Outcomes 

The partnerships created within Baltic COMPASS will spread the utilization of best practices, boost innovation and investments in environmental technologies, strengthen governance and policy adaption, and promote the Baltic Sea Region as a pilot region for innovative solutions related to combating eutrophication.

Activities in the project will all contribute to two instrument drivers of change in the BSR: an adaptive policy environment and an enabling environment for investment. As a strategic project Baltic COMPASS will focus on activities which add value to ongoing projects, actions and policies. Cooperation with other projects like WATERPRAXIS, BIOENERGY PROMOTION, BALTIC CLIMATE, NEW BRIDGES, Aquarius, Baltic DEAL and Beras is essential. The project underlines cooperation with Russia through complementary funding. The partnership will secure sustainability of results through close cooperation with administrations and national authorities, and through pilot investments in renewable energy utilization, improved nutrient management and small-scale climate change mitigation on farm level. Baltic COMPASS incorporates the objectives of the EU Lisbon strategy, EU Marine Strategy Directive and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, especially in combining environmental and economic sustainability.

BEST PRACTICE UTILIZATION AND TRANSFER 

• Measures for water protection and nutrient reduction
• Prioritized measures list and country reports

INVESTMENT PREPARATION 

• A study on energy potential in Schleswig-Holstein: Energy potential from biomass and its contribution to supply for the year 2020
• Sector study and policy briefs on prioritised innovative agri-environmental technologies

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND SCENARIOS 

• Guidelines for surface and drainage water quality monitoring in agriculture dominated areas
• Case Study: Constructed wetlands in Finnish agricultural environments
• Role of River Basin Management Plans in Finland addressing diffuse pollution from agriculture to limit the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea
• Mapping critical areas of the sediment and nutrient loading in the Aurajoki river basin (in Finnish, abstract in English)

GOVERNANCE AND POLICY ADAPTATION 

• Implementability of agro-environmental targets country reports from six countries
• Policy Briefs on the implementability of agro-environmental targets
• Case study: Viability of biogas as an agro-environmental measure
• Case study Schleswig-Holstein: Improving bottom-up project communication and acceptance
• Agriculture in a Changing context: Projected land use changes in the Baltic Sea Region 2020/2050
• Governance Innovations for Improved Phosphorus Management and Reuse - Voices from the Baltic Sea Region
• Transboundary cooperation in agro-environmental governance: Lessons from past and ongoing Interreg projects
• Multifunctional wetlands and stakeholder engagement: Lessons from Sweden - Policy Brief
• Constructed Wetlands and Flood Control: A Synthesis of Four Baltic COMPASS Case Studies