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City of Kalmar / Department of
development Experiences of leading and
participating in Interreg III B Baltic Sea
Region projects Kyrre Dahl Jan Martinsson,
City of Kalmar
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We are

• Jan Martinsson
• - EU co-ordinator during the last five years
• - Has been working with international projects
  in schools during 10 years as teacher and
• principal in upper secondary school and
  folk high school.
• Kyrre Dahl
• Head of Department of development/ international
  project leader
• Has been working with international projects
  since 1988.
• Department of Development of the City of Kalmar
  (established in 1999)
• From 6 to 17 full time employed
• Working with projects/programmes/perspectives
• Financing 550.000 from the municipality
• 2.300.000 external
  income during 2004.
• Working with projects also in China, Vietnam,
  Japan, Africa, USA.

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Keystones in our development strategy

• Local development. Mainly tourism and the
  historical town.
• Development in the Baltic Sea Region.

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The city of Kalmar has

• been engaged in transnational projects supported
  by EU programmes such as the 5th framework
  programme, Socrates, Comenius, ECOS-Ouverture ,
  Equal, Tacis, Phare, Youth, Asia Urbs
• Also been engaged in transnational projects
  co-financed by Sida, Sala Ida, ÖEK, Nordic
  Council of ministers, Swedish Institute, Danida
• Our Interreg experiences are
• partner in Interreg II C project HOLM. (1)
• partner in ECOS-Ouverture project Baltic City
  Tourism (2)
• We are at the moment lead partner for the BSR
  Interreg III B project Baltic Welcome Centre (3)
  and Ancientimes (4).
• We are also partner in BSR Interreg III B Baltic
  Tangent (5), Baltic Sea Cycling (6), Seagull (7),
  Baltic Cruise project (8), and ABC Alliance of
  Baltic Cities II (9),

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• A lot of Tacis and Phare projects have been added
  to these Interreg IIIB projects such as
• Baltic Welcome Centre Info Tours RUS, Baltic
  Welcome Centre Info Tours LAT, Malbork Welcome
  Centre, ANCIENTIMES Cesis etc.
• We (Kyrre Dahl) are head of the Tourism
  commission of the Union of the Baltic Cities
  since 1999.
• We are most experienced in managing development
  projects of tourism and infrastructure.

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Development projects
Aid projects
Big
Social development project Kaliningrad Panevzys
waste water plant
BWC Welcome centre Ancienttimes Seagull ABC
Alliance of Baltic Cities II Baltic Sea Cycling
Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent
Youth centres in Kaliningrad
CBC SPF
BWC Infotours RUS/LAT ESAPP-Energy Saving at
Public Premises
Biogas project Kaliningrad
Tourism Cooperation and development around the
Baltic Sea drottningMalbork Welcome
Centre Ancientimes Cesis
Micro
50 000
Integration av Week visually impaired School for
deaf project Participantion Accessibility
Quality development by users impact Basic values
in the school system School democracy Democracy,
pedagogics and art
For example Nature and people Project at
Oxhagsskolan
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• Partner search
• What kind of partners do we need/ can we benefit
  from/ are reliable?
• Who is behaving right? first of all we are
  using already existing contacts, partners from
  previous projects or from networks inside the
  Union of the Baltic Cities.
• We are working with an external consultant who
  are making an analyze concerning other potential
  partners.
• We wish a strategical composition with Nordic
  dimension and exotic partners.

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Our most used networks
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• Why do we put so much emphasis in
• Interreg IIIB BSR?

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Interreg IIIA
Interreg IIIB
1. This is the only tool that we have inside
the structural funds.
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EU Vision Strongest economy in the world
Swedish Vision unsertain vision
Regional Vision The new front side of Sweden /
Adventure industry / Broadband
Kalmar Vision - Under construction
Södermöre district Vision - ..a district
impregnated with participation, solidarity,
creativity, pleasure and joy.
2. To be a part of the cohesion policy inside EU
Interreg is the only tool
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• Why do we put so much emphasis in
• Interreg IIIB BSR?
• This is the only tool that we in Kalmar can use
  inside the structural funds.
• To be a part of the cohesion policy inside EU
  Interreg is the only tool.
• To strengthen our local development with
  international perspectives and better quality.

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What about the future?
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• Cross border
• cooperation
• Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
• tourism, culture and
• cross-border trade.
• Protection and join
• management of the
• Environment.
• Better access to transport.
• Information and
• communication networks.
• Water, waste management
• and energy management
• systems.
• Health, culture and
• education infrastructures.
• .

UBC commissions Business cooperation Culture
Tourism Education Environment Health and social
affairs Information society Sport Transportation U
rban Planning

• Transnational
• cooperation
• Water and coastal management
• Accessibility
• Risk prevention maritime safety,
• flooding, water pollution
• Research and technological
• development and networks

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• Cross border
• cooperation
• Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
• tourism, culture and
• cross-border trade.
• Protection and join
• management of the
• Environment.
• Better access to transport.
• Information and
• communication networks.
• Water, waste management
• and energy management
• systems.
• Health, culture and
• education infrastructures.
• .

UBC commissions Business cooperation Culture T
ourism Education Environment Health and social
affairs Information society Sport Transportation U
rban Planning

• Transnationel
• cooperation
• Water and coastal management
• Accessibility
• Risk prevention maritime safety,
• flooding, water pollution
• Research and technological
• development and networks

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Development projects
Aid projects
Big
Social development project Kaliningrad Panevzys
waste water plant
BWC Welcome center Ancienttimes Seagull ABC
Alliance of Baltic Cities II Baltic Sea Cycling
Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent
Youth centers in Kaliningrad
CBC SPF
BWC Infotours RUS/LAT ESAPP-Energy saving at
Public Premises
Biogas project Kaliningrad
Tourism Cooperation and development around the
Baltic Sea Malbork Welcome Centre Ancienttimes
Cesis
Micro
50 000
Integration av Week visually impaired School for
deaf project Participantion Accessibility
Quality development by users impact Basic values
in the school system School democracy Democracy,
pedagogics and art
For example Nature and people Project at
Oxhagsskolan
Small
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Development projects
Aid projects
Big
Panevzys waste water plant
BWC Welcome center Ancienttimes Seagull ABC
Alliance of Baltic Cities II Baltic Sea Cycling
Baltic Cruise Project Baltic Tangent
Tourism Cooperation and development around the
Baltic Sea Malbork Welcome Centre Ancienttimes
Cesis
50 000
Integration av Week visually impaired School for
deaf project Participantion Accessibility
Quality development by users impact
For example Nature and people Project at
Oxhagsskolan
Small
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Development projects
Aid projects
Big
Baltic Tangent
NOW IS JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL YOUR OPINION
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL
COOPERATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION IN FUTURE!
50 000
For example Nature and people Project at
Oxhagsskolan
Small
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Whats in it for us?

• Concrete from the Ancientimes project
• A concrete exchange of experiences
• Exchange of staff, craftsman, suppliers, joint
  orders
• Research material
• Continued cooperation inside EXARC?
• Continued cooperation with some of the partners i
  a new Interreg IIB project proposal United
  Cultural Heritage Sites
• Business cooperation, marketing, and methodical
  thinking
• In general you keep the contacts that you like to
  cooperate with and those you can benefit from!
• Main question Do we want to continue to work in
  international projects and especially in
• Interreg IIIB projects?

Yes, absolutely!