Feb
28
to Mar 1

Application deadline for the Baltic Sea City Accelerator Spring Programme

We welcome Baltic Sea Region citiies to apply for Baltic Sea City Accelerator Spring Programme 2019. The four-month programme emphasizes a business approach to help cities develop and implement local water projects.  Application deadline is February 28, 2019. Participants will be notified by March 4th. Apply here.

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Jan
23
11:30 AM11:30

Baltic Sea Network Meetup

Race For The Baltic invited organisations working to clean up the Baltic Sea for a meetup to catch up on efforts, challenges and potential for joint efforts to make a greater impact. Organisations included Baltic Sea2020, Baltic Sea Action Group, Coalition Clean Baltic , John Nurminen Foundation and WWF.

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Oct
16
to Oct 17

Baltic Sea Solutions Lab

Baltic Sea Solutions Lab was organised by Race For The Baltic and was attended by over 90 participants represented by:

  • entrepreneurs developing “blue-green” solutions in sectors ranging from aquaculture and agtech to renewable energy, wastewater treatment and sensor data management

  • local authorities representing cities and municipalities from countries across the Baltic Sea Region including Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden

  • scientists, among others, from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Environment Institute, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Uppsala University

  • representatives from local and regional non-governmental organisations

  • individuals working in public and private sector financial institutions  

Over the course of one and a half days, in a format that included a series of lightning talks, panel discussions and facilitated workshops, the Baltic Sea Solutions Lab aimed to break new ground and move forward beyond problems to accelerating solutions that will improve the state of the Baltic Sea.

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Sep
19
1:00 PM13:00

New Baltic Sea Generation

Together with the Embassies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Race For The Baltic co-organized the conference, “New Baltic Sea Generation” and moderated panel discussions about innovations for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region and opportunities for young generations to be engaged in Baltic Sea environmental issues.

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Mar
22
to Mar 23

Baltic Sea Day, St. Petersburg

Race For The Baltic co-hosted a roundtable discussion at the XIX International Environmental Forum “Baltic Sea Day” in St. Petersburg, Russia on 22-23 March. The roundtable, co-hosted with Baltic Sea Challenge and Union of the Baltic Cities, focused on the role of municipalities in implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan. See information about the programme. Outcomes from the event can be found here.

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Mar
9
6:00 PM18:00

Baltic Sea Future Congress

Race For The Baltic collaborated with Stockholm Environment Institute and other BONUS Return partners in a seminar at the Baltic Sea Future Congress in Stockholm, where the four finalists of the “Baltic Sea Nutrient Reuse Challenge” presented their innovative solutions. The competition is part of BONUS Return, an EU-financed project to identify and pilot eco-technologies to recycle nutrients and carbon in the Baltic Sea. Read more about the shortlisted finalists.

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