New funding opportunity for approved Interreg Aurora and Interreg NPA projects!
How can we combine Interreg resources and skills to get the best results for Arctic and near-Arctic communities?
Join us at Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø
❄️ LAUNCH OF NEW INTERREG ARCTIC FUNDING, Interreg Arctic Cooperation
🗓️ Tuesday 28 January 2025 08:30 – 10:00, The Edge Hotel, venue Margarinfabrikken
It will be possible to join the event in person, and online. Registration to the Arctic Frontiers conference is necessary to join the event in person. You can also join us online: https://youtube.com/watch?v=frJ_E6YOrgY
Agenda and speakers
Hostesses: Tina Nilsson, Programme Director, Interreg Aurora, Kirsti Mijnhijmer, Head of Secretariat, Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic.
Keynote speech – Local capacity and cooperation beyond borders
Carina Sammeli, Mayor of Luleå Municipality, Sweden
Introducing Interreg Arctic Cooperation and announcement of the Clustering call
Tina Nilsson, Programme Director, Interreg Aurora,
Kirsti Mijnhijmer, Head of Secretariat, Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic
New funding possibility – Terms of reference for the Clustering call
Christopher Parker, Project Development Manager, Interreg NPA
Ian Jawahir, Norwegian Managing Organisation Interreg Aurora, Troms County Council
Panel: Combining Interreg resources and skills to get the best results for Arctic communities
Panel sharing experience from previous arctic clusters and ongoing Interreg projects.
- Caitriona Strain, ERNACT’s experience with the Arctic Clustering projects (Ireland)
- Stian Larsen, Lead Partner Norway, Remiks Miljøpark AS (Norway) Interreg Aurora NOWA project
- Tarja Kupiainen, Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) Interreg NPA Glow 2.0
- Davíð Jóhannsson, Samtök sveitarfélaga á Norðurlandi vestra (SSNV), (Iceland) Interreg NPA Glow 2.0
Panel moderators: Lisbeth Nylund, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Norway and Kirsti Mijnhijmer, Head of Secretariat, Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic
You can find more information about Arctic Cooperation on our web page
Photo: Unsplash
