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Field work in Kallojoki
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Field work in Our Precious Transboundary Waters project

The project partner Luke carried out field work in August 2024 in river Gallojohka, a Norwegian tributary to River Neiden. Field work for mapping Atlantic salmon habitat and distribution area and collection of genetic samples in the Gallojohka tributary, which is one remaining tributary without joint spawning target in the River Neiden system. This information will be used in the joint assessment of the spawning target for this tributary, which will complete the assessment for the Neiden river system. Read more about the project Our Precious Transboundary Waters.    

Meet Mats Granfors, Senior Music Lecturer, Novia University of Applied Sciences
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Meet Mats Granfors, Senior Music Lecturer, Novia University of Applied Sciences

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 Mats Granfors, Senior Music Lecturer, Novia University of Applied Sciences Mats is an entrepreneur, musician, and songwriter who serves as a lecturer in music at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Jakobstad. Promoting our regional music talents I’m a part of the team in the Interreg Aurora funded project ICH North that is dedicated to preserving and transmitting our regional

Interreg Arctic Cooperation
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Interreg Arctic Cooperation back in action!

Combining Interreg resources and skills to get the best results for Arctic communities. 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 goal of this cooperation is to share best practices, pool resources, and connect stakeholders for more effective collaboration in Arctic regions and communities. You can participate in a clustering call In the autumn of 2025 Interreg NPA and Interreg Aurora are going to launch a joint call for Clustering projects. Clustering projects

GenGreen
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Green female entrepreneurship across regions in Finland, Sweden, and Norway

The Interreg Aurora funded project Gengreen`s first significant output has been released and exciting insights are now available on green female entrepreneurship across regions in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This report delves into the pivotal role women entrepreneurs play in driving sustainable development through innovative business practices. The report emphasizes the unique contributions of women entrepreneurs in advancing sustainability within businesses. Despite favorable environments, a noticeable gender gap persists. To address this, a joint cross-border strategy and enhanced support mechanisms are essential. Key Insights: 🔍 Women entrepreneurs are at the

Terms calls for applications
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Are you planning to apply for funding from Interreg Aurora?

Interreg Aurora calls for applications for small-scale and regular projects are announced on this webpage and on the programme’s social media channels. Please note that the terms of references are specific for each call based on the progress of the Interreg Aurora programme. It is important that you always read and check the terms of reference before applying! The terms of references are decided by the Interreg Aurora Monitoring Committee before each call. The Monitoring Committee meets twice a year, they follow the progress of the programme closely and may

Regular project
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PROJECT CONSULTATIONS FOR REGULAR PROJECTS, CALL 5

Are you thinking of applying for funds from Interreg Auroras fifth call for regular project applications? You have the possibility to get written feedback from the Joint Secretariat. You can submit a project idea template concerning Call 5 during the period 12 August 2024 – 6 September 2024. You find the template and more information on this webpage Project idea template – Interreg Aurora

Masterclass Agenda 2030
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Interreg Aurora arranged a Masterclass Agenda2030 for the team

Sustainable development is an overarching goal in Interreg Aurora. We are working with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and supporting our projects to be frontrunners. The 27 August 2024 we arranged an internal Masterclass for the Interreg Aurora team. The online workshop was held by Klara Adolphson and Emma Malmén at Innovation Leadership Group. How can we use challenge-driven innovation and design methods to tackle global societal challenges at the local level? That was the question for the full day online workshop “Masterclass Agenda2030”. The masterclass contained a mix of

Borderless Game Academy, Video game creators in Skellefteå, Sweden. | Amélie Reichmuth
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To counter brain drain, the European High North is banking on video games

The Newsroom 27 is a unique journalistic project, financed by the European Commission and edited by Slate France. It aims to create an ephemeral trans-European newsroom composed of 27 young journalists, from all over the EU, and to draw up a panorama of EU cohesion policy. The project is open to every journalist and student-journalist, aged 30 at most, citizen of the European Union, with or without a press card. The journalist Amélie Reichmuth has choosen to write an article about the Interreg Aurora financied project Borderless Game Academy. To counter