Strengthening the Central Baltic Region’s economic competitiveness on the markets of Central Asia and Russia

CLEANTECH LATVIA in collaboration with the Finnish clusters – Finnish Water Forum and Green Net Finland – in the framework of European Structural and investment fund target „European Territorial cooperation” Central Baltic Sea Region Cross-border Cooperation Programme is implementing project „Central Baltic Cleantech Clusters expanding the East of EU markets” or CB2East (identification No. CB66).

The aim of the project is to strengthen Central Baltic region economic competitiveness, creating commercially oriented and mutually economically beneficial cooperation in the clean technology sector between clean technology clusters in Finland, Latvia, North West Russia and Central Asia. The priority areas of the project are sustainable energy efficiency and water inspection solutions.

In the framework of this project was established new meta-clusters, BALTIC CLEANTECH ALLIANCE – cooperation between Finnish Water Forum, CLEANTECH LATVIA and Green Net Finland clusters. For more information, please visit our BALTIC CLEANTECH ALLIANCE website: balticcleantech.com

The implementation period of the project: 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2018, the total funding of the project: 909 065 EUR, the European Structural and Investment Funds co-financing: 711 642 EUR.

Budget of CLEANTECH LATVIA in the project is 298 435 EUR, this amount consists of the European Structural and Investment Funds co-financing: 253 669 EUR, State budget co-financing: 14 921 EUR and CLEANTECH LATVIA financial contribution: 29 845 EUR.