Teadusprojektid | Ärikorralduse instituut

Junior Researcher LAB on Digital and Sustainable Transformation

15.05.2024-15.11.2024

Vastutav täitja: Professor Wolfgang Gerstlberger

Leping number: 2024/7

Rahastaja: Baltic-German University Liaison Office, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

Konsortsium: TalTech, Tartu Ülikool, TalTech Narva Kolledž, Saksamaalt: HU Berlin, HS Wismar, HS Magdeburg-Stendal

Kokkuvõte: Projekt toob kokku tunnustatud Saksa ja Eesti institutsioonid ja teadlased, et arutada tulevasi uurimis- ja vahetustegevusi koos noorte teadlastega (doktorandid, järeldoktorandid). Selle kahepoolse arutelu eesmärgiks on ühine raamatuprojekt ja raamatu publitseerimine.

Projektimeeskond: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Grstlberger, Professor Dr. Tarmo Kalvet, Prof. Dr. Mari-Klara Stein, Professor Dr. Gunnar Prause, Professor Dr. Marcel Robischon, Professor Dr. Michael Herzog, Professor Dr. Harald Kitzmann, Professor Dr. Ulrich Norbisrath

Administratiivne tugimeeskond: Dr Koidu Saia, Mare Orav, Pia Riips, Marit Oja

Train4ESG projekt on rahastatud Euroopa Komisjoni, Erasmus+ KA 2 tegevusest. Käesolev materjal kajastab autori - Train4ESG konsortsiumi - vaateid ning Euroopa Komisjon ei ole vastutav selles sisalduva informatsiooni kasutamise eest.

Rahastusprogramm: ERASMUS+ Key Action 2: Cooperation partnerships in adult education (KA220-ADU)
Projekti number: 2023-1-FR01-KA220-ADU-0001 55643
Kestus: 01.12.2023 - 31.05.2026
Rahastus kokku: 400 000 €

Projekti veebileht             ETIS              Newsletter - Issue 1 | June 2024

Projekti kokkuvõte

Viimastel aastatel on ESG-investeeringute arv ja väärtus kasvanud enneolematult, kuna investorite hinnangul mõjutavad ESG-faktorid oluliselt nende portfellide pikaajalist väärtust. Samuti suurendas investorite huvi ESG-teemade vastu COVID-19 pandeemia. Kuna ESG-teemad on uudsed, ei ole neid piisavalt või üldse käsitletud ülikoolide õppekavades ning seetõttu puuduvad finants- ja pangandusvaldkonna spetsialistidel piisavad teadmised ning oskused ESG-varade ja investeeringute mõistmiseks, hindamiseks, valideerimiseks ja jälgimiseks. Projekti käigus väljatöötatav uudne koolitusprogramm täidab tühimiku ESG-professionaalse hariduse osas – selleks kaardistame koolitusvajadused, kavandame ja arendame finantssektori spetsialistidele suunatud ESG koolitusprogrammi, valideerime ja täiendame kursusi programmi piloteerimise käigus ning seeläbi tagame ESG koolitusprogrammi jätkusuutliku kasutamise ning tulemuste avatud kättesaadavuse väike- ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtete digitaalses finantssektoris.

Konsortsium:

Juhtpartner: Finance Innovation (France)
BICERO Ltd (Slovenia)
The Italian Chamber of Commerce (Luxemburg)
TalTech (Estonia)
Weave Consulting Limited (Malta)

Projektimeeskond TalTechis:

Natalie Gurvitš-Suits (PI)
Tarmo Kadak
Vaiva Kiaupaite-Grušniene
Liis Ojamäe
Alla Ozeran
Mari Avarmaa
Niina Dulova

Rahastaja: EL Interreg BSR - Läänemere piirkond
Projekti kestus: 1.11.2023-31.10.2026
Kogueelarve: 3.520.368,54 €

Projekti koduleht             ETIS

Kokkuvõte

Interreg BATS projekti põhieesmärk on suurendada aktiivset liikumist (kõndimine ja jalgrattasõit) ebasoodsates valgus- ja ilmastikutingimustes. BATSi nimi tuleneb ingliskeelsest lühendist (Baltic Sea region- Active MobiliTy Solutions).

