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INTERREG funding against
eutrophication of the Baltic Sea
Igor Kaniecki
Head of the Joint Secretariat of the
INTERREG South Baltic Programme
two or more partner institutions
cooperate across borders on territorial
challenges of border regions or sea basin
transnational (TN) - involving countries
cross-border (CBC) - involving regions
usual structure – strategic decisions taken by
Monitoring Committee, implementation
by Managing Authority & Joint Secretariat
2 transnational
5 maritime CBC
5+ land-border CBC
Eutrophication focus in:
Funding & projects
2007-
-2013
2014-
-2020
Relevant priority axis ERDF
Eutrophication projects ERDF
No. of eutrophication projects
12m€
3,3m€
3
19m€
8,7m€
7
Relevant priority axis ERDF
Eutrophication projects ERDF
No. of eutrophication projects
28 m€ 4,6 m€
7
37m€
12m€
8
Relevant priority axis ERDF
Eutrophication projects ERDF
No. of eutrophication projects
58 m€
29 m€
11
84 m€
21m€
7
43 projects of ≈79m€
50,00 16,60
12,00 7,83
Interreg funding eutrophication projects
from 2007 = 86,43 millions of EUR ERDF
other Interreg
Integrating information on
pharmaceutical
consumption, existing
technologies, release rates
and environmental
occurrence in coastal regions
in the South Baltic.
involved in
Baltic Sea Pharma Platform
www.morpheus-project.eu
Test available green
technologies preventing
pollutants to reach the Baltic
Sea and raise awareness about
them. Improve collaboration to
elaborate the Baltic Sea
environmental quality.
4 different pilot investments to
test innovative technologies
https://chem.pg.edu.pl/rbr
Improving the water
quality in eutrophicated
lagoons in the South Baltic
by the use of innovative
floating wetlands for
nutrient removal
Cooperating with NutriTrade
(Interreg Central Baltic)
www.balticlagoons.net/
livelagoons
Platform connecting nutrient removal sources
with voluntary financiers willing to acquire
nutrient offsets and neutralize their nutrient
footprint
www.nutritradebaltic.eu
Aim: reducing nutrient losses from agriculture by introducing and
testing environmentally-friendly management of organic fertilizers
Project main result is reduced nutrient inflows from 20 pilot farms from
Estonia and Latvia to the Baltic Sea. Sustainability is ensured through
dissemination of new knowledge to approximately 300 farmers
epkk.ee/en/green-agri/
© Wolf Wichmann
Putting best agricultural practices
into work
new environmentally friendly
measures on agriculture to reduce
nutrient losses from 2500+ farms
without imparing productivity or
competitiveness,
network of 170 demo farms in 7 countries
www.balticdeal.eu
© Wolf Wichmann
Interactive Water Management
improve wastewater management by
developing the capacity of
wastewater treatment operators and
implementing pilot investments to
increase energy efficiency
and advance sludge handling
www.iwama.eu
state aid abolishment for higher involvement of target groups and projects (e.g. private
partners) and pilot testing / implementation activities,
commercialisation = more useful and widespread results
embedded elements of cross-programme cooperation
(mainstream ERDF, other funds)
links to policy frameworks (focus for projects vs. flexibility)
for better durability of outcomes
even more simplification (?) to attract relevant public & private actors
Potential
improvements
balance between research & implementation focus
- setting project selection & assessment standards from
the Programme outset
- support to beneficiaries (steering development)
dissemination / capitalisation / impacts
- to be taken over & managed by Programmes
- striving for changes in national legislation
- ensuring the uptake of solutions at policy level
Potential
improvements
Capitalisation of projects’ outcomes
A project platform:
• Brings together EU funded projects from different programmes;
• Allows working further on good practices identified by the projects;
• Increases impact and outreach of projects to their main target groups;
• Provides additional budget up to EUR 1 million. ©PantherMedia/lightsource
The State of the Baltic Sea is addressed through several platform proposals. Decision on funding by Interreg Baltic Sea Region: June 2018
Thank you!
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