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People are the foundation of all cross-border cooperation. Interreg Aurora is happy to present the people and different professions working across borders with the aim to improve our daily lives. Meet Johanna Salmi, Financial Coordinator at Centria University of Applied Sciences I have worked in project finance for the past 9 years at Centria, my office is in Kokkola. I have a background in humanistic sciences, but at some point, I decided to build up my skills in economics. Involved in the whole life cycle of projects Currently, I am

In collaboration with Skådebanan Norrbotten the Interreg Aurora funded project Arctic Music Circles and the concept Arctic Pulse took over the Restaurant Stage at Kulturens Hus during Kulturnatten in Luleå, Sweden, on September 7, 2024. The event featured a diverse lineup of musical performances that attracted a varied audience, consisting of both young and old from different cultural backgrounds and nationalities. Visitors were treated to a musical journey that spanned from opera to Finnish death metal, with seven acts from Northern Norway and Finland: Ramsalt Operapub, Jorma Lover and The

NATUREACH – the Interreg Aurora Project working for a Nature Reachable for All, are working with nature-based interventions for vulnerable patient groups. The project is running five pilots of nature-based digital service models with vulnerable client groups and one pilot for care professionals in several units. The pilots uptakes advanced technologies in testing customised digital nature-based interventions with multisensory experiences based on clients needs and preferences. Target groups in the pilots consists of people with developmental disabilities at a care unit, patients with eating disorders at a clinic, patients in

Photo by David A. Strand The parasite Gyrodactylus salaris is one of the major threats to stocks of Atlantic salmon in the North of Norway and Finland. This parasite has caused enormous ecological and economic damage in Norway after its introduction in the 1970-1980 and has probably been an important factor in the decline of the salmon parr population in the Russian river Keret and possibly in several rivers on the Swedish west coast. The Interreg Aurora funded project Our Precious transboundary waters aim to protect vulnerable salmon populations in

People are the foundation of all cross-border cooperation. Interreg Aurora is happy to present the people and different professions working across borders with the aim to improve our daily lives. Meet Eveliina Lampinen, Marine biologist, North Ostrobothnia ELY Centre I am a marine biologist working in the SeaMoreEco project team. I serve as the project coordinator at North Ostrobothnia ELY Centre. I work both in the field on the Gulf of Bothnia and in the office in Oulu. I started my career as a marine biologist by doing my master’s

Photo by Tomáš Malík. The Interreg Aurora funded project New North is focusing on the development of the transportation and logistics system in the High North, while also addressing the future investment potential and advancements in technology. Project meeting and webinar were held in Levi 26-27 September 2024. Read an article by the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) about the meeting and webinar in Levi.