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21.12.2007

Baltic Sea Programme 2007-2013 approved by the European Commission

The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 was approved by the European  Commission on 21 December 2007. The Programme document can be downloaded at http://www.eu.baltic.net/Programme_document.98.html?.

 

The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 is a cooperation of eleven  countries around the Baltic Sea. Project partners work together to find joint solutions to common problems.

 

The Programme will support transnational projects with partners from at least three different countries. Following priorities will be supported:  

• Fostering innovations

• Internal and external accessibility

• Baltic Sea as a common resource

• Attractive and competitive cities and regions

The first meeting of the Monitoring Committee will take place in Rostock on 14-15 February 2008. Decision about when the first call for project proposals is open will be taken at this meeting.

 

As a support to project idea owners the Joint Technical Secretariat will offer individual consultations for potential applicants at the Lead Applicant seminars that will take place shortly after the first call for project proposals is opened. For more information please follow  http://www.eu.baltic.net/.

 

If you are looking for project partners we also encourage you to submit your project idea and look at other ideas in the project idea database at http://www.eu.baltic.net/Project_ideas.93.html?.

28.11.2007

Working meeting of  BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat representatives and RNSC working group with participation of Belarus representatives

On 28 of November 2007, in St.Petersburg at Leontief Centre the working meeting of  BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat representatives and RNSC working group with participation of Belarus representatives was held.

On the meeting the ENPI implementation issues for further Programme Manual development for the period 2007-2013 were discussed.

Irina Karelina, RNSC Responsible  Secretary and Elena Belova, St.Petersburg Info Point of Neighbourhood Programme BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat expert participated in the meeting.

The news publication date  – 29.11.2007

 

19.11.2007

Baltic Sea Programme 2007 - 2013 newsletter, November 2007

The November issue of the newsletter from the Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Programme and the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 – 2013 is available for download here.

Highlights of the newsletter are:

• Interview with Ulla Ropponen, Territorial Cooperation Desk Officer of DG Regio

• Urban and regional cooperation in the EU and Baltic Sea region

• Outcomes of the Task force meeting on Programme Manual

• Finalised projects: MA+

• News from the programme & running projects

The news publication date  – 19.11.2007

 

16.11.2007

Public Hearings on the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme “Estonia-Latvia-Russia” of European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013

On 16 of November 2007 in St.Petersburg the Public Hearings on the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme “Estonia-Latvia-Russia” of European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 were held.

Irina Karelina, RNSC Responsible  Secretary and Elena Belova, St.Petersburg Info Point of Neighbourhood Programme BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat expert participated in the meeting.

Elena Belova has made presentation “Basic Results of Neighbourhood Programme Estonia-Latvia-Russia in 2004-2006 Realization”.

The news publication date  – 17.11.2007

 

07-08.11.2007

Task Force meeting on Programme Manual of the BSR Programme 2007-2013

On 7-8 of November 2007 in Rostock (Germany) the Task Force meeting on Programme Manual of the BSR Programme 2007-2013 was held.

Russian members of working group Valery Shahanov, Dmitry Bukin, Vladimir Skorohodov and Irina Karelina, RNSC Responsible  Secretary participated in the meeting.

Russian delegation provided proposals to Programme Manual.

The news publication date  – 09.11.2007

19.10.2007

Working Meeting of Russian National Sub-Committee BSR Interreg III B NP

On 19 of October 2007 in St.Petersburg in the framework of VI All-Russian Forum of Strategic Planning Leaders the working meeting of Russian National Sub-Committee BSR Interreg III B NP was held. 

 

Programme

List of participants

Virtual Minutes

The news publication date  – 22.10.2007

11-12.10.2007

III Annual International Conference "Cross-Border Cooperation: Russian Federation, European Union and Norway"

On 11-12 of October 2007 in Kalinigrad, Irina Karelina, Director General of Leontief Centre and RNSC Responsible Secretary has participated in the III Annual International Conference "Cross-Border Cooperation: Russian Federation, European Union and Norway ".

Irina Karelina has made presentation "BALTIC SEA PROGRAMME 2007-2013".
The news publication date  – 12.10.2007

05.10.2007

New flyer: “Facts & Figures” 2000-2006

A new flyer from the Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme is available for download here.
This publication presents “Facts & Figures” for 2000–2006.
Printed copies can be requested from Ms Liga Abika (liga.abika@bsrinterreg.net, +49 381 45484 5288).
The news publication date  – 05.10.2007

24-25.09.2007

Interreg III A Conference "United by Borders"

“United by borders” was the motto of the IIIA conference that took place in Riga on 24-25 September. The event gathered more than 400 participants from Russia, Belarus, Baltic States, and Europe. The results and future of the cross-border cooperation was on the agenda at the plenary sessions and workshops. Project exhibition displayed 99 projects supported during last 3 years.

The conference provided also an outlook into the future of cross border cooperation programmes for 2007 - 2013 for border regions of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Belarus. Programmes for Estonia-Latvia, Estonia-Latvia-Russia, Latvia–Lithuania, Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus and Central Baltic (Finland–Sweden–Estonia–Latvia) were presented.

Baltic Sea Programme 2007-2013 had an info stand and a presentation during plenary session. A new publication from the Baltic Sea programme 2001-2006 “Facts and Figures” was launched during the event to participants.

The conference materials will be soon available at www.bsrinterreg3a.net.

The news publication date  – 18.06.2007

 

21.09.2007

Baltic Sea Programme 2007 – 2013 newsletter, September 2007

The September issue of the newsletter from the Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Programme and the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 – 2013 is available for download here.

Highlights of the newsletter are:

• Impressions from the Partner Search forum, BSSSC Annual conference

• EU Environmental policy & Baltic Sea region contribution to it

• Finalised projects: Seareg

• News from the running project

The news publication date  – 21.09.2007

 

13-14.09.2007

15 BSSSC Annual Conference in Turku

15 BSSSC (Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation) Annual Conference will be held on September 13-14, 2007 in Turku, Finland. The conference is focused on Sustainable Energy and contributions to meet the threats of the climate change. The main speaker will be EU Commissionaire responsible for Energy - Mr. Andris Piebalgs.

Together with the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 a Partner Search Forum will be arranged on September 14^th.

Conference programme can be downloaded from BSSSC web page www.bsssc.com. Final date for registration is July 31^st 2007.

Registration Form

Invitation Letter

Information Letter

The news publication date  – 01.06.2007

 

12.09.2007

Meeting on Preparation of the Programme Manual

A meeting on preparation of the Programme Manual of the Baltic Sea Region Program 2007-2013 is scheduled on September 12^th, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden. It will be organized in the framework of Monitoring Committee meeting.

The news publication date  – 11.06.2007

 

11.09.2007

Monitoring Committee Meeting

The next Monitoring Committee meeting of the BSR INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Program is going to take place on September 11^th, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The news publication date  – 11.06.2007

 

August 2007

BSR Interreg IIIB Russian National Sub-Committee: Co-chairmen rotation

In August there was a rotation of Co-chairmen of RNSC. Now instead of Maximova Liana and Ruzankin Alexander Co-chairmen of RNSC became:

• Sergey Nikolaev, Head of Division for Cooperation with European Union and International Business Associations, Committee for External Relations , St. Petersburg Government (phone: +7 (812) 5766513, fax: +7 (812) 5767633, nikolaev@kvs.gov.spb.ru)

• Olga Malinovskaya, Head of the International Programs, Cross Border and Bilateral Cooperation Department, Committee on International and Regional Relations, Leningrad Oblast Government (phone: +7 (812) 2741556, fax: +7 (812) 2745986, intrel@lenreg.ru)

The news publication date  – 20.08.2007

 

09.07.2007

The second issue of the CBC information bulletin is now available on European Commission website. 

To access the bulletin, please click on the link below:
Consult the English version of the Information Bulletin - Issue #2

The news publication date  – 09.07.2007

 

06.07.2007

Baltic Sea Programme 2007 – 2013 newsletter, July 2007

The July issue of the newsletter from the Baltic Sea INTERREG III B programme and the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 – 2013 is available for download here.

Highlights of the newsletter are:

• Neighbourhood programme at full speed

• Accessibility in the EU and in the Baltic Sea region

• Finalised projects: Baltic Gateway

The news publication date  – 06.07.2007

 

12.06.2007

In Brussels a meeting of the Working group of the Baltic Sea Region Program was held

On June, 12 in Brussels a meeting of the Working group of the Baltic Sea Region Program 2007-2013 was held. In a meeting took part Shakhanov V.B (RF Ministry for Regional Development), Bukin D.V. (the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), Karelina I.A. (RNSC Responsible Secretary), V.A.Skorohodov (Tacis Local Support Office in St. Petersburg). At the meeting questions of the technical support were discussed, as well as it’s audit & control.

