CNIC
A Collaborative Network for Intercultural Competence and Interaction in Preschool and Early Childhood Education and Care The aim of the Interreg Aurora funded project A Collaborative Network for Intercultural Competence and Interaction in Preschool and Early Childhood Education and Care is to build a strong basis for co-creation of new knowledge and future cooperation in […]
Barriers to harmonize the Nordic building codes for wood buildings
Photo: Teijo-Talot Oy The Interreg Aurora funded small-scale project Barriers to harmonize the Nordic building codes for wood buildings will map the real willingness of local regulatory bodies to harmonize building codes for wood building in the Nordic countries, and the obstacles behind it. The objective is to create a viable plan with stakeholder commitment […]
Arena North Calotte
The North Calotte is currently undergoing one of the fastest and most expansive green transition processes in all of Europe and, at present, our civil society is not included in the development. None of the three Nordic countries covered by the Interreg Aurora programme area has an arena for democratic meetings and public debate that […]
Cross-Border Cooperation in Sámi Children and Families Services
The national border can make it difficult for Sámi families to obtain child welfare services and family counselling services when parents or other family members live on different sides of the border. The laws of Finland and Norway differentiate in many topics, which makes it challenging to cooperate across the border. The Wellbeing Services County […]
Kvarken unicollab
The projects aims to achieve a better understanding of barriers to cross-border collaboration between universities in the Kvarken region by connecting representatives from each organization in order to develop existing and facilitating new relations between institutions. Based on highlighted challenges and border obstacles the project will identify specific cases where the aforementioned organizations see major […]
Legal Terminology of Administrative Laws in the Northern Sámi in Finland and Norway
The aim of the Interreg Aurora funded small-scale project is to develop administrative legal terms by translating similar administrative laws in the Northern Sámi language in Finland and Norway. The project will help ensure the quality of translations of administrative laws and harmonize the legal Sámi language across the borders. Contact: Anne-Kirste Aikio, Sámediggi/Saamelaiskäräjät, anne-kirste.aikio@samediggi.fi
Borderless, secure and vibrant North
The shifting global geopolitical situation will create new requirements in terms of security of supply and security as well as the vitality of border areas. Decisions have been made at the national level, but the future NATO memberships of Norway, Finland, and Sweden and the changing security situation in the surrounding areas have radically changed […]
Innovation in urban planning
Härnösand and Nykarleby are two cities facing similar challenges, sparsely populated regions, ageing population with young people moving away and society turning multicultural and -lingual, who need to develop inclusive, digitally supported ways of including residents in planning and decisionmaking. Their regions share many similarities, but there are also differences in both circumstances and challenges […]
AirHerd
The aim of the Interreg Aurora funded small-scale project AirHerd is to increase cross-border knowledge of drone use in reindeer herding. Previous projects have looked into technological challenges to drone use in reindeer herding, but the main challenges are now found in developing user capabilities that build on established Sami knowledge in reindeer herding. The […]
