Eco Forum Baltica

Programme 2000 - 2006 Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2022-03-15

Description

Description (EN):

Eco Forum Baltica has two main objectives; to promote the development and knowledge on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in companies (mainly SMEs) and authorities in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and to develop the Spatial planning process (starting in the Harju region) and integrating Waste management/EMS perspectives in this process. The project is based on Eco Forum St Petersburg, a very successful Interreg IIC/Sida-financed project run since 1998 in co-operation between the Stockholm County Administration and a number of Russian and Swedish partners.

Achievements (EN):

An EMS handbook was translated and printed in Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian. Over 1000 copies have been distributed already. The networks for environmental managers in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland were set up and started to work. A common website project for these networks was launched in co-operation with Inem. There are four national versions of these websites. Approximately 42 workshops/seminars/conferences have been carried out within these networks. During the project 88 environmental managers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have visited Sweden and made study visits at Swedish companies and authorities. EMAS Competent bodies were established in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. A network of EMAS competent bodies in the participating countries was set up as well. The support of trade and co-operation between companies in the environmental area were focused on Latvia and Lithuania. The investment targets of the project were not met but the project will have a long-term effect that is hard to estimate at present. The spatial planning co-operation with the Harju County led to a large waste management project – RECO (receiving Interreg IIIB funding in round 6) in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. A parallel project is being planned in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in cooperation with the Swedish Environment Protection Agency.

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising Sustainable management of natural resources Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks

Partners (23)

Lead Partner: County Administration of Stockholm (SCA)

Address: Box 22067, 10422 Stockholm, Sweden

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State Environmental Impact Assesment Bureau

Name: State Environmental Impact Assesment Bureau

Address: 1045 Riga, Latvia

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Riga Technical University (RTU)

Name: Riga Technical University (RTU)

Address: 1658 Riga, Latvia

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Latvian Pollution Prevention Centre (LPPC)

Name: Latvian Pollution Prevention Centre (LPPC)

Address: 1011 Riga, Latvia

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Ministry of Environment

Name: Ministry of Environment

Address: 00-922 Warsawa, Poland

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Tallinn Technical University (TTU)

Name: Tallinn Technical University (TTU)

Address: 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

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Union of Harju County Municipalities (HoL)

Name: Union of Harju County Municipalities (HoL)

Address: 10147 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Vilnius Technical University (VTU)

Name: Vilnius Technical University (VTU)

Address: 2040 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Ministry of Environment, EMAS bureau

Name: Ministry of Environment, EMAS bureau

Address: 2694 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Centre for Environmental Studies at Technical University of Gdansk (CES)

Name: Centre for Environmental Studies at Technical University of Gdansk (CES)

Address: 80952 Gdansk, Poland

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Association of Swedish Environmental Managers (NMC)

Name: Association of Swedish Environmental Managers (NMC)

Address: 10420 Stockholm, Sweden

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Royal Institute of Technology, Industrial Ecology (KTH)

Name: Royal Institute of Technology, Industrial Ecology (KTH)

Address: 10044 Stockholm, Sweden

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Swedish EMAS Council - Miljöstyrningsrådet (SEC)

Name: Swedish EMAS Council - Miljöstyrningsrådet (SEC)

Address: 10724 Stockholm, Sweden

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RusNoRD Institute

Name: RusNoRD Institute

Address: 193167 St Petersburg, Russia

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Ministry of Environment

Name: Ministry of Environment

Address: 10143 Tallinn, Estonia

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Swedish Trade Council (STC)

Name: Swedish Trade Council (STC)

Address: 11485 Stockholm, Sweden

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Swedish Business Development Agency (NUTEK)

Name: Swedish Business Development Agency (NUTEK)

Address: 11786 Stockholm, Sweden

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Swedish Environment Research Institute (IVL)

Name: Swedish Environment Research Institute (IVL)

Address: 10031 Stockholm, Sweden

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Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development (SEI Tallinn)

Name: Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development (SEI Tallinn)

Address: 10502 Tallinn, Estonia

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International Institution for Industrial Envionmental Economics at University of Lund (IIIEE)

Name: International Institution for Industrial Envionmental Economics at University of Lund (IIIEE)

Address: 22100 Lund, Sweden

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Institute for Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kaunas (Apini)

Name: Institute for Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kaunas (Apini)

Address: 3000 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Stockholm County Association of Local Authorities (KSL)

Name: Stockholm County Association of Local Authorities (KSL)

Address: 11872 Stockholm, Sweden

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City of Stockholm Development Office (CoS)

Name: City of Stockholm Development Office (CoS)

Address: 10535 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

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Eco Forum Baltica

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