The news publication date  – 12.06.2007

 

08-10.06.2007

BEIDS Briefing 2007: 7^th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe was held in Lüneburg (near Hamburg, Germany)

The Nordost-Institut, Lüneburg (near Hamburg, Germany) organized the 7^th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe on June 8-10, 2007. Main Conference topic was The Baltic Region between Germany and Russia: Dependence and Independence - Past and Present. The conference featured panels in the following disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas: information and communication technology, media, education; energy and environment, geography; economics, sociology and demography, gender studies; political science, internationals relations and law; advancing Baltic studies etc.

For further information please consult the Institute’s website.

The news publication date  – 05.02.2007

 

04.06.2007

Regional Seminar of 'South-East Finland - Russia' Neighborhood Program

On June 4, 2007 in St. Petersburg the regional seminar of project participants of the Program South-East Finland - Russia, who received funding during the first and second selection procedures, with participation of Estonia-Latvia-Russia projects from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast took place. In the framework of the seminar Elena Belova (St. Petersburg InfoPoint of INTERREG III B Program) reported on main results and implementation stages of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Program.

Seminar Program

Presentation (contains interesting statistics on all 9 calls for proposals including with Tacis financing)

The news publication date  – 06.06.2007

 

June 2007

Spatial Planning Website COMMIN.org was launched

An opened and permanently updated Internet portal COMMIN.org, which is a main COMMIN (COMmon MINdscapes) Project instrument stimulating international exchange of knowledge among all involved into the spatial planning and development in the Baltic Sea Region, has been recently launched. COMMIN web based portal was designed as a dialogue platform. Platform core is a constantly enlarging glossary on spatial planning terminology. The database on main spatial terms in English language was created on the web site: the most important terms applied in 11 participating countries (Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden) were harmonized and then presented through common English terms based on common understanding and generally adopted definitions.

The news publication date  – 20.06.2007

 

June 2007

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.6 (June 2007)

The Institute for Privatization and Management Research Centre under expert support of the German Economic Team has published a new issue of the bulletin Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.6 (June 2007). The bulletin reviews recent developments in political and economic life of the country, covering real sector, structural trends, external sector, public finance, monetary policy, and banking sector in Belarus. June issue of the bulletin covers following topics:

• The Belarusian government and Gazprom have signed an agreement to sell 50% of Beltransgaz stock

• A substantial share of social benefits is abolished

• Subsidy to suppliers of customer-owned crude oil has reached the level of 90% of export duty on crude oil

• The yearly plan for collection of export duties is overfulfilled in the course of Jan-Mar

• Credit Bureau has begun to operate

This and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian economics, are available at the Research Centre web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 19.06.2007

 

June 2007

INTERREG newsletter ‘INTERREG updated’ in 2007

HERE you can download a second issue of the INTERREG newsletter ‘INTERREG updated’ in 2007, which contains selected projects within the Federal Initiative of Transnational Cooperation.

The news publication date  – 11.06.2007

 

June 2007

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 Post Conference Newsletter

The post conference newsletter is dedicated to the highlights from the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 conference in Hamburg on May 10^th-11^th, 2007. In the newsletter you will find quotes from the speakers, impressions from the workshop and information about what is happening next.

The news publication date  – 01.06.2007

 

20.05-20.07.2007

V International Internet-Conference

Fifth international internet-conference ‘State Strategy for Innovative Economic Growth’ organized by the South Federal University (Economic Faculty, Department of Economic Theory) will take place on May 20^th – July 20^th, 2007.

Information letter

The news publication date  – 16.05.2007

 

10-11.05.2007

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 - 2013 Conference

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 - 2013 Conference was held on May 10^th-11^th, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany. Around 30 Russian participants from Murmansk Oblast, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Pskov Murmansk Oblast, Kaliningrad Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Arkhangelsk Murmansk Oblast attended the Conference. Two-day Conference offered the chance to learn about new opportunities in the coming programme, to establish useful contacts for future transnational co-operation and to discuss how projects will address four new co-operation themes: "fostering innovations", "accessibility", "Baltic Sea as common resource" and "improving competitiveness of cities and regions". Project Ideas catalogue is posted on the Conference web site.

Conference Program

General Information

The news publication date  – 10.05.2007

 

09.05.2007

Meeting of JPC Drafting Groups of the Baltic Sea Program 2007-2013

A meeting of JPC drafting groups of the Baltic Sea Program 2007-2013 was held on May 9th 2007 in Hamburg (Germany). Participants: Valery Shakhanov (RF Ministry for Regional Development), Irina Karelina (RNSC Responsible Secretary), Vladimir Skorokhodov (Tacis Local Support Office in St. Petersburg). The first discussion of the additional documents to the Program Document ‘Baltic Sea Program 2007-2013’ took place. Project selection process, proposals on selection criteria and implementation features of strategic projects as well as next steps were also observed on the meeting (refer to Agenda). Valery Shakhanov delivered to Managing Authorities the approval letter signed by the directory of RF Ministry for Regional Development. Under p. 3-5 of the Agenda Russian delegation delivered their proposals to be included into the Minutes. Next meeting of joint drafting groups is scheduled for September 2007.

The Baltic Sea Program 2007-2013 has its new logo and a new web site http://www.eu.baltic.net/.

Agenda

The news publication date  – 15.05.2007

 

May 2007

BSSSC Newsletter

HERE you can download a new issue of BSSSC (Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation) Newsletter in May 2007. For more information please  visit www.bsssc.com.

The news publication date  – 07.06.2007

 

May 2007

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.5 (May 2007)

The Institute for Privatization and Management Research Centre under expert support of the German Economic Team has published a new issue of the bulletin Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.5 (May 2007). The bulletin reviews recent developments in political and economic life of the country, covering real sector, structural trends, external sector, public finance, monetary policy, and banking sector in Belarus. May issue of the bulletin covers following topics:

• Gazprom has confirmed its decision to purchase 50% of Beltransgaz’s stock

• Further deceleration of GDP growth occurred

• Merchandise trade deficit increased due to decrease in volume of exports

• The share of short-term loans reduced in half

• An agreement has been reached to sell Mesztorgbank and Slavneftebank to investors from Russia

This and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian economics, are available at the Research Centre web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 16.05.2007

 

20.04.2007

Tender for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

For 2007-2013 the Commission proposed a new financial instrument, the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) supporting the implementation of the EU Neighborhood Policy.
Estonia, Latvia and Russia are currently working on the future Estonia – Latvia - Russia ENPI cross-border cooperation programme. The objective of the SEA is to integrate environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of the Estonia-Latvia-Russia ENPI Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007 – 2013 with a view to promoting sustainable development.
Hereby the companies/persons interested in carrying out the strategic environmental assessment are invited to submit their proposals. Deadline for submission of tender proposals is 20 April, 2007.
Further details are available HERE.

The news publication date  – 27.03.2007

 

13.04.2007

BEIDS Briefing 2007: European Commission answers questions related to Interreg III and Interreg IV

The European Commission has established a platform in the context of which questions about INTERREG III and IV that are posted on the INTERACT Forum, will be answered. BEIDS network members may be able to register, activate an account and post their questions in the reserved discussion thread which can be found at: http://forum.interact-eu.net/

The news publication date  – 23.04.2007

 

April 2007

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.4 (April 2007)

The Institute for Privatization and Management Research Centre under expert support of the German Economic Team has published a new issue of the bulletin Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.4 (April 2007). The bulletin reviews recent developments in political and economic life of the country, covering real sector, structural trends, external sector, public finance, monetary policy, and banking sector in Belarus. April issue of the bulletin covers following topics:

• Output decline in food industry

• Foreign oil extraction agreements have been concluded

• Belarus and Russia agreed on foreign trade conditions

• The NBB restricts money supply

• The state share in ‘Belvnesheconombank’ will be sold to the Russian ‘Vnesheconombank’

This and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian economics, are available at the Research Centre web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 16.04.2007

 

21.03.2007

Meeting with BSSSC Delegation

A meeting between the Delegation of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) and RNSC members was held in St. Petersburg (Smolny). BSSSC representatives: Arne Ören, Chairman of BSSSC Board of Directors, Governor of Østfold District Municipality, Ann Irene Sæternes, BSSSC Deputy General Secretary, Yury Tomilov, BSSSC Secretariat.

Arne Ören reported on main goals and tasks of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation as well as on the Action Plan for 2006-2008. A new Baltic Sea Region Program 2007-2013 was also discussed during the meeting.

The news publication date  – 08.04.2007

 

21.03.2007

RNSC Meeting

The forth meeting of the Russian National Sub-Committee of BSR Interreg III B Neighborhood Program was held in St. Petersburg. Additional information is available in the section About Committee/ Meetings.

Agenda

List of participants

The news publication date  – 08.04.2007

 

14-15.03.2007

Communication & Media Seminar (Berlin, Germany)

Communication & Media Seminar for Projects Running in BSR INTERREG III B BSR and INTERREG IIIC North took place on March 14th-15th, 2007 in Berlin (Germany). More than 110 communication officers and project managers from INTERREG programmes attended that event. The seminar covered a range of the most important topics that would help projects to communicate better with their target audiences. Ms. Elena Belova, Head of Leontief Centre’s Development Department, participated in the seminar.

