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  1. An institution, body, office or agency established by or based on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

    All education and training facilities for people of different age groups.

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  1. Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation 

    This topic focuses on strengthening governance, fostering institutional capacity, and enhancing cross-border cooperation. It includes promoting multilevel, transnational, and cross-border governance by designing and testing effective structures and mechanisms, as well as encouraging collaboration between public institutions on various themes. 

    Innovation capacity and awareness are also key, with actions aimed at increasing the ability of individuals and organizations to adopt and apply innovative practices. This involves empowering innovation networks and stimulating innovation across different sectors. 

    Institutional cooperation and network-building play a crucial role, supporting long-term partnerships to improve administrative processes, share regional knowledge, and promote intercultural understanding. This also includes cooperation between universities, healthcare facilities, schools, sports organizations, and efforts in management and capacity building. 

    This topic focuses on strengthening the agricultural, forestry, and fisheries sectors while ensuring sustainable development and environmental protection. It covers agricultural products (e.g., fruits, meat, olives), organic farming, horticulture, and innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture. It also addresses forest management, wood products, and the promotion of biodiversity and climate resilience in forestry practices.

    In the food sector, the focus lies on developing sustainable and resilient food chains, promoting organic food production, enhancing seafood products, and ensuring food security and safety. Projects also target the development of the agro-food industry, including innovative methods for production, processing, and distribution.

    Fisheries and animal management are essential aspects, with an emphasis on sustainable fishery practices, aquaculture, and animal health and welfare. This also includes efforts to promote responsible fishing, marine conservation, and the development of efficient resource management systems.

    Soil and air quality initiatives play a crucial role in environmental protection and public health. This includes projects aimed at combating soil and air pollution, implementing pollution management systems, and preventing soil erosion. Additionally, innovative approaches to improving air quality—both outdoors and indoors—are supported, alongside advancing knowledge and best practices in soil and air management.

    This topic focuses on protecting the environment, promoting biodiversity, and addressing the challenges of climate change and resource management. It includes efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, develop low-carbon technologies, and reduce GHG emissions. Biodiversity promotion and natural protection are key aspects. 

    It also covers improving soil and air quality by reducing pollution, managing contamination, preventing soil erosion, and enhancing air quality both outdoors and indoors. Water management plays an essential role, including sustainable water distribution, monitoring systems, innovative wastewater treatment technologies, and water reuse policies. Additionally, it addresses the protection and development of waterways, lakes, and rivers, as well as sustainable wetland management. 

    This topic focuses on preserving, promoting, and enhancing cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable way. It includes efforts to increase the attractiveness of cultural and natural sites through preservation, valorisation, and the development of heritage objects, services, and products. Cultural heritage management, arts, and culture play a key role, including maritime heritage routes, access to cultural sites, and cultural services like festivals, concerts, and art workshops. 

    Tourism development is also central, with actions aimed at promoting natural assets, protecting and developing natural heritage, and increasing touristic appeal through the better use of cultural, natural, and historical heritage. It also covers the improvement of tourist services and products, the creation of ecotourism models, and the development of sustainable tourism strategies. 

    This topic focuses on the sustainable management, protection, and valorisation of natural resources and areas, such as habitats, geo parks, and protected zones. It also includes preserving and enhancing cultural and natural heritage, landscapes, and protecting marine environments. 

    Circular economy initiatives play a key role, with actions aimed at innovative waste management, ecological treatment techniques, and advanced recycling systems. Projects may focus on improving recycling technologies, organic waste recovery, and establishing repair and re-use networks. Additionally, pollution prevention and control efforts address ecological economy practices, marine litter reduction, and sustainable resource use. 

    This topic covers labour market development and employment, focusing on creating job opportunities, optimizing existing jobs, and addressing academic (un)employment and job mobility. It also includes attracting a skilled workforce and improving working conditions for various groups. 

    Strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and boosting entrepreneurship are key priorities. This includes enhancing SME capacities, supporting social entrepreneurship, and promoting innovative business models. Activities may focus on creating advisory systems for start-ups, spin-offs, and incubators, fostering business networks, and improving the competitiveness of SMEs through knowledge and technology transfer, digital transformation, and sustainable business practices. 

