ScanBalt is the organisation for the Baltic Sea or Nordic-Baltic Region's Life science and Health Economy community, named ScanBalt BioRegion.

ScanBalt is a not-for-profit member association, which serves as a service provider for the members and promotes ScanBalt BioRegion as a globally competitive Green Valley and Health Region.

The regional/national networks and clusters together with public authorities, industries and hospitals constitute the basis for ScanBalt. ScanBalt is a mediating, coordinating and communicating umbrella and/or platform.

The ScanBalt Headquarter is located in Copenhagen (Denmark) while Liaison Offices are located in Tartu (Estonia), Gdansk (Poland) and Copenhagen (BIOPEOPLE, Denmark).

It is an aim for ScanBalt to keep a lean and efficient organisation based on regional involvement and the members direct participation.

How we do it:

• We promote projects, business and research
• We promote visibility and branding
• We promote policy issues, regional innovation and cluster development

ScanBalt is a bottom-up association driven by the members and their needs based on a shared vision for ScanBalt BioRegion. ScanBalt has a return of investment by the members of more than 10 to 1 since 2001.

Biopeople contact: Science Liaison Officer Sophie Labrosse