The news publication date  – 16.03.2007

 

08-09.03.2007

41st CSD/BSR Meeting

41st meeting of VASAB 2010 (Vision and Strategies around the Baltic 2010) Committee for Spatial Development of the Baltic Sea Region (CSD/BSR) took place on March 8th-9th, 2007. Ms. Irina Karelina, Leontief Centre’s General Director and RNSC Responsible Secretary, participated in the meeting.

Details are available at http://www.vasab.org/.    

The news publication date  – 12.03.2007

 

March 2007

BEIDS Briefing 2007: EU Sets Goals on Climate Change

The leaders of the EU’s 27 member states adopted a "bold and ambitious" programme of measures on climate protection and clean energy.  Leaders emerged from talks to announce agreement on binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energies by 2020. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said the EU now had "the most ambitious climate protection strategy anywhere in the world".  The conclusions of the Summit can be seen HERE.

The news publication date  – 17.03.2007

 

March 2007

ScanBalt ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER

ScanBalt prepared a new issue of the Electronic Newsletter (March, 2007). For more information and previous issues please visit ScanBalt web site/ Newsletter section.

The news publication date  – 26.03.2007

 

March 2007

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.3 (March2007)

The Institute for Privatization and Management Research Centre under expert support of the German Economic Team has published a new issue of the bulletin Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.3 (March 2007). The bulletin reviews recent developments in political and economic life of the country, covering real sector, structural trends, external sector, public finance, monetary policy, and banking sector in Belarus. March issue of the bulletin covers following topics:

• Representatives of the Belarusian Parliament took part in the sitting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

• Growth of inventories in industry

• Twofold increase of excise taxes on oil products

• Increase of rates of local taxes

• Limits on credit margin have been abolished

This and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian economics, are available at the Research Centre web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 15.03.2007

 

February 2007

BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 27, February 2007

Highlights of BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER (No 27, February 2007) are:

• Why do we talk about communication?

• Preparation of next programme goes on

• Announcement: Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 conference

• Finalised projects: Barents 2010

For additional information please visit BSR INTERREG website.

The news publication date  – 03.03.2007

 

February 2007

Pan European Institute’s Baltic Rim Economies – Bimonthly Review

Pan European Institute announced the free delivery of the "Baltic Rim Economies - Bimonthly Review". The Review consists of interesting news concerning the business climate, legislation, corporate acquisitions and major foreign direct investments in the three Baltic States and Poland. Each bimonthly report includes several expert articles on current topics. Since February 2006, also the economic development of the Kaliningrad region has regularly been covered in the expert articles of the review.

If you would like to receive this review please fill in a brief REGISTRATION FORM.

Last issue of the BRE-Review is available HERE.

The news publication date  – 20.02.2007

 

February 2007

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.2 (February 2007)

The Institute for Privatization and Management Research Centre under expert support of the German Economic Team has published a new issue of the bulletin Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.2 (February 2007). The bulletin reviews recent developments in political and economic life of the country, covering real sector, structural trends, external sector, public finance, monetary policy, and banking sector in Belarus. February issue of the bulletin covers following topics:

• President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has visited Belarus

• The rate of economic growth in 2006 amounted to 9.9%

• Conditions of oil supply to Belarus are settled

• Merchandise trade deficit reached USD 1.9 bn

• Excise taxes on oil products have been cut by 60%

• The volume of household time ruble deposits decreased

This and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian economics, are available at the Research Centre web site.

The news publication date  – 15.02.2007

 

31.01.2007

Announcement on the BSR INTERREG IIIB Web Site

On January 31^st, 2007 on the web site of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Program (News Section) following information was posted:

1. Russian partners discussed implementation of projects with Tacis component

2. The preparation of the new Baltic Sea Program 2007-2013 goes on

Details are available HERE.

The news publication date  – 10.02.2007

 

29-30.01.2007

Nine projects approved in the 5^th Call for proposals of EU financed INTERREG IIIA Priority North

On the 29-30 January 2007 the Steering Committee (SC) of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme IIIA Priority North met in Riga, Latvia to discuss the project applications submitted for the Vth Call for Proposals. The Call was closed on December 4^th, 2006. Altogether 29 project applications were received.

The SC approved 9 projects and committed all available Tacis funding (Tacis Action Programme 2005) – 1.9 million EUR. The implementation of projects’ activities will be fully financed from Tacis funding. All project proposals in 5^th Call have been submitted for Measure 2 – Cooperation on the EU External Borders with Russia. All the projects have been approved under conditions.

Approved projects are available HERE.

At the moment there are no funds left in the INTERREG IIIA Priority North, therefore no more Calls for project proposals within this programme will be organized. Altogether there are 46 projects approved in the INTERREG IIIA Priority North.

More information on the approved projects will be available on the Programme’s website.

The news publication date  – 05.02.2007

 

29.01.2007

Russian Version of Interreg Programme Website is Availible

Russian version of Interreg Programme website has been started up. Information in Russian is availible at http://www.bsrinterreg.net/rus/

The news publication date  – 01.02.2007

 

26.01.2007

Infoseminar on Implementation of BSR INTERREG III B NP Projects for Russian Partners

Infoseminar on implementation of BSR INTERREG III B NP projects for Russian partners took place in Saint Petersburg on January 26, 2007. The seminar was organized by BSR INTERREG III B NP Joint Secretariat (Riga, Latvia) and JS Infopoint in Saint Petersburg with assistance of EC Delegation in Russia and Committee for external relations of Saint-Petersburg. 60 persons took part in the seminar. Tacis rules (grant-contracts, costs, report’s procedures and forms), reporting procedure for Programme Secretariat in Riga and informational and printing requirements at projects implementation were reviewed in the framework of event.  Projects approved in the 8 (III B) and 3, 4 (IIIA) Calls for Proposals of BSR INTERREG III B NP also were presented. Participants of the seminar were afforded an opportunity to get individual consultations from Secretariat members, EC Delegation in Russia and Infopoints. 

The news publication date  – 02.02.2007

 

25-26.01.2007

JPC Meeting Took Place in Vilnius 

Joint Programming Committee of BSR Programme 2007-2013 meeting took place in Vilnius (Republic of Lithuania) on January 25-26. Valery Shakhanov (Regional Development Ministry of Russian Federation), Dmitry Bukin (Ministry for Foreign affairs of Russian Federation) and Irina Karelina (Responsible Secretary of RNSC, Leontief Centre) took part in the meeting. Issues of new BSR Programme 2007-2013 working out were discussed at the meeting.

The news publication date – 01.02.2007  

 

15-16.01.2007

JPC Working Group Meeting Took Place in Copenhagen 

Working group of BSR Programme 2007-2013 Joint Programming Committee meeting took place in Copenhagen (Denmark) on January, 15-16.  Valery Shakhanov (Regional Development Ministry of Russian Federation), Dmitry Bukin (Ministry for Foreign affaifs of Russion Federation) and Irina Karelina (Responsible Secretary of RNSC, Leontief Centre) took part in the meeting. Issues of new BSR Programme 2007-2013 working out were discussed at the meeting.

The news publication date – 01.02.2007  

 

02.01.2007

VASAB Secretariat Has Successfully Started its Operations in Riga

VASAB Secretariat has successfully started its operations in Riga on January 2, 2007. New  contacts you can find in the section Programmes/ VASAB/ Contact Information.

The news publication date  – 10.01.2007

 

2006

20.12.2006

INTERREG III A Newsletter No. 8 is available

Highlights of the Newsletter:

- 5th Call results

- N+2 – What is it?

- Financial control – how does it work?

- INTERREG IIIA website in Russian 

- Development of the territorial cooperation Programmes 2007-2013.

You can download the Newsletter HERE or on www.bsrinterreg3a.net.

