Project Management

The project management is coordinated by the Swedish Energy Agency (STEM) and will be run in five different work packages. Each work package is under the responsibility of a single partner who is referred to as the Work Package Leader. He/she organises the suitable contacts between the partners and is in charge of producing the deliverables, defined in each work package. The work package leader reports to the project co-ordinator. The WP leader is a member of the "Project Steering Committee".

The Steering Committee

The major tasks of the Steering Group shall be:

• Overall responsible for the project, guarantees its continuity and consistency and adequate allocation of its resources. 
• Mentors and monitors the progress of the project on the strategic level from its start-up phase to its completion. 
• Approval of reports and deliverables 
• Defines and handles the involvement of additional partners in line with the over-all project plan and when certain needs arise. 
• If necessary adjusts the content and direction of the project. 
• Handles any conflict resolution within the project which could not be handled at a lower level. 
• Handles any contractual and financial matters

Programme and Funding

The Bioenergy Promotion Project is a part of The European Union's Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 and are funded from three different sources as displayed in the tabell below. 

The European Union´s Baltic Sea Region Programme

The European Union's Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 promotes regional development through transnational cooperation. Eleven countries around the Baltic Sea work together to find joint solutions to common problems. The programme is a part of Interreg which is a Community initiative which aims to stimulate interregional cooperation in the European Union. It started in 1989, and is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Strategic objective: to make the Baltic Sea region an attractive place to invest, work and live in

The Programme co-finances projects in fields of:

Priority 1: Fostering innovations
Priority 2: Internal and external accessibility
Priority 3: Baltic Sea as a common resource
Priority 4: Attractive & competitive cities and regions