Aktiivne mobiilsus (AM) on tervist edendav ja keskkonnahoidlik transpordiliik. Meie piirkonnas pimedal talvel lume ja vihmaga aktiivne mobiilsus langeb. Aastaringse aktiivse mobiilsuse (YRAM) suurendamiseks peab olema sobiv infrastruktuur ja seadmed ning kodanikud peavad nägema seda atraktiivse ja turvalise võimalusena. Asutused on kohustatud pöörama erilist tähelepanu linnakujundusele, mobiilsuse planeerimisele ja teede korrashoiule, et suurendada aktiivset mobiilsust aastaringselt.

BATS projekt toetab kohalikke ja piirkondlikke omavalitsusi poliitikate, infrastruktuuride ja kampaaniate kavandamisel ja elluviimisel, mis edendavad tõhusalt YRAM-i.

Projektis arendatakse välja kaks lahendust ja katsetatakse neid seitsmes Läänemere piirkonna riigis ning kantakse üle ka naaberlinnadesse ja -piirkondadesse.

• Lahendus 1: YRAM-i tehniline tööriistakomplekt aitab planeerijatel YRAM-i probleeme diagnoosida, sekkumisstrateegiaid välja töötada ja edusamme jälgida.
• Lahendus 2: YRAM-i elanike aktiveerimise juhend aitab planeerijatel kasutajarühmi mõista ja prioriteete seada ning rakendada tõhusaid kampaaniaid AM-i kasutamise edendamiseks.

Tallinna Tehnikaülikool osaleb elanike aktiveerimise juhendi väljatöötamises, väljatöötatud lahenduste piloteerimises ja analüüsimises ning nende lahenduste rakendamises.

12 projektipartnerit:

7 asutust:

• Hamburg-Altona linnaosa (Saksamaa)
• Lahti linn (Soome)
• Umeå (Rootsi)
• Gdynia vald (Poola)
• Kalundborgi vald (Taani)
• Klaipeda ühistranspordiamet (Leedu)
• Harjumaa Omavalitsuste Liit (Eesti)

3 ülikooli:

• Aalto Ülikool (Soome)
• Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (Eesti)
• Gdanski Tehnikaülikool (Poola)

2 aktiivset mobiilsust toetavat organisatsiooni:

• Rootsi jalgrattaspordi organisatsioon / Swedish Cycling Advocacy Organization (Rootsi)
• Gate 21 (Taani)

TalTech projektimeeskond: 
Prof. Wolfgang Dieter Gerstlberger
Dots. Mike Franz Wahl
Dots. Liis Ojamäe
Tarmo Tuisk, projekti spetsialist
Jaana Merisaar, projekti spetsialist

ERASMUS+ project “LEarning And Development in micro- and small enterprises”. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Project period: 1.11.2021−30.04.2024

Training of micro- and small enterprises' owners and employees using new innovative teaching content and methodology, relying on the intensive use of digital platforms, means and procedures in order to make changes in the entrepreneurial and managerial orientations and attitudes favouring better adjustment to external changes via continuous learning and development.

The project consortium consists of:

Budapest Business School (Hungary – Lead Partner), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), ADINVEST Europe AISBL (Belgium), Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal), SMEs and Entrepreneurship Policy Center (Croatia), Universite Paris Nanterre (France), Wroclaw University of Economics and Business (Poland).

