Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

The project will bring together blue biotechnology actors from across the Baltic Sea Region to develop innovative marine biotechnology based products and services in response to the EU Sustainable Blue Growth Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region—a blueprint for harnessing the region’s strengths to boost innovation and growth in the maritime area. The potential of blue biotechnology is recognised as significant but still immature and therefore in need of a more strategic approach for development across the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). The project aims to empower the participating research institutes, SMEs and business clusters to reach the critical mass required for action and global competitiveness by systematically pooling the national capabilities. Project partners will closely work together with two main target groups to address their needs: 1) business, 2) research institutes, innovation agencies and business parks. In order to kick-start the project and to ensure target group oriented services and related activities from the project start, a number of case owners with good prospects to deliver successful blue biotechnology products have already been integrated into the project consortium. Together with case owners, as well as additional clients to be identified on a competitive basis through a series of stakeholder engagement actions, the project will develop and implement optimal transnational pathways, making efficient use of and providing comprehensive access to a variety of facilities, (bio) resources and expertise available within the BSR and beyond. The cases, as well as knowledge from similar initiatives in other European regions and topical fields, will in turn inform the partners on how to best refine their common integrated service offer and how to overcome legal and financial barriers in transnational science-business cooperation. The service offer will be combined with joint marketing activities, market surveys, legal and business advice as well as providing recommendations on future research and facility needs within the BSR. This targeted and need-based service approach, the delivery of concrete success stories, the continuous expansion of its client/partner base and the development of a financially viable model will ensure that the project functions autonomously beyond the lifetime of the project. Thus, the project will open up the resource intensive field of blue biotechnology to new actors and speed up business development and market uptake of its products. The project will hence improve global competitiveness of the BSR and foster the transition to environmentally friendly production.

Achievements (EN):

Mentors to advance good ideas for blue biotechnology: The ALLIANCE built a network of mentors in the sector of blue biotechnology consisting of research and technology institutes, technology parks and innovation companies. All together they helped blue biotech ideas from different countries around the Baltic Sea become market-ready products by match-making companies to services, facilities and experts as if there were no borders. Some smart ideas turned into products: A Danish company that cultivated kelp started developing a natural organic sunscreen extract from this seaweed with two mentor universities from Denmark and Sweden. An Estonian brand for natural cosmetics manufactured facial moisturizers with algae-based antioxidants in close collaboration with an Estonian biotechnology park and a German research and consulting company. A startup company from Lithuania working with mollusk shells for bone regeneration received support from Lithuanian, Swedish and Estonian technology parks on chemical analyses, contacts to raw material suppliers and business plan development. A network to support biotech companies: Using the experiences of 25 successful cases like these, the partners developed a full-fledged service offer (including a business plan) to support companies in developing new marine biotechnology products and services. The service supports blue tech companies in communication and lobbying, scientific and technical inquiries, access to biological resources, legal advice, business and project development, monitoring and coaching. The business plan is operationalised by the follow-up project ALLIANCE+. The network initiated by the Interreg project ALLIANCE was set-up with EUR 2.65 million of support from the European Union, because it strengthens European integration and makes European regions more competitive. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/alliance/

Website: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/home.html

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Operational plans/contracts for optimal transnational blue biotechnology pathways Blue biotechnology transnational product development cases implemented Comprehensive analysis of cases 15-20 "easy to read" case study reports BSR blue biotechnology map and directory to be used as contact resource for ALLIANCE cases BSR blue biomaterial info point Sustained ALLIANCE service offer Guidelines on IPR and legal aspects Sustainable institutional and business set up of the ALLIANCE Recommendation and guidelines for future actions needed by research institutes to enhance blue biotechnology development in the BSR Placement service New ALLIANCE value chain partners identified Ongoing information on ALLIANCE service offer

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Knowledge and technology transfer

Specific Objective: ‘Resource-efficient blue growth’: To advance sustainable and resource-efficient blue growth based on increased capacity of public authorities and practitioners within the blue economy sectors

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (26)

Lead Partner: GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

Address: Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.geomar.de

Total budget: EUR 405 954.70

ERDF budget: EUR 304 466.02

SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG

Name: SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG

Address: Kärntener Str. 20, 10827 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.submariner-network.eu

Total budget: EUR 408 162.50

ERDF budget: EUR 306 121.87

BioCon Valley GmbH

Name: BioCon Valley GmbH

Address: BioCon Valley GmbH, 17489 Greifwald, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bcv.org

Total budget: EUR 254 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 190 500.00

KTH, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

Name: KTH, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

Department: Sustainable Development Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED)

Address: Teknikringen 76, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.seed.abe.kth.se

Total budget: EUR 310 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 232 500.00

Göteborgs Universitet

Name: Göteborgs Universitet

Department: Department of Marine Sciences

Address: Tjärnö, 45296 Strömstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.marine.gu.se

Total budget: EUR 149 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 112 162.50

Suomen ympäristökeskus

Name: Suomen ympäristökeskus

Department: Marine Research Centre

Address: P.O. Box 140, FI-00251 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.environment.fi/syke

Total budget: EUR 290 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 217 500.00

University of Gdańsk

Name: University of Gdańsk

Department: Faculty of Oceanography & Geography, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG & MUG

Address: Jana Bazynskiego 1A, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ug.edu.pl

Total budget: EUR 193 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 164 050.00

Pomorska Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna sp. z o.o.