The news publication date  – 26.12.2006

 

18.12.2006

9 projects approved in the 9th call

The 12th meeting of the Steering Committee for the Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme took place on 7-8 December 2006 in the growing polish city Wroclaw.
Among other issues, the Steering Committee decided on the applications received in the 9th round. SC approved nine project proposals and committed all available Tacis funding (Tacis Action Programme 2005) – 3,325,000 Euro. Two projects were put on the reserve list. The reserve projects will receive funding in case some of the approved projects are unable to conclude contracts.
The approved projects will run for two years and will finalize their activities in the beginning of year 2009. The implementation of projects’ activities will be fully financed from External (Tacis) Funding.
The 33 proposals submitted in this call applied for three times more funding than was available. The 9th call was open from 21 July to 16 October 2006. Two measures under the priority 3 (transnational and bilateral capacity building) were open for applicants. Majority of the proposals came in the field of economic development. However also other themes like environment, energy, sustainable development and transport were represented. The applying projects focused mainly on the partner countries Russia and Belarus. Most of the project partners came from Russia - in total 119. Also Belarusian partners were active with 14 project partners in the received applications.
Approved projects (9th call)

Project Title	Measure	Lead partner country
SPb InnoReg	3.1	FI
EastWest Window	3.1	LV
BEN-EAST	3.1	DK
MATRUSCHKA	3.1	FI
DaGoRus	3.1	FI
Matryoshka	3.2	LV
EastWind	3.2	DE
MunEM	3.2	DE
JOCCOW	3.2	SE
Reserve list:
Greenhouse	3.1	NO
HinterlandXP	3.1	DE

At the moment there are no funds left in the running Baltic Sea INTERREG III B programme, therefore no more calls for project proposals will be organized. The first call under the new Baltic Sea Programme 2007-2013 (territorial cooperation) is planned for the 2nd half of year 2007.
Altogether there are 129 projects approved in the Baltic Sea INTERREG IIII B programme.

The news publication date  – 19.12.2006

 

7-8.12.2006

Meeting of BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee 

Steering Committee meeting was hold in Krakow (Poland) on 7-8, December 2006. Steering Committee decided on the applications received in the 9th Call for Proposals of the BSR Interreg III B NP. Co-chairman of RNSC Liana Maximova and responsible secretary of RNSC Irina Karelina took part in the meeting. SC approved nine of the 33 project proposals (all projects of this round were applied with the Russian participation). For more detailed information, please, see the part "Programme - Interreg III B - Steering and Monitoring Committees - Steering Committee - Meetings".

The news publication date  – 13.12.2006

 

27.11.2006

Belarus signed Action Programme 2005

We are glad to inform you, that the Action Programme 2005 has been
recently signed by the Belarusian government. It means that projects
approved in the ninth call can be contracted (Tacis funds) and the
‘suspensive clause‘ announced with the call is not valid any more.
By now, both Russia and Belarus have signed the Action Programme 2005.

The news publication date  – 05.12.2006

 

24.11.2006

Russian National Sub-Committee fourth meeting 

Russian National Sub-Committee fourth meeting took place in Saint Petersburg on 24th of November. More information on the meeting you can find in the part "About Committee".

The news publication date  – 11.12.2006

 

07-08.11.2006

XLI CSD/BSR meeting

XLI meeting of VASAB 2010 (Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic 2010) Committee for Spatial Development of the Baltic Sea Region (CSD/BSR) will be take place in Warsaw (Poland) on 7-8 of November 2006.

The news publication date  – 27.10.2006

 

06-07.11.2006

BSR Stakeholders Conference: FUTURE OF OUR BALTIC EUROPE TERRITORY

BSR Stakeholders Conference: FUTURE OF OUR BALTIC EUROPE TERRITORY will be take place in Warsaw (Poland) on 6-7 of November 2006. Baltic Sea Region input to the Rotterdam Process and the Long-term Perspective on Spatial Development of the Baltic Sea Region. Click HERE for more information.

The news publication date  – 27.10.2006

 

26-27.10.2006

ENPI integrated into new Baltic Sea programme 2007-2013 – but submission to the European Commission postponed

Joint Programming Committee meeting was hold in Riga (Latvia) on 26-27, October 2006. At its meeting the Joint Programming Committee (JPC), responsible for preparing the new transnational programme for the Baltic Sea area, reached agreement on how to include both, funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Norway as well as funding from the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for the eligible regions of the partner countries Russia and Belarus into a joint programme. A compromise was concluded with the European Commission’s Directorate General for External Relations (DG Relex) to integrate the ENPI into the already defined four transnational Priorities of the new programme instead of introducing a separate Priority only for ENPI. This way, Russian and Belarusian project partners can fully participate in transnational cooperation in all thematic fields covered by the present four Priorities (Innovation, Accessibility, Environment and Settlement Structures). ENPI amounts to some 22 Million Euros whereas ERDF and Norway contribute with some 209 Million Euros to the budget of the programme.
Consequently, the original plan does not hold any longer to submit firstly the ERDF programme component to the European Commission for approval in November 2006. The challenge will be to find ways of how to integrate the objectives of the ENPI into the four transnational Priorities. Preparing the ENPI component will require more drafting work, discussions and negotiations with the partner countries as well as with DG Relex. The JPC scheduled a sixth meeting at the end of January 2007 to review the “integrated” draft programme. Afterwards, the programme will have to be accepted by each participating country in a national approval procedure. The new date for submission to the European Commission is now March 2007.
The “integrated” draft programme will however not yet include a plan of how to implement the ENPI funds. The new ENPI Implementing Rules will not earlier be ready than at about March. These rules will describe how to deal with ENPI funds at a practical level: how to contract funds, how to monitor, audit and control expenditure on the territory of the partner countries.
The JPC also took note of the work of the Ex-Ante evaluators (COWI A/S, Denmark). Their general impression of the programme at this stage was positive although more analysis to justify priority themes could have been provided. They pointed out that due to the variety of themes as well as the complexity of the programme it would be difficult to define impact indicators measuring the success of the programme as a whole as well as on Priority level. The JPC re-defined the overall objective of the programme reading now “to strengthen the development towards a sustainable, competitive and territorially integrated Baltic Sea region by connecting potentials over the borders”. The programme’s short name will be “Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013” added by sub-titles.
The JPC, hosted by Latvia and chaired by Arina Andriečika, Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments, worked off a long agenda. Despite the agreement on integrating the ENPI into the transnational priorities of the programme, the JPC supported the proposal that the 10% flexibility rule should be kept as an option for project participants from countries outside the EU and Norway to join in. The programme area was considerably extended to the North-East in the Barents region in Russia, and also includes now the whole of Belarus as eligible territory.
The JPC did not reach an agreement about the final rate for Technical Assistance to support programme implementation. It was however agreed that the level should be at 6% of the total ERDF budget co-financed with 30 % from the national budgets. Norway will provide a 50 % co-financing rate to its share of the Technical Assistance budget. Further on, Germany was urged to nominate an Audit Authority to the programme by the end of November.

The news publication date  – 02.11.2006

 

25.10.2006

Ninth Meeting of BSR INTERREG III B Monitoring Committee 

Ninth Monitoring Committee meeting was been held in Riga (Latvia) on 25th of October. 

The news publication date  – 13.12.2006

 

18.10.2006

33 new project proposals received in the 9th call

The 9th call for project proposals was closed on 16 October 2006. Altogether Joint Secretariat received 33 new applications.
The projects will be assessed and presented to the Steering Committee. The Committee will meet on 7-8 December in Krakow and make funding decisions. All projects contracted in the 9th application call will be financed solely from the external (Tacis) funding AP 2005.
You can find the list of submitted projects at  the www.bsrinterreg.net.

The news publication date  – 24.10.2006

 

13.10.2006

Publication "Nordic and Baltic Lessons to Post-Enlargement Europe"

new publication "Wider Europe - Nordic and Baltic Lessons to Post-Enlargement Europe".
It consists of different articles, some of them might interest you. The publication is free for down-loading HERE.
The news publication date  – 13.10.2006

 

10-11.10.2006

Partner Search Forum and Lead Applicant Seminar. Individual Consultations

BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat (JS) and Tacis Regional Capacity Building Initiative project (RCBI) jointly organize a Partner Search – Lead Applicant Seminar devoted to the 5^th Call Call for Proposals in the framework of the INTERREG IIIA Priority North launched on 2 October with the deadline on 4 December 2006. Seminar will take place on 10-11 October, in Tigra Hotel (Priekuli, Latvia).

 In the framework of the seminar participants will get a unique chance to establish new contacts and strengthen already existing networks, develop new project ideas with the assistance of the JS and Tacis RCBI experts , obtain the latest information on the particularities of the 5^th call, as well as receive individual consultations.

Seminar is designed to meet demands of different groups of actors involved in project activity: experienced applicants and partners, as well as beginners looking for new contacts, coming up with their first project ideas. Invited to the seminar are representatives of regional and local authorities, NGO’s, educational institutions, other non-profit organizations from Latvia, Estonia and Russia interested in developing project proposals for the cross-border cooperation projects on the borders with Russia.

Please note, that seminar will be in English! In order to apply for the event participants are asked to fill in the Registration Form and send it to Joint Secretariat Riga: eMail: info@bsrinterreg3a.net or fax: + (371) 735 7372. Deadline for registration: 5 October 2006. For further information please contact Olga Smirnova or Signe Raikstina: + (371) 735 73 68

The news publication date  – 04.10.2006

 

October 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.10 (October 2006)
The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal
Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the
German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian
Monthly Economic Review No.10 (October 2006) where following items are
presented:

• New trends in the foreign policies of Belarus.
• Fuel industry ensured about one-fourth of GDP growth.
• Simplification of the rules of conducting business.
• Belarus-Russia controversy over trade in oil products.
• Budget surplus went down.
• Interest spread decreased.
• The number of banks that could act as mortgagees has been increased.