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Vocational Education and Training Knowledge Management Training for KIBS SMEs
Action Type: KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Start:    01-11-2021
End:     01-02-2024
Project Reference:  2021-1-EE01-KA220-VET-000032944

Partners:

Lead: TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

• POLITECHNIKA GDANSKA
• SCOALA NATIONALA DE STUDII POLITICE SI ADMINISTRATIVE
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
• MTÜ EESTI KAUBANDUS-TÖÖSTUSKODA
• 4EXPERIENCE SP. Z O.O.

Summary

The main objective of the project is to prepare and disseminate an interactive guide and an e-learning training module (Knowledge Pills) to help KIBS (knowledge intensive business services) SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) to manage their knowledge and succeed in knowledge management initiatives, considering that SMEs are the basis of the European economy according to the European Commission. With this project, there is a greater prospect of success for the target group to digitally conduct training sessions and knowledge management workshops in a more innovative way through advanced interactive learning methods. Overall, the project addresses one main target group: owners/managers/employees of KIBS SMEs. The digital learning materials and tools will be made available as Open Educational Resources (knowledge pills).

TalTech Project Team:

Prof. Susanne Durst
Samuel Foli, PhD candidate
Elena Domínguez Romero, Research assistant

Project website

UUDIS: Erasmus+ Knowman projekti raames on valminud e-õppe Moodle'i platvorm VKE-dele (taltech.ee)

Ingliskeelsele kursuselele saad registreerida siin:
Course: Knowledge Pills for KIBS SMEs

2017 kuni 2023

Projekti eesmärk on koostada metoodika ja selle põhjal kaardistada üle-eestiliselt kohalike omavalitsuste kaupa nende hetketegevused ja eesmärgid ringmajanduse edendamisel. Selgitatakse välja kitsaskohad ringsete tegevuste elluviimisel, pakutakse sobilikud lahendused ning luuakse iga omavalituse jaoks teekaardid, kus tuuakse välja konkreetsed tegevused ringmajanduse edendamiseks.

Kestus: 03.01.2023–31.08.2023

Rahastaja: Keskonnaagentuur

TalTechi kontaktid: koordinaatorid Ulrika Hurt ja Wolfgang Gerstlberger (jätkusuutliku väärtusahela uurimisrühm), Kristjan Piirimäe (vee- ja keskkonna uurimisrühm), Allan Niidu (ringmajanduse tuumiklabor)

ETIS

Projekti eesmärk on välja selgitada, kuidas motiveerida Eesti metalli- ja masinatööstuse ettevõtjaid kasutama rohepöörde poolt pakutavaid võimalusi ning maandada sellega seotud riske. Tulemusena pakutakse välja konkreetsed tööriistad ja rakendamiseks valmisolevad lahendused, mille alusel on võimalik anda sisendit kestliku arenguga seotud tegevuskavadele ja meetmetele.

Kestus: 03.01.2023–31.08.2023

Rahastaja: Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium

Vastutavad täitjad: Wolfgang Gerstlberger ja Merle Küttim (jätkusuutliku väärtusahela uurimisrühm)

ETIS

Projekti eesmärk on välja selgitada, kuidas motiveerida Eesti puidu- ja mööblitööstuse ettevõtjaid kasutama rohepöörde poolt pakutavaid võimalusi ning maandada sellega seotud riske. Tulemusena pakutakse välja konkreetsed tööriistad ja rakendamiseks valmisolevad lahendused, mille alusel on võimalik anda sisendit kestliku arenguga seotud tegevuskavadele ja meetmetele.

Kestus: 03.01.2023–31.08.2023

Rahastaja: Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium

Vastutavad täitjad:  Ulrika Hurt ja Wolfgang Gerstlberger (jätkusuutliku väärtusahela uurimisrühm)

ETIS

Programme: Erasmus+

Advancing circular economy in partner countries by development and implementation of Master programme "Waste management"/ UnWaste

The project focuses on the development and implementation of Master programme "Waste management“ by advancing circular economy in EU partner country  Kazakhstan. These activities are carried out under guidance EU universities. The aim of the project is training of waste management specialists and raising their awareness in the countries where waste management problems are recognised.

