Project acronym: VBNDZ
Project title: Via Baltica Nordica Development Zone
Application round: 2
Measure / Priority: Measure 1.1 Supporting joint strategies and implementation actions for macro-regions
Selected outputs:
- Tourism Development: Purchasability of Tourism Products along the E12: Purchasability of Tourism Products along the E12.doc [1014 kByte]
- Tourism Development: Present State of Mobile Technology and Services and Mobile Usability on Via Finlandia Zone: Via Finland.doc [194 kByte]
- Tourism Development: Relevant R&D Projects - Location Based Tourism Services: Location Based Tourism Services.doc [136 kByte]
Lead Partner:
Regional Council of HämeNiittykatu 5
13100 Hämeenlinna
FINLAND
Contact person:
Mr Matti LipsanenNiittykatu 5
FIN-13100 Hämeenlinna
FINLAND
Tel: +358 3 6474 054
E-Mail: matti.lipsanen@hame.fi
Summary description of the project:
The Via Baltica Nordica is a coherent development corridor stretching from Berlin to Mo i Rana in Norway. The idea is not to construct or develop the Via Baltica road connection as such, but to develop the regions located along the corridor by means of transnational co-operation. More than 40 cities, municipalities, regions and other development organisations from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland participate in the project. In addition, the Kaliningrad region takes part in the project as an observer. Regional Council of Häme is the lead partner and co-ordinator of the project. Main themes of the project are tourism, accessibility of railway traffic, landscape planning and GIS.The BSR Interreg III B co-finances the Via Baltica Nordica project with 2,1 million euros during the period 2002-2005. Total budget of the project including national co-financing and Phare CBC financing is over 3,3 million euros. Extensiveness of the project activities and size of the total budget and EU funding make the project one of the biggest in the BSR Interreg III B programme.
The Via Baltica Nordica is a coherent development corridor stretching from Berlin to Mo i Rana in Norway. The idea of the project was not to construct or develop the Via Baltica road connection as such, but to develop the regions located along the corridor by means of transnational co-operation. More than 40 cities, municipalities, regions and other development organisations from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland participated in the project. In addition, the Kaliningrad region took part in the project as an observer. The project goal was to contribute to the economical and spatial development of the VBN corridor through increased awareness and strengthening the identity, taking the principles of sustainable development into account. The foci of the project activities should concentrate on: tourism and railway traffic, cultural landscape management and tourism, usage of GIS/Internet systems. The project was a combination of concrete, very local activities and the true transnational dimension, insured by the forum to be organised regularly.
Combining concrete, local activities and the true transnational dimension has been the most challenging task during the Via Baltica Nordica project. Exchange of experiences and expertise is therefore a key element of the project. All the project partners participate in the “Via Baltica Nordica umbrella”, which includes transnational administration and activities, such as annual Via Baltica Nordica Forums.
Achievements of the project so far:
The project implemented a development strategy created for the Zone as a main outcome of the BSR Interreg II C project “Via Baltica Spatial Development Zone”. Co-operation between the participating Via Baltica Nordica regions has deepened and got more concrete forms (e.g. bilateral agreements between partners).Project partners got benefits from the results of the pilot projects but also from transnational networking. International experiences have been used as a reference for regional and local decision-making. Project partners have improved their capacities for working with the international partnership. Project has been a learning process for managing, co-ordinating and utilizing international networking and EU financing, and it also brought together innovative partnership also on national level. E.g. Finnish tourism routes have co-operated under the VBN framework more closely than ever. Also the Swedish partnership has brought together actors from national, regional and local level, and from different sectors in a creative way.
Synergies between the three themes – railway traffic, tourism, and GIS - have been even stronger than expected. Implementation of the pilot projects got the full speed in 2003 and main part of the concrete results took place in 2004-2005: development concepts, land use plans, marketing strategies, information and guidance systems, sophisticated internet-solutions and small scale construction investments. Project partners in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland got all positive Phare CBC financing decisions in 2003 and implemented the Phare project activities by the end of 2004.
Examples of outputs and direct accumulated results of the project can be found on the project website, to be continued after the finalisation.