    This topic focuses on fostering community integration and strengthening a common identity by promoting social cohesion, positive relations, and the development of shared spaces and services. It supports initiatives that enhance intercultural understanding and cooperation between different societal groups. 

    Demographic change and migration address key societal challenges, such as an aging population, active aging, and silver economy strategies. It also includes adapting public services and infrastructure to demographic shifts, tackling social and spatial segregation, and addressing brain drain. Migration-related actions cover policy development, strategic planning, and the integration of migrants to create inclusive and resilient communities. 

    All projects where ICT has a significant role, including tailor-made ICT solutions in different fields, as well as digital innovation hubs, open data, Internet of Things; ICT access and connecting (remote) areas with digital infrastructure and services; services and applications for citizens (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.); services and applications for companies (e-commerce, networking, digital transformation, etc.).

    This is about the mitigation and management of risks and disasters, and the anticipation and response capacity towards the actors regarding specific risks and management of natural disasters, for example, prevention of flood and drought hazards, forest fire, strong weather conditions, etc.. It is also about risk assessment and safety.

    This topic focuses on enhancing education, training, and opportunities for children, youth, and adults. It covers the expansion of educational access, reduction of barriers to education, and improvement of higher education and lifelong learning. It also includes vocational education, common learning programs, and initiatives supporting labour mobility and educational networks. Additionally, it addresses the promotion of media literacy, digital learning tools, and the development of innovative educational approaches to strengthen knowledge, skills, and societal participation. 

    This topic emphasizes the role of culture and media in education and social development. It supports initiatives that foster creativity, cultural awareness, and artistic expression among children and youth. Activities include promoting cross-border cooperation in the audiovisual sector, enhancing digital content creation skills, and boosting the distribution of educational and cultural media products. Furthermore, it encourages the development of media literacy initiatives, helping young audiences critically engage with digital and media content. By connecting education, creativity, and media, this topic strengthens cultural identity and supports inclusive, knowledge-based societies. 

    This topic covers actions aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energy sources. It includes energy management, energy-saving methods, and evaluating energy efficiency measures. Projects may focus on the energy rehabilitation and efficiency of buildings and public infrastructure, as well as promoting energy efficiency through cooperation among experienced firms, institutions, and local administrations. 

    In the field of renewable energy, this encompasses the development and expansion of wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal, and other sustainable energy sources. Activities include increasing renewable energy production, enhancing research capacities, and developing innovative technologies for energy storage and management. Projects may also address sustainable regional bioenergy policies, financial instruments for renewable energy investments, and the establishment of cooperative frameworks for advancing renewable energy initiatives. 

    This topic focuses on promoting equal rights and strengthening social inclusion, particularly for marginalized and vulnerable groups. It covers activities enhancing the capacity and participation of children, young people, women, elderly people, and socially excluded groups. Activities can address the creation of inclusive infrastructure, improving access and opportunities for people with disabilities, and fostering social cohesion through innovative care services. It also includes initiatives supporting victims of gender-based violence, promoting human rights, and developing policies and tools for social integration and equal participation in society. 

    This area focuses on improving health and social services, enhancing accessibility and efficiency for diverse groups such as the elderly, children, and people with disabilities. It includes the development of new healthcare models, innovative medical diagnostics and treatments (e.g., dementia, cancer, diabetes), and the management of hospitals and care facilities. Additionally, activities addressing rare diseases, promoting overall wellbeing, and fostering preventive health measures fall under this theme. It also covers sports promotion, encouraging physical activity as a means to improve public health and social inclusion. 

    This area focuses on strengthening justice, safety, and security through cross-border cooperation and institutional capacity-building. It includes initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of police, fire, and rescue services, enhancing civil protection systems, and rapid response capabilities for emergencies like chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents. Activities also target the prevention and combatting of organized crime, drug-related crimes, and human trafficking, as well as ensuring secure and efficient border management. Furthermore, it covers initiatives promoting the protection of citizens, community safety, and the development of innovative security services and technologies. 