Project period: 15.11.2020-14.11.2023

Partners:

Lead: Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design (Germany)

• Tallinn University of Technology
• EKA University of Applied Sciences
• Almaty Management University
• Akhmet Baitursynov Kostanay State University
• Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University

Project website     ETIS

Projekti raames analüüsitakse Eestis tegutsevate väike- ja keskmise suurusega ettevõtete ärimudelite ringmajandusmudeliteks muutmiseks vajalikku dünaamikat. Pakutakse välja täiendavad strateegilised eesmärgid tarka tarbimist edendava visiooni jaoks ja valitakse mõõdikud ringmajanduse juurutamiseks äripraktikatesse. Ühtlasi leitakse konkreetsed, praktilised ja ärisõbralikud viisid parandamaks Eesti positsioone säästva arengu eesmärkide saavutamiseks.

Kestus: 8.09.2021−12.12.2021

Tellija: Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium

ETIS

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness
Start:    01-03-2021
End:     28-02-2023
Project Reference: 2020-1-BE01-KA226-HE-082744
EU Grant: 278.904,00

Partners:

Lead: EFMD AISBL Belgium

• UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES Belgium
• UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W POZNANIU Poland
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL Estonia
• NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY Bulgaria
• UNIVERSITE LYON 3 JEAN MOULIN France
• CONFORM-CONSULENZA FORMAZIONE E MANAGEMENT SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA Italy

Summary

The objective of the IDEA project is to support the transition towards a more inclusive digital education, by adapting the pedagogy of the faculty. The project aims at building awareness of the importance of inclusiveness in digital education and its consequences on pedagogical practices; facilitating an understanding of the importance of inclusiveness for the quality of digital education; developing a quality assurance system embedding inclusiveness in all phases of the digital pedagogy; and providing practical tools and evaluation instruments to guide faculty members for the evolution of their pedagogical practice.

TalTech Project Team:

Prof. Susanne Durst
Basel Hammoda, PhD Candidate
Samuel Foli, PhD Candidate

Project website

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training
Start:    01-09-2020
End:     31-08-2022
Project Reference: 2020-1-EE01-KA202-077891
EU Grant: 192,650 EUR

Partners:

• Hochschule RheinMain
• UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
• UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
• COTEC Portugal Associacao Empresarial para a Inovacao
• INSTITUTE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA

Summary

Many companies, regardless of size, are working in global supply chains and managing the latter has increased the data being exchanged among the companies. This increased data exchange bears risks like severe damage of data and/or IT infrastructure, the loss of proprietary knowledge and unintended revelation of crucial business insights to other supply chain actors can be named. Against the impact on SMEs in all European economies, the project will address risks small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may be exposed to due to digital interactions in supply chains. The main objective of the project is to develop a VET training called “SMEs: Be prepared for supply chain risks” intended to better prepare SMEs for identifying and handling supply chain risks. The project targets SMEs, in particular, because they are important actors in value chains and a vital component of EU economies, but at the same time, they typically have limited resources to address and manage the supply chain risks properly.

TalTech Project Team:

Prof. Susanne Durst
Prof. Wolfgang Gerstlberger
Lidia Davies, PhD Candidate

Project website

“Potential of Industry 4.0 and Digitalisation in Estonia” project is an internally funded, interdisciplinary project between Department of Business Administration and Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of Tallinn University of Technology with the aim of starting joint research between different departments and other companies as well as increasing visibility in academic, policy-making and enterprise communities, both in Estonia as well as abroad.

The project is designed to develop a better understanding of the current state of the business digitalisation related to readiness, opportunities and impact on organisations and people. Because of the increasing relevance of the topic, an improved understanding is very important as it will help to assess the stage of the development of different companies and based on that improve existing approaches or come up with new solutions. To investigate the potentials of digitalisation for both SMEs and universities as contribution to the TalTech priority area “Innovative SMEs and digital economy”.

