Institute of Baltic Studies participates in the project EGOPRISE ("E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR"), which aims to turn public administrations in rural BSR areas to more business oriented service suppliers, to relieve SMEs from administrative burdens, improve their access to information & qualified staff and as a consequence to increase attractiveness of rural areas as places to live, work & invest in.

Project EGOPRISE has an objective to improve workflows & develop interoperable e-government solutions in order to:

22 partners from 8 different countries are participating in the project: Germany (project lead partner), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Belarus. Project is financed by the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.