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Interreg Arctic Cooperation

Combining Interreg resources and skills to get the best results for Arctic communities.

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The Interreg Arctic Cooperation is a partnership between the Interreg Aurora and Interreg NPA programmes designed to enhance visibility, improve coordination, and create synergies.

The Interreg Arctic Cooperation aims to share best practices, pool resources, and connect stakeholders for more effective collaboration in Arctic regions and communities.

Building on the successes and experience of the Arctic Cooperation initiative launched in 2016, the Interreg Arctic Cooperation continues to integrate a territorial cooperation dimension into the EU Arctic Policy.

Interreg Arctic Cooperation

What will the Interreg Arctic Cooperation do?

Interreg Aurora and Interreg NPA programmes will jointly:

  • Participate in joint initiatives and collaborate at Arctic events.
  • Organise Clustering calls to foster synergies and cooperation among Arctic and near-Arctic stakeholders and projects, bridging the two Arctic Interreg programmes.
  • Raise awareness of the programmes’ role within the EU Arctic Policy.
  • Enhance coordination and exchange at the programme management level to provide even better support to our beneficiaries.

Follow the programmes websites and the hashtag #InterregArcticCooperation to stay up to date. Or sign up to the Interreg NPA newsletter to receive relevant news in your inbox.

You can participate in a clustering call

In the autumn of 2025 Interreg Aurora and Interreg NPA are going to launch a joint call for clustering projects. Ongoing or finalized projects funded by either programme during the funding period 2021-2027 are invited to join efforts and submit a clustering project application that leads to better outputs and results and a greater outreach for the dissemination of the results from the two programmes.

Clustering projects are expected to give a higher profile to topics relevant to people living in the Arctic and contribute to the practical implementation of the EU Arctic Policy in communities.

A coordinated call
The two Interreg Arctic Programmes will coordinate the call for applications, this means that there will be frequent joint events and a close collaboration between the programmes during project development and assessment. However, please note that specific Terms of reference apply for each programme detailing eligibility criteria, project size, budgets and durations, leading to:

  • Interreg Aurora funding cross-border clustering project 
  •  Interreg NPA funding transnational clustering projects.

The call will launch in early 2025 and run from 8 September to 2 October, 2025. Several events will take place online and in person to present the terms of reference, expectations from the call, support to project and partnership development.

Terms of reference
Read more about specific Terms of reference:

cross-border clustering projects, Interreg Aurora
transnational clustering projects, Interreg NPA

Save the dates!

Interreg Arctic Cooperation will more directly target beneficiaries. Several joint events are planned. Take a look at the upcoming events and save the dates.

  • Interreg Cooperation Day – 10 October 2024, Kokkola (Finland)
    At the Interreg Cooperation Day event, “Open Doors at Centria” in Kokkola on October 10th, you will meet several Interreg project teams and staff from both the Aurora and NPA Secretariats. This event offers the chance to explore cutting-edge research, see Interreg project results, and attend expert talks on the circular economy and artificial intelligence.
  • Project Communication webinar – 14 November 2024, online
    Next up, communication managers from Aurora and NPA projects are invited to an online meeting. The focus will be on sharing project experiences, exchanging best practices, and improving cross-border collaboration while effectively reaching local audiences. Participation is by invitation only.
  • Launch of the Joint Clustering Call – 28 January 2025, side-event at Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø
    Projects funded by either programme during the 2021-2027 period have the opportunity to collaborate in a clustering project. This aims to enhance outputs, achieve better results, and increase outreach for disseminating outcomes from both programmes. How can we combine Interreg resources and skills to get the best results for Arctic and near-Arctic communities? Join our side-event at Arctic Fronties in Tromsø, Tuesday 28 January 2025 08:30 – 10:00, at The Edge Hotel. You can find more information on this web page
  • Interreg Arctic Cooperation Clustering Call webinar – 4 February 2025, online
    The aim of the webinar is to support project and partnership development. More information will follow in due course. Save the date and time! Tuesday 4 February 2025, 13.00-15.00 (Zoom).
  • Partner Search event –  20 March 2025, Cork (Ireland)
    Partners of Interreg Aurora and Interreg NPA projects are invited to meet in person to get to know the projects and find the right partners for developing the best clustering projects. More information will follow in due course.

Interreg Aurora is a brand new programme in the European Interreg community for cross-border cooperation 2021-2027.

The programme offers great opportunities and enables new and exciting cross-border cooperation in the northernmost part of Europe and Sápmi.

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Interreg Aurora Managing Authority
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Stationsgatan 5
971 86 Luleå
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 (0)10-225 50 00
E-mail: interregaurora@lansstyrelsen.se

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