Bulletin Spring 2021

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Umbrella 2.0 held and Awareness Raising online event by UBC Secretariat| info@ubc.net

Umbrella 2.0 launched its first event to raise awareness on the current “hot topics in the Baltic Sea Region” on 27 April 2021.

cross-sectorial manner focusing on a shift and transformation by our beneficiaries (activating them for a sustainable transnational cooperation).

UMBRELLA 2.0- Boosting transnational cooperation capacities for multilevel actors in the Baltic Sea Region goal is to increase awareness and knowledge of transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region.

The aims concerning the EU: • To create an understanding of the strategic importance, long-term goals, action plans and interrelations between the EUSBSR, EU Green Deal and UN SDGs; • to initiate a process that will establish cross-sectoral partnerships which in turn will commit to the implementation of the EUSBSR, EU Green Deal and UN SDGs.

More specifically, the project aims at initiating a process for the development of strong multi-actor and multilevel governance partnerships that can undertake cross-sectoral sustainable solutions while following the principles and objectives of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EU Green Deal and UN SDG. The aims concerning the Baltic Region are: • To raise awareness of opportunities and benefits of transnational and cross-border cooperation and increase regional stakeholders’ interest in it; • To empower stakeholders to build strategic and long term-partnerships, support networking, and straighten community of practitioners in different sectors; • To improve knowledge of the EU, its financial instruments and relevant strategies, with particular focus on the EUSBSR; • To explore the opportunities and benefits of being part of EUSBSR and offer practical guidelines on how to engage in long-term; •To help build competencies, i.e. knowledge and skills necessary to run projects with benefit to the Policy areas, and build specific networks of interest in different sectors in a

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The most environmentally friendly car and passenger ferry in the world – Aurora Botnia

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for the coolest and greenest public transportation solutions

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How To Organize Team Competitions in the Lockdown? Tartu aims to become a trailblazer in the Baltics

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Mayor of Turku elected as Vice-President in ICLEI

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Rostock to organize Webinars on sustainable and green cities

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Participatory Budgeting in Lithuania

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Social housing in Mielno

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In Gdynia ecological awareness is shaped effectively

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Investment boom in Darłowo

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UBC Policy Position papers

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Is your city in need of sustainable energy investments?

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Umbrella 2.0 held and Awareness Raising online event

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New Sustainability Action Programme on the way

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Highlights in the Memory Lane

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The next 30 of the UBC: the Youth Dimension

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Resilient Cities Need to be Smart and Prospering

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Shaping the future – the renewal of the UBC Strategy

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Project “ReSit” is almost concluded

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CREST project – repurposing of educational buildings and spaces

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Vaasa – creating the future and tackling current challenges

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The Future of Europe” conference – UBC Brussels Antenna

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CASCADE project aiming to increase local level resilience

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Welcome new UBC members

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Robots are joining the fight agains the pandemic in Turku

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Green space passing through the city

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2020 in Kaunas : Significant Changes and Innovations

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Urban climate change adaptation plan for Gdańsk

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Real savings in Mielno

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Resilience is Key but Hard to Achieve

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Keep on zooming

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Liepāja Concert Hall is the first digital concert hall in Latvia

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Residents of St. Petersburg unite to change the city

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Pandemic has changed our world

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