Overview Fourth Call Approved projects

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1 Overview Fourth Call Approved projects Project name Budget in EUR * Partnership: Summary Priority Axis 1 - Innovation 93 SenDOC Total cost Lead Partner: Ulster University (NI) The aim of SENDoc is to introduce the use of wearable sensor systems in Smart sensor Total grant Partnership: University College Cork, ageing communities in northern remote areas. These sensors can measure Devices for rehabilitation and Connected health ERDF National University Of Ireland (IE), Karelia University of Applied Sciences Ltd. (FI), Västerbotten County Council (SE) mobility, strength, balance, and also wellbeing, exercise, and safety, and have the potential to support independent living. SENDoc will assess the technical, clinical and social acceptability of early stage, and market-ready wearable technologies and their impact on patients, on health and care delivery, and on rural communities. 179 PLACE-EE Platforms for Ageing Community Engagement - Exchange and Enterprise Total cost Total grant ERDF Iceland Lead Partner: Ulster University (NI) Partnership: Limerick City and County Council (IE), Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (NI), Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being (NI), Umeå University (SE), Skellefteå Municipality (SE), Fjarðabyggð (IS) PLACE-EE is a transnational partnership of public health agencies, local authorities, academics and ICT experts dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people. Funded by the Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme of the European Union, our aim is to develop and implement locally derived sustainable solutions to encourage internet use and personcentred e-health. Older people will engage with our transnational partnership of municipal bodies, public health, universities and enterprises in a programme of community engagement and intergenerational exchange between younger and older citizens using an assets-based approach to build capacity among older people to address barriers to service access. In doing so, we will identify, promote and connect local, cultural knowledge and other heritage resources with innovative ICT approaches that enable greater social inclusion, and access to timely and efficient advice, support and care. The PLACE-EE project will provide opportunities for the transfer of knowledge, skills, products in health care for the benefit of older people and their communities. * Disclaimer: the final amounts will be established during the contracting phase.

2 Priority Axis 2 Entrepreneurship 187 FOBIA Total cost Forest Business Total grant Innovation and ERDF Advancement in the Northern Periphery Norway Lead Partner: Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI) Partnership: TTS Työtehoseura (FI), North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium (FI), Tietohippu Ltd (FI), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE), The Swedish Association of Forestry Contractors (SE), Inverness College-UHI (SC), Waterford Institute of Technology (IE) FOBIA aims to enhance the business competitiveness of forestry service enterprises in the NPA regions of Finland, Sweden, Scotland and Ireland by: (1) identifying and implementing innovative business models; (2) providing tools for increasing operational efficiency; and (3) developing and piloting the use of digital platforms for knowledge transfer, networking and trading of services. Forestry is an economically important industry across much of the Northern Periphery. FOBIA will address barriers by developing resources and tools, available through digital platforms, to help forestry entrepreneurs improve profitability through new business models, increased operational efficiency and enhanced management skills and leadership. Priority Axis 3 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 176 H-CHP Total cost Lead Partner: University of Oulu (FI) Micro Combined Total grant Partnership: Oulu University of Heat and Power ERDF Applied Sciences (FI), Tighean Innse System for ERDF 20% Gall (SC), Lews Castle College UHI Households Iceland (SC), Luleå Technical University (SE), Energy Action Ltd (IE), University of Iceland (IS) The purpose of the project is to promote the uptake of Combined Heating and Power systems (CHP) in the region using solid renewable biomass and gasification methods that will be appropriate for remote households. The Northern Periphery Area has abundant natural fuel resources but is subject to a harsher climate than the rest of Europe and this results in the need for increased domestic energy. Attempts to exploit natural energy resources for households has been mixed, and as a result, there is significant fuel poverty in the region. A key component is the high cost of electricity. It has been estimated that up to 70% of electrical energy can be lost in production and transmission lines before reaching the end user primarily as heat loss. The principle of CHP is to use some of the heat in the home to generate electricity; this is intrinsically highly efficient. 2

3 181 LECo Total cost Community based Total grant energy solutions for ERDF remote areas ERDF 20% Norway Lead Partner: Centria University of Applied Sciences (FI) Partnership: Western Development Commission (IE), Luleå University of Technology (SE), The Arctic University of Norway (NO), Renewable Energies Agency (DE), Jokkmokk Municipality (SE), The Gaeltacht Authority (IE) The project shall deliver a set of locally adapted concepts for Community based energy solutions in remote areas. These concepts will be modelled, developed and implemented in selected test communities in each participating country. The methodology for setting up such local adapted concepts and their implementation will be made available in form of a practical guideline which can be used for transferring the results to other locations. With help of the German project partner Renewable Energies Agency the project will learn from good practices of the German and Austrian energy villages, which by implementing smart energy solution successfully created added regional value, jobs and contributed to climate protection. The concepts will be analysed, adapted and tested in pilot communities in the project region. 3