Project will be carried out in empirical study, mainly based on standardized questionnaires for SMEs, government and educational institutions in Baltic and possibly other countries with additional pre-test. Questionnaire development based on thorough literature review and complementary qualitative interviews. Online questionnaire as a tool for quantitative data collection using the Qualtrics software Kick-off workshop and final workshop for presentation of project findings and derived policy and managerial recommendations.

The project team is led by Professor Tauno Otto (School of Engineering) and Professor Wolfgang Gerstlberger (School of Business and Governance) and other members are:

• Prof. Tarmo Kalvet, PhD (School of Business and Governance)
• Prof. Gunnar Prause, PhD (School of Business and Governance)
• Kristo Vaher, PhD student (School of Engineering)
• Tavo Kangru, PhD student (School of Engineering)
• Jana Peterson, PhD student (School of Business and Governance)
• Yassine Bakkar, PhD (Researcher) (School of Business and Governance)

Budget of the project is 100 000 EUR for the period 1.01.2020-31.12.2020.

ERASMUS+ project “Accelerating ICT students' startup development competence via interdisciplinary modular courses in the HEI curricula”. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

Project period: 15.11.2019-14.11.2023.

UXiship project is designed to modernize university curricula in Kazakhstan by developing entrepreneurial module for ICT majors (including hard ICT skills) and implementing it on bachelor, master and PhD levels to address lack of relevant skills among university graduates. The developed module contributes to assessment of soft skills development which is also a challenge for partner countries higher education institutions.

The project consortium consists of:

Wismar University of Applied Sciences (Germany – Lead Partner), Tallinn University of Technology – TalTech (Estonia), Ekonomikas un kulturas augstskola (Latvia), Republican State Enterprise Operating under the Right of Ministry of Economics (Kazakhstan), Almaty Management University (Kazakhstan), Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering (Kazakhstan).

Be Competent in Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Alliances for Developing Entrepreneurship Competencies for the Benefit of Higher Education and Business (BeComE)

The idea of the project is to excel entrepreneurship education in higher education by creating effective knowledge alliances (KA) between higher education institutions (HEI) and businesses. It is focused on developing students’ entrepreneurship competencies (ECs) to meet the labour market expectations towards professional competencies of employees and entrepreneurs taking into account the macro-level developments such as globalisation, technological advancements and demographic shifts. The project includes both diagnoses of divergences between employers’ needs and actual students’ entrepreneurship competences (ECs), proposition of the new entrepreneurship education (EE) framework embedding ECs together with innovative teaching and learning approaches and its application in practice.

The novelty of the project is connected with a combination of university and business resources in order to provide both theory grounded and practice oriented EE aimed at strengthening the development ECs of target groups (students, employees, teaching staff, entrepreneurs) in changing and developing business environment. Inclusive character of the project is guaranteed by cooperation of diverse partners interested in different but innovative teaching and learning approaches for students and future workforce with competences meeting societal challenges. The Project includes new and innovative tools and teaching and learning opportunities, which are different from the existing experiences in HEI and businesses today. These include: self-assessment tools to assess the level and need for ECs according to societal needs; new innovative study and training programmes relying on entrepreneurship competence-based approach; innovative teaching and learning approaches based on embedding the development of ECs in EE and subject-specific courses; roadmap for the development of expansive entrepreneurial learning environment at the workplaces supporting ECs development. The project is focused on providing innovative solutions for both, universities and businesses and is supporting the development of innovative and reflective European societies with an innovative HEIs and businesses in a context of growing global interdependencies.

