Northern Periphery Programme

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Main Projects with Lead Partners in this Region

	Competitive Health Competitive Health Services in Sparsely Populated Areas - eHealth Applications across the Urban-Rural Dimension 1.8
	DARRA Digital Age in Rural and Remote Areas 1.12
	MicrE Micro Waste to Energy Business: micro energy to rural enterprise 3.6
	NEED Northern Environmental Education Development 1.3
	NoCry Northern Creative Youth 1.13
	Northern ToSIA Assessing Sustainability of Forest-based Activities in Rural Areas of the Northern Periphery 2.8
	NPPHunt Sustainable hunting tourism - business opportunity in the Northern Europe 1.2
	PELLETime PELLETime - Solutions for competitive pellet production in medium size enterprises 1.6
	RRR Retail in Rural Regions 3.4
	RTS Rural Transport Solutions 4.5

Preparatory Projects with Lead Partners in this Region

	Innovative Village Innovative Village - preparatory project 47 Development Company of Äänekoski and Konnevesi Ltd
	Northern Sport Tourism Networks Northern Sport Tourism Networks 12
	Northern-ToSIA Assessing sustainability of forest based activities in rural areas of the Northern Periphery 6
	PreBEN Preparatory project for Business from Environment and Natural Resources in rural areas 14
	RTS Rural Transport Solutions 36
	Zero Waste Material Recovery and Recycling Business Innovation 1

Main Projects with Partners in this Region

	Clim-ATIC Climate Change - Adapting to The Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions 1.15
	CMC@NP Connected Mobile Communities in the Northern Periphery 2.3
	CoSafe The cooperation for safety in sparsely populated areas 2.4
	DARRA Digital Age in Rural and Remote Areas 1.12
	DSP Developing the Pinus Sylvestris L resource 1.16
	MicrE Micro Waste to Energy Business: micro energy to rural enterprise 3.6
	NoCry Northern Creative Youth 1.13
	Northern ToSIA Assessing Sustainability of Forest-based Activities in Rural Areas of the Northern Periphery 2.8
	NPNP New Plants for Northern Periphery Market 4.4
	NPPHunt Sustainable hunting tourism - business opportunity in the Northern Europe 1.2
	O4O Older People for Older People 1.4
	OLE 2 Our Life as Elderly - implementation 2.11
	PELLETime PELLETime - Solutions for competitive pellet production in medium size enterprises 1.6
	ROADEX IV ROADEX Network Implementing Accessibility 4.1
	RTS Rural Transport Solutions 4.5
	SMALLEST Solutions for Microgeneration to ALLow Energy Saving Technology 4.8

Preparatory Projects with Partners in this Region

	CINERGY Creative Industries Network Enables Regional Growth Yearly 31
	New Plants New Plants of the Northern Periphery Market 11
	North Folk Database North Folk Database 22
	PEMP Portfolios, Employment bank and Meeting Points for the creative industry in the northern periphery 55
	Retailing in Rural Areas Retailing in Rural Areas 17
	Small scale building energy production with a Stirling engine Small scale building energy production with a Stirling engine using local energy resources 41
	SMALLEST Solutions for Microgeneration to ALLow Energy Saving Technology 39
	TN-Mobile Tourist Navigator through mobile phones 42
	Zero Waste Material Recovery and Recycling Business Innovation 1

Itä-Suomi

NUTS II

Keski-Suomi

NUTS III

Pohjois-Suomi

NUTS II

Comments about regions

Country name in own language	Suomi
Political system	Republic
EU Member State	Yes , since 1995
Capital city	Helsinki

Population	5.3 million
Currency	Euro (€)
Language(s)	- Finnish - Sami - Swedish
Time zone	GMT+2 (Central Europe: Finland)
Main sectors	electronics, timber, chemicals