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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, 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.
Iiris Mäntyranta
Programme Director
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
Email: iiris.mantyranta@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 53 76
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
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 and Finnmark 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 and Finnmark County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tffk.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
Anna-Mari Auniola
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi
E-mail: anna-mari.auniola@lapinliitto.fi
Phone: +358 40 076 23 72
Christoffer Björkman
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: Christoffer.bjorkman@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 28
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 and Finnmark County Council, Tromsø
E-mail: ian.jawahir@tffk.no
Phone: +47 474 55 357
Kairi Pääsuke
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: kairi.paasuke@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 55 25
Kjerstin Valkeapää
Programme Officer
Sámediggi, Swedish Sámi Parliament, Östersund
E-mail: kjerstin.valkeapaa@sametinget.se
Phone: +46 980 780 53
Outi Paadar
Programme Officer
Sámediggi , Finnish Sámi Parliament, Inari
E-mail: outi.paadar@samediggi.fi
Phone: +358 40 563 9980
Susanna Ehrs
On leave 1.1.2023 – 30.6.2023
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa
E-mail: susanna.ehrs@obotnia.fi
Phone: +358 40 585 4270
Tina Nilsson
Programme Officer
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: tina.nilsson@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 52 89
Ulf Grindgärds
Programme Officer
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa
E-mail: ulf.grindgards@obotnia.fi
Phone: +358 44 320 65 66
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.
Ann-Charlotte Hultmo
On leave 1.11.2022 – 31.11.2023
Controller, Swedish project partners
County Administrative Board Norrbotten, Luleå
E-mail: ann-charlotte.hultmo@lansstyrelsen.se
Phone: +46 10 225 53 14
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
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