Communicating the Baltic

Programme 2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

Project COBWEB increases cultural exhange and promotes sustainable development in the CB region. It creates models for cross-border co-operation where the key actors, universities, museums and nature and environmental schools, are together building environmental educational trainings, materials and programmes which are touching to peoples feelings and senses, but at the same time combine the latest knowledge on the environmental and sustainability status with the effective environmental communication.The project's primary target group is environmental educators in Nature and Environmental Schools and other organisations like museums and national park visitor centres that are offering and building environmental awareness raising programmes. The problem faced by them is being overloaded by everyday practicalities. The time and other resources needed to require, receive and discuss the latest environmental knowledge for development activities are limited. On the other hand the research community and environmental authorities have not enough experience or motivation to transfer and communicate even existing knowledge with the environmental educators. The partnership in COBWEB combines the scientific approach with concrete awareness raising activity and methodology approach to a joint educational material building process with concrete outputs. The partner organisations are also important knots in many national and international networks that support the dissemination of the projects results through the programme area. The carrying idea for the planning process has been to build a "working and learning together" -project with common concrete outputs and transnational value and which none of the partners could accomplish either alone or in national partnership. The project’s Expert Forums and workshops arranged, environmental education trainings, exhibitions, materials and programmes produced aim to improve the substantial and outreach technical capacity in promoting sustainable development. The project website allows to a visitor both access to each material separately and to adventurous drama pedagogical role tours through the materials that challenge to a problem solving search for a sustainable way of life.

Achievements (EN):

The COBWEB project strengthened the connection between the sources and users of environmental information. The project created models of national and cross-border cooperation in environmental education between universities, environmental and nature schools in addition to museums in the Central Baltic region. To gain the latest knowledge in the field of environmental education and sustainability, the COBWEB project organised expert forums and workshops. From these they gathered information which was used for improving the environmental education programmes, by transferring the latest knowledge gained in recent nature and environment studies to teachers and education specialists. As part of the project, exhibitions and study materials were produced and made available online as well as in printed form.

Website: http://www.hyria.fi

Thematic information

Scientific cooperation Sustainable management of natural resources Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Hyria koulutus Oy

Address: Kauppalankatu 18, 05801 Hyvink, Finland

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Valsts agentura Latvijas Dabas muzjes

Name: Valsts agentura Latvijas Dabas muzjes

Address: K. Barona Street 4, LV-1050 Riga, Latvia

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Latvijas Universitate

Name: Latvijas Universitate

Address: Raina bulvaris 19, LV 1586 Riga, Latvia

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Tartu Ülikool

Name: Tartu Ülikool

Address: Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

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Helsingin kaupunki, Harakan luontotalo

Name: Helsingin kaupunki, Harakan luontotalo

Address: P.O. Box 500, 00099 Helsinki, Finland

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Espoon kaupunki, Luontotalo Villa Elfvik

Name: Espoon kaupunki, Luontotalo Villa Elfvik

Address: Villa Elfvikin luontotalo , PL 60440 Espoo, Finland

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Nynäshamn kommun, Nynäshamn Naturskola

Name: Nynäshamn kommun, Nynäshamn Naturskola

Address: Nynäshamns kommun, Viaskolan/Naturskolan , 14981 Nynäshamn kommun, Sweden

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Pääkaupunkiseudun Kierrätyskeskus oy

Name: Pääkaupunkiseudun Kierrätyskeskus oy

Address: Lönnrotinkatu 45, 01800 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Geoloogia Instituut

Name: Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Geoloogia Instituut

Address: Ehitaja tee 5 , 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Tallinna Keskkonnaamet

Name: Tallinna Keskkonnaamet

Address: Harju tn 13, 01030 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Tartu Keskkonnahariduse Keskus

Name: Tartu Keskkonnahariduse Keskus

Address: Lille 10, 51010 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

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Valsts agentura Latvijas Dabas muzjes

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Latvijas Universitate

Communicating the Baltic

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University of Tartu

Communicating the Baltic

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City of Helsinki, Harakka Nature Centre

Communicating the Baltic

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Hyria koulutus Oy

Communicating the Baltic

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Espoon kaupunki, Luontotalo Villa Elfvik

Communicating the Baltic

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City of Nynäshamn, Nynäshamn Nature School

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Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Center ltd

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Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Geoloogia Instituut

Communicating the Baltic

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Tallinna Keskkonnaamet

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Tartu Keskkonnahariduse Keskus

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Summary

Project name (EN): Communicating the Baltic

Project acronym: COBWEB

Project start date: 2009-05-01

Project end date: 2011-12-01

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 405 914.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 117 185.00

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2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

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

2014-09-01

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

122 / 122 (100%)

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

672 / 672 (100%)

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Communicating the Baltic

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