Strategically important projects, networks and events in the STRING-region

Stefan Musiolik/ Dr. Kaarina Williams (as of 15 April 2009)

RESEARCH

European Spallation Source (ESS) and Swedish/Nordic Baltic Synchrotron (MAX IV) in Lund/Copenhagen
European X-Ray Laser Project (XFEL) in Hamburg: Building a scientific cluster

Building a Science and Innovation Cluster in life science/health pharmaceuticals, energy/climate/environment, technology/ICT/new materials with the aim to develop a wider network of a Baltic Science Link for a better East-West Balance and a Science corridor from Oslo to Hamburg.

STRING-Partners: SC (Scania; Universities Lund/Copenhagen), HH (Hansestadt Hamburg; DESY), SH (Schleswig-Holstein; Kiel University)


Scan Balt (Borderless Biotech)

This project was initially financed by the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG IIIB Neighbourhood Programme (BSR IIIB NP) and continues to exist as a network of networks that promotes the development of a ScanBaltBioRegion as a globally competitive Meta biotech-region. 11 countries and 60 universities are members. Sub-projects such as the ScanBalt Campus and the ScanBalt Academy aim to become a European model case for transnational and transsectoral institution building in education, research and development.

STRING-Partners: SH, HH (Norgenta Life Science Agency), SC (Medicon Valley Academy), Öresund Science Region, Copenhagen Capacity, Technical University of Denmark


Science Parks and Centres Network

This project is being developed as a proposal to the INTERREG IVB Baltic Sea Region Programme (IVB BSRP) and aims at the establishment of a network of Science Parks in the BSR. Objective: To foster linkages between industry and universities, settlement of university spin-offs and research-based companies

STRING-Partners: SH (Kiel Business Development Corporation), SC (Lund)


Øresund Nano Network

The project was initially financed by the INTERREG IIIA Øresund-Programme and continues to exist with the aim of fostering innovation, education, research in Nanotechnology.  Nano Øresund brings together and promotes the nano resources in the Øresund region. It is a network organisation concentrating on intensifying the commercial development of nanotechnology in the Øresund region.

STRING-Partners: SC (Lund University), Capital Region (CR; Copenhagen University, Technical University Denmark, Greater Copenhagen Authority), RZ (Region Zealand; possible partner in IVA-programme period)

Maritime Issues

Baltic Master II

This project is financed under the INTERREG IVB Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-13 and comprises 31 partners and 16 associated partners. The partnership consists of a wide variety of actors ranging from local and regional authorities to research institutes, national authorities, international and Pan Baltic organisations. The project aims to improve maritime safety by integrating and bringing forward local and regional perspectives. This includes measures to improve the prevention and the preparedness for ship accidents.

STRING-Partners: SC (County Administrative Board, Scania Region), Danish Emergency Management Agency Bornholm, Municipality of Bornholm


LogVas dynamics (See Infrastructure, Transport, Logistics)


Northern Maritime University – NMU

This project is financed by the INTERREG IVB North Sea Programme but has also applied in the IVB BSRP (1. call) and might re-submit later during programme period 2007-13. The central aim is to strengthen the maritime business sector and to increase its capacity for innovation to exploit the growth potentials in the field of the global maritime transport through the development of common Masters Curricula.

STRING-Partners: SH (Universities of Applied Sciences Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg), SC (Maritime University Malmö), HH (Hamburg University of Technology),


Green Ferries

The project is applying within the IVB BSRP (2. call). The overall aim of the project is to launch environmentally infrastructure measures like shoreside electricity for ships and to increase the use of gas in shipping. Investments are shoreside electricity in port and on board, Liquid Natural Gas fuel supply in port and new gas powered ships.

STRING-Partners: SC (Municipality of Trelleborg, Port of Trelleborg), SH (Public Utility Lübeck, Hanseatic City of Lübeck), Further partner: HELCOM


BSSSC-Working Group “Maritime Policy“

The Working Group on Maritime Policy has been established with the aim to bundle and formulate the interests of the Baltic Sea regions in maritime policy and organize relevant political support. Currently there is strong participation from the STRING-regions. The basis of the activities is the final declaration of the Kiel Conference on Maritime Policy in 2006 and its commitment to develop the Baltic Sea region into Europe’s maritime best practice region by 2015. The Working Group wants to contribute to the implementation on the regional level. Main objectives are:
·    Clean Baltic Shipping
·    Prosperous maritime economy
·    Mutual benefit by cooperation and exchange
·    A strong regional voice

STRING-Partners: SH (Chairman), RZ, SC, HH (observer)

HEALTH

BSR e-health

This project was financed by the BSR IIIB Neighbourhood Programme and aimed to create modern health care systems by building up modern structures and implementing e-Health solutions to make ‘health for all’ possible. Thereby the project partners contributed to optimise the cross-border medical care and to improve the quality of medical care.

