New North – Transport, Logistics and Security of Supply

Collaboration for safe, sustainable and seamless transports and logistics

New North

Collaboration for safe, sustainable and seamless transports and logistics

New North – Transport, Logistics and Security of Supply

The overall objective of the Interreg Aurora funded project New North is to strengthen cross-border cooperation between regions and to create a platform for continuous cooperation and systematic cooperative consortium of development work to ensure the smooth, safe, functional and sustainable operation of cross-border transport chains and accessibility.

The current geopolitical situation and the fast-developing industrial structure of the northern regions affect to the need to develop logistics and transport corridors. At the same time, the green transition and the commitment of states and the EU to the highly challenging carbon neutrality targets require sustainable and energy-efficient multimodal transport solutions.

Security of supply has become a very important topic, and logistics is very central factor to it. Accessibility is part of vitality of the regions. In addition to freight transport, the vitality of the area and the development of economic structures require versatile and functional mobility solutions for passenger transport. The use of new technologies, such as electric aviation, has the potential to achieve solutions to future mobility needs both between regions, nationally and internationally and, in addition, to meet the requirements of achieving carbon neutrality targets in passenger transport. The compilation of up-to-date information and the preparation of forecasts of future transport needs and their directions are therefore an important basis for promoting smooth cross-border transport chain operating conditions and removing bottlenecks in infrastructure and service supply.

Contact: Mikko Tervo, Lapin litto – mikko.tervo@lapinliitto.fi

Lead Partner EU
Lapin liitto

Lead Partner Norway
Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune

Project partners
Kainuun liitto
Kvarkenrådet
Länsstyrelsen i Norrbotten
Länsstyrelsen i Västerbotten
Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan liitto
Nordland fylkeskommune

TYPE OF PROJECT
Regular project

SUB-AREA
Aurora

PRIORITY
Better and more sustainable cross-border
governance

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Cross-border capacity building

PROJECT DURATION
2023-09-01 – 2026-08-31

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
1 980 592 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
1 053 690 Euro

NORWEGIAN IR-FUNDING
179 766 Euro

STATUS
Ongoing

Social, ecological, and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme.

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

Project News

Steering Committee meetings in Vaasa
News

New Interreg Aurora projects approved

The two Steering Committees, for sub-area Aurora and sub-area Sápmi, have met 14-15 June in Vaasa to decide on new cross-border cooperation projects in the