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The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea
Region and Policy Area Nutri
8 February 2018, Project BEST Kick-off
Sanni Turunen
Ministry of the Environment, Finland
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EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
EUSBSR: key facts
• first macro-regional strategy in
the EU (since 2009);
• 8 EU Member States (MSs), 85
million people (17 % of EU
population);
• based on long history of
cooperation;
• better and more effective use of
existing policies, funding,
institutions and legislation;
• addresses common challenges of
the region;
https://youtu.be/JY2yTq7fwkw
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EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Objectives, Policy Areas and Horizontal Actions
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95 % of the Baltic Sea areasuffers from eutrophicationdue to inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus.
Signs of improvement, such as decreases in chlorophyll-a concentrations, are seen in some parts.
PA Nutri aims to reducenutrient inputs to the sea to acceptable levels
EUSBSR policy area Nutri
HELCOM (2017): First version of the ‘State of the Baltic Sea’ report – June 2017 – to be updated in 2018. Available at: http://stateofthebalticsea.helcom.fi/
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• Coordinated jointly by Finland and Poland
• Steering Committee consists of 8 EU member states,
European Commission and HELCOM representatives
• Supports the implementation of EU MSFD, WFD and
HELCOM BSAP
• Enhances cooperation within the region, across country
and sector borders, also with RU & BY
• Promotes development of strategic flagship projects and
their financing
• Ensures sharing of projects’ results and good practices
EUSBSR policy area Nutri
PA Nutri key facts
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PA Nutri actions
1. Managing nutrients more
efficiently
2. Improving waste water
treatment
3. Facilitate cross-sectoral
policy-oriented dialogue
4. Improve nutrient load data
5. Cooperate with non-EU
Member States
6. Investigate cost-efficient
nutrient reduction
mechanisms
EUSBSR Policy Area Nutri
Source: DCE – Aarhus University
Sources of nutrients to the Sea:
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• actions of the EUSBSR are implemented by means of flagships;
• a single project, a set of projects operating in the same field or a
process;
• demonstrates the process and progress of the EUSBSR, and may
serve as pilot example for desired change;
• have a high macro-regional impact;
• listed in the Annex to the EUSBSR Action Plan.
Flagship of the EUSBSR
A flagship:
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Flagship of the EUSBSR
Flagship benefits
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EUSBSR policy area Nutri
PA Nutri ongoing flagships
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Leader: John Nurminen Foundation, Finland
• 2015-2018, Interreg Central Baltic
• Development of Nutribute platform for voluntary nutrient offsets
in the Baltic Sea region
• Pilots:
– Gypsum: gypsum treatment of fields to reduce phosphorus load
from agriculture
– Fish: recycling of phosphorus from the Sea by targeted fishing
of cyprinids and creating a market for consumers
– Mussel: removal of nutrients by harvesting mussels
– Nutrient Exchange: match-making to realise direct nutrient
exchange between industry
http://nutritradebaltic.eu/
PA Nutri flagships
NutriTrade – Nutrient Offsetting for the Baltic Sea
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Leader: Union of the Baltic Cities, Sustainable Cities Commission c/o
City of Turku, Finland
• 2016-2019, Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
• To improve and develop the capacity of energy efficiency and
sludge handling in wastewater management in the Baltic Sea
region
• Main activities:
– to increase capacity and structure lifelong learning among
wastewater treatment operators and experts;
– to operate wastewater treatment plants more resource-
efficiently, to develop and improve energy management;
– to develop and improve sludge management.
http://www.iwama.eu/
PA Nutri flagships
IWAMA – Interactive Water Management
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Leader: Region Östergötland, Sweden
• 2016-2019, Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
• To establish fully operational mussel farms to counteract
eutrophication and create new blue growth opportunities
• Main activities:
– to establish six farms in different parts of the Baltic Sea;
– to clarify environmental, legal and regulatory aspects;
– process mussels into fish and poultry feed.
https://www.submariner-network.eu/projects/balticbluegrowth
PA Nutri flagships
Baltic Blue Growth – Initiating full scale mussel farming
in the Baltic Sea
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Leader: WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme
• 2016 -, Swedish Institute
• To develop consumer meat guides in all Baltic Sea countries to
help businesses and consumers to make a conscious choice when
buying or eating meat products
• To take into account effects to the environment and climate
change
• The meat guide is already released in Germany, Sweden and
Finland
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/baltic/solution/consume_project.cfm
PA Nutri flagships
CONSUME – Consumer guide for sustainably produced
meat
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http://groupspaces.com/eusbsr-nutrient-inputs/
http://www.balticsea-region-strategy.eu/