STRING-Partners: SH (AOK, County of Bad Segeberg, Ev.-Luth Diakonissenanstalt FL, Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Consumer Protection of the Land SH) SC (Scania Management of the Health and Medical Services Department, Scania Economic Development and Innovation)


ICT for Health

The project is applying within the IVB BSRP (2. call). The overall aim of the project is that citizens with chronic diseases and medical professionals in the partner regions have the capacity and knowledge as well as the acceptance to use eHealth technologies in prevention and treatment by the year 2012.

The project analyses the impact of the ageing population on the health care systems
and identifies and shares strategies in raising the capacity to utilise eHealth in
prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. The findings will be widely disseminated
in a Transnational Discussion Round with stakeholders from policy, health sector and
industry from the BSR.

STRING-Partners: SH (University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, Lübeck University, Institute for Cancer Epidemiology, Diakonissenanstalt Flensburg, District of Segeberg, Gesundheitsforum Segeberg, Schleswig-Holsteinische Krebsgesellschaft), SC  (Hässleholm Hospital)


ARAB Health

ARAB Health is the second largest health trade fair of the world in Dubai.

STRING-Partners: SH, HH (Norgenta Life Science Agency SH/HH)

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

BSSSC-conference 2009

BSSSC Annual conference on climate change and sustainable energy in Ringsted/DK in October 2009 


IRMA Clim

This project plans to apply in an INTERREG IVA-programme in the Fehmarnbelt Region and focuses on Climate Change and sustainable Development.

STRING-Partners: SH (Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and rural Areas of the Land SH), RZ (University of Roskilde)

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Atlas

This project has merged with Baltic Haz Control (BSR IIIB NP).

STRING-Partners: SH (Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and rural Areas of the Land SH), Danish Regions

TOURISM

Cooperation between “Wonderful Copenhagen” and Hamburg Tourism

STRING-Partners: CR, HH

Monkway
Preparation of a tourism route from Trondheim to Utrecht along the old monkways (IV A project)

STRING-Partners: SH, SC

INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS

Hanseatic Logistician

This project was financed by the BSR INTERREG IIIB NP Programme and developed a new certificate for continuing education in seaport and seaport-related logistics with the goal of creating a universal vocational certificate with practical application for all logisticians – from skilled labourer to university level.

STRING-Partners: HH, SH


LogVAS dynamics

This project applied to the IVB BSRP 2007-13 (1. Call) and has the full title “Logistics and dynamics Value Added Service Development at Port Locations in the BSR”. The project is planning to re-submit the proposal. The Baltic Sea region is a very fast developing and dynamic region. However, this development will only have a significant benefit for the ports, if the ports do not serve as water gates only, but also create value added services on the goods handled.

STRING-Partners: SH, HH


TransBaltic

This Project shall be financed by the IVB BSRP 2007-13. Based on the inheritance of III B transport projects, the joint actions need to identify transport-related barriers to sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region build a common vision and strategy aimed at harmonisation of present networks and regulations, and to point out necessary investments in order to bridge over the high segmentation of the transport system in the Region because of the impact of the national borders. The project is a partnership between 26 regional authorities and organisations around the Baltic Sea with the support of National Ministries and pan-Baltic organisations. It is an initiative of Region Skåne and is built on the work done prior in pan-Baltic organisations and already completed transnational transport-related projects in the region. The aim is to implement a multimodal transport strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

STRING-Partners: SC, RZ, HH

SCANDRIA – a new European Development Corridor

This project applied in the IVB BSRP 2007-2008 (1. Call) and has re-submitted in the 2. Call. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt will develop a broad European cooperation with the title SCANDRIA:  a north-south corridor from Stockholm to Oslo via Berlin to the Adriatic Sea. The plan is to develop Interreg IV B projects in two steps: 1. better transport connections and logistics, 2. marketing and lobbying.

