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The main aim of the project is to research safety concerns of the youth and the best ways to reach them in the Baltic Sea Region. Safety experts together with youth representatives will develop a questionnaire in which safety concerns and information about how to best reach the youth will be discovered.
During this project the collaboration between safety experts and youth will be a crucial point. The project prepares for the larger scale project in which youth in the Baltic Sea region will be educated about
how to increase their safety in physical and virtual world.
The project aims to develop the first open and multilingual e-learning platform for firefighters on emergency planning and response when involving individuals with disabilities. The e-learning platform will be accessible from computers, tablets and smartphones and it will include the following modules:
Oil Spill project’s overall objective is to strengthen the oil spill response capability in the BSR at the levels of key responsible ministries, operative Competent Authorities, key NGOs, relevant Universities and the petrochemical industry.
Oil Spill outputs include the following:
ResQU2 Platform increases preparedness and coordination of rescue operations. ResQU2 stands for “Enhancing the durability of learning experiences gained in ChemSAR, HAZARD, DiveSmart Baltic and Mirg-Ex projects on guidelines, operational plans and procedures and exercises related to incidents at sea and in ports”.
Southwest Finland Emergency Services participates in ResQU2 Platform since it was a partner and WP leader in HAZARD project (Staff Exchange, Joint Exercises and Communication in Emergencies).
CASCADE project targets the need to develop integrated risk assessment methodologies, tailor-made for the local level, and putting them into practice for more resilient societies.
CASCADE will also strive for initiating a region-wide policy dialogue on the UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The dialogue will be an effective platform for cross-sectorial cooperation between different levels of governance and for greater policy coherence on climate risk assessments.
CASCADE outputs are relevant for all Baltic Sea Region countries. They include:
Turku is a trendsetter in Smart Mobility
As the first CIVITAS city in Finland, Turku has become an internationally noticed flagship city of sustainable solutions. The aim of Turku is to become carbon neutral by 2029 and Smart Mobility plays an important role in this process. Mobility in 2029 will consist primarily of walking, cycling, electric public transport and sharing of vehicles. Mobility has also become a service. All these themes were further developed in a four-year CIVITAS ECCENTRIC project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
The City of Turku currently has 32 ongoing projects that receive EU funding.
RESPONSE aims to turn energy sustainability into a doable vision by solving the energy trilemma; security, equity/affordability and environmental s
The main aim of the project is to research safety concerns of the youth and the best ways to reach them in the Baltic Sea Region.