Ferries are moving people all across the Baltic Sea region, be it from Kiel to Helsinki or just across Rostock’s river Warnow. But often, it’s hard to find them as a travel alternative to airplanes or local busses. The Real Time Ferries project (RTF) works to change this situation. Johan Östling from the Swedish RTF partner RISE Viktoria explains how the RTF idea will overcome the project duration and why placing a hackathon on board a ferry can be a great move.

Three Lübeck-related Nobel Prize winners, five keynote speeches, two moderated discussions, one presentation on stage, 16 parallel sessions, 111 projects, 300 participants and eight hours of a joint event – this is a simple summary of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference, underpinning the achievements of projects co-funded by the Programme.

How to show the transnational cooperation, grasp the essence of a project or show the project result in just one picture? Interreg Baltic Sea Region projects have risen to the challenge and eagerly joined a photo competition. Best pictures by BalticLINes, IWAMA, HAZARD as well as the winner of the public vote, GoSmart BSR, gained visibility at the recent Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference. But there is more to come! Congratulations!

At its meeting on 10-11 April in Lübeck, the Monitoring Committee of Interreg Baltic Sea Region selected twelve projects for funding. This includes three platform projects and nine extension stage projects. Both types of projects are meant to capitalise on the results of projects already funded within Interreg Baltic Sea Region.