Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme
2014-2020
Kirsti Mijnhijmer, NPP Secretariat
NORDMIN workshop, 4th September 2014, Copenhagen
Basic facts
European Territorial Cooperation = INTERREG
Transnational: 9 programme partner countries
Regional development: people’s programme
Tangible outputs: all projects need to develop
products/services
 Budget: 56 million EUR + match funding (35-50%)
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New in the 2014-2020 period
 European Commission requirements:
 Thematic concentration: 11 themes based on EU2020
 Change: a measurable impact on the programme area
 Reducing administrative burden
 Larger budget: approximately +25%
 More explicit focus on Arctic dimension
 Private partner involvement (SMEs)
Challenges and Opportunities
Peripherality &
Low population density
Natural resources &
Versatile Business sector
 Lack of critical mass
 Weak access to key markets
 Little external orientation of
SMEs
 Little economic diversity
 Shrinking rural communities
 Ageing/gender imbalance
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Globalisation
Climate change
Green Economy
Rising demand and prices for
minerals, bio mass, food etc. at
world market
 Innovation capacity & place
based competences
Priorities
NPA 2014-2020
Priority Axis 1:
Innovation (30%)
Objective 1.1:
Increased
innovation and
transfer of R&D
Objective 1.2:
Increased
innovation in public
service provision
Priority Axis 2:
Entrepreneurship
(30%)
Objective 2.1:
Improved support
systems for SMEs
Objective 2.2:
Greater market
reach
Priority Axis 3:
Renewables and
Energy Efficiency
(20%)
Priority Axis 4:
Protecting,
developing and
promoting natural
and cultural
heritage (20%)
Objective 3:
Increased use of
energy efficiency
and renewable
energy solutions
Objective 4:
Increased capacity
for sustainable
environmental
management
Horizontal principles
Actions relevant to mining
 Priority 1: innovation and R&D transfer to SMEs  e.g. new
technologies adapted to conditions in the programme area or
cleantech
 Priority 2: SME entrepeneurship  e.g. local businesses that
can capture spinoffs from mega projects by
specialising/upscaling/clustering
Actions relevant to mining
 Priority 3: energy efficiency and renewables in housing/public
infrastructures  e.g. using geothermal heat from mines
 Priority 4: sustainable environmental management  e.g.
mitigating damage to natural and cultural heritage, using
natural resources as an asset for sustainable growth, capacity
building of local authorities to handle mega projects in their
community
Next Steps
 30th Sep
Programme Launch and First Call opens
 Oct/Nov?? European Commission approval
Preparatory project call (€45000 @65%)
 24th Nov
First Call deadline
 5th Jan
Second Call opens
 10th Feb
First Call project decisions
 April 2015 Second Call deadline
 June 2015 Second Call project decisions
Thank you for listening!
 Kirsti Mijnhijmer
NPP Secretariat, Strandgade 91, Copenhagen
Tel.: +45 3283 3784
E-mail: kirsti.mijnhijmer@northernperiphery.eu
 Keep an eye on www.interreg-npa.eu