Cooperation

The Baltic Sea Challenge cooperates with many projects and initiatives that have similar objectives with it. These are some of them. We would like to hear about your work as well - maybe we could cooperate!

Initiatives

	Under the Clean beach logo the cities of Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki and Turku cooperate within the Baltic Sea Challenge. The cities organise every spring dedicated joint beach cleaning events, encourage other cities and their own citizens to participate in volunteering for the beaches and the sea, and cooperate with artists to make littering visible.
	ÖstersjöInitiativet (Baltic Sea Initiative) is a cooperation network of seven Swedish municipalities and regional actors. Its members are Kalmarsundskomissionen, Region Gotland, Simrishamn marine centre together with the municipalities of Trelleborg, Vaxholm, Värmdö and Valdermarsvik. Baltic Sea Challenge and ÖstersjöInitiativet have agreed on collaboration in communications and expertise. They are both members of the informal Baltic Sea Roundtable.
	Baltic Sea City Accelerator is an program of Swedish Race for the Baltic foundation. It is an intensive support system accelerating participating municipalities' Baltic Sea action. Baltic Sea Challenge is an expert and communications partner of the initiative. Also Race for the Baltic is a member of the informal Baltic Sea Roundtable.

Projects

	Lions for Clean Waters has key project funding from the Government of Finland, funded by the Ministry of Environment. The aim is to activate over 20 000 Finnish Lions and Leos for clean water activities and make the proactive water protection an dynamic part of Lions service work. Almost all Finnish Lions districts and the Lions Association joined the Baltic Sea Challenge network in 2018 and implement their BSC commitments through this project.
	The main aim of the iWater - Integrated storm water management project was to improve urban planning in cities by developing integrated stormwater management system and higher quality, cleaner and safer urban environment and to increase urban sustainability in the Baltic Sea region during December 2015 - May 2018, part financed By the EU Interreg Central Baltic programme. The project was coordinated by the city of Riga, and the other partners were cities of Jelgava, Tartu, Söderhamn, Gävle, Turku and Helsinki, and Aalto University and the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC).
	IWAMA (Interactive Water Management) project improves resource efficiency in waste water management by capacity development of the operators and implementation of the pilot investments in energy efficiency and sludge management. The Project is implemented during March 2016 - February 2019. The partners of the project joined the Baltic Sea Challenge network and their during the IWAMA project implemented actions and developed tools were compiled to the Baltic Sea Challenge's Tools for water protection website's Bank of Actions.
	The Baltic Sea Challenge was associated partner. The Baltic Sea Challenge participated in arrangements of a joint international seminar "Influencing Policy-Making" (Jurmala, Latvia 8.6.2011), which was organised by projects BSR InnoShip and Cities for a Healthier Sea. The Baltic Sea Challenge and BSR InnoShip organised a joint international seminar "Steady as she goes" onboard Viking Line M/S Grace 3.-4.6.2013.
	The Baltic Sea Challenge organised together with PURE and John Nurminen Foundation an international seminar "Challege for a Healthier Sea" on 9.2.2011 in Helsinki, Finland. The Baltic Sea Challenge participated in arrangements of a joint international seminar "Local Actors as Forerunners" (Tallinn, Estonia 16.3.2011) which was organised by projects Cities for a Healthier Sea and PURE.
	The Baltic Sea Challenge was associated partner. The Baltic Sea Challenge participated in a number of awareness raising events for the general public with the BalticSeaNow.info project.