Budget of the project is 806 720 EUR for the period 1.01.2020-31.12.2022

Project Partners (15):

• TALTECH
• TAU
• UL
• ISCTE-IUL
• UNISANNIO
• VINCIT
• RAMBOLL
• SHUMEE
• JACK THE MAKER
• INDIE CAMPERS
• GEOLUMEN
• BE PACKAGING
• BIT
• KAUBAMAJA
• EVEA

Project website

The Department of Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology is a project partner of CSHIPP (Clean Shipping Project Platform) which is an EU Interreg funded project that constitutes a strong voice for the valuable work done in projects funded by the EU in the maritime sector. Two interlinked challenges accelerate the transition to clean shipping in the region: the environmental state of the Baltic Sea and the growing competition both globally and regionally. CSHIPP tackles these challenges by bringing together transnational projects and their key actors to ensure effective use, better durability and transferability of the projects’ results so that the cross-cutting clean shipping research and piloting that are being performed in several projects are acknowledged by policymakers as well as the industry in order to make informed and knowledge-based decisions.

Within the project activities, TalTech is responsible for developing the “best practices manual on clean shipping financing for private and public bodies”.

Project Duration: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020
Total Budget: 1,082,581.75 €

Project Partners

• University of Turku, Finland
• Centrum Balticum Foundation Centrum Balticum, Finland
• Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
• IVL, Swedish Environmental research Institute, Sweden
• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), Finland
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway
• Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Germany
• ATI Küste GmbH - Association for Technology and Innovation, Germany
• Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland
• MDC (Maritime Development Centre), Denmark
• Aalborg University, Denmark
• The St. Petersburg House Property Owners Association, Russia

Ettevõtlusõppe programm Edu ja Tegu on aastatel 2016–2023 Haridus- ja Teadusministeeriumi eestvedamisel ellu viidav programm eesmärgiga edendada ettevõtlusõpet ning ettevõtlikku hoiakut kõigil haridustasemetel- ja liikides.

Programmi strateegiline eesmärk on rakendada ettevõtlikkust arendav õpikäsitus ja ettevõtlusõpe süsteemselt kõigil haridustasemetel ja -liikides ning muuta koolid ettevõtlikumaks nii, et ettevõtlusõpe ja ettevõtlikkuse kujundamine, samuti sellealaste teadmiste ja oskuste arendamine on haridussüsteemi loomulik osa. Selleks on töötatud välja ettevõtlikkus- ja ettevõtlusõppe metoodika, õppevara ja toetavad juhendmaterjalid ning koolitusprogrammid ja koolitused, et koolidel oleks võimalik luua kõigile õppijaile võimalus ettevõtlusõppe läbimiseks.

Oluline märksõna elulises hariduses on koostöö kooli ja praktikute vahel.

• Õpetajal-õppejõul on võimalus kasutada programmi jooksul välja töötatud õppevara, õppekava arendusi ja teisi tugimaterjale ettevõtlusõppe rakendamiseks ja ettevõtluspädevuste arendamiseks ning saada programmi poolt tuge. Võrgustikku kuulumine võimaldab lisaboonusena kogemuste vahetamist kolleegidega. 
• Õppija omandab ettevõtlusõppe raames uusi teadmisi, praktilisi eluks vajalikke oskusi ja kasulikke kontakte kas õpilasfirmas või STARTERi programmis.
• Ettevõtjal on võimalus programmis osaledes olla abiks mõnele koolile ettevõtlusõppe juurutamisel ja läbiviimisel, panustades ka oma kogemuse jagamisel õppijatele. Programmi koolitustel saab omandada õppe läbiviimiseks metoodilisi oskusi.

Programmi elluviija on Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium, juhtpartneriteks Tartu ülikool ja Innove.

Partnerid: Ettevõtluskõrgool Mainor, Tallinna tehnikaülikool, Tallinna ülikool, Eesti maaülikool, Estonian Business School, Eesti muusika- ja teatriakadeemia, Eesti kunstiakadeemia, Junior Achievement Eesti SA, SA Ida-Virumaa Ettevõtluskeskus.

Creative Ports project is funded by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) and the project strives to foster growth and employment in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) by enhancing the internationalisation of support organisations and enterprises.

