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Baltic Sea region on the rise

9.11.2010

The Center for Markets in Transition CEMAT at the Aalto University School of Economics coordinates two key international projects in the Baltic Sea region. Rail Baltica Growth Corridor develops rail traffic, and BaltMet Promo builds the common identity and visibility of the Baltic Sea countries. Both projects have a special role in the Baltic Sea strategy of the European Union, and their main partner is the City of Helsinki. The proposals for action resulting from the projects have an impact on EU level decision making.

St Petersburg-Helsinki-Berlin

Rail Baltica Growth Corridor paves the way to the creation of a smooth and environmentally friendly railway connection. The planned railway connection reaches from Berlin to St Petersburg, via Warsaw, Kaunas, Riga, Tallinn, and Helsinki. This is the Baltic Sea region flagship project of the EU Transport Program. CEMAT is the coordinator of the international growth corridor project, and has been responsible for the planning of work division in the project.

"At the moment, the Baltic region is a bottleneck in the land traffic between the significant commercial ports of the Continent of Europe and the growth triangle of the Baltic Sea," says Malla Paajanen, Project Manager from the School of Economics.

"The Rail Baltica region has great potential as a junction of global stream of merchandise. Rail Baltica Growth Corridor starts at full speed in January next year. The project is scheduled to finish in summer 2013, when the Growth Corridor Strategy created together with the project stakeholder groups will be published.

More tourism, creative professionals, and investments in the Baltic Sea region

BaltMet Promo markets the Baltic Sea region globally. The 2-year project was started in early 2010. BaltMet Promo will create three tailored product pilots that are related to tourism, expertise in cinematography, and investments. The objective of the pilots is to increase tourism, placement of creative professionals, and investments in the Baltic Sea region.

"After the three very diverse product pilots, our goal is to multiply the product development concept in other areas as well, tells Malla Paajanen about the further development of the project.

BaltMet Promo cooperates with the European Commission, as well as national and local actors - like private sector and citizens. In addition to project coordination, CEMAT produces a supply survey related to film production. The survey, which studies the international cooperation in the cinematography field, will be completed at the end of 2010.

CEMAT projects were introduced in the Annual EU Baltic Sea Strategy Forum

The BaltMet Promo and Rail Baltica Growth Corridor projects led by the CEMAT research center of the Aalto University figured in the 1st Annual Forum for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in Tallinn 14-15 October 2010. BaltMet Promo coordinated the construction of the regional identity of the Baltic Sea region. Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC), again, promotes the accessibility of the region as the flagship project of transport domain, and gathers the cities of the Baltic Sea Region together for closer cooperation.

President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy, Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions, and Eva Srejber, Vice President of the European Investment bank spoke at the panel opening of the 1st Annual Forum for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

Caption: The specialist panels organized by the SIDA Baltic Sea unit were part of the program of the strategy days. In the photo, the panelists are contemplating the identity of the Baltic Sea region. From the left, Eva Ekmehag (Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Ulf Savbäck (Swedish Prime Minister's Office), Jean-Marc Venineaux (DG Regio), Barbro Widing (MEE), Malla Paajanen (Aalto/CEMAT). Missing from the photo are Colin Wolfe (DG Regio) and Anders Bergström (Norden Association). Photo Anna-Karin Johansson SIDA Baltic Sea Unit

Further information:

www.rbgc.eu

www.baltmetpromo.net

www.hse.fi/FI/cemat/