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City of Kalmar / Department of development

Experiences of leading and participating in

Interreg III B Baltic Sea Region projectsKyrre Dahl – Jan Martinsson,

City of Kalmar

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We are:• Jan Martinsson

- EU co-ordinator during the last five years- Has been working with international projects in schools during 10 years as teacher and

principal in upper secondary school and folk high school.

• Kyrre Dahl– Head of Department of development/ international project leader– Has been working with international projects since 1988.

• Department of Development of the City of Kalmar (established in 1999):– From 6 to 17 full time employed– Working with projects/programmes/perspectives – Financing : € 550.000 from the municipality € 2.300.000 € external income during 2004.– Working with projects also in China, Vietnam, Japan, Africa, USA.

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Keystones in our development strategy

1. Local development. Mainly tourism and the historical town.

2. Development in the Baltic Sea Region.

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The city of Kalmar has…• been engaged in transnational projects supported by EU programmes

such as the 5th framework programme, Socrates, Comenius, ECOS-Ouverture , Equal, Tacis, Phare, Youth, Asia Urbs …

• Also been engaged in transnational projects co-financed by Sida, Sala Ida, ÖEK, Nordic Council of ministers, Swedish Institute, Danida…

Our Interreg experiences are partner in Interreg II C project HOLM. (1) partner in ECOS-Ouverture project Baltic City Tourism (2)

• We are at the moment lead partner for the BSR Interreg III B project Baltic Welcome Centre (3) and Ancientimes (4).

• We are also partner in BSR Interreg III B Baltic Tangent (5), Baltic Sea Cycling (6), Seagull (7), Baltic Cruise project (8), and ABC – Alliance of Baltic Cities II (9),

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• A lot of Tacis and Phare projects have been added to these Interreg IIIB projects such as:Baltic Welcome Centre Info Tours RUS, Baltic Welcome Centre Info Tours LAT, Malbork Welcome Centre, ANCIENTIMES – Cesis etc.

• We (Kyrre Dahl) are head of the Tourism commission of the Union of the Baltic Cities since 1999.

• We are most experienced in managing development projects of tourism and infrastructure.

KALMARDevelopment projectsDevelopment projects Aid projectsAid projects

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CBC SPF

Integration av Week visually impairedSchool for deaf projectParticipantion& Accessibility Quality development by users impact Basic values in the school systemSchool democracyDemocracy, pedagogics and art

Youth centres in Kaliningrad

Social development project KaliningradPanevzys waste water plant

BWC Welcome centreAncienttimes SeagullABC – Alliance of Baltic Cities IIBaltic Sea Cycling Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent

For exampleNature and peopleProject at ”Oxhagsskolan”

BWC Infotours RUS/LATESAPP-Energy Saving at Public PremisesBiogas project KaliningradTourism Cooperation and

development around the Baltic Sea drottningMalbork Welcome CentreAncientimes Cesis

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Partner search

• What kind of partners do we need/ can we benefit from/ are reliable?

• Who is behaving “right”? – first of all we are using already existing contacts, partners from previous projects or from networks inside the Union of the Baltic Cities.

• We are working with an external consultant who are making an analyze concerning other potential partners.

• We wish a strategical composition with Nordic dimension and ”exotic” partners.

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Our most used networks:

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Why do we put so much emphasis inInterreg IIIB BSR?

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Interreg IIIA

Interreg IIIB

1. This is ”the only tool” that we have inside the structural funds.

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Södermöre district Vision- ”..a district impregnated with participation, solidarity, creativity, pleasure and joy. ”

Kalmar Vision- Under construction

Regional Vision– ”The new front side of Sweden / Adventure industry / Broadband

EU Vision – ”Strongest economy in the world”

Swedish Vision– ”unsertain vision”

2. To be a part of the cohesion policy inside EU Interreg is “the only tool”

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Why do we put so much emphasis inInterreg IIIB BSR?

1. This is ”the only tool” that we in Kalmar can use inside the structural funds.

2. To be a part of the cohesion policy inside EU Interreg is “the only tool”.

3. To strengthen our local development with international perspectives and better quality.

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What about the future?

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Cross bordercooperation

Entrepreneurship and SMEs,tourism, culture and cross-border trade.Protection and joinmanagement of the Environment.Better access to transport.Information andcommunication networks.Water, waste management and energy management systems.Health, culture and education infrastructures.…….

UBC commissions:

Business cooperationCultureTourismEducationEnvironmentHealth and social affairsInformation societySportTransportationUrban Planning

Transnationalcooperation

Water and coastal managementAccessibilityRisk prevention: maritime safety, flooding, water pollution…Research and technologicaldevelopment and networks

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Cross bordercooperation

Entrepreneurship and SMEs,tourism, culture and cross-border trade.Protection and joinmanagement of the Environment.Better access to transport.Information andcommunication networks.Water, waste management and energy management systems.Health, culture and education infrastructures.…….

UBC commissions

Business cooperationCultureTourismEducationEnvironmentHealth and social affairsInformation societySportTransportationUrban Planning

Transnationelcooperation

Water and coastal managementAccessibilityRisk prevention: maritime safety, flooding, water pollution…Research and technologicaldevelopment and networks

KALMARDevelopment projectsDevelopment projects Aid projectsAid projects

50 000 €

Big

Small

Micro

CBC SPF

Integration av Week visually impairedSchool for deaf projectParticipantion& Accessibility Quality development by users impact Basic values in the school systemSchool democracyDemocracy, pedagogics and art

Youth centers in Kaliningrad

Social development project KaliningradPanevzys waste water plant

BWC Welcome centerAncienttimes SeagullABC – Alliance of Baltic Cities IIBaltic Sea Cycling Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent

For exampleNature and peopleProject at ”Oxhagsskolan”

BWC Infotours RUS/LATESAPP-Energy saving at Public PremisesBiogas project KaliningradTourism Cooperation and

development around the Baltic SeaMalbork Welcome Centre”Ancienttimes Cesis

KALMARDevelopment projectsDevelopment projects Aid projectsAid projects

50 000 €

Big

Small

Integration av Week visually impairedSchool for deaf projectParticipantion& Accessibility Quality development by users impact

Panevzys waste water plant

BWC Welcome centerAncienttimes SeagullABC – Alliance of Baltic Cities IIBaltic Sea Cycling Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent

For exampleNature and peopleProject at ”Oxhagsskolan”

Tourism Cooperation and development around the Baltic Sea Malbork Welcome CentreAncienttimes Cesis

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50 000 €

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Small

Baltic Tangent

For exampleNature and peopleProject at Oxhagsskolan

NOW IS JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION IN FUTURE!

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What´s in it for us?Concrete from the Ancientimes project:• A concrete exchange of experiences • Exchange of staff, craftsman, suppliers, joint orders • Research material • Continued cooperation inside EXARC?• Continued cooperation with some of the partners i a new Interreg IIB

project proposal United Cultural Heritage Sites”• Business cooperation, marketing, and ”methodical thinking”• In general you keep the contacts that you like to cooperate with and those

you can benefit from!

Main question: Do we want to continue to work in international projects and especially in

Interreg IIIB projects?

Yes, absolutely!