Urban Labs for Better Health for All in the Baltic Sea Region – boosting cross-sectoral cooperation for health and wellbeing in the cities

Project Details

Description

Contribute to the sustainable development of the BSR cities and social wellbeing of city residents of the BSR through improved – more innovative, effective and integrated – crosssectoral urban policies.
The main output of the project will be a model for effective cooperation for cross-sectoral urban policies for health and wellbeing, incl. other sectors, citizens and SMEs – developed on the health and wellbeing cases and further generalized to address the other aspects of the urban life. Also, a tool for self-assessment of the needs, values, participatory capabilities, motivation, willingness and best practices of the cities in crosssectoral cooperation for health and wellbeing. At the end Baltic Sea Region policy recommendations will be written on cross-sectoral urban policies for health and wellbeing – lessons learned during the project generalized for the use of other cities in the Baltic Sea Region.
AcronymHealthyBoost
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date21/01/1931/12/21

Collaborative partners

  • Rīga Stradiņš University
  • Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association (Project partner) (lead)
  • Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Project partner)
  • City of Turku (Project partner)
  • Lithuanian University of Applied Sciences (Project partner)
  • Jelgava Local Municipality (Project partner)
  • City of Poznan (Project partner)
  • Suwalki Municipality (Project partner)
  • Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (Project partner)
  • Vesterbötten County Council (Project partner)
  • Association Healthy cities, districts and villages (Project partner)
  • Science Park Technopol (Project partner)
  • Tartu City Government (Project partner)
  • City of Helsinki (Project partner)
  • Klaipeda City Public Health Bureau (Project partner)

Total Funding

  • European Regional Development Fund: €1,894,858.83
  • Latvia State Budget funding: €20,801.69
  • ENI/Russia financing: €147,220.00

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Smart Specialization Area

  • Biomedicine, medical technologies and biotechnology

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