Project platform Baltic PlaNet – Baltic Climate-Resilient Coastal Planning Network

The Baltic PlaNet project platform brings together coastal municipalities to unify their responses to extreme weather events through joint spatial planning, offering practical tools, training, and peer exchange to protect natural and urban areas. Baltic PlaNet consolidates outcomes from 12 EU funded projects.

More information about the project: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/baltic-planet/ 

Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027
Priority:4 Cooperation governance
Objective: 4.1 Project platform
Contributing to 1.2 Responsive public services

Project lifetime: 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2028
Total project budget: € 1,200,000.00

Project objectives:

• The project aims at increasing municipal authorities’ capacities to integrate extreme weather events considerations into their spatial planning, while preserving natural and urban environments.
• Through a range of tools and resources from 12 projects, such as the Sea2Land Navigator and Beach-SOS adaptation pathways, MSP-Green Recommendations, building on existing and evolving networks, cooperations, and collaborative approaches (including results from projects such as PASPS, eMSP NBSR, NESBp, Planners’ Forum, ClimaResponse and MoRE), the platform assists coastal municipalities in assessing climate risks, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing effective adaptation strategies through collaboration.
• By fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among stakeholders, including policymakers, practitioners, and experts, the platform enhances capacity building and promotes innovative solutions.
• The platform builds a strong network of stakeholders across the Baltic Sea Region, facilitating cooperation and sharing of best practices.
• It provides targeted support to municipalities in addressing specific climate challenges and implementing sustainable development initiatives.
• Leveraging existing knowledge and expertise, the Baltic PlaNet platform significantly contributes to the resilience of coastal communities in the BSR.

Lead partner:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH, Germany

Project partners:
HELCOM/ Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development, Latvia
VASAB Secretariat
Town of Międzyzdroje, Poland
Kurzeme Planning Region
Tallinn University, Estonia
Lääne-Harju Municipality, Estonia

Associated organisations:
Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC)
Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia
Foundation for Environmental Education
Saulkrasti Municipality, Latvia
Council of the Baltic Sea States
Riga Planning Region, Latvia
Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, Estonia

VASAB Contacts

Liene Strazdiņa, Communication Expert
Phone: +371 29703572
E-mail: liene.strazdina@vasab.org

Jana Patmalniece, Project Coordinator & Office Manager
Phone: +371 26221900
E-mail: jana.patmalniece@vasab.org

VASAB tasks in the project

VASAB leads project’s work package 3 “Knowledge sharing and capacity buuilding”, which:

• Fosters collaboration by prioritising knowledge sharing and capacity building among spatial planners at all governance levels, researchers, and pan-Baltic organisations in line with the EUSBSR framework.
• Establishes a robust stakeholder network in the BSR, facilitating cooperation and the sharing of good practices.
• Creates pathways for integrating project results into decision-making processes, ensuring that public authorities and organisations across the BSR can effectively utilise insights and tools to address climate challenges.
• Aims to build a mutual understanding of the possible impacts of climate change on BSR coastal territories and to prioritise climate change adaptation in stakeholders’ agendas

Work package 3 in details:

Project is financed with the contribution of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region