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Interreg Aurora Programme
Managing Authority
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Stationsgatan 5
971 86 Luleå
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 10-225 50 00
E-mail: interregaurora@lansstyrelsen.se
We are happy to introduce the Interreg Aurora team. You can find us in Luleå, Jokkmokk, Umeå, Östersund, Inari, Rovaniemi, Oulu, Vaasa, Tromsø and Snåsa.
Don’t hesitate to call or e-mail us, you are of course welcome to speak your own native language. We look forward to work across the borders with you.
Interreg Aurora Managing Authority is formally responsible for managing the Programme on behalf of the participating countries Sweden and Finland. The Managing Authority issue the decision document regarding the ERDF-funding for the projects and handles the payments of ERDF-funding to the projects. The Managing Authority also handle the claim for funding from the European Commission and are responsible for Programme communication.
Tina Nilsson
Programme Director
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: tina.nilsson@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 89
Jonas Wasserman
Programme Financial Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: jonas.wasserman@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: + 46 10 225 54 53
Veronica Estling
Programme Financial Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: veronica.estling@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 78
Christoffer 
Björkman
Programme Analyst
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: Christoffer.bjorkman@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 28
Anna-mari Ruisniemi
Communication Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: anna-mari.ruisniemi@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: + 46 10 225 54 17
The Norwegian Managing Organisation is formally responsible for managing the Programme on behalf of the participating country Norway. Troms County Council is the Norwegian Managing Organisation that issues the decision document regarding the IR-funding and handles the payments of IR-funding to the projects.
Ian Jawahir
Troms County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tromsfylke.no
Phone: +47 474 55 357
The Interreg Aurora Joint Secretariat assist with any queries regarding project ideas, partnerships, project applications, project management, etc. The Secretariat has a role in the assessment of project applications and in the drafting of decision proposals to the Steering Committees.
Amanda Mannervik
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Jokkmokk
E-mail: amanda.mannervik@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 56 69
Anders Linga
Programme Officer
Sámediggi, Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Snåsa
E-mail: anders.linga@samediggi.no
Phone: +47 78 47 40 35
Anita Heikkilä Sjöberg
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: anita.heikkila.sjoberg@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 53 10
Anna-Mari Auniola
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: anna-mari.auniola@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 076 23 72
Gabriel Bölske
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Västerbotten, Umeå
E-mail: gabriel.bolske@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 44 80
Ian Jawahir
Programme Officer
Troms County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tromsfylke.no
Phone: +47 474 55 357
Kjerstin Valkeapää
Programme Officer
Sámediggi, Swedish Sámi Parliament, Östersund
E-mail: kjerstin.valkeapaa@sametinget.se
Phone: +46 980 780 53
Linda Stenström
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linda.k.stenstrom@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 30
Niko Auer
Programme Officer
Council of Oulu Region, Oulu
E-mail: niko.auer@pohjois-pohjanmaa.fi
Phone: +358 40 685 4012
Outi Paadar
Programme Officer
Sámediggi , Finnish Sámi Parliament, Inari
E-mail: outi.paadar@samediggi.fi
Phone: +358 40 563 9980
Päivi Sainio Rohner
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Jokkmokk
E-mail: paivi.sainio.rohner@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 25
Susanna Ehrs
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa
E-mail: susanna.ehrs@obotnia.fi
Phone: +358 40 585 4270
The Controllers assist you with questions about your project financials. The task for the Controllers are to check payment applications submitted by the projects. The Controllers check that all project expenditure is eligible according to the European regulations, the Programme Eligibility Rules as well as national legislation. The controls can be both administrative and on-the-spot.
Linda Lindström
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linda.lindstrom@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 39
Linus Olsson Lasu
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: linus.olsson.lasu@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone +46 10 225 54 73
Marika Kipinoinen
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: marika.kipinoinen@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 487 57 17
Pia Halme
Controller, Finnish project partners
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: pia.halme@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 351 9334
Åsa Gåverud
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: asa.gaverud@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 29
Interreg Aurora is a brand new programme in the European Interreg community for cross-border cooperation 2021-2027.
The programme offers great opportunities and enables new and exciting cross-border cooperation in the northernmost part of Europe and Sápmi.
Interreg Aurora Managing Authority
County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Stationsgatan 5
971 86 Luleå
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 (0)10-225 50 00
E-mail: interregaurora@lansstyrelsen.se