1. www.sydsam.se Basic Facts 2.2 million people 51 000 km2 9 Universities/ Universitycolleges 10 Airports 55 Harbours for Freight and Transportation Industries -Ericsson -IKEA -Orrefors/ Kosta Boda -Tetra Pak -Gambro -Pro Cordia Estonia Latvia LithuaniaKaliningrad Poland Germany Sweden South Sweden in the Baltic Sea region Brussels www.sydsam.se

2. South Sweden and co-operation agreements 1995 Schleswig- Holstein 1999 Mecklenburg- Vorpommern 2001 Kaliningrad Oblast South Sweden www.sydsam.se

3. South Sweden European Office in the Baltic Sea House Brussels South Sweden European Office Avenue Palmerston 26 Tel: 02/235 26 60

4. www.sydsam.se INTERREG IIC and the STRING-project South-western Baltic sea transregional area (STRING) Öresund-region (Sweden and Denmark) West Zealand and Storström (Denmark) Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg (Germany) Strategies for: infrastructure learning society mobility environment business cultural heritage and landscape Budget: In total: 1,44 MEuro EU-funding: 720 000 MEuro STRING

5. www.sydsam.se Euroregion Baltic Regional and local authorities in 9 regions and 6 countries INTERREG IIIB BSR and Euroregion Baltic (ERB) Poland Kaliningrad Lithuania Latvia Denmark Southeast Sweden the Seagull-project deepens the collaboration within the ERB develop a joint transnational development plan (JTDP), which will form the basis for future investments in the environment and infrastructure Budget: In total: 3,3 MEuro IRIIIB: 1,3 MEuro

6. www.sydsam.se Thank you for your attention! The Secretariat of SydSam/South Sweden Ms Ulrika Joelsson, Co-ordinator Interreg IIIB Tel: +46 (0) 480 44 83 68 E-mail: ulrika.joelsson@kalmar.regionforbund.se