KOHESIO · Q4302443 · DE

Smart Blue Regions: Smart Specialisation and Blue Growth in the BSR

The project seeks to enhance blue growth opportunities based on increased capacity of the Baltic Sea Region to implement research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (so called RIS3). This project is focusing on the blue value chain of Machinery & Technology, Life Science & Blue Medicine and Energy. Smart specialisation constitutes a significant challenge for many countries in the region. In the absence of prior experience and established knowhow, great variations in regional capacities to implement RIS3 have already appeared in the early stages of priority setting. Not only RI…

EU budget
€1.5M
Total project cost
€1.8M
Period
2016-03-01 → 2019-02-28
Thematic objective
TO01Research, technological development and innovation

About the Research, technological development and innovation objective

Thematic Objective 1 of the 2014–2020 Cohesion period funds research, technological development and innovation. It supports R&D infrastructure, technology transfer, business-academia partnerships and pilot lines that close the gap between scientific discovery and market application across EU regions.

Co-funding: the EU contributes €1.5M toward a total project cost of €1.8M — a co-funding rate of 79%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

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Full project record on Kohesio — partners, deliverables, location map, related funding decisions.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the EU budget for this project?
The EU contributes €1.5M toward a total project cost of €1.8M, a co-funding rate of 79%.
Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO01 — Research, technological development and innovation — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Which country is the project located in?
The project is located in DE.
What is the project period?
The project runs from 2016-03-01 to 2019-02-28.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q4302443.