South Baltic Public Innovators Network Interreg South Baltic 2nd call 2016 - Ludvig Einarsson, Project Manager Ludvig.einarsson@hassleholm.se Marcin Żuchowski , APCEB zuchowski@eurobalt.org.pl
EU-office Skåne Nordost
Skåne Nordost’s resources for regional and international cooperation • EU- office Skåne Nordost • Europe Direct Hässleholm • Europaforum Hässleholm • EU-coordinators in municipalities Skåne Nordost established mid 90’s A municipal cooperation commitee Not a legal person Staff in Kristianstad and Hässleholm
Skåne Nordost Four strategic areas of cooperation: • Business and entrepreneurship • Labour market and skills development • Urban planning and infrastructure • Growth engine Kristianstad + Hässleholm Support: EU-office Skåne nordost and Krinova innovation arena
EU-office Skåne Nordost • A common resource for 9 municipalities, about 225 000 invånare. • Four employees: Maria Lindblad, Tommy Bengtsson, Sara Wanther and Ludvig Einarsson (50 % Europe Direct Hässleholm) • The office has a coordinating function – Network of EU-coordinators – Coordination of projects – Support to strategic areas of cooperation in Skåne Nordost – Skills development etcetera
Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic ul. Stary Rynek 25 82- 300 Elbląg Tel: +48 55 611 20 00 Fax: +48 55 611 20 01 Email: sekel@eurobalt.org.pl www.eurobalt.org.pl
Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic APCEB • Established in 1997 • Legal personality • Associations of one or several regional or local authorities • Non-profit cross-border Polish organisation • Involving citizens, politicians, institutions • Representative of 41 municipalities from Pomerania and Warmia-Mazury regions • Part of international cooperation of ERB secretariats • Hosting International Permanent Secretariat
Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic APCEB aim: build competencies and broaden the capacity of local governments, in the area of international cooperation. Acting as a hub for project-driven cross-border cooperation, and international relations Support: Innternational Permanent Secretariat of ERB Structure: • Standard for NGO ’s according to polish law. • The authorities of the Association are: The General Assembly of Delegates; Board of The Association;Revision Committee;
Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic WE ARE PROJECT DRIVEN ORGANIZATION WE ACTED AS THE MANAGING AUTHORITY: Projects Fund under the PHARE programme FMGTM As a Grant Operator of the Block Grant for Non-governmental Organisations and Polish-Swiss Regional Partnership Projects ( as partner in consortium) AS PARTNER WE TOOK PART IN PROJECTS: Seagull Capacity Building Tourage CASYPOT SB PIN CTCC AS THE LEAD PARTNER WE IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS: Seagull II CULART I and II LYC SB
SBPIN - About • Increase the capacity of local actors in international cooperation • Provide training by participating in a number of international workshops focusing on blue / green growth and age-friendly (inclusive) cities. • Content will be connected to the practice, when specialists work their EU-coordinators together in a common international process.
SBPIN - Partners LP: EU-kontor Skåne Nordost, Sverige PP1: Köge kommune, Danmark PP2: Association of Polish Communes of Euroregion Baltic, Poland PP3: Krinova Incubator & Science Park, Sverige PP4: Naestved kommune, Danmark AP1: Skåne Association of Local Authorities, Sverige AP2: Region Skåne / Culture Skåne, Sverige
SBPIN - About • The activities are centered around three main themes: 1. blue growth (SE), 2. green growth (DK) and 3. Inclusive and Innovative cities (PL). • The workshops (2) will be organized focusing on each theme. Total ca. 30 participants / 7-8 representatives per country. Partners are responsible for the one theme each.
Some thoughts • Level of responsibility differ from country to country • Plan meeting depending on flight times and reporting dates • Meet often and use e-meeting tools • Reporting takes time!
Workshop 1 Blue Growth • April 18-20 th , Krinova, Kristianstad
Workshop 1 Blue Growth • April 18-20 th , Krinova, Kristianstad
Workshop 1 Blue Growth • April 18-20th, Krinova, Kristianstad • We had several objectives of the workshop: Initiate and stimulate cross-border discussions Define challenges based in the pre-noon presentations and inspirational talks of each participating community. Re-work the challenges Discuss, define and frame potential solutions into topics Suggest further actions to be taken within the SBPIN towards valueable solutions.
Workshop 1 Common challenges • Pollution / Miljöförstöring • Fresh water / Sötvatten • Flooding / Översvämningar och dess följdeffekter
Workshop 1 Solutions • Technical solutions • Governance at different political and social levels • Water beneficial alliances • Transforming from regulation to incentives • Cross-sectoral approach • Cross-border approach • Target the “source” – education - Several suggestions on further actions/projects
Workshop 1 Green Growth • September 26-28th, Köge, Denmark. • Three specific themes: - Waste to resource – challenges and possibilities related to a circular economy - Strategic energy planning - how to use renewable energy in the production of heat and electricity - Sustainable urban planning - new ways of planning urban areas
Association of Polish Communes Euroregion Baltic APCEB SB PIN RESPONSIBILITY Two workshops in Poland in 2018 First workshop in April Themes: 1. Innovative local governments and inclusive cities - civil society, NGO activities and forms of support - Can a local government be creative? - education of self-governments - innovation and creativity in self-governments; - Longlife learning - quality human resources (human capital) 2. Age Friendly City - urban development planning taking into account the interests of all population groups - including seniors. - Social inclusion 3. Nothing about us without us - young people and activating young people in local actionss; - Use youth potential in local development - Uneployment/enployment issues
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