STRING partners: SC, RZ, Swedish Road Administration  


Infrastructure, culture- and city development in the Öresund region (IBU)

Infrastructure – and city development in the Öresund region (IBU) is a project proposal within the Öresund programme Interreg IV A. IBU is a continuation on ÖRIB II and contains three main parts; Fehmarn Belt and Helsingborg-Helsingör fixed links; the Öresund region as an infrastructural hub; ÖRIB – strategies for infrastructure- and settlements in the Öresund region.

STRING partners: SC,CR

GROWTH

BaltFood

This project is financed by the IVB BSRP 2007-13. BaltFood integrates local, regional and national food cluster organisations in six countries around the Baltic Sea into one food cluster. The cooperation focuses on enhancing the competitiveness of the BSR food industry to become the European source for valuable and affordable food products. This project can serve as a model for strategic project development.

STRING-Partners: SC (Skane Food Innovation Network; University of Lund), SH (Lübeck Business Development Corporation, University of Applied Sciences Lübeck), HH (City of HH), RZ (Roskilde University/ Öresund Food Network)

LABOUR MARKET & SOCIAL DIMENSION

Baltic Sea Labour Network - BSLN

This project is financed by the IVB BSRP 2007-13. In order to make the Baltic Sea region an attractive place to invest, work & live in (strategic objective of INTERREG IV BSR), actors working on labour marked issues came to the conclusion that the already existing interregional labour market in the BSR has more potential as presently utilised. The interregional labour market is handled by national labour policy actors and stakeholders, which are insufficiently organised on the transnational level. But to realise the „Lisbon-Strategy“ – a strengthening of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness - as well as the „Gothenburg-Agenda“, focusing on sustainable development, joint pan-Baltic strategies to organise the Baltic labour market dimension are required. Innovative concepts and solutions for the labour market are most essential preconditions to enable the global competitiveness as well as to enhance the identity and attractiveness of the BSR in future.

STRING-Partners: SH, HH, CR

FURTHER PROJECTS COVERING FEHMARN BELT BRIDGE

New Bridges

This project is financed by the IVB BSRP 2007-13. Regions and municipalities are the key actors in managing urban-rural interactions and their impacts on quality of life. The conditions for urban-rural interactions are dependent on developments both at micro (individual) and at macro (planning) levels. These parallel processes are of specific relevance in the key pillars of quality of life in urban-rural context: (1) residential preferences (2) mobility & accessibility and (3) provision of services. Due to the lack of coherent policies, strategies and their implementation these developments may have negative impacts not only on sustainable regional development, but also on quality of life and thus to the attractiveness of the particular region. Due to this the individual perspective need to be systematically analyzed and introduced to the planning processes throughout the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). The project is based on the MORO-process and the Subproject: “Brückenschlag – Entwicklungskorridor Fehmarnbeltquerung”.

STRING-Partners: SH, HH


Regional Management

This is an approved project within the INTERREG IVA Fehmarnbeltregion-programme. Goals are: Establishing a Fehmarnbelt-Committee and a regional office, Fehmarnbelt- conferences with general and/or thematic focus, Appointing a Fehmarnbelt-Ambassador.

STRING-Partners: RZ, SH


Cultural Bridge

This project is a proposal to the INTERREG IV A Fehmarnbeltregion-programme. It is supported by the cultural initiative of Uffe Andreasen, Attachés for Culture, DK-Embassy Berlin.

STRING-Partners: RZ, SH


Meta-Region Building

This project is an idea from Hamburg which aims at fostering the development of a proposal to the IVB BSRP 2007-13 (3rd call?). Here the possibility to integrate partners from outside the STRING-region exists: Syddanmark, Jutland, Easter Norway County Network, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin…

Other relevant networks

Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation (BSSSC)
HH (Chairman), RZ (Organiser Annual Conference 2009), SH, SC

BSSSC-Working Group “Maritime Policy“
STRING-Partner: SH (Chairman), RZ, SC, HH (observer)

Fehmarnbelt Committee

Fehmarnbelt Business Council

Parliamentary Forum Southern Baltic Sea
SH, HH, SC (new), West Pomerania, Pomerania, Kaliningrad

Abbreviations

CR: Capital Region Denmark FBBC: Fehmarnbelt Business Council FBC: Fehmarnbelt Committee HH: Hamburg RZ: Region Zealand SC: Scania SH: Schleswig-Holstein BSR IIIB NP: Baltic Sea Region INTERREG IIIB Neighbourhood Programme 2000-2006 IVB BSRP: INTERREG IVB Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013