    This area focuses on the development and improvement of transport and mobility systems, covering all modes of transport, including urban mobility and public transportation. Actions aiming at improving transport connections through traffic and transport planning, rehabilitation and modernisation of infrastructure, better connectivity, and enhanced accessibility. Projects promoting multimodal transport and logistics, optimising intermodal transport chains, offering sustainable and efficient logistics solutions, and developing multimodal mobility strategies. Also, initiatives establishing cooperation among logistic centres and providing access to clean, efficient, and multimodal transport corridors and hubs. 

    Activities focusing on the sustainable development and strategic planning of urban, regional, and rural areas. This includes urban development such as city planning, urban renewal, and strengthening urban-rural links through climate adaptation, sustainable mobility, water efficiency, participatory processes, smart cities, and the regeneration of public urban spaces. Regional planning and development cover the implementation of regional policies and programmes, sustainable land use management plans, integrated regional action plans, spatial planning, and the efficient management of marine protected areas. Rural and peripheral development addresses the challenges of remote and sparsely populated areas by fostering rural community development, enhancing rural economies, improving access to remote regions, and promoting tailored policies for rural sustainability and growth. 

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Interreg Sweden-Norway

Parent programEuropean Regional Development Fund
Link to the programwww.interreg-sverige-norge.com

Content of program

short description

The aim of the Interreg Sweden-Norway 2021-2027 program is to promote a smarter, greener, more social and stronger border region and thus support the sustainable development and transition to an attractive border region without border barriers.

program objectives

The following priorities and specific objectives were developed as part of the program:

  • P1: A smarter border region
    • SO 1.1: Develop and improve research and innovation capacities and the use of of advanced technologies
    • SO 1.2: Improve the sustainable growth and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that jobs can be created in these companies, as well as productive investments
  • P2: A greener border region
    • SO 2.1: Promote climate adaptation, disaster risk prevention and resilience taking into account ecosystem-based approaches
    • SO 2.2: Promote the transition to a circular and resource-efficient economy
  • P3: A more social border region
    • SO 3.1: Strengthen the efficiency and inclusiveness of the labor market and improve access to good quality employment by developing social infrastructure and promoting the social economy
    • SO 3.2: Improve inclusive access to education, training and lifelong learning services by developing accessible infrastructure, including managing change, continuing to developing distance learning
    • SO 3.3: Promote the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and participation and social innovation
  • P4: A stronger border region
    • SO 4.1: Strengthen the institutional and cooperation capacity of stakeholders

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Expected results

The program proposes the following measures (non-exhaustive list):