Cultural and creative industries (CCI) play an important role for intelligent and sustainable growth in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) but until now they do not realise their full growth potential. Therefore a consortium of 14 partners under the lead of the German Goethe-Institute submitted in spring 2018 the application “Creative Ports” within the BSR Interreg Programme in order to foster growth and employment in the CCI sector of the BSR by enhancing the internationalisation of support organisations and enterprises. The “Creative Ports” application has been approved on 20.09.2018 by the Monitoring Committee of Interreg Baltic Sea Region. TalTech University is project partner of “Creative Ports” together with Loov Eesti and Tallinn Business Incubators and Tallinn City Government as associated organisation.

According to Prof. Gunnar Prause who is the principle investigator from the Department of Business Administration at TalTech the project will help to increase the expertise and reputation of the university in the field of transnational creative entrepreneurship since the project aims for actions to expand international reach of “Smart internationalisation and export promotion policies (that) are needed to allow a wide majority of small organisations and companies to operate in a global environment and reach new audiences and markets worldwide” which was highlighted already 2012 by the European Commission in promoting cultural and creative sectors for growth and jobs in the EU.

TalTech will contribute as work package leader to “Creative Ports” project which will have duration of 30 month and a total budget of about 3 Mio. €. The implementation work of the project started in January 2019. The project consortium includes partners of different branches such as audiovisual industries, design, art, fashion, media, publishing, games and tourism, and important cities in the BSR like Copenhagen, Hamburg, Helsinki, Malmö, St. Petersburg and Vilnius are represented. “Creative Ports” bundles the competences of the consortium to stimulate internationalisation in the CCI sector by:

• Facilitating an exchange process between public authorities and business support organisations about focus areas of regional CCI support, the state-of-the art in internationalisation and future trends and developments in the CCI that eventually leads to the improvement of regional strategies and support programmes
• Collecting and piloting support tools that CCI support organisations and intermediaries can use to assist enterprises in accessing foreign markets and building transnational networks
• Creating a CCI secretariat as a durable exchange forum and facilitator of transnational CCI cooperation in the BSR
• Developing learning modules and creating an online platform to build the capacity of support organisations and intermediaries for fostering internationalisation of the CCI.

Thus, the project helps to realise the BSR Cooperation Programme and in the Policy Area Culture of the EUSBSR Action Plan by strengthening the diverse and attractive cultural life of the BSR and the potential of its CCI sector to create (youth) employment and trigger innovative spill-over effects in other sectors.

In addition there are 17 associated partners.

Project Partners

• Goethe-Institut (lead partner)
• Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft mbH
• Nordkolleg Rendsburg GmbH
• Danish Cultural Institute
• Tallinn University of Technology
• Tallinn Business Incubators Foundation
• Creative Estonia NGO
• South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
• Vilnius City Municipality Administration
• Westpomeranian Region
• Media Dizjan / Szczecin Incubator of Art and Creative Industries
• Filmby Aarhus
• Media Evolution
• Non-commercial Partnership "European-Russian InnoPartnership"

ERASMUS+ project “LogOn-U: Green Logistics Management: Advancing Trans-Eurasian Accessibility through Sustainable Logistics Management and ICT Competence”. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. Project period: 2015-2018.

LogOn-U sets ambitious goal to advance Trans-Eurasian accessibility through strengthening logistics competitiveness, and bringing the partner universities in Kazakhstan and Russia on international level according to Bologna process in fields of sustainable, i.e. “Green” Logistics Management. The international component will be strengthened via promoting inter-regional cooperation, since modern transport challenges are mostly of global nature, thus a common and consolidated approach is needed.

The project consortium consists of Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, Linköping University, Kostanay State University, Caspian Public University, Rudny Industrial Insitute, the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Kazan National Research Technical University, Rostov State University of Economics, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University and the Industry Company BETAR.

