Green and Family-friendly Archipelago Ports

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

All participating areas are important archipelago destinations for summer tourism, and the four small ports that are cooperating in this project (Nagu, Dalsbruk, Lickershamn, Ronehamn) have a similar base to build upon. A common challenge is the need for high-quality, green, functional and accessible services. In order to achieve sustainable development, the Baltic Sea destinations need to agree more around planning, building and signing. This project aims to ensure that the infrastructure in the small ports are equivalent in terms of service, technology and sanitation. The project will make a joint architectural vision for all ports. The joint vision will be used by the individual ports in order to make the investments executable on the local level. By making a joint plan and joint investments, the same high quality of the buildings in all participating ports can be guaranteed. The ports will invest into improved service buildings that are green, family-friendly and accessible for all visitors. Other joint investments are solar panels or other similar green solutions, quick-chargers for electrical yacht motors, accessible walking paths and modules for washing dishes that are connected to the public wastewater system. Joint marketing will inspire the visitors to travel between regions. The joint marketing will show the visitors that it is possible to get high quality services in several small ports in the archipelago, even off-season.The small ports will develop a network between each other that will be used for further joint development and marketing, and the ports will set a standard for other popular small ports to strive for. The project can be a model for how other small Baltic ports can upgrade their infrastructure and use joint marketing in the future.

Achievements (EN):

FamilyPorts provide enjoyable stay for the entire family: Four small ports (two in south-west of Finland and two on Gotland island in Sweden made investments into service buildings and green technology. The new/improved service buildings also provide the companies running the ports an opportunity to boost the marketing of the ports. The joint marketing is visible in the website FamilyPorts. The joint architectural vision for a family-friendly port was used as an inspiration for all ports. The vision may also be used in the future. Meetings with local stakeholders were the most useful way of communication. The project communication during the investment phases was mainly targeted to the local communities in the vicinity of the ports. Meetings were held with the local stakeholders who had an opportunity to have an impact on how the investments were planned and carried out. All partners followed the local legislation concerning the hearing of stakeholders, but in general the partners took the stakeholders’ opinions into consideration to a larger extent than the legislation demands. Concrete results: FI_Nagu: A service building with a family sauna and a separate dish washing station were constructed, and elected boat chargers were bought. FI_Dalsbruk: Service building, electricity system, solar panels and boat charger. SE_Ronehamn: The original time schedule had to be changed, but in the end all planned investments were implemented. A new service building was built, including solar panels. SE_Lickershamn: The service building was renewed, and a sanitation building was built, according to plan. Solar panels were installed and a module for automatic check-in was installed. Feedback from the port entrepreneur in Dalsbruk: “The solar panels now produce one third of the electricity needed in the port. The visitors are getting more and more conscious about the environment and many of them have been asking for information about the solar panels. It is nice that we can be a model for environmentally friendly energy production. The number of toilets has been doubled, and this has been much appreciated by our customers. The new dish washing station and the washing machines have also been appreciated. All in all, we are very pleased with the result of the project.” The most important cross-border value was the opportunity to discuss practical matters and to see how problems have been solved in other ports. Sharing experiences and learning from each other is still very important and a needed activity for partners from different countries.

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Expected Results (EN): R3.2. Share of Central Baltic small ports with good services

Expected Outputs (EN):

The four small ports that participate in the project will invest into improved service facilities that are green and family-friendly, and accessible for all guests regardless of age and physical abilities. Other joint investments that will be implemented in the project are solar panels or other similar environmentally friendly energy solutions for the service buildings, quick-chargers for electrical yacht motors, accessible walking paths, and modules for washing dishes that are connected to the public wastewater system. The joint architectural plan will present an idea of how a family-friendly port can look like in the future - which functions are needed, what kind of investments are needed and so on. The joint marketing will show the visitors that it is possible to get the same type of high quality services in several small ports in the Baltic Sea region, and inspire the visitors to travel between the ports.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Tourism Infrastructure

Specific Objective: Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Pargas stad

Department: Deparment of Business Development

Address: Strandvägen 28, 21600 Pargas, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.pargas.fi

Total budget: EUR 379 019.83

ERDF budget: EUR 284 264.87

Lickershamns Fiskareförening

Name: Lickershamns Fiskareförening

Department: -

Address: c/o Leif Dahlby, Haga Tvärgränd 6, 621 50 Visby, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.lickershamn.com

Total budget: EUR 218 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 163 500.00

Kimitoöns kommun

Name: Kimitoöns kommun

Department: Department of development

Address: Vretavägen 19, 25700 Kimito, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kimitoon.fi

Total budget: EUR 234 300.50

ERDF budget: EUR 175 725.38

Region Gotland

Name: Region Gotland

Department: Department of technical management, Port administration

Address: Visborgsallén 19, 621 81 Visby, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gotland.se

Total budget: EUR 214 312.20

ERDF budget: EUR 160 734.15

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Lickershamns Fishermen's Association

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Municipality of Kimitoön

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Region Gotland

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Pargas stad

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Summary

Project name (EN): Green and Family-friendly Archipelago Ports

Project acronym: FamilyPorts

Project start date: 2016-07-01

Project end date: 2020-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 045 632.53

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 784 224.40

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 784 224.40.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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