GreenMind project aimed at increasing the ecological awareness, hence creation of environmentally oriented and attractive living conditions in the Peipsi area. Project did this through various innovative educational approaches and toolkits — textbook on Peipsi ecosystem, videos, quizzes, crosswords. But it also involved more creative methods like live-action roleplay or orienteering games. The quizzes are here: https://ctc.ee/quizzes).

NarvaWatMan and Hazless project focused on improving monitoring techniques in the Narva River and the Gulf of Finland consequently. For instance, although Estonia and Russia share the Narva River, the water quality and quantity estimation differs drastically because of differences in data, methodologies and sampling techniques. New methods help Estonian and Russian scientists to improve measurements of water pollution levels.

BBC1 project in Mikkeli focused on getting investments into the Southern-Finland-Russia cross-border region, contributing to the circular economy in the area. The universities provided hackathons and lectures. Companies provided market information and networks. The cooperation culminated with the EcoSairila platform, which is a hub of regional material cycles focusing strongly on water technologies.

Despite, that the projects seem to be different, they all are part of the holistic approach, target different angles and aspects of environmental issues of the Baltic Sea region, contributing to its ecological resilience for future generations.

In order to disseminate the achieved results, the NarBalAware project organized a hybrid seminar in Mikkeli, a session at the international ECOBALT 2023 conference, published a Booklet of guidelines, summarizing the information on the projects, and conducted outdoor lessons for schools kids.

There is still a strong need for a common understanding of water management, considering climate change and changes in biodiversity and resource use.