South Sweden in the Baltic Sea region Basic

South Sweden in the Baltic Sea region Basic Facts Industries -Ericsson -IKEA -Orrefors/ Kosta Boda -Tetra Pak -Gambro -Pro Cordia 2. 2 million people Sweden Estonia 51 000 km 2 9 Universities/ Universitycolleges Latvia 10 Airports Kaliningrad 55 Harbours for Freight and Transportation Poland Germany Brussels www. sydsam. se Lithuania

South Sweden and co-operation agreements South Sweden 1995 Schleswig. Holstein 2001 Kaliningrad Oblast 1999 Mecklenburg. Vorpommern www. sydsam. se

South Sweden European Office in the Baltic Sea House South Sweden European Office Avenue Palmerston 26 Brussels Tel: 02/235 26 60 www. sydsam. se

INTERREG IIC and the STRING-project South-western Baltic sea transregional area (STRING) Strategies for: • infrastructure • Öresund-region (Sweden and Denmark) • learning society • mobility • West Zealand Storström (Denmark) • environment • Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg (Germany) • business • cultural heritage and landscape NG I R ST Budget: In total: 1, 44 MEuro EU-funding: 720 000 MEuro www. sydsam. se

INTERREG IIIB BSR and Euroregion Baltic (ERB) Euroregion Baltic Regional and local authorities in 9 regions and 6 countries • the Seagull-project deepens the collaboration within the ERB • develop a joint transnational development plan (JTDP), which will form the basis for future investments in the environment and infrastructure Southeast Sweden Denmark Latvia Lithuania Poland Budget: In total: 3, 3 MEuro www. sydsam. se IRIIIB: 1, 3 MEuro Kaliningrad

Thank you for your attention! The Secretariat of Syd. Sam/South Sweden Ms Ulrika Joelsson, Co-ordinator Interreg IIIB Tel: +46 (0) 480 44 83 68 E-mail: ulrika. joelsson@kalmar. regionforbund. se www. sydsam. se