From Lab to Landmarks: A Cross-border Initiative for Science, Discovery and Tourism

Labs to Landmarks

The Interreg Aurora funded small-scale project “From Labs to Landmarks” will establish a network of partners in Enontekiö (Finland), Nord-Troms (Norway), and Kiruna (Sweden), who will contribute to developing culture- and science-based digital content for existing nature trails in the region. The project is set to enhance collaboration among research institutions, tourism stakeholders, schools, and […]

Preparatory DigiÁrran

Preparatory DigiÁrran

In the Interreg Aurora funded preparatory project a main project – DigiÁrran – is created. In Preparatory DigiÁrran project, the aim is to search and ensure partners, negotiate partnerships, agreements, work packages and activities. The planned Interreg Aurora funded three-year DigiÁrran project develops knowledge and skills on the development and utilization of digital tools such […]

Revitalization of Skolt Sámi language and culture

Revitalization of Skolt Sámi language and culture

Project photo credits: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff, Housewarming celebration 2019 audience and students The objective of the small-scale project is to collect the information about the needs and expectations of the Skolt Sámi communities in Finland and Norway for the activities of the culture and language revitalization process, in order to implement them in the regular project. […]

Bothnian Coastal Route

Bothnian Coastal Route

The Bothnian Coastal Route project, including northern Finnish and Swedish destinations, aims to increase awareness of the coastal route around the Bothnian Bay and over the Kvarken strait as an attractive travel route for both foreign visitors and the local population. Through the project, the Finnish and Swedish partners aim to increase the reasons for […]

Aurora Entrepreneurialis

Aurora Entrepreneurialis

The overall objective of the Aurora Entrepreneurialis project is to develop secondary-level schools entrepreneurship education in a multifaceted way. The main target groups for the project are students and teachers. The project have identified three focus areas that will be integral parts of the project: entrepreneurial culture in schools, sustainable entrepreneurship in education and cross-border […]

Bothnia Business Heritage

Bothnia Business Heritage

The Bothnia Business Heritage project aims to promote and highlight the Gulf of Bothnia and its cultural heritage, while strengthening the connection between the past, the present, and the future. This is done by launching the Bothnia Business Heritage Network, a transnational network for cultural heritage actors within industrial and maritime history. The network offers […]

ICH North

ICH North

The project will enhance the role of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the form of musical heritage in the Aurora area. The approach of the project is demand-based and sustainability is a keyword. The project will give musical heritage more visibility, using social innovations to transfer knowledge and revitalize ICH/music, thus furthering safeguarding. ICH North […]

Innovative Rooms

Innovative Rooms

The main objective of the project Innovative Rooms is to target cooperation partners and assess the stakeholder needs for a larger scale Interreg Aurora project. The Innovative Rooms project is preparing a development project and a collaborative platform that brings together Nordic cultural actors, technology developers and educators. During the preparatory project, preliminary mappings will […]