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Approved Seed Money projects & statistics

At the BSR INTERREG III B Monitoring Committee meetings (25 September and 4 December 2001) it was agreed to introduce a proactive approach in project generation - the seed money facility. The aim of the seed money was to assist projects in the preparatory phase as well as to support the establishment of new transnational partnerships. Innovative approaches, complex project themes and new compositions of transnational partnerships were promoted by providing seed money funding.

Seed money first round
Seed money second round
Seed money third round
Seed money fourth round
Seed money fifth round
Seed money sixth round
Seed money seventh round

First round

On the 16 April 2002, on behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the first round for seed money project proposals. Click here to download presentation on Seed Money 1st application round.

After eligibility check and assessment, 11 out of 18 received applications were approved (click on project titile to get contact info and short description):

No	Project title	Lead partner
01.	Barents 2010	Lansstyrelsen i Vasterbottens län, SE
03.	ANCIENTIMES	Kalmar Municipality, SE
05.	CONVERNET	Brandenburg State Ministry for Economic Affairs, DE
06.	BALTACC	Karlstad University, SE
07.	BERAS	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
08.	NECLA	Harnosand Municipality, SE
09.	KR Scandinavia	Uusimaan Regional Council, FI
10.	PREBARON	Finnish Environment Institute, FI
11.	BALTIC+	Region Skane, SE
13.	REGINN	Buskerud County, NO
17.	BSRWT	City of Rostock, DE

Second round

On the 16 October 2002, on behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the second round for seed money project proposals.

After eligibility check and assessment, 8 out of 12 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
19.	East-west co-operation on border regions	Country Administrative Board of Varmland, SE
20.	COMMIN	ARL - Academy for Regional Research and Regional Planning, DE
22.	RENSMASH	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
23.	BSC - Baltic Sea Cycling	Orebro Municipality, SE
25.	RUTILUS	National Maritime Museums, SE
27.	DEFRIS	County council of Ostergotland, SE
29.	COASTMAN	Royal Institute of Technology, SE
30.	BALMARNET	Swedish Maritime Administration, SE

Third round

On behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the third round for seed money project proposals. Out of the 16 approved projects 10 have lead partner from a non-EU BSR country.

After eligibility check and assessment, 16 out of 32 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
31.	Cross Border Hinterlands	Kraslava District Council, LV
32.	YOVKGB	Association of Local Authorities of Lääne-Viru County, EST
34.	East-West Forum	Telemark county council, NO
35.	Birdrich wetlands	County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, SE
37.	BALMIS	EUCC Baltic office, LT
43.	InWaTrans	The Town Hall of Tczew, PL
44.	Laketown SD	City of Växjö, SE
45.	LOCOM	Valka Town Council, LV
47.	Reg. hist. and cult. heritage, arts and crafts, powerful tools for polycentric econ. devel.	Zemgale Development Agency, LV
48.	FEM	Latvia University of Agriculture, LV
50.	RDWM	Järva County Environmental Department, EST
52.	Round Table	Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning Department, DK
53.	The Baltic Challenge (BC)	Pomerania Development Agency, PL
54.	Wild Salmon Network (WSN)	Rural Economy and Agriculture Society in Norrbotten County, SE
57.	New Coast	County Administrative Board of Västernorrland, SE
61.	GovrNetCity	Regional District Authority of Lebork, PL

Fourth round

On behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the fourth round for seed money project proposals. This seed money call had a thematic focus on three measures: polycentric settlement structure, transport & communication and institution building.

The call attracted 21 project applications. After assessment, 10 out of 21 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
63.	Baltic Business Development Network	Baltic Business School, University of Kalmar, SE
64.	Dev. and institutional implem. of a transn. monitoring system for hazardous waste streams in BSR	GOES Geselschaft für die Organisation der Entsorgung von Sonderabfällen mbH, DE
65.	Nature Centres and Environ. Interpret.in BSR, Institutional Dev. and Capacity Building	University of Turku, FI
66.	Integrated regional health care structures, e-health in the BSR	AOK Schleswig-Holstein, DE
68.	Baltic Tangent	Regional Council in Kalmar County, SE
72.	Baltic Spatial development Measures for Enterprise	Hantwerkskammer Hamburg, DE
74.	Eastern Baltic International River Basin District's Parnership	Royal Instituteof Technology (KTH), SE
76.	Growth Regions of Northern Towns	Imatra Region Development Company, FI
77.	Governments OnLine Democracy Support	Hedmark fylkeskommune, NO
78.	Facilitating the development of open telecommunication environment in BSR	Royal Institute of Technology, SE