The news publication date  – 24.10.2006

28-30.09.2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: ‘Cities and Governance for Sustainable Development’ Conference in Vilnius

The Conference "Cities and Governance for Sustainable Development" (CIGSUD) will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 28-30 September 2006. It is organized by the Baltic Environmental Information Dissemination System (BEIDS), National Commission on Sustainable Development of Lithuania (NCSDL), Mykolas Romeris University, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. It is supported by the European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development and the Interreg IIIB Project "Castles of Tomorrow".
It will provide a forum for a dialogue between researchers, politicians and the public and business sectors with the aim of encouraging the integration of economics, ecology, management and social policies into an interdiscipline aimed at developing a sustainable world.

More information is available HERE 

The news publication date  – 21.02.2006

 

28-29.08.2006  

Task Force Meeting for ENPI contribution to the integrated ERDF/ENPI BSR 2007-2013

The Task Force Meeting for ENPI contribution to the integrated ERDF/ENPI Baltic Sea Region programme 2007-2013 took place in St.Petersburg, RCBI Office on 28-29 August 2006. The meeting was organized by RCBI project and Leontief Centre as Russian National Sub-Committee’s Secretariat. Representatives of North-West regions administrations, RF Ministry for Foreign Affairs and RF Ministry for regional development took part in the meeting. The issues on Baltic Sea Region Neighborhood and Partnership Programme 2007-2013 preparation discussed at the meeting.

The news publication date  – 7.09.2006

 

28.08.2006  

Consultation seminars in St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad

Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat organises the two day seminars in Saint-Petersburg and Kaliningrad for the potential applicants who intends to apply for funding in the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme 9th Call.

The events will take place on 

• 11-12 September, St. Petersburg, Russia 

• 18-19 September, Kaliningrad, Russia.

During the first day of the seminar the information on programme priorities, available funding, programme requirements etc will be explained. On the second day the applicants could attend individual project consultations. 

In order to register for the seminar and/or consultation in St. Petersburg, please fill in the registration form and send by fax +7 (812) 570 38 14 or e-mail: belova@leontief.spb.su
In order to register for the seminar and/or consultation in Kaliningrad, please fill the registration form and send by fax: +7 (4012) 53 37 17 or e-mail: dmitrij.ofitserov@interreg3a.org

Downloads:

• Registration for St.Petersburg

• Registration for Kaliningrad

The news publication date  – 28.08.2006

17.07.2006

9th call for project proposals (Tacis) will be launched in July

At the Meeting that took place on 8-9 June in Straszyn/Poland the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee decided to organise the 9th call for project proposals. The 9th call will be launched on 17.07.2006 and closed on 16.10.2006. The 9th call for project proposals will be launched under the suspensive clause, which means that contracts for approved projects can be concluded only after the Financial Agreement for Action Programme 2005 is signed. All projects contracted in the 9th application round will be financed solely from the external (Tacis) funding AP 2005. More information is available HERE

The news publication date  - 04.07.2006

14.07.2006

BSR Interreg III B project's list was added to our page

The table of all BSR Interreg III B projects where Russian partners take part in are presented HERE: Projects>Good practice from European and Russian partners in joint EU co-operation projects>BSR Interreg III B projects with the participation of Russian partners. For detailed information please visit the web site: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/programme.html in the "Approved projects" part.

The news publication date  - 14.07.2006

03.07.2006

Public consultations of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG programme 2007-2013

The programme document presents priorities for transnational co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region for the period of 2007-2013. Its main ambition is to enhance actions across the state borders, which would contribute to higher competitiveness, more sustainable development and better territorial cohesion of the Baltic Sea Region.
The document, prepared by representatives of 11 countries around the Baltic Sea, has entered the consultation phase. All submitted comments and remarks will be used by the Joint Programming Committee to prepare the final proposal and hand it over to the European Commission in autumn 2006.
If you wish to express your opinion on the draft programme document, please fill in the questionnaire and send it to consultations@bsrinterreg.net by 15 September 2006.
A report containing the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the programme will be available for consultation at the later date.

Downloads:

• Baltic Sea Region INTERREG programme 2007-2013

• Maps

• Questionnaire

For more information please visit the web site: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/programme.html

The news publication date  - 03.07.2006

26-27.06.2006

Ten projects approved in the INTERREG IIIA Priority North 4th Call

On the 26-27 June 2006 the Steering Committee of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme IIIA Priority North met in Narva-Jõesuu , Estonia to discuss the project applications submitted for the 4th Call for Proposals. The Call for Proposals was closed on the 2 May 2006 and altogether 31 project applications were received.

The Steering Committee approved 10 projects, all of which have to fulfill additional conditions.
One project was approved under Measure 1 (cooperation on borders between Latvia and Estonia):

(1) „ Nature learning” (Lead Partner: Tartu Environmental Education Centre, Estonia ) – project promotes nature education, outdoor teaching and intensifies cross-border cooperation between relevant actors of Latvia and Estonia .
Nine projects were approved under Measure 2 (cooperation on the EU external borders with Russia):

(2) “WATERS” (Lead Partner: Värska Municipal Government, Estonia) – project focuses on reducing the load of untreated municipal waste water flowing into Lake Pskov .
(3) “Influence of dam and turbines of Narva hydropower station on the migration of European eel from Lake Peipsi basin” (Lead Partner: Estonian University of Life Sciences) - this project investigates eel migration from Lake Peipsi basin to the Baltic Sea .

(4) “Connect BALTIC-RUSSIA” (Lead Partner: Connect Latvia) - objective of the project is to expand Connect network to Russia .

(5) “New Spatial Development Zone for Border Regions of Latvia and Russia - Connecting Potentials of Two Countries” (Lead partner: Latgale Regional Development Agency , Latvia ) - project focuses on spatial development around Daugavpils–St. Petersburg transport corridor.

(6) “Promoting Museum Cooperation in Border Areas to Explore the Common Cultural Heritage” (Lead Partner: Madona District Council, Latvia) - project focuses on intensifying cooperation between the museums of Latvian and Russian border areas and raising attractiveness of these museums.

(7) “Cross-border development of town centrals” (Lead Partner: Kohtla-Järve Town Government, Estonia) - objective of the project is modernization of life environment in Kohtla-Järve and Slantsy industrial towns through development of town centrals.

(8) “Unique Estonian-Russian fortresses ensemble development as a single tourist product and conservation of cultural and historical heritage” (Lead Partner: Narva Town Government, Estonia) - objective of the project is to develop Narva-Ivangorod fortress ensemble as a single tourist product, and their conservation.

(9) “Development of the River Narva water tourist routes and integration into the Baltic Sea small harbours network” (Lead Partner: Narva Town Government, Estonia) - project is aimed at studying the opportunities and development of water tourism on the River Narva.

(10) “Crossborder Estonian-Russian cultural tourism development” (Lead Partner: Ida-Viru Association of Local Municipalities, Estonia) - project promotes cultural tourism development in Ida-Viru county and Leningrad region.

The total ERDF funding requested by these projects amounts to approximately 1.9 million EUR and 1.2 million EUR from Tacis funds.

Next Call for Proposals for the South Priority will be launched on 2nd October 2006. It will be open until 30 November 2006. As there is no more ERDF funding available, projects can apply only for Tacis funding. In total there will be approximately 1.9 million EUR available from the funds of Tacis Action Programme 2005.

The news publication date  – 05.07.2006

21-23.06.2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: ECOBALTICA 2006 in Russia

Expressions of interest are now invited for the VI (Jubilee) International Youth Environmental Forum of the Baltic See Region Countries ("ECOBALTICA 2006), which will be held on 21st-23rd June 2006, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The event will discuss the latest trends on youth environmental action in the Baltic, including projects, teaching programmes and other educational activities. Further details may be obtained from Prof. Vasily Rud', Chairman of the Organizing Committee at: ecobaltica@yandex.ru

The news publication date  – 03.02.2006

08-09.06.2006

Meeting of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee & update on 2007-2013

On 8th of June in Straszyn, located 12 km from Gdansk in Poland, the 12th meeting of the BSR Interreg IIIB NP Steering Committee took place. The meeting was chaired by Mariusz Kasprzyk, Implementing Authority for Phare CBC, and attended by representatives of all 11 countries. This time no decision on projects’ approval was taken - all ERDF funds have been already committed in the 8th call. The meeting was dedicated to the evaluation of the programme’s progress, addressed some major challenges in running nearly still 100 projects (problems with reporting, project changes) and analysed the state of the programme already after its mid-term (e.g. commitments versus spending). However, a very important decision has been taken: the 9th call for project applications will be launched in order to commit external Tacis funds available to our Programme. Due to the fact that signing the financial agreement for year 2005 by the Russian partners is expected later this year, the call will be launch on suspense clause on 17 July 2006 and will be closed on 16th October. Decision on projects approval will be made by the Steering Committee in December 2006.

