On 5-6 May 2011 at the Radisson Daugava Hotel in Riga, Latvia, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat in cooperation with the NCM Office’s in Riga, together with the European Commission, Interact and Baltic Development Forum hosted the conference “Green Growth in the Baltic Sea Region”.
The conference identified opportunities and policy implications for realizing synergies between green growth initiatives, programs and projects in the Baltic Sea Region. By actively engaging the private sector the conference provided recommendations for how the EU Strategy and Action Plan for the Baltic Sea Region can further accelerate green growth – and thereby also contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Conference paper
Conference paper: summary tables
Conference programme
Conference Report
Key Messages
Pictures from the Conference
Presentations:
Day 1
Going for Green Growth in the Baltic Sea Region, Mr Hans Brask, Director, Baltic Development Forum
Perspectives on Green Growth in Latvia, Dr. Claudio Rochas, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment, Riga Technical University (replacing Mrs. Dagnija Blumberga)
Overview on Green Growth Initiatives in the Baltic Sea Region, Mr Thomas Winther, Adviser to NCM on EUSBSR/Director, Innogate
Accelerating Green Growth by Realising Synergies between Existing Instruments and Activities:
Transport
Sustainable Transport and Green Corridors, Mr Wiktor Szydarowski, Project Manager, TransBaltic
Sustainable Transport and Green Corridors, Dr. Jurgen Neumuller, Project Manager, Scandria, and Project Partner, Rail Baltica Growth Corridor
The Baltic Sea Region as a Demonstration Region for Hydrogen Cars, Mr Sven Wolf, Director Business Development, Hydrogen Sweden
Secretariat and Board Member, Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership
Living
Eco-Construction, Mrs. Line Lolk, Head of Section, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority (replaces Mr. Søren Tegen Pedersen)
Urban Environment, Dr. Max Hogeforster, Chairman of the Baltic Sea Academy, Project Manager for the Hanseatic Parliament of Hamburg
From Wastewater to Energy - Reducing Urban Eutrophication, Mrs Hannamaria Yliruusi, Project Coordinator, Union of the Baltic Cities
Energy Production
Bioenergy, Mr Olav Rasmussen, Director, Blue Planet Innovation
Wind Energy, Mrs Tuuliki Kasonen, General Manager of Estonian Wind Power Association
Energy Consumption
Green Public Procurement for Green Growth, Mrs Karin Klingspor, Senior Adviser, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Business Co-operation on Energy Efficiency with Partners in Kaliningrad, Mr Arne Grove, Director, Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office in Kaliningrad
Conclusions from Day 1
Day 2
Green Growth in the Baltic Sea Region towards Europe 2020, Mrs Kristine Kozlova, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Energy
Sustainable Production through Innovation in SMEs (SPIN), Mr Daniel De Graaf, SPIN project manager, Federal Environment Agency, Germany
Growing Green SMEs – Branding the Baltic Sea Region as a Green Growth Region?, Mrs Lene Grønning, Business Ambassador, Business Centre Bornholm.
Clusters as Vehicles for Green Growth, Mr Mika Sulkinoja, Manager VC coordination, Finnish Cleantech Cluster, Lahti Science and Business Park
Accelerating Green Innovation and Competitiveness, Mr Håkan Knutsson, Managing Director, Sustainable Business Hub AB, Malmö
Financing Green Growth – The Cleantech Venture Capital Sector, Mr Mikael Edelstam, Member of Steering Group, Nordic Cleantech Open, and Partner, Cleantech Scandinavian Financing Green Growth at the Macro level
Financing Green Growth at the Macro Level, Mr. Roland Randefelt, Senior Engineer, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank replaces
The Baltic Sea Region as a test-bed for green growth solutions introduction by Mr Pekka Salminen, Project Manager, Union of Baltic Cities
Green clusters and cross-cluster co-operation introduction by Dr. Heinrich Cuypers, Senior Project Manager, ScanBalt BioRegion
Branding the Baltic Sea Region as a region for green growth excellence introduction by Mr Marcus Andersson, Head of Public Affairs, Baltic Development Forum
Financing green growth initiatives at the Baltic Sea Region level introduction by Mr Harro Pitkanen, Acting Head of Lending, Nordic Investment Bank