Fifth round

On behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the fifth round for seed money project proposals. The call attracted 44 project applications. After assessment, 19 out of 44 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
84.	Establishing a Model Forest Network for responsible use of Forest recources in the Barents Region	SE
85.	Nordic-Baltic Business Excellence	FI
86.	Regional Cooperation in Waste Management	SE
89.	Intermodality and interoperability around the Baltic Sea	NO
90.	Preservation of historical sites from the post-war period in the Baltic Sea Country	DK
92.	Implementation of Participation structures for sustainable coastal zone development and for sustainable production and consumption patterns for the coastal areas of the BSR	FI
93.	Ports of dialogue	SE
97.	Support to the Innovation Structure in the Baltic Sea Region (Bridging Innovation Divide)	LT
100.	Facilitating horizontal and vertical networking in the Baltic Sea region by usiing innovative telemedicine solutions	EE
108.	EAST-WEST CORRIDOR	SE
109.	Transparent timber flows in the Baltic Sea Region-preparatory phase	SE
112.	Baltic Metropolises Network Innovation Strategy Project	FI
113.	AGORA-Network Sustainable Tourism Development in the BSR	DE
114.	FOCUS HINTERLAND. Rural development, Spatial planning and landscape identity on Coastal inland areas	SE
115.	Concept of network management implementation in sustainable and ecological tourism in BSR	SE
119.	Baltic Biomass Network	DE
120.	Network of Industrial Parks in New and Old EU Member States: a Strategy for Entrepreneurship Development and Cohesion	EE
121.	Re-OPENING the Baltic Coastline: Coastal Villages and Small Harbours Network	EE
125.	Development of the Culture Heritage Objects in the BSR	LV

Sixth round

On behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the sixth round for seed money project proposals. The call attracted 34 project applications. After assessment, 15 out of 34 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
130.	Focus on Health and Quality of Life HEPRO	DK
133.	COORDINATION OF MEANS IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY	NO
135.	Seagull II - Strengthening institutional structures and spatial planning capcities of Euroregion Baltic	PL
137.	Baltic Sea Universities Regional Development Network	FI
139.	Baltic Urban Sustainable Transport Implementation and Planning	FI
140.	Baltic Electronic Business Communication and Meetings	SE
141.	Broadband Access and Internet use in Rural Areas as instruments of regional development	DE
142.	Promoting democratic planning for improving human wellbeing in different environments	FI
145.	Retail Development - The Competence Network in the Baltic Sea Region	DE
146.	New regional design for BSR: promoting cooperation among regional development agencies, industry associations and higher education institutions	FI
148.	Efficient Utilisation of Energy in the Building Stock: Strategies for Good Governance and More Public and Private Involvement - A Local and Regional Perspective	DE
150.	Maritime Safety - Transport and Environment in the South Baltic Sea Region	SE
151.	Challenges and opportunities for sustainable and balanced settlement development and regeneration of degraded areas (post-military residential areas)	LV
153.	Promotion of Incubator Centers for economical social sustainable development	SE
156.	Towards regional sustainability profile of the prefabricated multi-story buildings	LV

Seventh round

On behalf of the BSR INTERREG III B Steering Committee, the Joint Secretariat made the decisions on project applications of the seventh round for seed money project proposals. The call attracted 58 project applications. After assessment, 12 out of 58 received applications were approved:

No	Project title	Lead partner
170.	Sustainable management of angling tourism in Natura 2000 and other sensitive areas S-MAN 2000	DE
171.	Logistics Efficiency through IT Interfaces in the Baltic Sea Region LogOn Baltic	FI
178.	Soil protection in the frame of the management of NATURA 2000 sites at the Baltic Sea Coastline SOILNAT	DE
179.	Under the Paradigm of Globalization: Identifying and Connecting Macro Regions for the Structural Empowering of the BSR ICMR Baltic	DE
181.	Nuclear Installation in the BSR - Combining Human Health with Environmental, Energy and Poltical Security NIB-HEEP	SE
186.	Strengthening the Contribution of Small-Scale Private Forestry to sustainable regional Development in the Baltic Sea Region PRIFOR	DE
190.	Preservation and Re-use of Lighthouses and Seafortresses in the Baltic Sea Region PRO Light	FI
192.	HERMES - Developing Regional Airports in the Baltic Sea Region	DE
206.	Network of stakeholders in chemicals management around the Baltic Sea BaltChemNet	LV
211.	Railway station development in the Baltic Sea Region Baltic station	EE
213.	Interregional Communication and Information Network i-COIN	SE
218.	Mobility Culture in the Baltic Sea Area MoCuBa	DE