Back-to back to the SC meeting another event important for the programme took place: a meeting of the next BSR Programme Drafting Teams. On 9th June, the content and implementation strategy and rules were discussed in two parallel sessions in Straszyn. The results of the discussions of two Teams will be presented as a consolidated programme draft to the Joint Programming Committee (JPC) in Bodö/Norway on 26 June. The Content team meeting succeed with agreeing on the scope of each priority in the new programme document to be presented to JPC. Quality criteria and indicators issues are subject to written comments before the final draft will be issued. The question of incorporation of ENPI into the frames of transnational cooperation programme is still open and will be addressed in coming JPC meeting. The Drafting Team responsible for implementation structures will recommend to the Joint Programming Committee to approve a mixed ERDF co-financing rate for projects (up to 85% ERDF contribution for partners from the new EU Member States). There was less consent about the amount for technical assistance which is dedicated to support programme management 2007-2013. The location of the new Joint Technical Secretariat however is clear now: the main office will stay in Rostock/Germany, and a second location will be kept in Riga/Latvia.

The news publication date  – 27.06.2006

June 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.6 (June 2006)
The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal
Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the
German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian
Monthly Economic Review No.6 (June 2006) where following items are
presented:

• Gazprom intends selling gas to Belarus in 2007 at market prices

• Slowing down of economic growth

• Temporary suspension of production at Belaruskali

• Restriction of consumer goods import

• Reduction of VAT share in consolidated revenues

• Increase of investment crediting

• Inflow of Russian capital to the Belarusian banking system

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian
Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 20.06.2006

June 2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: Marie Curie Summer Schools in Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research (THEMES)

BEIDS and the European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development are pleased to announce a series of four Marie Curie funded summer schools in Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research (THEMES). The scholarships are meant to support PhD students or young PhD holders; delegates from Baltic countries are welcome to attend it.

The Autonomous University of Barcelona will host the first summer school, titled "Analyzing Complexity" in June 2006.

For more information please visit the web site: http://www.umb.no/research/themes

The news publication date  – 03.02.2006

17-18.05.2006

XL CSD/BSR Meeting

The 40^th meeting of the Committee for Spatial Development of the Baltic Sea Region - VASAB 2010 (Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic 2010) was held on May 17^th-18^th, 2006 in Malmo (Sweden). Representative of St. Petersburg Mrs. Irina Karelina, Leontief Centre President and RNSC Responsible Secretary, participated in the meeting.

During this meeting following problems were discussed

• Further perspectives of spatial planning development in the Baltiс Sea Region including the discussion of Parnu Seminar results

• Discussion of activities of the Joint Programming Committee and Spatial Planning Conference

• VASAB Secretariat activities in 2007-2010

The news publication date  – 22.05.2006

16-17.05.2006

Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Project Conference

The Baltic Sea INTERREG III B Project Conference - Setting Regions in Motion was held on May 16^th-17^th 2006 in Malmö (Sweden). Results achieved through transnational cooperation illustrated the added value of INTERREG III B to Baltic Sea Region. At the same time participants were up-dated on the future transnational programme in the Baltic Sea area starting in 2007.

More than 300 participants from projects, programme’s stakeholders, pan-Baltic organizations and the European commission got together in Malmö. Interactive workshops and a project exhibition were competed.
Additional information is placed on the BSR INTERREG III B Program web site http://www.bsrinterreg.net/.

Conference Agenda

The news publication date  – 22.05.2006

16-17.05.2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: European Seminar on Sustainability Research in Lithuania

European Seminar on Sustainability Research was held on May 16^th-17^th, 2006 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Main aim of the Seminar was to discuss the latest trends on sustainability research in Europe, with a special emphasis to the links between sustainability research and coastal zone management issues. Organizers: the Baltic Environmental Information Dissemination System (BEIDS) and European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development at TuTech Innovation (Hamburg Germany) in cooperation with the University of Vilnius and the Interreg IIIB project COASTMAN (Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic).

More information on the Seminar is available HERE

The news publication date  – 22.05.2006

15.05.2006

Meeting of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 with participation of members of

Meeting of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 with participation of working groups took place on May 15^th, 2006 in Malmo, Sweden. Mrs. Irina Karelina participated in the meeting as Responsible Secretary of the Russian National Sub-Committee of the BSR INTERREG IIIB NP Program. Mrs. Belova also participated in the JPC meeting. Groups are now preparing proposals on new transnational cooperation program in the Baltic Sea Region for 2007-2013.

The news publication date  – 23.05.2006

02.05.2006

31 Application received for the 4^th Call for Applications for INTERREG IIIA Priority North

The 4^th Call for project applications for the INTERREG IIIA Priority North was closed on 2^nd May 2006. The interest from the applicants was great, altogether 31 Application Form was received.

16 of the received projects have Latvian Lead Partners, 14 – Estonian Lead Partners and one project submitted has a Russian Lead Partner. In addition 45 partners from Latvia, 28 partners from Estonia and 53 partners from Russia are involved in the submitted applications.

4 project proposals have been submitted for Measure 1 – cooperation on border between Latvia and Estonia and 27 proposals for Measure 2 – cooperation on the EU external borders with Russia.

The total amount of funding requested from the ERDF is over 5 million EUR. The total amount of ERDF funds available for projects to be implemented is 2.2 million EUR.

The total amount of funding requested from Tacis funds is 3.3 million EUR. The funding allocated for this call from Tacis Action Programme 2004 is 0.2 million EUR and from Tacis Action Programme 2005 2.85 million EUR. Please note that the funding available from Tacis Action Programme 2005 has been allocated with a suspension clause, which means that the Grant Contracts between the Contracting Authority and the projects can be signed only after the Financial Agreement of Tacis Action Programme 2005 is signed by the Russian Federation and the European Commission.

Decisions on projects to be funded shall be made by the INTERREG IIIA Priority North Steering Committee on June 26-27, 2006.

INTERREG IIIA is a European Community Initiative Programme aiming at utilising the cross-border cooperation potential and facilitating the socio-economic development of the border regions. INTERREG IIIA North Priority supports cross-border cooperation on the borders between Estonia, Latvia and Russia and is implemented in the framework of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme.

The news publication date  – 12.05.2006

May 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.5 (May 2006)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.5 (May 2006) where following items are presented:

• Sergey Sidorsky stayed in the position of prime minister

• Industry contributed most to GDP growth

• Change in regulation of small business activities

• Considerable increase of deficit in trade with Russia

• The legislative norm of giving state support in exchange of shares was introduced

• Population increased demand for foreign currency

• New concept of the Bureau of Credit Histories was adopted

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 15.05.2006

28.04.2006

NORDREGIO'S ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER BIFROST No. 2/2006 April

Nordregio – European centre for research, education and documentation on spatial development, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers, prepared a new issue of the Electronic Newsletter BIFROST No. 2/2006 (April). More information is presented on the Nordregio web site/ Notice Board section.

The news publication date  – 01.05.2006

24-25.04.2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: International Conference ‘Current Issues of Sustainable Development’

The international conference "Current Issues of Sustainable Development" was held on 24-25 April 2006 in Opole, Poland. It was organized by Opole University, Faculty of Economics, supported by the European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development (http://www.tutech.de/sd), the Interreg IIB Project ‘Watersketch’ - Strategies for Sustainable River Basin Management (http://www.watersketch.net) and BEIDS Project (Baltic Environmental Information Dissemination System).

Here you could find the detailed information about the Conference.

The news publication date  – 22.05.2006

20-21.04.2006

Meetings of the Working and Consulting Groups of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 

Meetings of the working and consulting groups of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 was held on April 20^th-21^st, 2006 in Berlin (Germany). Leontief Centre President Irina Karelina participated in the meeting as Responsible Secretary of the Russian National Sub-Committee of the BSR INTERREG III B NP. The groups are actively preparing proposals on new Program for transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region for 2007-2013.

The news publication date  – 24.04.2006

20.04.2006

Information Seminar of INTERREG IIIA NP South-East Finland-Russia

On March 13^th, 2006 the first meeting of the Joint Selection Committee of South-East Finland – Russia Neighborhood Program took place. Summarizing the results it was resolved to hold the second call for project proposals in the end of April 2006. So on April 20^th, 2006 at 10 am (Smolny Palace, Lepnoy Hall) the Information Seminar will be held to discuss problems connected with the results of the first call for project proposals, rules of project proposals in the second call as well as other questions.

Please, contact experts of the Joint Technical Secretariat: Georgy Psarev (georgy.psarev@ekarjala.fi) or Lubov Gorelikova (lubov.gorelikova@ekarjala.fi), tel.: (812) 312-64-63, (812) 314-63-18.

