[01/06/2008-31/08/2011] This project will investigate options for improving the sustainable use of forest resources in selected regions of the NPP area using an innovative sustainability impact assessment tool (ToSIA) and applying it in regional development and business from two perspectives: First, public bodies engaged in regional development strategies will employ the ...
[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,...
[01/06/2011-31/12/2013] Recruit and Retain is a project which sets out to find solutions to the persistent problem of difficulties in recruiting and retaining high quality front line health care providers for the remote rural areas of Northern Europe. Within its core service package innovative approaches to: • training of health care personnel • professional...
[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, building on the existing NPP renewable energy cluster, will develop and implement a sustainable service for renewable...
[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...
[01/03/2011-01/03/2014] The SNAPS project will focus on snow and avalanche services for transport infrastructure in selected areas within the Northern Periphery in Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Avalanche forecasting systems for transport authorities will be developed from scratch in some areas and existing services improved in other areas. The result will be a ...
[15/06/2010-30/09/2013] The aim of the TG4NP project is to support tourism industry of peripheral regions by enhancing the visitors’ experiences in cultural and natural heritage destinations with the help of multimodal mobile information services. Project will develop potential new approaches to efficient and sustainable management and utilisation of resources in na...
[01/07/2009-30/06/2012] The THING project is based on the Thing sites that are the assembly sites spread across North West Europe as a result of the Viking diaspora and Norse settlements. The objective is to exchange knowledge, specify, develop and test new and improved services for sustainable management and business development at the Northern European Thing sites. The ...
[01/09/2010-31/08/2013] Tourism is important to the economic and social sustainability of many communities in the Northern Periphery Progamme area. The aim of the project is to develop innovative, long term and sustainable solutions for transport services adapted to rural tourism areas in the Northern Periphery. This will be done by implementing new and improved public ...
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