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Interreg Aurora Managing Authority

Interreg Aurora Managing Authority is formally responsible for managing the Programme on behalf of the participating countries Sweden and Finland. The Managing Authority issue the decision document regarding the ERDF-funding for the projects and handles the payments of ERDF-funding to the projects. The Managing Authority also handle the claim for funding from the European Commission and are responsible for Programme communication.

Tina Nilsson
Programme Director
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: tina.nilsson@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 89

Jonas Wasserman
Programme Financial Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: jonas.wasserman@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: + 46 10 225 54 53

Veronica Estling
Programme Financial Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: veronica.estling@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 78

Christoffer Björkman
Programme Analyst
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: Christoffer.bjorkman@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 28

Anna-mari Ruisniemi
Communication Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: anna-mari.ruisniemi@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: + 46 10 225 54 17

The Norwegian Managing Organisation

The Norwegian Managing Organisation is formally responsible for managing the Programme on behalf of the participating country Norway. Troms County Council is the Norwegian Managing Organisation that issues the decision document regarding the IR-funding and handles the payments of IR-funding to the projects.

Ian Jawahir
Troms County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tromsfylke.no
Phone: +47 474 55 357

Interreg Aurora Joint Secretariat

The Interreg Aurora Joint Secretariat assist with any queries regarding project ideas, partnerships, project applications, project management, etc. The Secretariat has a role in the assessment of project applications and in the drafting of decision proposals to the Steering Committees.

Amanda Mannervik
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Jokkmokk
E-mail: amanda.mannervik@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 56 69

Anders Linga
Programme Officer
Sámediggi, Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Snåsa
E-mail: anders.linga@samediggi.no
Phone: +47 78 47 40 35

Anita Heikkilä Sjöberg
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: anita.heikkila.sjoberg@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 53 10

Anna-Mari Auniola
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: anna-mari.auniola@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 076 23 72

Gabriel Bölske
Programme Officer/Programme Coordinator
County Administrative Board Västerbotten, Umeå
E-mail: gabriel.bolske@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 44 80

Ian Jawahir
Programme Officer
Troms County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tromsfylke.no
Phone: +47 474 55 357

Johanna Liikamaa
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: johanna.liikamaa@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 53 06

Kjerstin Valkeapää
Programme Officer
Sámediggi, Swedish Sámi Parliament, Östersund
E-mail: kjerstin.valkeapaa@sametinget.se
Phone: +46 980 780 53

Linda Stenström
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linda.k.stenstrom@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 30

Niko Auer
Programme Officer
Council of Oulu Region, Oulu
E-mail: niko.auer@pohjois-pohjanmaa.fi
Phone: +358 40 685 4012

Päivi Sainio Rohner
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Jokkmokk
E-mail: paivi.sainio.rohner@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 25

Susanna Ehrs
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa
E-mail: susanna.ehrs@obotnia.fi
Phone: +358 40 585 4270

Øystein Andresen
Programme Officer
Troms County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: oystein.andresen@tromsfylke.no
Phone: +47 924 10 691 

Interreg Aurora Controllers

The Controllers assist you with questions about your project financials. The task for the Controllers are to check payment applications submitted by the projects. The Controllers check that all project expenditure is eligible according to the European regulations, the Programme Eligibility Rules as well as national legislation. The controls can be both administrative and on-the-spot.

Linda Lindström
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linda.lindstrom@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 39 

Linus Olsson Lasu
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linus.olsson.lasu@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone +46 10 225 54 73

Margareta Back
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: margareta.back@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 584 34 55

Marika Kipinoinen
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: marika.kipinoinen@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 487 57 17

Pia Halme
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: pia.halme@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 351 93 34

Riikka Granroth
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: riikka.granroth@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 611 71 03

Åsa Gåverud
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: asa.gaverud@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 29