The news publication date  – 24.04.2006

12-13.04.2006

Information conference for the 4^th INTERREG IIIA Call for Proposals in St. Petersburg

Information conference for the 4^th INTERREG IIIA Call for Proposals was held on April 12^th-13^th, 2006 in St. Petersburg Government, Smolny. More than 100 participants form St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region participated in the Conference (25 representatives of the authorities, 50 participants from non-profit organizations, 12 representatives from educational institutions, 8 experts (Secretariats, Projects, Programs)). Key representatives from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Governments, St. Petersburg Tacis Local Support Office, RCBI Project, South Finland- Russia NP Programme were involved in the work of the Conference: representatives of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Committees for Foreign Affairs, who are responsible for INTERREG IIIA and Steering Committee activities opened the work of the Conference; Head of St. Petersburg Tacis Local Support Office gave overview of Cooperation programmes between the EU and Russia. During the second day experts from the Local Support Office were involved in consultations; RCBI expert delivered presentations on the Tacis requirements. During the 13^th of April, 2006 24 consultations with potential Project applicants were held by Riga Secretariat and St. Petersburg info point experts jointly with experts from St. Petersburg Tacis Local Support Office.

The news publication date  – 20.04.2006

April 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.4 (April 2006)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.4 (April 2006) where following items are presented:

• Presidential elections were held

• 24.5% of all enterprises now make losses

• Energy tariffs were increased

• The export share of oil products increased

• A new functional classification of state budget expenditures was adopted

• The net foreign assets of the NBB were reduced

• Administrative stimulation of investment crediting

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 15.04.2006

April-September 2006

BEIDS Briefing 2006: High Level Training on Education for Sustainable Development in Hamburg

The European Reference Point for Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development (ERP) in Hamburg, which hosts the European Centre of Excellence on Education for Sustainable Development is hosting a set of high level training and information events in Hamburg, Germany in 2006.

These are:

• Training Course on the Introduction of a Sustainability Dimension into European and North American University Systems (26 to 28 April 2006)

• Training Course on the Introduction of a Sustainability Dimension into Educational Systems in Developing Countries: implementing the Millennium Goals and the Marrakech Process (5 to 9 June 2006)

• 2nd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development (13-15 September 2006)

Further details on registration can be obtained from the ERP team at: sd@tutech.de.

The news publication date  – 03.02.2006

27-28.03.2006

Information Conference for the 4^th INTERREG IIIA Call for Proposals in Pskov

On March 27^th-28^th, 2006 the Information Conference for the 4^th INTERREG IIIA Call for proposals was held in Pskov Government. More than 80 representatives of the authorities (27), not-for-profit organizations (21), educational institutions (6) from Pskov Region and municipalities as well as EU partners from Estonia and Latvia (21) and Secretariat (7) participated in the Conference. Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Property Issues of Pskov Government and Head of Riga Joint INTERREG IIIB Secretariat opened the work of the Conference and key Riga Secretariat. Riga Secretariat and St. Petersburg info point experts delivered above mentioned presentations and hand out materials on the basic INTERREG IIIA Priority North and Tacis requirement. During the 28^th of March, 2006 around 20 consultations with potential Project applicants were held by Riga Secretariat and St. Petersburg info point experts from St. Petersburg Tacis Local Support Office.

The news publication date  – 03.04.2006

09-10.03.2006

Second Meeting of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 

On March 9^th-10^th, 2006 the Second meeting of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 was held in Riga (Latvia). Leontief Centre President Mrs. Irina Karelina as Responsible Secretary of the BSR INTERREG III B NP Russian National Sub-Committee participated in the meeting. Draft materials for the new program as well as perspectives of correlation of INTERREG and Neighborhood Programs in the Baltic Sea Region were considered during the meeting.

The news publication date  – 11.03.2006

March 2006

Individual consultations in the Joint Secretariat Riga

Individual consultations are available to the potential applicants that develop INTERREG IIIA projects and would like to discuss their project ideas with the Project Managers in the Joint Secretariat Riga. 

Consultations take place every Wednesday from until 2 May 2006 in the premises of JS Riga, address: Elizabetes iela 19, Riga, Latvia (entrance from the yard).

To book a consultation time, potential applicants have to contact JS Riga and submit the project idea form that can be downloaded here. 

The news publication date  – 09.03.2006

March 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.3 (March 2006)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.3 (March 2006) where following items are presented:

• Presidential candidates are registered

• Share of loss making enterprises decreased

• Tightening state regulation of prices

• In 2005 exports and imports fell in real terms

• 2005 closed with a net budget deficit

• The money supply decreased January

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://research.by.

The news publication date  – 15.03.2006

March 2006

Programme Manual updated

Programme Manual for Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Programme INTERREG IIIA Priorities Estonia-Latvia-Russia (North) Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus (South) has been updated according to changes in the Programme implementation system.

The Manual provides an overview of the planning, managing and follow-up to the projects financed from the INTERREG IIIA Priorities North and South and will provide information on the process from implementation to monitoring, reporting and finalization of the project and assist to applicants in implementing and finalizing the approved projects.

The Programme Manual is available HERE

The news publication date  – 03.03.2006

28.02.2006

St. Petersburg Liaison office of the EC Delegation to Russia was closed

St. Petersburg Liaison office of the EC Delegation to Russia was closed on February 28^th, 2006. All tasks related to the project management are relocated to the EC Delegation, Moscow. Contact information:

Tel.: +7 (495) 721 20 34

Fax: +7 (495) 721 20 40

e-mail: valentina.chaplinskaya@cec.eu.int

The news publication date  – 28.02.2006

27.02-02.05.2006

The 4th Call for Proposals for the INTERREG IIIA Priority South has been launched

The 4th Call for Proposals for the INTERREG IIIA Priority South supporting cross-border co-operation between Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus is open from 27th February 2006 with the deadline for project submission on 2nd May 2006.

Funding available in the ERDF budget for the 4th Call projects amounts at approximately 2.7 million EUR. Tacis funding available from Action Programme 2004 is 0.8 million EUR.

No Tacis funding will be allocated for small-scale projects, namely, small-scale projects will be financed only from ERDF.

Applicants can be public authorities from national, regional and local level, public equivalent bodies, such as research and training institutions, foundations, schools, universities, municipal enterprises, agencies, associations, as well as NGOs and other non-for-profit organizations. Also private bodies can participate in projects as partners.

Application Form and other relevant documents (e.g. Programme Document, Programme Complement, Programme Manual, EU legislation) are available here

The full set of documents and the Guidelines for Applicants are available at:

BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat Riga

Address: Elizabetes iela 19, Riga LV 1010,

Tel: (+371) 7357368,

e-mail: info@bsrinterreg3a.net

St. Petersburg Info Point of the Joint Secretariat BSR INTERREG III B NP

Address: 6, per. Antonenko, St. Petersburg, 190000

Tel.: +7(812) 570-36-26, tel.: +7(812) 314-14-12, fax: +7(812) 570-38-14

e-mail: belova@leontief.spb.su

Pskov Info Point of the Joint Secretariat BSR INTERREG III B NP

Address: 18, Metallistov, Pskov, 180000

Tel.: +7(8112) 16-97-19, fax: +7(8112) 16-47-78

e-mail: escpskov@ellink.ru

The news publication date  – 03.03.2006

01.02.2006

St. Petersburg and Pskov Info Points were opened

St. Petersburg and Pskov Info Points of the Joint Secretariat Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Program were opened on February 1^st, 2006.

Contact information:

St. Petersburg Info Point of the Joint Secretariat BSR INTERREG III B NP

Address: 6, per. Antonenko, St. Petersburg, 190000

Tel.: +7(812) 570-36-26, tel.: +7(812) 314-14-12, fax: +7(812) 570-38-14

e-mail: belova@leontief.spb.su

Contact persons:

Elena Belova, Lead Expert

Zhanna Podolyako, Expert

Pskov Info Point of the Joint Secretariat BSR INTERREG III B NP

Address: 18, Metallistov, Pskov, 180000

Tel.: +7(8112) 16-97-19, fax: +7(8112) 16-47-78

e-mail: escpskov@ellink.ru

Contact person:

Svetlana Zhuravleva, Expert

The news publication date  – 10.02.2006

February 2006

BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 24, February 2006

The presentations of following six projects were presented in the BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 24/ February 2006:

- 20 regular and 8 Tacis upgrade projects approved in the 8th call

- No further regular ERDF calls in the Baltic Sea programme

- News from projects: eHealth for Regions

- Ex-ante evaluation - call for tenders to be opened

To have a look at BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 24, February 2006, please go: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/news.html at Newsletter section

The news publication date  – 09.02.2006

February 2006

NORDREGIO'S ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER BIFROST No. 1/2006 February

Nordregio – European centre for research, education and documentation on spatial development, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers, prepared a new issue of the Electronic Newsletter BIFROST No. 1/2006 (February). More information is presented on the Nordregio web site/ Notice Board section.

