BRIDGES
Building Regional Innovation for Green Economy Solutions
What we do
BRIDGES connects five regions with complementary strengths — Vestfjord (Iceland), Oulu (Finland), Tromsø (Norway), Norrbotten (Sweden) and Cork (Ireland) — to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by turning collaboration across borders into concrete business opportunities for SMEs.
The project builds a transnational innovation network linking SMEs with support organisations and providers of circular solutions, enabling faster development, testing and uptake of circular products and services. Through mapping of regional strengths, company needs, and tailored one-to-one support, SMEs strengthen circular business models, resource efficiency and digital capabilities.
The network is activated through knowledge exchange, sector collaboration and matchmaking. Long-term impact is ensured by supporting market entry and scalability, facilitating partnerships with clusters, public actors and investors, and establishing a governance model for continued cooperation beyond the project period.
Project priority
Climate Change
Project period
Start
01.09.2026End
28.02.2029Partners
Business Oulu, City of Oulu
ProTromsø AS
Cork Chamber
Westfjords Regional Development Office
Project info
Objective
2.3 Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
Total Budget
1.007.286,30 EUR
NPA Co-Financing
583.255,58 EUR