P1: A smarter border region

  • SO 1.1: Developing and improving research and innovation capacities and the use of advanced technologies
    • Projects that contribute to the development of innovation systems and strengthen cooperation between innovation actors across borders, such as academia, public sector, industry, research institutes and organizations, based on the strengths of the programme area, as well as methods (IT, entrepreneurial discovery process) and strategies for smart specialization.
    • Projects that contribute to increasing the pace of the green and blue transition through innovative solutions in areas such as sustainable transport, bioeconomy and circular economy.
    • Projects that contribute to increased collaboration and knowledge transfer between research environments, businesses, the public sector and the social economy.
    • Projects that develop practical models to bring new ideas to market
    • Projects that support the development and growth of businesses and industries with growth challenges, including those associated with advanced technologies.
    • Projects that improve the ability of companies to obtain, develop and commercialize new technologies and knowledge.
    • Projects that enable applied research for the benefit of businesses.
    • Projects that have a particular focus on improving the research and innovation capacity of companies that have established themselves as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    • Projects that focus on innovative solutions that can limit the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
    • Projects that contribute to the development of innovative solutions to prevent and reduce damage caused by environmental disasters
    • Projects that contribute to the development of innovative solutions for health, healthcare and education
    • Projects that bring together stakeholders from research and innovation with stakeholders from industry to promote collaboration in new value chains in the cultural and creative industries.
    • Projects that contribute to innovative solutions for renewable energies.
    • Projects that develop technologies and methods for new fossil-free energy systems and energy efficiency.
    • Projects that use digitalization as a tool for the green and blue transition in the study geography.
    • Projects that develop/utilize innovative solutions that contribute to strong and attractive living environments and urban areas in the border area.
  • SO 1.2: Improving the sustainable growth and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in order to create jobs and productive investments in these enterprises
    • Projects aiming at cross-border structured cooperation, e.g. through clusters, networks or innovative pilot initiatives, where the cross-border added value lies in the use of each other's competences and networks.
    • Projects that can help intensify cross-border knowledge exchange in common priority areas related to smart specialization and areas of strength, e.g. in the fields of digitalization, bioeconomy, tourism, circular economy and entrepreneurship.
    • Projects that work across borders with gender equality, inclusion and diversity to reach more existing and potential idea holders, entrepreneurs, innovators and business owners of different ages, genders, backgrounds, skills and geographies. Among other things, this promotes more entrepreneurship, growth, good public health and gender equality, which creates cross-border added value in the form of more employment and more opportunities for skills provision.
    • Projects that give more companies the opportunity to transfer knowledge for a sustainable green and blue transition in the border region, which contributes to value creation in the form of joint and cross-border working methods with a focus on the objectives of the Green Deal and the 2030 Agenda.
    • Projects that give more companies the opportunity to develop digital and circular production processes. The cross-border added value here is, among other things, that it can lead to the development of general knowledge that leads to more environmentally and climate-friendly production processes.
    • Projects to set up digital meeting points for cross-border cooperation between SMEs. The cross-regional added value are collaboration areas that contribute to climate and environmental objectives and new arenas for collaborative processes.
    • Projects that help improve opportunities for entrepreneurs and start-ups by equipping them for an international market.
    • Projects that help strengthen the knowledge and skills of entrepreneurs, creating the conditions for the creation of more businesses on both sides of the border.
    • Projects that provide tools and skills to create cross-border systems of companies that together contribute to sustainable innovation in the market, e.g. in the cultural and hospitality sectors.
    • Projects that contribute to the growth of businesses (especially internationally) through cross-border cooperation, skills development and method development.
    • Projects that promote the cross-border development of destinations and sustainable tourism.
    • Projects that help to increase the integration of companies in local and global value chains, for example for agriculture and food production.
    • Projects that aim to improve access to venture capital and investment capital for entrepreneurs and SMEs within the program geography.

P2: A greener border region

  • SO 2.1: Promoting climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction and resilience, taking into account ecosystem-based approaches
    • Networking, exchange of working methods, creation of documentation and how to work on climate adaptation across sectors and authorities.
    • To create competitiveness for businesses in a changing climate, it will be necessary to examine how climate change affects businesses and their supply chains and to incorporate this into business risk assessments.
    • Forestry and agriculture is an important part of the program area's economy. The border region needs to promote forest and land management that reduces the risk of forest fires, landslides and landslides. There is recent experience to build on.
    • Forestry insurance options may change in a changing climate. More and more climate risks are no longer defined as unforeseeable events. To reduce economic losses from fires and floods, for example, it will be crucial to analyze what types of measures are needed to create resilience.
    • Continuity and a long-term perspective are important to create resilience in the face of a changing climate. Networks between Swedish and Norwegian organizations with the aim of addressing the issues at a high level and sharing experiences would contribute to better resilience and not least competitiveness.
    • The border region can learn from how climate information from our meteorological institutes is used in our respective countries, how it is made available and how it is then used at a local level.
    • Develop shared data on landslides, erosion, snow loads, snowmelt, impacts on watercourses and other factors associated with land use in the border regions.
    • It is necessary to think in terms of green infrastructure to protect nature and biodiversity, as these do not respect national and municipal borders and cooperation is crucial to be successful.
    • Projects related to a climate-adapted strategic rescue service to deal with landslides and other types of accidents. There is potential here to incorporate skills and research environments. By including the long-term perspective and the effects of climate change, stakeholders in the border region can learn from each other. In particular, the use of new technologies such as VR/AI/AR/simulation technology is important.
  • SO 2.2: Promote the transition to a circular economy with high resource efficiency
    • Create opportunities for common rules between Norway and Sweden that contribute to companies switching to circular business models.
    • Common rules can be introduced by getting national authorities to develop cross-border training programs in the circular economy.
    • Work on cross-border mapping, skills development and promotion of public procurement that contributes to a circular economy.
    • Work with e.g. hospitality businesses to develop solutions that help strengthen cross-border circular models and enable new behaviors for residents and tourists.
    • Projects that work to improve the lifespan of products, improve the reusability of products and ensure that the proportion of recycled materials in products is increased and that it is possible to recycle the material.
    • The use of disposable products must be restricted and planned wear and tear prevented.
    • Projects that provide consumers with information on the availability of spare parts and repair services.

