1. Cross-border cooperation in
Barents area
Päivi Ekdahl 20.11.2013

2. Implementation of cross-border
programmes
• In the Barents area, cross-border cooperation is natural
way of people-to-people communication
• Willigness to cooperate is often strong but people/
organisations quite often lack the needed resources
• Barents working groups are a good working tool for
building up systematic cooperation between the
regional actors
• In future it is important to find the correct tools and
ways to cooperate, in order to create stability which
does not depend on time frames of financing
instruments

3. Financing Instruments in Barents
region
•
Cooperation between the nordic countries has
been active already for decades
•
EU programmes have been implemented since
Finland and Sweden have become EU Member
States 1995
•
Interreg Programmes, Tacis programmes and ENPI
Programmes
•
ENPI Programmes - expecially Kolarctic ENPI CBC
Programme with four participating countries brought the financing to a different level, since
financing from the programme can be allocated to
the whole Barents area with one decision

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22.11.2013
Etunimi Sukunimi

5. Cooperation is active

6. Strengths or weaknesses?
•
low number of active organisations (and
people?) implementing the projects
•
low number of people on the decisionmaking level
•
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overlap of the regions participating to the
programmes
similarity of programmes’ objectives and
activities

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8. Thank you!