The Interreg Aurora Steering Committees, Sápmi and Aurora have approved 11 new small-scale projects in March 2024. The projects will cooperate across borders in developing:
- Tiny homes – project partners are Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu Oy, LTU Business AB and Pohjois-Suomen rakennusklusteri ry
- Exploring Cross-Border Collaboration for Sustainable Entrepreneurship – project partners are Uminova eXpression AB, Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu and Piteå Science Park AB
- ForestEcoSecurity – project partners are Luonnonvarakeskus and Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Power line monitoring for increased resilience – project partners are Luleå tekniska universitet, Åsele Kraftaktiebolag, Länsstyrelsen i Västerbottens län, Region Västerbotten, i.b. vogt AB and Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu Oy
- Sami Handicraft Academy (Sámi duodjeakademiija) – project partners are Sámediggi and Samediggi, the Norwegian and Finnish Sami Parliaments
- Cultural Platform Kvarken – project partner is Kvarkenrådet EGTS
- Kvarken Film Network – projects partners are Kvarkenrådet EGTS, Svenska Österbottens förbund för utbildning och kultur, Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi and Region Västerbotten
- Legal Terminology of Administrative Laws in the Northern Sámi in Finland and Norway – project partners are Sámediggi/the Finnish Sami Parliament and Samisk nærings- og utredningssenter AS
- Borderless, secure and vibrant North – project partners are Tornedalsrådet and Tunturi-Lapin Kehitys
- Kvarken unicollab – project partner is Kvarkenrådet EGTS
- Innovation in urban planning – project partners are Härnösands kommun, Åbo akademi and Nykarleby stad
Best wishes to all the project partners for successful cross-border cooperation.
