110 likes | 260 Views
Centrum Balticum Centre. Vanha Suurtori 7, 20500 Turku, FINLAND www.centrumbalticum.org. 14.2.2013. The short history of Centrum Balticum Foundation. the Foundation was founded in 2006 founders : 5 west-coast cities , The Regional Council of Southwest Finland and 3 universities
E N D
Centrum Balticum Centre Vanha Suurtori 7, 20500 Turku, FINLAND www.centrumbalticum.org 14.2.2013
The short history of Centrum Balticum Foundation the Foundation was founded in 2006 founders: 5 west-coastcities, The RegionalCouncil of Southwest Finland and 3 universities the Foundationmaintains the Centrum Balticum Centre the Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea is established under the Foundation in 2007 the Turku ProcessSecretariatoperationsbegin in 2012
Main goals of the Centre to serveas a Baltic Sea Region informationcentre to work as a coordinatorunit to the Baltic Seaexpertnetwork to form a national Baltic Sea Region predictcentre to supportThe Turku ProcessSecretariatto tighten the cooperationbetweenRussia and DG REGIO(Directorate-GeneralRegionalPolicy)
Schedule New basisand sphere of operations 11/2011-4/2012 Building the national profile and gaining finance 5/2012 -> Strentghening the international role 1/2013 ->
DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL KNOW-HOW Organization COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATION EVENTS PROJECT ACTIVITY Professor Kari Liuhto in cooperation with Finnishexperts Cooperation with international organzations International events International projects BSR PolicyBriefings International visibility Project Coordinator Annika Forbes-Sarantsin SmartComp SpecialAdviser Salla-Maria Alanen Baltic Sea Challenge CommunicationOfficer Helena Erkkilä Domus Baltica webportal Pulloposti weeklycolumn Itämeriläinen quarterlypublication Baltic SeaPolicyBriefing Databank Image bank PrintedMaterial Media relations Professor Kari Liuhto DeputyDirector Kirsi Ahlman Meetings with Ambassadors Thinktankevents Baltic Sea Forum National Research Forum DeputyDirector Kirsi Ahlman SmartComp Supporting the communications of the Turku Process Secretariat - person in charge: Turku Process Coordinator Mikko Lohikoski
Current projects of the centre SmartComp– Smartcompetitiveness for the Central Baltic Region 2012 – 2013 financier: Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007 – 2013 The Baltic Sea Challenge 2007 – initiatedby the cities of Turku and Helsinki
Baltic Sea communications activity Domus Balticaportal discussion forum open to everyone databank, expertnetwork, current news, e-publications, eventcalendar Pulloposti a weekly column Baltic Searegionarticles everyweek a different Baltic Searegionexpert as a writer delivered to approximately10 000 readers Itämeriläinen quartelyelectronicpublication Baltic SeaPolicyBriefing 4-5 times a year international forum for experts, who want to view events, studies, developments and future trends from the Baltic Sea Region standpoint
Events Baltic Sea Forum 6th forum in spring 2013 aims to bringchallenges and possibilitiesrelated to Baltic Searegion into publicdiscussion formsthe basis for the cooperation of Baltic Searegionorganizations Luncheon seminars with Ambassadors begun in November 2011 current Baltic Sea Region themes conversations in an informal atmosphere Expertmeetings possibilities to interact, network and make new initiatives national ResearchForum
The Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea fundsconcretewaterprotectionprojects in the ArchipelagoSea and itsdrainagebasin goal is to stop the eutrophicationdevelopment and advancecommmonwell-being of the waters offersprivatepersons and communities a simpleway to beinvolved in the protectionwork of the ArchipelagoSea as a donoror an executiveactor founded in 2007 as a part of the Centrum Balticum Foundation
Turku Process Goals to turn common potential to the advantage of the Baltic Sea Region to createcross-bordercooperationpartnerships to activateparticipantsthrough open discussion and sharedprocess to find out sharedmethods of doing things to boostcooperation with the Baltic Sea Region areas of Russia in the spirit of EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and other regional projects Partners cities of St. Petersburs, Hamburg and Turku (in cooperation with Southwest Finland) work as a coordinationgroup of the process EU Comission / DG REGIO (Directorate-GeneralRegionalPolicy) Leningrad area, Kaliningrad area localchambers of commerce, universities, researchinstitutes, actors of the public and the privatesector Mutual actions open forums meetings exchange of knowledgeand bestpractices, networking
Welcome to the Baltic Sea HouseVanha Suurtori 7, Turku, Finland opposite to the Turku Cathedralwww.centrumbalticum.org