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Atlantic salmon have no resistance to Gyrodactylus Salaris parasite. Therefore, the spread of this salmon parasite to the northern rivers would be fatal for salmon stocks that are already in trouble. Boats, canoes, and all fishing equipment and accessories brought to the water areas of Upper Lapland must be completely dry or disinfected before using them. The Interreg Aurora funded project Our Precious transboundary waters aims to solve shared problems by developing joint tools that is needed in a joint water management of the Pasvik, Neiden and Tana regions. Protecting

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 Åsa Ericson, Professor Information systems, Luleå University of Technology In a world of hackers and harmful software, threats to digital security never cease I have a research background in both engineering design and user experience. Today my research addresses the interaction between humans, technology, and organisations. Cross-border cooperation confirms and enriches I have been working in Interreg projects for

The Aurora Entrepreneurialis project wishes a happy summer holiday to all cooperation partners. Students, school staff,  companies, NGOs, municipalities, universities and other actors that have invited the project for study visits, workshops and presentations. Greetings also to lecturers and other stakeholders! Happy summer holidays to the Finnish teachers and students who finish the school year already now! And happy summer holidays to the Swedish teachers and students who have a few more days left before they also go on holidays 🌻

The Interreg Aurora Monitoring Committee has met in Kiruna 22-23 May 2024. On the meeting agenda was a decision on the Terms of reference regarding the upcoming Interreg Aurora calls for project applications. After a review of the so far approved projects, the programme has identified some areas that will be prioritized in order to reach the overall programme objectives in accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission. The Monitoring Committee has decided that specific applications will receive one extra point in the selection of projects. The Interreg Aurora

The Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme participated in the EU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue and EU-Arctic Youth Dialogues, jointly organized by the European Commission and the European External Action Service, on 14-15 May in Brussels. The role of Interreg was highlighted and both Interreg NPA and Interreg Aurora projects were showcased on how they can support protecting of Arctic ecosystems, and address climate change impacts and adaptation, integrating local and indigenous knowledge into key decisions. Read more in this news article

The European Commission has invited all Interreg Programmes to run a consultation with their stakeholders to get input for future programme periods. This is your opportunity to give your input to the future of the Interreg Aurora programme. Your input, together with the input from the consultation of Citizens and from the interviews run during the autumn, will be compiled to a report submitted to the European Commission in the end of the year 2024. Your input will form an important basis for the European Commission’s proposal on cross-border Interreg

Have you seen that the Interreg Aurora team has made video tutorials about how to report your regular project? The tutorials are now available on the website. Watch the tutorials Small-scale projects report in Min ansökan according to the specific guidelines sent to the lead partner by the Managing Authority.

Nearly 100 teachers and students from Northern Sweden and Finland worked together for three days on topics related to the green transition and societal change in Luleå (Sweden). Both teachers and students worked in mixed groups, using English as the common working language. The Innovation camp was organised by the Interreg Aurora funded project Aurora Entrepreneurialis. The event began with a lecture by Dag Avango, a researcher in historical processes of change at Luleå University of Technology, who took participants on a journey through regional development and the events that