Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020

The Northern Periphery and Arctic 2014-2020 forms a cooperation between 9 programme partner countries. The NPA 2014-2020 is part of Interreg, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and ERDF equivalent funding from non EU partner countries. Despite geographical differences, the large programme area shares a number of joint challenges and opportunities that can best be overcome and realised by transnational cooperation.

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INTERREG NPA 2021-2027

11 November 2021 About the programme

Towards a more resilient Arctic

How NPA projects contribute to a more safe, inclusive, and prosperous Arctic.

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3 November 2021 About the programme

Redefining Peripherality – NPA Annual Event 2021

The first hybrid NPA Annual Event took place on 27th October 2021, both online and in Sligo (Ireland) gathering 150 participants.

 

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27 October 2021

Watch the NPA Annual Event live online!

Join us today from 13:00 CET for the first hybrid NPA Annual Event "Redefining Peripherality" live on YouTube from Sligo.

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20 October 2021

Bridging call 2021: Record number of applications received

The Bridging Call for Preparatory projects closed on 8th October, 12.00 CET. By the deadline, the Joint Secretariat received 25 applications, of which...

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13 October 2021 About the programme

New EU Arctic Strategy published

Today, the High Representative and the Commission put forward their approach for a stronger EU engagement for a peaceful, sustainable and prosperous...

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16 August 2021 Calls

Bridging Call open for project applications

The Bridging call for preparatory projects is the last call of the NPA 2014-2020, its main purpose is to build a project pipeline for future main...

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15 July 2021 About the programme

CINE See the past, imagine the future

While swinging in your hammock, enjoy our series of articles "NPA Summer Reads", letting you experience the Northern Periphery and Arctic in a new...

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15 July 2021 About the projects

SPOT-Lit Putting Literary Tourism on the map

While swinging in your hammock, enjoy our "NPA Summer Reads", a series of articles letting you experience the Northern Periphery and Arctic in a new...

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30 June 2021 Arctic Cooperation

Let us know your ideas for the future Arctic Award

In 2021, the Arctic Award is taking a break. The Arctic Cooperation programmes are using this time to evaluate past experiences and develop new ideas...

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8 December 2021 Programme events

Monitoring Committee NPA 2014-2020

The Monitoring Committee (MC) is in charge of supervising the programme. Its overall task is to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the...

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A collaborative network of five Interreg and ENI programmes, supporting projects for the people who actually live in the Arctic. Find out more about the Arctic Awards, highlighting every year exceptional Arctic projects; and about the Arctic Clusters, our projects' collaboration.

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NPA COVID-19 RESPONSE

The NPA Response Group

When in early 2020 suddenly more or less all of Europe found itself on lockdown, a group of experts from the NPA programme area decided to work together to better understand what can be done in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

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COVID-19 response projects

The NPA programme funds a group of COVID-19 response projects addressing: Clinical data, Mental health, Technological solutions, Communities' reponse and resilience, Economics and Emerging themes.

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NPA Project stories

Complementing traditional services, apps such as ChatPal can help people in remote areas to support self-care and better manage their own wellbeing. The COVID-19 lockdown measures accelerated the need for such solutions.

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12 November 2020 Project news

Practical examples from digitally transformed service models in existing organizations / TechSolns Webinar on 18 Nov

Our Nordic welfare models are being challenged in sparsely populated areas with an aging population, declining tax base, and difficulties in...

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2 November 2020 Project news

Interactive website COVIDWATCH EU-NPA up and running

The new interactive COVIDWATCHEU-NPA website is up and running at https://covidwatcheu-npa.shinyapps.io/covid/ with a new feature on COVID-19 case...

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26 October 2020 Project news

Last projects approved under the NPA COVID-19 response call

Two more projects were approved respectively in "Economic Impacts" and "Emerging themes" to join the portfolio of projects analysing and comparing...

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20 October 2020 Project news

#COVIDWATCHEU_NPA Launch on Twitter

 

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15 October 2020 Project news

Implemented distance spanning services in the Nordics / TechSolns Webinar on 15 Oct

Healthcare and distance spanning solutions work – they help to protect our most vulnerable citizens.

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8 September 2020 Project news

Citizen engagement/ Community response thematic project (D) “CRR - COVID19” approved

"Communities' response and resilience to corona virus 19 – “CRR - COVID19” project addresses Theme “D” of the NPA COVID 19 response call - "Citizens...

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16 July 2020 Project news

Technology Solutions thematic project (C) "TechSolns" approved

The NPA Programme Secretariat approved the Technology Solutions thematic "Impact on COVID-19 from Technology Solutions in NPA Regions " - TechSolns...

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14 July 2020 Project news

Clinical Aspects thematic project (A)"COVIDWATCH-EU-NPA" approved

The NPA Programme Secretariat approved the Clinical Aspects thematic project (A) " Local, national and transnational public health responses and...

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10 July 2020 Project news

Health and Wellbeing thematic project (B) "Re-MIND" approved

The NPA Programme Secretariat approved the Health and Wellbeing thematic project (B) "Impact from COVID-19 Isolation on Mental Health in NPA Regions"...

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PROJECT NEWS

29 October 2021
ARCTISEN

"Stories of Hope and Visions for the Future" WEBINAR 15th November

ARCTISEN is part of ETRAC cluster to promote ethical tourism recovery in Arctic communities. Find more about the next ETRAC webinar here.

 

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8 September 2021
ARCTISEN

FREE WEBINAR: Fostering culturally sensitive practices in tourism

Welcome to interesting, free webinar on culturally sensitive tourism on 7 October!

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14 October 2021
W-POWER

Entrepreneurs from North Karelia share their stories

These videos premiered during the Final Seminar Day for a live audience in Joensuu, Finland and at the same time transnationally for the online...

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23 August 2021
ARCTISEN

Save the date: Free Webinar

Save the date and stay tuned for more information.

Free webinar: Fostering Culturally-Sensitive Practices in Tourism

Organized together with ATLAS...

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GET INSPIRED

Let’s celebrate 30 years of Interreg cooperation

Over 30 years Interreg has contributed to building a more united Europe. The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme is proud to be part of this community and wishes to celebrate this anniversary sharing our stories of cooperation.

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The NPA at the EU Week of Regions and cities

The European Week of Regions and Cities is the biggest annual event dedicated to regional policy. This year it was entirely digital. Check out the NPA sessions and a selection among over 500!

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