional collaboration.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 13:53
How to communicate EUSBSR as simple as possible but not simpler?
Written by Let's communicate! project
Most of us have probably thought about the question in the title. For this reason, "Let’s communicate!" project wanted to address this particular question in one of the seminars at the EUSBSR Annual Forum. The seminar highlighted some common challenges stakeholders had identified in a survey conducted by the project and aimed at showing through concrete examples that challenges can be solved. In addition, the seminar was an opportunity to plan the communications of the upcoming 10th Anniversary of the EUSBSR.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2018 10:30
EUSBSR Flagship status - what does it mean for a project?
Written by Let's communicate! project
In April, new Flagships were approved in the National Coordinators' meeting. We asked two of the newly approved Flagships what the status means to them.
Monday, 07 May 2018 11:08
CBSS Baltic Sea Science Day 2018: Joint Mapping of the Research Cooperation Patterns
Written by Zane Šime, Communication & Research Coordinator, CBSS
The 2nd CBSS Baltic Sea Science Day was an integral part of the 5th Baltic University Programme Rectors´ Conference. The overall gathering demonstrated that sustainability and prosperity of the Baltic Sea Region is being developed on the basis of an inclusive dialogue on research-intensive sectors. Baltic University Programme is committed to align such efforts with UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this regard the CBSS Baltic 2030 Action Plan comes to the fore as the key reference point in the Baltic Sea Region setting. Baltic Science Network findings testify that functional proximity requires extensive discussions among research experts on their niche profiles and potential…