Annual report 2022

Our projects & networks

Networks, projects, and cooperation

The Kvarken Council is working actively in a number of European networks to promote a more open Europe and to reduce border barriers

Work to reduce border obstacles

The Nordic Council of Ministers defines a border obstacle as “any type of problem that prevents, restricts, or renders more difficult the potential of people to operate freely across national borders”. The Kvarken Council is working actively in a number of European networks to promote a more open Europe and to reduce border barriers. The Kvarken Council runs its own projects, propel various cross-border projects as well as initiate collaboration projects between different parties. All this to contribute to a positive development of the society in the Kvarken region, the Nordic region, and Europe.

When vision becomes reality

Over 100 cross-border projects in 50 years! The Kvarken Council runs its own projects, and initiate collaboration projects between different parties.

Here you’ll find all our applied and completed projects in 2022:

Applied and approved projects in 2022

In all of them, the Kvarken Council is the project owner and is driven in collaboration with other actors in the Kvarken region. The tourism project Bothnian Coastal Route includes a new and larger cooperation network – its partnership consists of actors around the Bothnian Bay and across the Kvarken.

In 2022 completed projects, in which the Kvarken Council has been the lead part

In 2022 completed projects, which the Kvarken Council has co-financed and has been operated by other parties

Scandria® Alliance – our newest cooperation network at EU level

Scandria Corridor is a geographic corridor which extends from the north of Scandinavia via Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Berlin, and Vienna to the northern part of the Adriatic Sea in Italy. Scandria Alliance is a cooperative platform for e.g. cities and regions along the corridor to cooperate on climate-smart multimodal transport solutions to achieve sustainable regional development.

The Kvarken Council EGTC was granted a membership in the alliance in 2021.

The membership in Scandria Alliance results in better opportunities to interest monitor the needs and interests of the region on EU-level, and offers also a natural partnership platform for new projects, for example within CEF or the Interreg Baltic Sea Region. Åsa Ågren-Wikström, vice-chairman of the Kvarken Council’s board and vice-chairman of Region Västerbotten’s regional development board, was elected one of the three vice-chairmen of the Scandria Alliance in autumn 2022.

The Kvarken Council has been active in the following networks in 2022:

EGTC platform
AEBR
ESI
Scandria Alliance

Completed projects

slightly more than in previous years as several projects were extended due to the pandemic.

Approved projects

Kvarken Council with its partners received funding for all projects that they applied for.

Received funding from the EU

M EUR for the Kvarken Council and its project partners for the coming projects.

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