The Baltic Palette II

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The Baltic Palette II is a joint effort between the metropolitan areas surrounding Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and St. Petersburg to develop a dynamic and sustainable region. The main challenges in the Baltic Palette region are the vast differences in development levels between the partners from the old and new EU member states and the non-EU partners. The Baltic Palette network has been established to promote transnational co-operation and the Baltic Palette II project is working on areas of spatial planning, transport networks, information society, tourism and water quality management. The Baltic Palette II project’s objective was to strengthen the BPR macro region building including the sub-regions of Stockholm-Mälar region, Southern Finland region, Tallinn-Harju region, Riga region and St. Petersburg-Leningrad region. The target is that in the year 2020 BPR will be known as a globally competitive research and business arena. The project is based on the existing cooperation network as well as a common vision and strategy prepared during the Interreg II C Baltic Palette project. The project is based on the results of the first Baltic Palette project (Interreg II C project). Through the work within the Baltic Palette II even closer partnership is formed and prerequisites for a more sustainable development and co-operation are created. Transnational co-operation takes place within the following themes: spatial planning and urban management for sustainable polycentric structures, transport corridors and inter-modal transport strategies for passenger travel and cargo traffic, information society, sustainable tourism in metropolitan and rural areas, and water quality management systems. For each theme there is one action group implementing the work. The action groups are international consisting of experts from the Baltic Palette partner organisations.

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