P3: A more social border region

  • SO 3.1: Strengthen the efficiency and inclusiveness of the labor market and improve access to quality jobs by developing social infrastructure and promoting the social economy
    • Projects that create cross-border arenas that bring employers and jobseekers together.
    • Projects that illustrate the employment potential on both sides of the border
    • Projects that highlight the lack of professions and training opportunities on both sides of the border.
    • Projects that harmonize certification systems that might otherwise hinder free movement.
    • Projects that mobilize job seekers for the hospitality industry and other cross-border sectors.
    • Projects that strengthen the efficiency of the labor market and the availability of quality jobs through the development of social innovation and social infrastructure.
    • Projects that expand cross-border cooperation to better attract skilled labor.
    • Projects that promote a more equal and fairer labor market.
    • Projects that include employment policy measures to improve employability. For example, measures for jobseekers, but also measures for young people, minorities, foreign-born, people with disabilities and other groups with special needs.
  • SO 3.2: Improve inclusive access to education, training and lifelong learning by developing an accessible infrastructure, including managing change and further developing distance learning
    • In upper secondary education, students should specialize. A shortage of students can lead to the elimination of certain subjects, reducing opportunities for specialization and choice. Cross-border partnerships can lead to schools offering more subjects, giving students more choice and fewer people moving away from the regions. There are also opportunities to increase the range of internships across the border.
    • Although foreign-born people are described as a homogenous group in many contexts, they have very different educational needs. This is particularly true for mother tongue education. Even in large schools, it is a challenge to find teachers who cover all languages. There is a great need to find common solutions in this area.
    • Further training often has to be completed during a permanent position. If further training involves a long journey for pupils, this can lead to complications. At the same time, the training must be relevant to the local environment. Projects in the border region that are working on solutions for this are within the scope of the specific objective.
    • It is important that the Master's courses are adapted to the relevant development areas in the regions. In some cases, the base on one side of the border may be too small to offer such Master's programs.
    • Cross-border Master's programmes enable networking with local companies and organizations.
    • Joint "study satellites" linked to the university can allow a greater proportion of studies to be carried out from home. However, such study satellites require relevant input from students, which can be achieved through cross-border collaboration.
    • Relevant projects may be located on public transport to enable students to travel to the study site.
    • Projects may also include mapping and testing a common digital infrastructure between higher education institutions.
    • Coordinated qualification and skills development in the hospitality and cultural heritage sector.
    • Identification of education levels, skills needs in the labor market and opportunities to increase employment rates in the border region.
    • Improving access to inclusive and quality-assured education and lifelong learning structures. This means robust and flexible solutions through e.g. digital distance learning and internships.
    • Projects that contribute to greater mobility and exchange, e.g. through more trainees, study projects and doctoral students with a cross-border perspective.
  • SO 3.3: Promote the role of culture and sustainable tourism for economic development, social inclusion and participation, and social innovation
    • Idea design, development and anchoring of strategy work, new business models for product development and implementation of measures.
    • Through joint plans and strategies, tourist destinations can offer a broader range of products and services. They can also help to build place brands where small attractions have a place even without accommodation or "all-day experiences". Collaboration can contribute to product concepts, marketing and internationalization. Through a comprehensive plan for complementary destination attractions, the program will be able to support the development of destinations.
    • The program will be able to support the launch and further development of strategic events. That is, events that are linked to the development of the region and attract tourism and business development beyond the event itself. These should be multi-year events in which business, the cultural industry and associations can be involved.
    • Funding can be provided for the development of skills that help to involve more people in the cultural, creative and tourism industries. This could be education to start a business, but also the development of skills in areas where there is a clear need and which fit into a common cross-border strategy. Examples could be training in guide services and craft methods.
    • Innovation in the fields of culture, creative industries and tourism can be promoted under this specific objective. Innovation can also be a further development of ideas. The program can support initiatives that focus on local food and food production.
    • Given the vulnerability of the hospitality and creative industries that has become apparent during the pandemic, the program will support innovative measures to improve accessibility. The focus is primarily on digital accessibility, but also on other forms of accessibility that can be classified as sustainable.

