Sápmái Buorrin
The Interreg Aurora funded project Sápmái Buorrin aims to strengthen Sámi businesses by improving market access, branding and competitiveness—while also safeguarding Sámi cultural heritage. By expanding the visibility of genuine Sámi products, the project helps Sámi businesses stay sustainable and independent, while keeping the market authentic. Problems the Sámi businesses are facing Sámi cultural enterprises […]
InAFQual
Small and medium-sized food enterprises (SMEs) in the Arctic Aurora region face increasing challenges in meeting legal and consumer demands for food quality and safety. Due to their limited size and resources, most SMEs cannot afford advanced quality control systems, restricting their competitiveness regionally and globally. The Interreg Aurora funded project InAFQual addresses these challenges […]
SISME
Ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of Critical Raw Material for European industry and society is a critical priority on the EU agenda. The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) was initiated to enhance the EU domestic production and circularity, addressing the needs of the Energy Transition and European industrial ecosystems. The CRMA’s success relies heavily […]
ResilientEdge
The Interreg Aurora funded project ResilientEdge will develop secure, scalable, and resilient edge solutions for AI (Artificial Intelligence) and industrial IoT (Industrial Internet of Things). Through cross-border collaboration between Sweden and Finland, the project strengthens digital resilience, cybersecurity, and competitiveness for small and medium-sized enterprises. Contact: Stefan Forsström, Project manager, Mittuniversitetet, stefan.forsstrom@miun.se
EU-MAT: Effective Urban Material Mining in Cities
The Interreg Aurora funded project EU-MAT: Effective Urban Material Mining in Cities addresses the low material circularity in construction across the northern regions of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, where logistical challenges and vast distances hinder efficient material reuse. One of the key barriers cited for not utilizing used building materials in a materials cascade, is […]
Createch North: AI Leap
The Interreg Aurora funded project Createch North: AI Leap enhances the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in creative technologies through AI expertise development. The project brings together partners across Finland, Sweden, and Norway to make AI accessible and practical for Arctic creative professionals. Through hands-on Createch Jams, an AI Masterclass, business mentoring, hackathons, […]
CIRCUIT
CIRCUIT – Cross-border Innovation and Research for Creative & Immersive Transformation – is a collaborative initiative dedicated to exploring and accelerating the use of cutting-edge immersive technologies – such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and multisensory experiences – across the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) of the Interreg Aurora region. Our mission is […]
Botnia Ice Cider
Together Brännland Ice Cider, Liselunds Cider and Bute Cider, all ice cider producers located in the Botnia area, has found common ground in production values and future vision of an ice cider producing region. In order to initiate further development of primary production for ice cider, the growth of more producers of ice cider, a […]
H2BRIDGE
The Interreg Aurora funded project H2BRIDGE tackles the challenge of transitioning towards sustainable energy in Northern Finland and Sweden, areas characterized by major industrial hubs with significant CO2 emissions. It develops an innovative, scalable panel reactor system using printed photocatalytic panels to produce hydrogen from solar energy (“solar hydrogen”). This offers a sustainable, cost-effective energy […]