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Northern Periphery Programme (NPP)

Institution overall role: The Northern Periphery Programme aims to help peripheral and remote communities on the northern margins of Europe to develop their economic, social and environmental potential. The success of the programme will be built on joint projects creating innovative products and services for the benefit of the programme partner countries and Europe as a whole.

It covers the more peripheral and remote areas of the EU member states of Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom and Sweden and Non-EU member states Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway. These diverse regions of the Northern Periphery Programme area share common features such as harsh climate conditions, sparseness of population and remoteness. Transnational cooperation provides excellent opportunities for finding new ways to address shared challenges and explore new opportunities. The NPP is part of the European Commission’s Territorial Cooperation Objective.

Period of the initiative: 2007-2013

Role and priorities/objectives in knowledge transfer & innovation: Eligible projects must concentrate on issues that require transnational cooperation and that are of relevance to the characteristics and issues of the programme area. Projects that focus exclusively on issues of an urban nature are not supported. Preparatory projects can be supported, i.e. projects in the pre-development phase that can lead to ‘Main projects’. At least one of the priorities must be addressed in each project:

  • Promoting innovation and competitiveness in remote and peripheral areas
  • Innovation, networks and competitiveness
  • Accessibility
  • Sustainable development of natural and community resources
  • Environment as an asset in the periphery
  • Urban-rural development and promotion of heritage

Technical Assistance is a third priority related to programme management.

Knowledge transfer & innovation links: This section on the website has the main and preparatory projects already approved: https://www.northernperiphery.eu/en/projects/news/

Homepage: https://www.northernperiphery.eu

Contact details:
Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013
Programme Secretariat
Strandgade 91, 4th floor
DK-1401 Copenhagen K
DENMARK
Tel.: +45 3283 3784
Fax: +45 3283 3775
E-mail: secretariat@northernperiphery.eu