Co-operation between the regions lies on solid bases - Via Baltica Nordica Forums will be organized annually also in the future, not depending on external project financing. Homepage: www.viabalticanordica.com
Duration: 01.08.2002 - 31.07.2005, 36 months
Approximate total project budget: 4,081,600.00€
ERDF: 2,076,513.00€
Norwegian national contribution: 0.00€
List of partners
Institution | Town | Country | Contact | Telephone / E-Mail |
Regional Council of Häme | Niittykatu 5 13100 Hämeenlinna | FI | Mr Matti Lipsanen | +358 3 6474 054 matti.lipsanen@hameenliitto.fi |
Council of Tampere Region | Nalkalankatu 12 33200 Tampere | FI | Mr Erkki Räisänen | +358 3 248 1111 pirkanmaan.liitto@pirkanmaa.fi |
Via Finlandia | c/o City of Tampere, PL 487 33101 Tampere | FI | Mr Aarne Kuokkanen | +358 3 3146 6230 aarne.kuokkanen@tt.tampere.fi |
Regional Council of North Savo | Sepänkatu 1 70100 Kuopio | FI | Ms Paula Qvick | +358 17 550 1400 paula.qvick@pohjois-savo.fi |
Finn Five | c/o Regional Council of North Savo, Sepänkatu 1 70100 Kuopio | FI | Mr Tapio Nokkala | +358 17 550 1451 tapio.nokkala@pohjois-savo.fi |
Via Karelia | Sepänkatu 8 b 9 80110 Joensuu | FI | Mr Juha Rantala | . viakarelia@kolumbus.fi |
Finnish Tourist Board | PL 625 00101 Helsinki | FI | Ms Pirkko Perheentupa | +358 9 471 6911 pirkko.perheentupa@mek.fi |
Pro Railway | c/o Regional Council of Häme, Niittykatu 5 13100 Hämeenlinna | FI | Mr Reijo Lehtinen | +358 3 6474 01 reijo.lehtinen@hameenliitto.fi |
City of Riihimäki | PL 125 11101 Riihimäki | FI | Ms Raija Niemi | +358 19 741 476 raija.niemi@riihimaki.fi |
City of Järvenpää | PL 41 04401 Järvenpää | FI | Mr Erkki Kukkonen | +358 9 27 191 erkki.kukkonen@jarvenpaa.fi |
City of Hyvinkää | PL 86 05801 Hyvinkää | FI | Mr Tauno Kirves | +358 19 45911 tauno.kirves@hyvinkaa.fi |
City of Tampere | PL 487 33101 Tampere | FI | Mr Risto Laaksonen | +358 3 314 611 risto.laaksonen@tt.tampere.fi |
City of Parkano | PL 14 39700 Parkano | FI | Mr Kari Karjalainen | +358 3 44 331 kaupunki@parkano.fi |
City of Seinäjoki | PL 215 60101 Seinäjoki | FI | Mr Mikko Pukkinen | +358 6 416 2111 seinajoen-kaupunki@seinajoki.fi |
City of Vaasa | PL 3 65101 Vaasa | FI | Mr Seppo Ylimannila | +358 6 325 1111 seppo.ylimannila@vaasa.fi |
Municipality of Humppila | Kisakuja 2 31640 Humppila | FI | Mr Esko Tonteri | +358 3 41801 esko.tonteri@humppila.fi |
Municipality of Loppi | Yhdystie 5 12700 Loppi | FI | Ms Elina Pekkarinen | +358 19 4563 206 elina.pekkarinen@loppi.fi |
City of Valkeakoski | PL 20 37601 Valkeakoski | FI | Mr Reijo Tepsa | +358 3 57 66 11 reijo.tepsa@vlk.fi |
Regional Council of South Ostrobotnia | PL 109 60101 Seinäjoki | FI | Mr Timo Urpala | +358 6 4125 200 timo.urpala@epliitto.fi |
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia | PL 174 65101 Vaasa | FI | Ms Saini Heikkuri-Alborzi | +358 6 320 6500 saini.heikkuri-alborzi@obotnia.fi |
E12 Alliance | c/o Municipality of Lycksele 92181 Umeå | SE | MrAnders Lundgren | +46 950 16923 anders.lundgren@lycksele.se |
County Administration of Västerbotten | Storgatan 71 B 90186 Umeå | SE | Mr Svenerik Sahlin | +90 107 000 svenerik.sahlin@as.lst.se |
