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A new research project just started – a Nordic collaboration that will develop and demonstrate advanced ICT infrastructure for integrating remote sensing, data fusion and data communication via 6G for industrial applications in rural areas. This new collaboration is between Mid Sweden University and Oulu University along with the companies Starbit AB in Sweden and Solita Oy in Finland and the innovation environment Bron Innovation in Sweden. Connected industrial applications, depending on the monitoring and control tasks, often demand diverse data communication requirements in terms of data rate, latency, and

Do you want to enhance your skills in how to advocate for Sámi issues on an international and national level, and get hands-on experience in organisational work in Sápmi? Then this Advocacy program is for you! The Interreg funded project ReCap ASáp: Regaining capacity in a changing Sápmi are recruiting three participants for a one-year Advocacy program. The three paid positions are full-time and lasts 12 months. There will be one position in each of the countries: Finland, Norway and Sweden. What does the Advocacy program offer? The program will

In January 2024 the Interreg Aurora team sent out a digital survey to applicants and beneficiaries with questions about what you think about Interreg Aurora so far. Thank you for taking time to give valuable feed-back and suggestions for improvement. The answers from the survey will be used to improve our support tools and our information. Here are some examples on improvements that has been made: The Managing Authority has made a specific instruction for small-scale projects on how to submit the final report. The Joint Secretariat works continuously with

The Interreg Aurora Steering Committees, Sápmi and Aurora have approved 11 new small-scale projects in March 2024. The projects will cooperate across borders in developing: Tiny homes – project partners are Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu Oy, LTU Business AB and Pohjois-Suomen rakennusklusteri ry Exploring Cross-Border Collaboration for Sustainable Entrepreneurship – project partners are Uminova eXpression AB, Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu and Piteå Science Park AB ForestEcoSecurity – project partners are Luonnonvarakeskus and Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Power line monitoring for increased resilience – project partners are Luleå tekniska universitet, Åsele Kraftaktiebolag, Länsstyrelsen i Västerbottens län, Region

The fourth Interreg Aurora Call for regular project applications closed 5 March. Thank you for your submitted project ideas for cross-border cooperation. The applications will now be processed by the Joint Secretariat. The Steering Committees will meet in June 2024 to select new approved Interreg Aurora projects.

The Steering Committees of the Interreg Aurora programme have so far decided to appoint five projects as Operations of Strategic Importance (OSI). Five projects that tells the story about the importance of cross-border cooperation funded by Interreg Aurora and the contribution by the European Cohesion policy. The Interreg regulations for the 2021-2027 programming period includes a new feature, the so-called Operations of Strategic Importance (OSI). This means a project which provides a significant contribution to the achievement of the objectives of a programme. With thousands of cohesion policy projects funded

Interreg.no has written an article in Norwegian about the Interreg Aurora funded project ReCap ASáp. The project ReCap ASáp – Regaining capacity in a changing Sápmi – plans to host the Sámi Arena in June 2025. The project is led by the Sami Council and the Suoma Sámi Guovdašsearvi. Through the project, they want to strengthen Sami civil society’s capacity to participate in the community discussion, gain increased political involvement and carry out advocacy work. What, then, is better than an Arendal week in Kautokeino? Read the article at Interreg.no

A new function has been released in the Min ansökan system that enables an easy way of sharing access within the cooperation of the project. Anyone who has access can now share access to other users directly from the Project Area in Min Ansökan. The one you share access with needs to have an account in Min ansökan. NOTE! The programme still needs to know whom to contact in case of completions requests or other queries. For already approved projects, you need to contact the Aurora team via interregaurora@lansstyrelsen.se to