Co-operation Programmes
Project Feedback and Reports

Co-operation Programmes

The main opportunities for Nordic-Scottish co-operation are through the EU-funded Interreg lllB transnational co-operation programmes:

  • Northern Periphery Programme, covers the northernmost regions of Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden, and all of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
    • For the Northern Periphery Programme home page click here.

    • For a map of the eligible area, click here.

  • North Sea Programme, covers all of Denmark, and parts of Belgium, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and Sweden.
    • For the North Sea Programme home page click here.

    • For a map of the eligible area click here.

The Interreg IIIC programme is a new EU-funded programme for co-operation between regions all over Europe which also offers new funding opportunities for Nordic-Scottish co-operation projects.

  • For the Interreg IIIC programme home page click here.

Project Feedback and Reports

  • Transnational Nordic-Scottish Cooperation: Lessons for Policy and Practice
    Kai Böhme and Pétur Ingi Haraldsson (Nordregio)
    Laura Polverari and François Josserand (EPRC)

    pdf Click here to download the Final Report (2003) from the project.

    The aims of this study were to analyse experiences from inter-regional co-operation projects under the previous North Sea and Northern Periphery programmes, disseminate learning from projects, highlight practical results achieved and identify policy lessons on effective project co-operation for the new programmes. Specifically, the project:
    • screened all projects with Nordic and Scottish participation assisted under the North Sea Interreg IIB and Northern Periphery Article 10 programmes and compiled an overview of the project content and implementation arrangements
    • highlighted practical results and lessons learned, organised under the seven headings identified as important for Nordic-Scottish co-operation (Regional Policy and Sustainable Development, Regional Policy in Rural and Peripheral Areas, New Economy and the Information Society, Business Growth, Skills and Learning, Global Connections, Community Development)
    • identified case studies of ‘good practice’ and investigated their characteristics
    • prepared a report containing lessons and policy recommendations for project applicants, programme managers and policy officials
    • provided input to the Nordic-Scottish meeting in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, September 2003, in the form of a plenary paper on effective inter-regional co-operation and case studies for the seven headings.
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