CoCoast – Cooperation from Coast to Coast

Building a Joint Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

CoCoast - Cooperation from Coast to Coast

Building a Joint Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

CoCoast – Cooperation from Coast to Coast

Photo: Jonas Berglund

The Interreg Aurora funded project CoCoast aims to foster sustainable tourism through cross-border collaboration between the regions of Västerbotten and Helgeland, focusing on culture, cooperation, and long-term resilience. The project will bring together strategic tourism organizations from both regions to develop a shared strategy for sustainable tourism and establish strong cross-border networks.

Through workshops, networking and knowledge exchange, the project will strengthen cooperation between public authorities and tourism organizations, ensuring a more integrated approach to regional tourism development. A key focus is to address challenges such as sustainability demands, shifting customer behavior, and the need for a more resilient year-round tourism sector.

Contact: Karin Lundberg, project coordinator, MidtSkandia, karin.lundberg@storuman.se

Lead Partner EU
Midtskandia

Lead Partner Norway
Midtskandia Norge

Project partners
Region Västerbotten
Visit Umeå AB
Indre-Helgeland Interkommunalt Politisk Råd – Polarsirkelråde
Visit Helgeland AS

TYPE OF PROJECT
Small-scale project

SUB-AREA
Aurora

PRIORITY
Education, culture and sustainable
tourism

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Culture and sustainable tourism

PROJECT DURATION
2025-06-01 – 2025-12-31

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
40 000 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
13 000 Euro

NORWEGIAN IR-FUNDING
10 000 Euro

STATUS
Ongoing

Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The project CoCoast contributes primarly to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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