Danish director Susanne Bier's 'In A Better World', supported by North Sea Screen Partners member FilmFyn, has won Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Academy Awards!

It is now possible to make early bird hotel bookings for the Joint Annual Conference 2011. The event will take place 21-23 June in Bruges, Belgium.

The Programme has received a number of questions concerning the ongoing tendering. Two additional information documents are reflecting on these questions to clarify the issues raised.

On behalf of the Steering Group of the Joint Conference of Transnational Programmes the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 is inviting interested parties to submit an offer for a short term contract regarding the design, production and implementation of a website.

The rising price of fuel could prove a major advantage to ports in the EU North Sea Region as they seek to develop and promote much more cruise activity. This was one of the key conclusions to emerge from the opening conference of the new Cruise Gateway North Sea Project.
Summing up the discussions, Chris Hayman, chairman of Seatrade and moderator for the conference discussions, said: “Cruise lines are very conscious of maximising their fuel economy and are tending to favour itineraries which enable them to steam more slowly in order. That means they are looking for ports which are quite close together – offering a short hop to the next destination.”

The 6th Call for Applications is now open - both for full project applications and for cluster applications. Applications can be submitted until and including Monday 14 March 2011.

The 13 transnational European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) programmes will organise a joint conference on 15 and 16 September 2011. The event aims to highlight the added value of transnational cooperation for the future.

The Programme is inviting interested parties to submit a quotation for a short term contract regarding the production of a number of videos for the Joint ETC Conference of Transnational Programmes 2011.

Based on the last meetings and proposals, the Secretariat has prepared a note summarising the main points to consider when preparing a cluster application.

A simulation model for determining container throughput at an expanding seaport – this innovative method was developed by the Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany. This is one of the competencies the computer engineering experts from Hamburg will contribute to the NMU consortium during the project extension phase. The NMU consortium is delighted to welcome Professor Dietmar Müller and his colleagues in the team. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation!

Internet presence of Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TIS/index.php

The Programme invites evaluation professionals to submit bids for its ongoing evaluation scheme. Closing date for submissions is 28 February. Download the Terms of Reference (ToR) for further information.

On March 4th and 5th the 5th Bremer Shipping Congress takes places. The NMU partner University of Applied Sciences Bremen invites to take a closer look at maritime personnel management and focuses on the progress at land and at sea.

Please note: Conference language is German.
For more information visit www.bremer-schifffahrtskongress.de.

To comply with the European climate policies on CO2 reduction and to achieve the goals set,  a greater effort is required on all fronts. The Green Sustainable Airports (GSA) partnership has taken on this challenge and the project aims to reach the EU targets for reduced emmissions within the timescale, thus making the North Sea Region a role model for similar future projects.

Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop met with VERL director Peter Richardson during a visit to NSSP member University of Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design to discuss the V&A at Dundee

NSSP member Region Vastra Gotaland invites filmmakers to events in Gothenburg this January and February

The activities are on track and once again the project took on a leading role in the NSR.

The Institute for Sustainability is seeking to appoint a consultant to support the development and delivery of communications strategies for two INTERREG projects.

The Programme will be present and exhibit at the Interreg Forum III, 9-10 February in Stockholm, Sweden. Project representatives and other stakeholders who have signed up for the event are welcome to join at the stand.

New opportunity for interested stakeholders to see how bioenergy supply chains work.

The presentations from the Transnational Project and Cluster Development Workshop "Getting ready for the 6th Call" are now available online.