BONUS
The EU funded project BONUS aims at setting up a joint research programme among the Baltic Sea countries. BONUS wants to improve information and communication about Baltic Sea research funding, to promote the shared use of research equipment, and to support common researcher training.

Baltic Nest Institute is currently involved in the following BONUS-projects:

AMBER - Assessment and Modelling Baltic Ecosystem Response

Baltic-C - Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea organic/inorganic
carbon and oxygen systems

ECOSUPPORT - Advanced modeling tool for scenarios of the Baltic Sea ecosystem to support
decision making

HYPER - HYPoxia mitigation for Baltic Sea Ecosystem Restoration

RECOCA - Reduction of Baltic Sea Nutrient Inputs and Cost Allocation within the Baltic Sea
Catchment

HELCOM
The Helsinki Commission, or HELCOM, works to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental co-operation between the countries bordering the sea - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and also the European Community.

BNI is involved in various HELCOM projects:

Baltic Sea Action Plan

EUTRO-PRO

TARGREV

EU-projects

KNOWNSEAS  - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas
KnowSeas  is supported by the European Commission under the Environment Theme of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

The overall objective of KnowSeas is to provide a comprehensive scientific knowledge base and practical guidance for the application of the Ecosystem Approach to the sustainable development of Europe’s regional seas.

WISER - Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery
The project is funded under the 7th EU Framework Programme, Theme 6 (Environment including Climate Change)

WISER will support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) by developing tools for the integrated assessment of the ecological status of European surface waters. The project will analyse existing data from more than 90 databases compiled in previous and ongoing projects, covering all water categories, organism groups and environmental stressor types. Field-sampling campaigns will supplement the data on lakes and coastal systems. The data will be used to test and complement existing assessment schemes with a focus on uncertainty affects on classification strength.

FORMAS-projects
Formas, The Swedish Research Council, aims to promote and support basic research and need-driven research in the areas Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. The research that is funded should be of the highest scientific quality and relevance to the areas of responsibility of the Council.

Regime Shifts in the Baltic Sea Ecosystem - Modelling Complex Adaptive Ecosystems and Governance Implications

Swedish Government
The BEAM programme is funded by the Swedish government, as part of its Strategic Research Initiative on Marine Environmental Research. After 5 years the programme will be evaluated, and if considered a success, its funding will be made a permanent part of Stockholm University’s annual government grant for research.

BEAM - Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management
BEAM is a research programme on ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea that combines and integrates Stockholm University’s successful research on Baltic ecosystems, contaminants, natural resource management and ecological models for environmental management. It is a collaboration of nine research units at Stockholm University, supported by the resources of the Stockholm University Marine Research Centre.

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

BalticSTERN - Systems Tools and Ecological-economic evaluation - a Research Network
BalticSTERN is an international research network with the purpose of doing cost-benefit analysis regarding the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea and give guidance toward cost-effective measures and policy instruments.
The Baltic Nest Institute is one of several international partners carrying out research within the network, mainly regarding values and costs of fisheries, as well as cost functions for measures to mitigate and abate eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

The Best Practice Project
The Best Practice Project is a collaboration between Baltic Nest Institute and the Baltic Sea 2020 foundation. Fisheries management in Europe has failed to deliver on its goals under the current European Fisheries Policy. Baltic Sea fisheries are a clear example, providing overwhelming evidence. The project gathers internationally recognized scientists from natural, economic and social sciences to investigate known examples of successful management.  Based on the scientific review, in depth analysis of case studies will be undertaken in order to elaborate management and policy recommendations. The revision of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), initiated in the spring 2009, present an opportunity to generate change in European management.