P4: A stronger border region

  • SO 4.1: Strengthening institutional capacities and stakeholders' ability to cooperate
    • Establish methods for local place development in dialog between municipalities, business and civil society.
    • Collect cross-border data for statistical processing.
    • Confidence-building agreements through people-to-people cooperation.
    • Identify missing services in the area of application.
    • Cross-border cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, transportation and energy system solutions.

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Eligibility criteria

Regions / countries for fundingNorway (Norge), Sweden (Sverige)
eligible entities
Partners		 Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit),  Education and training institution,  Research Institution incl. University,  Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs),  International organization,  Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME),  Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),  Other
Mandatory partnershipYes
Project Partnership

There must be two applicants, one from Sweden and one from Norway. It is important to remember that an Interreg project is a joint project between the countries. There must be a Norwegian and Swedish project owner who jointly implement the project the project, but who each have their own responsibility for the project's budget and financing.

The applicant/project owner must be a legal organization/company - private or public. Examples of public organizations are universities and colleges, research institutions, regions, municipalities, county councils and state authorities.

Examples of private actors and organizations include business organizations, formal business networks/cluster organizations, innovation promoters, foundations, economic and non-profit associations. Sole proprietorships/individual companies and private individuals cannot apply for funding.

The project owner should in principle be geographically located within the program geography. Exceptions to this can be approved if the activities of the project take place within the program geography and the results benefit the regions.

It is advised to apply with a broad partnership of actors from the public sector, industry and associations that is appropriate/appropriate in relation to what is intended to be solved by the project activities.

other eligibility criteria

The program area is divided into two sub-areas. A project can be conducted in one or both sub-areas.

  • The Nordic Green Belt consists of Jämtland and and Västernorrland counties in Sweden and Trøndelag county in Norway.
  • Central Scandinavia consists of Västra Götaland , Värmland and Dalarna counties in Sweden and Viken and Innlandet county in Norway.

Västra Götaland County includes the municipalities: Strömstad, Tanum, Sotenäs, Munkedal, Lysekil, Uddevalla, Orust, Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Färgelanda, Mellerud, Åmål, Bengtsfors and Dals-Ed.

Viken county includes the municipalities: Rakkestad, Marker, Indre Østfold, Skiptvedt, Aurskog-Høland, Rælingen, Lørenskog, Lillestrøm, Enebakk, Nes, Ullensaker, Gjerdrum, Nittedal, Nannestad, Eidsvoll, Hurdal Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Halden and Aremark.

There is an expectation that project activities take place within as well as between the sub-areas.

Where relevant, partners outside the the program geography can be included under the condition that this contributes to goal achievement. Certain activities may take place outside the program area provided that this contributes to achievement of objectives. A project can never have activities only outside the program area.

Additional information

Topics Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation,  Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality,  Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management,  Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism,  Circular Economy, Natural Resources,  Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship,  Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT,  Disaster Prevention, Resilience, Risk Management,  Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media,  Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy ,  Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion,  Health, Social Services, Sports,  Mobility & Transport
Relevance for EU Macro-RegionEUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
Program documents Interreg Sweden-Norway 2021-2027 Programme Manual (954kB)
ContactInterreg Sweden-Norway
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