Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2025-11-19

Description

Description (EN):

As the climate changes, pests previously unable to survive in the BSR will become viable and may flourish in the new conditions. To enable rapid responses, it is necessary to collect and monitor data on the diversity of plant diseases, especially during growing season. Precise biodiversity data of pests are a crucial prerequisite to develop possible future scenarios of their spread and make recommendations for adaptation. A major challenge is that we miss such precise and digitally available monitoring schema. This data must be collected, integrated with existing data, and analyzed as soon as possible. It must be easily shareable between farmers, officials, and researchers across countries to ensure that threats are identified and responded to quickly and comprehensively. PestSpace will use existing technologies to create a system that identifies pests in the field using environmental DNA and photos uploaded via a mobile app. Machine-learning will be used to discover and identify unknown pests and data will be stored in a common data space on the PlutoF platform.The system will quickly notify plant growers of threats and provide guidance on how to respond to them.We will develop guidance materials on the use of the system and engage all stakeholders along the value chain. We will validate the system using two important crops to the BSR and create guidelines on how the system could be further expanded to cover other crops in other countries in the BSR in the future

Expected Achievements (EN):

Website: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/pestspace/

Thematic information

ICT and digital society Climate change and biodiversity

Priority: (VI-B_BSR_1) Innovative societies

Priority specific objective: RSO1.4. Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Type of intervention: 173 Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement territorial cooperation projects and initiatives in a cross-border, transnational, maritime and inter-regional context

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Tartu Ülikool

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999895013

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 74001073

Department: Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences

Address: Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.ut.ee

Total budget: EUR 714 596.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 571 676.80

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 142 919.20

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Name: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Department: Agriculture Academy

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999590627

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 111950396

Address: K. Donelaičio g. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.vdu.lt/en

Total budget: EUR 312 708.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 250 166.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 62 541.60

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Name: Uniwersytet Warszawski

Department: Faculty of Biology

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999572294

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 5250011266

Address: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

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

Total budget: EUR 268 906.12

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 215 124.89

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 53 781.23

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Helsingin yliopisto

Name: Helsingin yliopisto

Department: Finnish Museum of Natural History/Botany and Mycology Unit

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999994535

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 0313471-7

Address: Fabianinkatu 33, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.helsinki.fi/en/luomus

Total budget: EUR 369 015.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 295 212.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 73 803.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Hodowla Roślin Smolice Sp. z o. o. / Grupa IHAR

Name: Hodowla Roślin Smolice Sp. z o. o. / Grupa IHAR

Department: Plant Breeding Smolice Ltd. / IHAR Group

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 6211619001

Address: Smolice 146, 63-740 Kobylin, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME

Website: http://www.hrsmolice.pl

Total budget: EUR 138 441.32

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 110 753.05

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 27 688.27

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Luonnonvarakeskus (LUKE)

Name: Luonnonvarakeskus (LUKE)

Department: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 934887262

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 0244629-2

Address: Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.luke.fi

Total budget: EUR 211 573.76

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 259.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 314.76

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte

Name: Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte

Department: Institute of Soil and Plants Sciences

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999933328

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 90000041898

Address: Liela street 2, 3001 Jelgava, Latvia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.lbtu.lv

Total budget: EUR 298 008.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 238 406.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 59 601.60

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Instytut Genetyki Roślin Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Name: Instytut Genetyki Roślin Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Department: Pathogen Genetics and Plant Resistance Team

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996251693

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 7811621455

Address: Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.igr.poznan.pl

Total budget: EUR 495 265.28

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 396 212.22

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 99 053.06

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Maaelu Teadmuskeskus

Name: Maaelu Teadmuskeskus

Department: Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996857458

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 70000869

Address: 1 J. Aamisepa, 48309 Jõgeva, Estonia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://metk.agri.ee

Total budget: EUR 375 898.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 300 718.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 75 179.60

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

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Vytautas Magnus University

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University of Warsaw

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University of Tartu

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University of Helsinki

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Plant Breeding Smolice Ltd. / IHAR Group

Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

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Natural Resources Institute Finland

Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

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Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte

Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

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Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences

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Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge

Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

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Summary

Project name (EN): Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

Project acronym: PestSpace

Project ID: #C060

Project start date: 2025-03-01

Project end date: 2028-02-29

Project status: ongoing

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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 184 411.48

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 547 529.16

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 547 529.16. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSBSR

EUSBSR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Baltic Sea Region

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1 278 / 1 278 (100%)

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Improving resilience to the spread of plant diseases via a regional Pest Common Data Space

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