Name: Pomorska Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna sp. z o.o.

Department: Development Office

Address: 9 Wladyslawa IV, 81-703 Sopot, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.strefa.gda.pl

Total budget: EUR 90 880.00

ERDF budget: EUR 77 248.00

Viešoji įstaiga Pajūrio tyrimų ir planavimo institutas (CORPI)

Name: Viešoji įstaiga Pajūrio tyrimų ir planavimo institutas (CORPI)

Address: Baltijos ave. 107-18, LT932223 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.corpi.lt

Total budget: EUR 202 080.00

ERDF budget: EUR 171 768.00

Teknologisk Institut

Name: Teknologisk Institut

Department: AgroTech

Address: Gregersensvej 1, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.agrotech.dk

Total budget: EUR 230 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 172 500.00

Klaipėdos mokslo ir technologijų parkas (KMTP)

Name: Klaipėdos mokslo ir technologijų parkas (KMTP)

Address: Vilhelmo Berbomo str. 10, 92221 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kmtp.lt

Total budget: EUR 134 112.73

ERDF budget: EUR 113 995.82

CleanTech Latvia

Name: CleanTech Latvia

Address: Dzērbenes iela 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.cleantechlatvia.com

Total budget: EUR 88 352.00

ERDF budget: EUR 75 099.20

Tartu Biotehnoloogia Park OÜ

Name: Tartu Biotehnoloogia Park OÜ

Address: Tiigi 61b, 50410 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.biopark.ee

Total budget: EUR 177 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 662.50

Svanvid Sp. z o.o.

Name: Svanvid Sp. z o.o.

Address: Trzy Lipy, 80-172 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.svanvid.com

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 000.00

Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Name: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Address: Scottish Marine Institute, PA37 1QA Oban, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://WWW.sams.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 30 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 22 500.00

CRM - Coastal Research & Management

Name: CRM - Coastal Research & Management

Address: Tiessenkanal 12, 24159 Kiel, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.crm-online.de

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 75 000.00

Biovento Sp. z o.o.

Name: Biovento Sp. z o.o.

Address: Trzy Lipy 3, 90-172 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.ibp.gpnt.pl

Total budget: EUR 25 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 21 250.00

UAB "Geoterma"

Name: UAB "Geoterma"

Address: Lypkiu str. 17, 94100 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.geoterma.lt

Total budget: EUR 5 887.27

ERDF budget: EUR 5 004.17

SIA "Baltic Probiotics"

Name: SIA "Baltic Probiotics"

Address: "Ceptuve", LV-3461 Rucavas novads, Rucavas pagasts, Latvia

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 30 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 25 500.00

Kalundborg Renseanlæg A/S

Name: Kalundborg Renseanlæg A/S

Address: Dokhavnsvej 15, 4400 Kalundborg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kalfor.dk

Total budget: EUR 25 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 18 750.00

UAB Biomė

Name: UAB Biomė

Address: Girios str. 4-15, LT-47338 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Website: http://biome.pro/

Total budget: EUR 23 530.00

ERDF budget: EUR 20 000.50

Furcella Oü

Name: Furcella Oü

Address: Kanali tee 6, 10112 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 27 040.00

ERDF budget: EUR 22 984.00

Guldborgsund Kommune

Name: Guldborgsund Kommune

Department: Center for Engineering and Environment

Address: Parkvej 37, 4800 Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Erhverv/Klima_energi_groen_vaekst/Biooekonomi.aspx

Total budget: EUR 23 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 17 550.00

KosterAlg

Name: KosterAlg

Address: c/o E Brock, Linnégatan 63, SE-41308 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 19 475.00

ERDF budget: EUR 14 606.25

SFTec Oy

Name: SFTec Oy

Address: Paavo Havaksen tie 5 D, 90570 Oulu, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.sftec.fi

Total budget: EUR 23 850.00

ERDF budget: EUR 17 887.50

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - UKSH

Name: Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - UKSH

Department: Clinic for Ophthalmology, Campus Kiel

Address: Arnold-heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uksh.de

Total budget: EUR 24 265.35

ERDF budget: EUR 18 199.01

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