The news publication date  – 06.02.2006

February 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.2 (February 2006)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.2 (February 2006) where following items are presented:

• Consideration of Constitutional Act of the Union State of Belarus and Russia was postponed

• Acceleration of GDP growth in the fourth quarter

• More state support to loss making enterprises

• Rise of oil products export duty

• Withdrawal of government deposits from the NBB in December

• Considerable growth acceleration of the money supply

• Adoption of new regulations for Belinvestbank

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://ipm.by.

The news publication date  – 15.02.2006

26-27.01.2006

Meetings of the Working and Consulting Groups of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 

Meetings of the working and consulting groups of the Joint Programming Committee on Baltic Sea Region Program for 2007-2013 took place on January 26^th-27^th, 2006 in Copenhagen (Dania). I.A. Karelina, Leontief Centre President, participated in the meeting as Responsible Secretary of the Russian National Sub-Committee of the BSR INTERREG III B NP. The Committee will prepare proposals on the priorities for transnational co-operation in the BSR programme 2007-2013. RF Ministry for Regional Development and RF Ministry for Economic Development and Trade were invited for cooperation from the Russian side. A.O. Bobyleva was appointed to the Joint Committee to represent RF Ministry for Regional Development.

The news publication date  – 06.02.2006

17-18.01.2006

Fifteen Projects Approved in the INTERREG IIIA South Priority

On the 17-18 January 2006 the Steering Committee (SC) of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Programme IIIA Priority South met in Daugavpils, Latvia to discuss the project applications submitted for the second Call for Proposals. The Call was launched on the 5th September 2005 and was closed on the 31 October 2005. Altogether 35 project applications were received.
The SC approved 15 projects to be co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), 14 of them have been approved under conditions.

The total requested ERDF funding amounts to 4 million EUR. However, the allocated funding may be different due to the fact that some projects have been approved under conditions, i.e. certain improvements are required, including budget changes.
Next Call for Proposals for the South Priority will be launched on 20 February 2006. It will be open until 2 May 2006. Available ERDF funding amounts to 2,7 million EUR. Tacis funding available from Action Programme 2004 is 800 000 EUR.

HERE you could find the list of approved projects.

The news publication date  – 19.01.2006

January 2006

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.1 (January 2006)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.1 (January 2006) where following items are presented:

• Presidential elections will take place on March 19

• The fuel industry experienced accelerated growth

• In 2006 the price of Russian gas for Belarus will remain on the level of 2005

• Surplus of current account decreased

• Budget law for 2006 was passed

• Ban on giving the government loans to finance its budget deficit was included into the Banking Code

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://ipm.by.

The news publication date  – 27.01.2006

 

2005

 

13.12.2005

The Latest Amendments in the BSR INTERREG III B NP

The latest amendments in the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Programme were approved on 13th December 2005 by the Commission. The amendments were approved by the Monitoring Committee in the written procedure in August 2005.

The amendments of the programme concerned financial figures due to substitution of estimated private co-financing with national public co-financing in the Priorities 5 and 6. During the approval procedure with the Commission some technical corrections/ amendments were added in chapter 12.1 (Financing from Member States) as well as in pages 81 and 92 of chapter 7 (Priorities and measures) following the proposal of the Commission.

You could find the whole amended programme on the BSR INTERREG  III B NP web site, section Programme&Projects/ Programme Documents.

The news publication date  – 19.12.2005

07-09.12.2005

Meeting of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee

The BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee 11^th meeting was held in Lillehammer (Norway) on December 7^th-9^th 2005. M.V. Perov (RF Ministry for Regional Development), O.V. Klimov (Novgorod Oblast Administration) and I.A. Karelina (Leontief Centre) – as Responsible Secretary of the BSR INTERREG III B NP Russian National Sub-Committee – are Steering Committee members. I.A. Karelina presented Russian side on the meeting held on December 7^th-9^th 2005. Main aim was to select projects – winners of the 8^th application round. As the result 28 applications including 25 with Russian participation were approved.

You could find the detailed information on RNSC web site, section Programs/ Steering Committee/ Meetings. 

The news publication date  – 19.12.2005

 

December 2005

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.12 (December 2005)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.12 (December 2005) where following items are presented:

• The EU and the USA opposed the Belarusian proposal to begin drafting a final WTO accession document

• The Belarusian government plans to clear all debts between enterprises

• The Jan-Sep merchandize trade balance was close to zero

• The Central Budget for 2005 was revised, increasing its revenues and expenditures

• Transferable deposits of the legal entities have increased

• The benefits for banks-residents of Free Economic Zones were abolished

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://ipm.by.

The news publication date  – 16.12.2005

 

December 2005

BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 23, December 2005

The presentations of following six projects were presented in the BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 23/ December 2005:

- COMPASS

- ECO Forum Baltica

- EUROB

- High Quality Tourism II

- Islands in History

- Baltic Pallet II

To have a look at BSR INTERREG III B NEWSLETTER No 23, December 2005, please go: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/news.html at Newsletter section

The news publication date  – 15.12.2005

 

21-22.11.2005

The First Meeting of the Joint BSR Programme Committee

The first meeting of the Joint Committee of the Baltic Sea Region Programme for 2007-2013 was carried out on November 21^st-22^nd 2005 in Helsinki (Finland). Leontief Centre President Irina Karelina participated in the meeting as the Responsible Secretary of the Russian National Sub-Committee. The Programme Committee is obliged to prepare in 2006 the suggestions on a New Programme of transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region for 2007-2013 years. Task Force and Consulting Groups of the Committee will be developed within the next time. 

The news publication date  – 23.11.2005

 

November 2005

48 applications received for the 3^rd Call for Applications for INTERREG IIIA North Priority

The 3^rd call for project applications for the INTERREG IIIA North Priority was closed on 14 November 2005. Altogether 48 applications have been received.

24 of the received projects have Latvian Lead Partners, 23 – Estonian Lead Partners and one project submitted has a Russian Lead Partner. In addition 76 partners from Latvia, 96 partners from Estonia and 41 partners from Russia are involved in the submitted applications.

18 project proposals have been submitted for Measure 1 – cooperation on border between Latvia and Estonia and 30 proposals for Measure 2 – cooperation on the EU external borders with Russia.

Decisions on projects to be funded shall be made by the INTERREG IIIA North Priority Steering Committee on January 23-24, 2006.

INTERREG IIIA is a European Community Initiative Programme aiming at utilising the cross-border cooperation potential and facilitating the socio-economic development of the border regions. INTERREG IIIA North Priority supports cross-border cooperation on the borders between Estonia, Latvia and Russia and is implemented in the framework of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme. 

The news publication date  – 22.11.2005

 

November 2005

Belarusian Monthly Economic Review: No.11 (November 2005)

The Institute for Privatization and Management under support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technologies (Germany) within the frames of the German Government Program TRANSFORM prepared a new number of the Belarusian Monthly Economic Review No.11 (November2005) where following items are presented:

• The draft of the Constitutional Act of the Union of Belarus and Russia received preliminary approval

• Services contributed most to GDP growth in the third quarter of 2005

• The state became the sole owner of Beltransgaz

• Local governments have fiscal surpluses as a consequence of the new VAT distribution mechanism

• The NBB financed the government

• More state interference in investment crediting

These and previous issues, as well as other information on the Belarusian Economics, are available at the Institute web site: http://ipm.by.

The news publication date  – 14.11.2005

 

24-25.10.2005

Lead Applicant Seminar INTERREG IIIA Latvia- Estonia – Russia

BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat Riga organizes the seminar for Lead Applicants to the INTERREG IIIA Priority North supporting the cross-border cooperation between Latvia, Estonia and Russia. The Lead Applicant Seminar will take place on 24-25 October in Taagepera, Estonia.

The objectives of the seminar are:

-  to provide Lead Applicants with detailed information on how to fill in the application form;

-  to explain the most important project implementation procedures;

-  to provide opportunity for individual consultations

The language of the seminar will be English.

In order to register for the Seminar, the interested Lead Applicants are asked to submit a Registration Form and the Project Information Form, which must be sent to Signe Raikstiņa: info@bsrinterreg3a.net, tel.+371 735 7368, fax: +371 7357372.

The deadline for registration is 14^th October, 2005.

The news publication date  – 05.10.2005

 

20-22.10.2005

The 13^th BSSSC Conference Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness: Key Challenges for the Baltic Sea Region

The 13^th Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation (BSSSC) Conference Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness: Key Challenges for the Baltic Sea Region will take place in Szczecin, Poland (SAS Radisson Hotel) on the 20^th-22^nd of October 2005.

Here you could find the full programme.

For further information, please, contact Ms. Katarina Lewalska: tel.: +46 (0) 70 924 02 67, katarina.lewalska@skane.se

The news publication date  – 03.10.2005

 

October 2005

Additional information about INTERREG IIIA Running projects

The information about the projects supported from the INTERREG IIIA priorities is provided now on the BSR INTERREG III A web site, the