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Providing
opportunities for cooperation in the Baltic Sea
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Will
year 2022 be the year when we can finally meet in person
again? As countries are opening up there are reasons to be
optimistic and we look forward to inspiring discussions and
increasing cooperation in the region.
While
we have seen a massive shift towards online meetings, seminars
and conferences during the pandemic we can now see signs from
our funded projects that physical meetings are taking place or
are being planned. This is hopeful for relations between the
countries and people of the Baltic Sea
region.
However, we have all also come to see the
benefits of meeting online at times. We will continue our
initiative "SI Baltic Sea Sessions – sharing results, shaping
the region" online with a session focusing on energy
efficiency. If you work on energy efficiency we welcome you to
join our session to connect with others in the region and find
out about their work!
On 17 March 2022, we will
launch a call within a new grants programme for cooperation
between Sweden and Russia. In early March we also open for
applications to the training programme SAYP targeting young
professionals who want to deepen their knowledge about modern
sustainable governance. Lastly, in this first newsletter of
the year, you can find other upcoming calls for applications
which provide opportunities for your future engagement in the
development of the Baltic Sea
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READ ABOUT PROJECTS AND PARTICIPANTS IN OUR
PROGRAMMES |
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Swedish
and Russian students exchanging ideas on climate
change |
For
many years, Globala Gymnasiet in Stockholm has
done field studies abroad. This time they turned
their eyes eastward to St. Petersburg in
Russia.
– Russia is a country close to
Sweden. But it nevertheless sometimes feels far
away and different, especially to younger persons.
With its history, we thought it would be an
interesting place to visit, says Emma
Sandberg Andrasko, teacher at Globala
gymnasiet.
The exchange project has been
running since the beginning of this semester and
students from the two countries are in continuous
contact with each other digitally to discuss
climate change issues. They also hope to be
able to visit each other in spring
2023.
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New
Partnerships Initiative: Sweden-Russia Grants
Programme |
The
New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) grants funding
to projects carried out jointly by partners in
Sweden and Russia.
Your project
should involve youth or young adults in both
countries. It should also include professionals
who work directly with young people or are
responsible for policies which concern
them. We are looking for projects which
foster exchange, dialogue and lasting relations
between the two countries around issues of common
interest.
The programme is open to Swedish
organisations with a partner in Russia.
A
call for applications will be open 17 March – 19
May 2022.
More information in English/ in
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Read
about George Melashvili, former participant in
SAYP |
George
Melashvili attended SAYP in 2016.
He had been
part of a group of students interested in
diplomacy and peacebuilding who created the Future
Diplomat’s Club. This later became the inspiration
for the Europe-Georgia Institute (EGI), which is
currently the leading independent civil society
organisation in Georgia. EGI had been in operation
for about a year when George headed to Sweden for
the 2016 SAYP.
- When I came back to
Georgia, I started to implement the tools that we
had learned to create a lasting framework of good
governance.
Read his full story
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Swedish
Institute Academy for Young Professionals
(SAYP) |
SAYP
is a training programme developed to build
awareness, capacity and resilience in the practice
of governance.
We are looking for young
professionals who want to deepen their knowledge
about modern sustainable governance.
A call
for applications opens in early March for young
professionals in Armenia, Belarus, Estonia,
Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden and
Ukraine.
More information on our
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ADDITIONAL CALLS FOR
APPLICATIONS |
SI Scholarships for
Global Professionals
We
are looking for ambitious individuals with strong professional
backgrounds, who would like to study for a master’s degree in
Sweden on a fully-funded scholarship.
Open for
applications: 10-28 February. Find out how to apply
here.
Academic collaboration in the Baltic
Sea region
The Swedish Institute offers
funding to Swedish universities, for projects together with
their partners in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Universities from Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland may also be involved. The overall
thematic area is strengthened capacity for
internationalization within higher education and research. The
next call opens on 1 June 2022 and closes 30 September,
2022. More information in English/in Swedish.
Third Country
Participation in the Baltic Sea region
The Swedish
Institute provides actors based in Sweden the opportunity to
apply for project funding for the inclusion of actors from
Russia or the countries of the EU Eastern Partnership in a
current EU-project or a flagship within the EU Strategy for
the Baltic Sea Region. The next call opens early summer 2022
and closes 30 September, 2022. More information in English/ in
Swedish. |
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SI
Baltic Sea Sessions -
Energy
Efficiency |
Welcome
to join "SI Baltic Sea Sessions – sharing results,
shaping the region" which this time calls together
actors interested in energy
efficiency.
In the session, we bring
forward results related to energy efficiency
achieved by partnerships funded by the Swedish
Institute.
During the session we will open
for reflections, dialogue and hopefully future
connections.
Date: 17 March
2022
Time: 13:00-15:00
(CET)
Where: Online Zoom
See more information on our
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Swedish
online meeting on the
EUSBSR |
Welcome
to join an online meeting for Swedish authorities
and organisations with an interest in the
development of the Baltic Sea region. We will
introduce three policy areas of the EU Strategy
for the Baltic Sea region (EUSBSR) and give
information on opportunities to support
transnational cooperation within the EU's new
structural funds programmes. The Swedish national
coordinator of the EUSBSR will give an
update.
Date: 7
April 2022
Time: 13:00-16:00
(CET)
Where: Online
Zoom
Please note that this meeting will
be held in Swedish for a Swedish target
group.
See more information on our
website. | | |
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The
Swedish Institute (SI) seeks to strengthen Sweden's relations
and develop cooperation with the countries located around the
Baltic Sea and the countries of the EU Eastern Partnership
i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russian
Federation, Sweden and Ukraine. Our activities in the Baltic
Sea region contribute to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea
Region and to the EU Eastern Partnership framework. Read
more. |
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Please
feel free to circulate the newsletter to others who you think would
benefit from this information. It is possible to subscribe to the
Swedish Institute's newsletter about cooperation in the Baltic Sea
region. Subscribe by filling out the form on this
link. |
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Contacts at the Swedish
Institute:
Annika
Claesson, Programme Manager, +46 8 453 78 58, annika....@si.se
Camilla
Wristel, Programme Manager, +46 8 453 79 67, camilla...@si.se
Gabor
Schneider, Programme Manager, +46 8 453 78 59, gabor.s...@si.se
Markus
Boman, Programme Manager, +46 8 453 79 64, markus...@si.se
Further contacts can be found on the webpages of our
respective
programmes. |
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