[01/06/2008-30/09/2011] Arctic charr is a highly valued fish species in the Northern territory and in the Alps “Alpenlax” with a red delicious flesh and beautiful appearance. Arctic charr farming is still a small industry but with a potential to grow and to develop a unique high quality product from the north. Farming this species requires access to cold fres...
[01/06/2008-31/08/2011] The success of the Northern ToSIA project The NPP project Northern ToSIA carried the slogan Northern Forests Leading the Way to Sustainability and was successfully completed in 2011. It targeted regional and local stakeholders: researchers and representatives of national, regional and local authorities, as well as forest industry- and Sámi ...
[01/07/2009-30/06/2012] The aim of NPNP is to develop new business opportunities within the green sector and provide growth to the region by developing new hardy ornamental plants, origin from the region for public spaces and private gardens. The NPNP will facilitate the creation of greener and more varied public area and city centre in the northern periphery area.
[01/01/2008-31/12/2010] The project will promote the development of sustainable hunting tourism that will diversify the economical activity of peripheral regions in Northern Europe based on the strengths of these areas. This will be done by developing the companies and the operational environment related to the sector. The project will focus on practical development and...
[01/01/2008-31/12/2010] O4O will utilise the capacity of older people as community assets, applying their skills to provide services that will help maintain other older people in their communities. O4O will: map the context; identify new opportunities for providing locally-relevant services; test the feasibility of innovative organisational models; develop a toolkit to de...
[15/03/2011-15/03/2013] The project will develop a business model that can deliver a new Integrated Renewable Energy Management Service (IREMS) that can be adapted to suit local needs in a transnational context. The developed Renewable Energy Management Service incorporating smart grid technology with existing renewable energy (RE) know-how will be made available to exist...
[01/06/2008-31/05/2011] The project wills in close cooperation with concerned staff, citizens, management and political levels establish a full implementation of transnational findings from Our Life as Elderly, part 1. In this process we will package a number of products for each of the new services introduced. The implementation and development of new products will be ...
[01/01/2008-31/12/2010] PELLETime will develop an accessible package of tools to design sustainable pellet supply chains, thereby promoting the role of local entrepreneurs in utilising local renewable energy resources and supporting the energy self-sufficiency of northern peripheral regions. The small scale production of pellets currently faces both technological limitati...
[01/09/2009-31/08/2012] RASLRES – the Regional Approaches to Stimulating Local Renewable Energy Solutions project – brings together partners from Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Sweden. The project aims to increase the use of renewable energy technologies in rural economies in the NPP region. Initial focus will be on the bio-energy sector. To do this,...
[01/06/2011-30/06/2014] Recruit and Retain is a project which sets out to find solutions to the persistent problem of difficulties in recruiting and retaining high quality people to work in the public sector in the remote rural areas of Northern Europe. The core project will address issues and solutions with respect to health care workers. The Recruit and Retain Strategic...
[01/10/2012-30/09/2014] The Remodem project will develop and test an integrated service package for people with dementia living in remote rural communities which allows and supports them to continue living in their current homes and postpones their placement in institutional care. This will be achieved through modules of support incorporating tested ICT services. The modu...
[01/11/2012-30/09/2014] The REMOTE project will increase and support local capacities in renewable energy solutions across the NPP area. By building on the results of NPP Renewable Energy Cluster projects and networks, the REMOTE will establish an unique International Network of Best Practise Demonstration Sites, and integrate it to a Training for Trainers Service. The s...
[01/07/2010-31/12/2012] The Rural Innovation and Business Systems (RIBS) project will specifically help SMEs in rural regions of Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Sweden and Finland to address the effects of the economic downturn and strengthen their competitiveness and growth potential. Based on the needs analysis of the SMEs and the business support community in the target re...
[01/07/2009-30/06/2012] The project aims to bring about real operational change in the construction and maintenance of rural roads across the Northern Periphery through a combination of consultancy services, demonstration projects and education. ROADEX developed services (strategies) and products (technologies) will be used on local roads by local Partners supported by a ...
[01/01/2009-31/12/2011] RRR will support shops in rural areas. The overall objective is improved service quality in small communities by supporting the survival, development and growth of rural retail shops. By that the project is enhancing economical growth of the regions. The project purpose is to provide and sustain tailor made support for rural shops. This support wi...
[01/09/2009-31/08/2012] The overall aim of this project is to develop innovative and sustainable rural and coastal transport schemes and services reducing social exclusion and enhancing the vitality and sustainability of sparsely populated areas in Northern Periphery. The rationale of this project is also that community paid or subsidised public transports are a considera...
[01/09/2011-31/03/2014] RYE aims to contribute to local, regional, national and transnational rural economic development by stimulating latent entrepreneurial abilities among young people in Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands, Finland and Greenland. This will be achieved through transferring and adopting a successful urban enterprise programme, the ‘Young Entrepre...
[01/09/2011-28/02/2014] Social enterprises play a pivotal role in the rural and urban regeneration of the NPP regions. As such it is essential that they are in a position to maximise the opportunities and challenges afforded by renewable energy. SECRE will develop and implement a sustainable service encouraging the uptake of renewable energy activities within social enter...
[01/10/2012-30/09/2014] SMACS will use the combined expertise of the partners in maritime training and search-and-rescue to develop an emergency response and survival training programme and manual focused on the needs of small-craft mariners on commercial, fishing and leisure vessels operating in the Harsh Arctic Maritime Regions.. The programme will develop training pack...
[15/06/2009-30/06/2012] The SMALLEST project will establish an innovative service across all Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) partner regions to raise the scale and quality of training, mentoring and support for rural communities needed to help them convert from traditional energy generation to renewable energy generation. The SMALLEST service will assist rural communit...
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