start and break slide Kick-Off-Meeting April 1 st – 3 rd 2009 Large Conference Hall of Hotel Riga Riga/ Latvia host: Baltic Sea Region Programme project “Baltic Challenges and Chances for local and regional development generated by Climate Change“ BalticClimate

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 2 Results, Indicators and Main Outputs of the project Central questions: 1.How do we know that we will achieve the objectives of the project? 2.How can we measure our quality of work as well as our progress of activities?

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 3 Central terms – need to differentiate … Results: immediate effects of project actions Indicators: Measurement instrument concerning Results Main Outputs: immediate products delivered by project

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 4 Structure of the Baltic Sea Region Programme Programme Objective Priority 1 Objective Priority 2 Objective Priority 3 Objective Priority 4 Objective Common Results Priority 1 Specific Results Priority 2 Specific Results Priority 3 Specific Results Priority 4 Specific Results

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 5 BSR Programme – keep in mind … Strategic objective: „to make the Baltic Sea region an attractive place to invest, work and live in“ Comprehensive structure Every project has to follow the structure No rigid structure, but offers a certain freedom of choice concerning project Priority and Results BalticClimate already decided in favour of its Priority and Results during application phase (see coloured boxes)

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 6 Objectives of the BalticClimate project Co-operative, integrative and sustainable way for authorities, regions and local stakeholders to handle the climate change Climate change as a challenge as well as a chance for local and regional sustainable development Competitiveness of the BSR in Europe and worldwide Shared co-oporate identity for the BSR

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 7 Selection of Priority of BSR Programme Programme Objective Priority 1 Objective Priority 2 Objective Priority 3 Objective Priority 4: Attractive & competitive cities and regions

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 8 Priority 4: Attractive & competitive cities and regions Expected project results in general: Pooled resources of metropolitan regions, cities and rural areas to enhance the Baltic Sea Region’s competitiveness and cohesion Improved preconditions for Baltic Sea Region’s competitiveness in Europe and worldwide Increased region’s identity and its recognition Strengthened social conditions and impacts of regional and city development

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 9 Selection of Common Results of BSR Programme Programme Objective Priority 1 Objective Priority 2 Objective Priority 3 Objective Priority 4 Attractive & competitive cities and regions Common Result: Increased political recognition C.R.: Increased sustainability of transnational co-operative structures Common Result: Unlocking Investments

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 10 Common Result: Increased political recognition (I) 3 Indicators for the measurement of activities are predefined by the BSR Programme: Number of politicans directly involved in project activities Number of open public events with politicans participation Number of political statements to be endorsed, resulting from project activities and signed within the project  All PPs have to report to these Indicators

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 11 Common Result: Increased political recognition (II) 4 Indicators for the measurement of activities are proposed by the BalticClimate project: Number of Transnational Seminars Number of local and regional Workshops Number of decision makers / providers of decisions participating at Transnational Seminars or local and regional Workshops Number of local and regional strategies and documents integrating project conclusions and information  All PPs have also to report to these Indicators

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 12 Selection of Priority 4 Specific Results * BalticClimate selected two out of four Programme Objective Priority 1 Objective Priority 2 Objective Priority 3 Objective Priority 4 Attractive & competitive cities and regions Common Results, e.g. Increased political recognition Priority 1 Specific results Priority 2 Specific results Priority 3 Specific results Priority 4 Specific results a) & b)*

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 13 Priority 4 Specific Results of BSR Programme (I) Predefined Specific Result… and its meaning for BalticClimate a) Pooled resources of metropolitan regions, cities and rural areas to enhance the BSR competitiveness and cohesion b) Improved preconditions for increase of BSR competitiveness in Europe and worldwide Improvement of capability and cooperation of cities and rural areas Short and long term decisions in sustainable urban and regional development Handling the climate change in an integrated way in every-day practice Upgraded understanding of the climate change Chance and capital for economic activities Enlarged set of transferable tools

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 14 Priority 4 Specific Results of BSR Programme (II) What remains to be done?  WP leaders have to formulate a few Indicators concerning these Priority Specific Results until July  All PPs have to report to all the Indicators for Common Results as well as Specific Results.

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 15 Main Outputs WP3WP3 WP4WP4 Questionnaire for status quo and progress evaluation Guideline/framework on integrated solutions for spatial planning and development Report on project par- ticipants perception of CC incl. experiences of applying question- naire in target areas Report on CC impact and vulnerability assessments incl. experiences of implementation cases in target areas Final supporting material for CC impact assessment and vulnerability assessment Report C 3 (CC SWOT-analyses and decisions in the business sector) Set of transferable criterias to analyse sustainable development Report on alternative spatial structures incl. experiences in target areas Strategic CC tool for decisions in the business sector Set of business ideas and final business plans Final stepwise approach for CC vul- nerability assessment (slight national specific modifications) WP5ICTTOOLKITWP5ICTTOOLKIT

April 2nd 2009 BalticClimate Kick-Off-Meeting Sebastian Ebert (ARL) 16 Thank You for Your Attention! For further information and questions: Sebastian Ebert Mail:

start and break slide Kick-Off-Meeting April 1 st – 3 rd 2009 Large Conference Hall of Hotel Riga Riga/ Latvia host: Baltic Sea Region Programme project “Baltic Challenges and Chances for local and regional development generated by Climate Change“ BalticClimate

Rough Project Time Schedule Steer Team Meetings, 2 days Reporting dates today WPL-Meeting, 1 day Dec. June Dec. June TN-Seminaires, 2 days June Sept. March Sept. March Loc./Reg WS, x days.