County Council of Västerbotten | Köksvägen 11 90189 Umeå | SE | Mr Peter Hedman | +46 90 7857000 peter.hedman@vll.se |
Municipality of Umeå | Skolgatan 31 A 90184 Umeå | SE | Mr Jan Björinge | +46 90 161 000 jan.bjoringe@umea.se |
Municipality of Vännäs | . 91181 Vännäs | SE | Mr Lennart Olofsson | +46 935 14 000 lennart.olofsson@vannas.se |
Municipality of Vindeln | Kommunalhusvägen 11 92281 Vindeln | SE | Mr Kenneth Sundberg | +46 933 14 000 kenneth.sundberg@vindeln.se |
Municipality of Lycksele | Storgatan 22 92181 Lycksele | SE | Ms Lilly Bäcklund | +46 950 16 000 lilly.backlund@epost.lycksele.se |
Municipality of Storuman | . 92381 Storumans | SE | Ms Gunilla Lundgren | +46 954 14 000 gunilla.lundgren@storuman.se |
Region Planning Council Havelland-Fläming | Clara-Zetkin-Strasse 23 14532 Kleinmachnow | DE | Mr Harald Knauer | +49 33203 5710 havelland-flaeming@t-online.de |
County of Potsdam-Mittelmark | Niemöllerstrasse 1 14806 Belzig | DE | Mr Lothar Koch | +49 338 41 910 info@postdam-mittelmark.de |
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Rapla County | Tallinn mnt 14 79513 Rapla | EE | Mr Tavo Kikas | +372 48 55290 tavo@raplamv.ee |
Harju County | Roosikrantsi 12 15077 Tallinn | EE | Mr Heino Alaniit | +372 6118 772 heino.alaniit@mv.harju.ee |
Pärnu County | Akadeemia 2 80088 Pärnu | EE | Mr Urmas Kase | +372 44 79 738 urmas.kase@mv.parnu.ee |
City of Tallinn | Vabaduse 7 15199 Tallinn | EE | Ms Evelin Tsirk | +372 6 6404 411 e.tsirk@tallinn.lv |
Pärnu College of Tartu University | Ringi 35 80012 Pärnu | EE | Mr Garri Raagmaa | +372 44 505 20 garri@ut.ee |
Ministry of Environment, Rapla County Environmental Department | Tallinn mnt 14 79513 Rapla | EE | Ms Hetti Kask | +372 48 56382 hetti.kask@rapla.evir.ee |
Estonian Tourist Board | Roosikrantsi 11 10199 Tallinn | EE | Mr Juhan Anupöld | +372 627 9700 tourism.eas.ee |
Podlaskie Province Marshall's Office | Ul Mlynowa 21 15404 Bialystok | PL | Mr Tadeusz Truskolaski | +48 85 748 5140 tadektrusk@post.pl |
City of Warsaw | Plac Defiland 1, S.P. 5 PKiN, 11p., p.1135 00901 Warsaw | PL | Mr Marcin Sliwa | +48 22 656 7622 euromarcin@warszawa.um.gov.pl |
Riga District Council | 24 Lapleca Street 1011 Riga | LV | Mr Ojars Kligins | +371 728 2810 kligins@rrp.lv |
Kaunas County | L Sapiegos 10 3000 Kaunas | LT | Ms Violeta Zagorskiene | +370 7 26072 violetaz@kaunas.aps.lt |
Kaliningrad Oblast Administration | Department for International Affairs and Economic Relations, Ul.Dm.Donskogo 1 236007 Kaliningrad | RU | Mr Dmitry S. Ofitserov | +7 0112 22 89 58 international@gov.kaliningrad.ru |
Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC) | Nya Tådstugugatan 60043 Norrköping | SE | Mr Thomas Mielke | +46 11 123 580 info@balticsea.com |
City of Bauska | Uzvaras iela 6 3901 Bauska | LV | Irena Kalnina | 371 39 601 98 irena@bauska.lv |
Zemgale Regional Development Agency | Pasta iela 37 3001 Zemgale | LV | Mr Raitis Madzulis | 371 302 75 49 zaa@jrp.lv |
Source: http://www.bsrinterreg.net/programm/project.php?id=10261
Project: Via Baltica Nordica Development Zone