EnviSuM project is funded by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) and will be studying the technical efficiency and socio-economic impacts of clean shipping solutions in the BSR.

The project addresses a highly topical issue relevant for policies aimed at alleviating climate change including United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It will be engaging stakeholders and target groups in sharing challenges, solutions and know how, by influencing policy and practice and developing new partnerships. The consortium will ensure the relevant actions to be taken during and after the project to support the expected impacts and market uptake. It also targets the technological transfer and raising awareness of clean shipping solutions, and targets to influence the key players and professionals through the networks of the NGOs, research organisations, and companies.

Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia will be studying the Economic impacts of SECA regulation. This aims for the creation of "Economic Guidelines for SECA" as well as recommendations for political and maritime market stakeholders by assessing costs and benefits of SECA/NECA regulations including evaluation of emission abatement costs, administrational burdens, changes in modal split as well as socioeconomic impacts related to health and environment. The guidelines will consider direct and indirect costs/benefits on micro and macro level which will be based on previous studies, primary & secondary data including a survey.

Activities consist of 4 parts: 

• SECA Investment Analysis (SIA)
• SECA Administration Cost/Benefit Analysis (SAA)
• SECA Logistics Cost/Benefit Analysis (SLA)
• SECA Socio Cost/Benefit Analysis (SSA)

SIA will identify and evaluate SECA related key investments for public and private sector comprising ports, shipping industry, shippers and public sector. SAA evaluates administrational burdens on micro and macro level related to SECA regulation with standard cost model based on previous studies, a survey, and on business cases.  SLA evaluates the SECA impact on changes of transport patterns and modal flows by taking under account internal and external costs. Special focus will be laid on vulnerable transport customers such as paper and metal industry.

The results of the activities will be consolidated into final "Economic Guidelines for SECA" comprising policy and business recommendations, and an economic decision tool.

Project partners:

• University of Turku (lead partner)
• Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Chalmers University of Technology
• Maritime Development Center of Europe
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute 
• Maritime University of Szczecin
• Tallinn University of Technology
• City of Gothenburg
• University of Gothenburg
• Baltic Marine Consult GmbH
• Nordkalk Corporation
• HELCOM

In addition there are 17 assosiated partners.

A cross-border business acceleration process is needed to be able to compete with regions with stronger startup scene. The Springboard project supports the development of new joint and co-operating knowledge-intensive startups springing up of the shared smart specialization strengths of the participating regions (ICT, cleantech and healthtech).

The project provides its target group a supported path towards entrepreneurship by implementing three joint 10-week business acceleration programs and coaching of the most potential teams. Targeted B2B matchmaking activities will also be organized in order to support already established early-stage companies. By combining expertise across borders, it is easier to find potential business ideas and to establish globally competitive joint teams with versatile know-how and experience.

The main result of the Springboard project is an increased capacity to produce international startups in the Central Baltic region, which includes the enhanced support in the process of turning university-based business ideas to viable businesses and fostering of cross-border cooperation in the early stage of business development. The Springboard will achieve 15 new joint or co-operating knowledge intensive Central Baltic companies aiming for rapid growth. Central Baltic Startup Springboard supports the development of new startups in Turku, Tallinn and Riga and their cross-border collaboration. Total budget for the project is 1.338.502 EUR of which 1.078.053 ERDF. Project period: 01.11.2015-31.01.2018

Partners:

• Turku Science Park Oy
• Turun yliopisto
• SA Tallinna Teaduspark Tehnopol
• Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
• Latvijas Tehnoloģiskais parks
• Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte

Main results

Three joint accelerator programmes in Riga, Tallinn and Turku with a total of 
- 82 start-up teams/companies (goal 45–90) 
- 214 team members (goal 150)  
- 18 registered co-operative companies (goal 15) 
- of which 4 joint companies (goal 2–4) 

Contact in TTÜ Marianne Kallaste

More information about all activities in the Project website.