4 Priority Axis 4 Natural and Cultural Heritage 87 CINE Total cost Connected Culture Total grant and Natural Heritage ERDF in the Northern ERDF 20% Environment Norway Iceland SHAPE Sustainable Heritage Areas: Partnerships for Ecotourism Total cost Total grant ERDF Norway Iceland Greenland Lead Partner: Museum Nord (NO) Partnership: Timespan - Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Society (SC), Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute (IS), Donegal County Museum (IE), The University Court of the University of St Andrews (SC), Locatify (IS), The Discovery Programme: Centre for Archaeology & Innovation Ireland (IE), Department of Media & Communication, University of Oslo (NO), Aurora Borealis Multimedia AS (NO) Lead Partner: University of the Highlands and Islands (SC) Partnership: Karelia University of Applied Sciences (FI), Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for North Karelia (FI)., Southern Uplands Partnership (SC), Nordhordland Development (NO), Kujalleq Municipality (GL), Snaefellsnes regional park (IS), Wester Ross Biosphere Ltd (SC) Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in the Northern Environment (CINE) embraces the concept of Museum Without Walls - an outward facing museum that takes an active role in challenging perceptions, in fostering social change and in providing access and information to diverse audiences, using new technologies to step beyond the traditional museum context. The main project output is the development of a multi-functional, digital interpretation and data-management toolkit to create new, unique on-site and off-site customer experiences in specific locations in the northern environment. Innovation will be used to enhance capacities and preparedness of local and regional communities, by raising awareness of natural and cultural heritage sites. The aim is to protect, promote and develop sites that are at risk due to a changing climate, or those we consider of particular significance for future generations. SHAPE will focus on a transnational set of sustainable heritage areas (SHAs) with diverse experiences of sustainability and regional cooperation involving stakeholders in heritage management, tourism, and governance. In these SHAs, the partners will work with local stakeholders, their organizations, and the institutions which support them, and incorporate their activities into regional strategies for sustainable development. Project activities will start in each involved SHA, addressing local challenges for sustainable development by mapping assets, building on existing activities, and helping those who are developing ecotourism initiatives. Project partners and stakeholders will then share the outcomes transnationally through meetings, learning journeys and thematic networks. The resulting knowledge and tools will be incorporated into a dynamic e-service, designed to evolve and be used across the NPA region and beyond after the project ends. 4

5 195 Adapt Northern Total cost Lead Partner: Historic Environment Adapt Northern Heritage is concerned with adapting northern cultural Heritage Total grant Scotland (SC) heritage to the environmental impacts of climate change and associated ADAPTing ERDF 20% Partnership: Directorate for Cultural natural hazards through community engagement and informed NORTHERN cultural Norway Heritage (NO), Cultural Heritage Agency conservation planning. The project will develop an online tool to assess the HERITAGE to the environmental impacts of climate change and associated natural hazards through community engagement and informed conservation planning Iceland of Iceland (IS), Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NO) risks for and vulnerabilities of historic places and provide guidance for the planning of strategic adaption measures that takes into account cultural, economic, environmental and social sustainability. The tool will be develop, test and demonstrated in nine case studies, in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Scotland, for which adaptation actions plans will be produced. The project will also create a community network with a networking platform, round table workshops and training events. 5

6 205 APP4SEA Total cost Lead Partner: University of Oulu (FI) APP4SEA is a transnational competence project, which aims to strengthen Arctic Preparedness Total grant Partnership: Finnish Environment the preparedness of environmental authorities and the awareness of Platform for oil Spill ERDF Institute (FI), Norwegian Meteorological general public in the coastal areas of the NPA region regarding oil spill and other ERDF 20% Institute (NO), North Highland College response. Combating oil spills in harsh, northern conditions is challenging Environmental Norway UHI, (SC), University of Iceland (IS) with current technologies. Oil spills do not recognize national borders, and Accidents Iceland inefficiencies are brought by different practices and methods, which are used by different countries, as well as the challenges due to different sea and environmental conditions, and the variety of oil types used and transported by ship across the NPA region. APP4SEA will unite coastal authorities, pool their competences and data on oil weathering, share best practices in oil spill response technologies and models. The project will produce an interactive smart map, which will be an open access platform showing search and rescue centres along the NPA coastline, their equipment and level of preparedness for oil spill accidents, weather conditions in accident zones, as well as information about important ecological areas and species that can be affected by oil spills. The smart application will also have a predictive function to advise in case of accident what equipment of deploy considering the place and scale of spill and environmental conditions. The end users of the project are local authorities responsible for oil spill response; social groups, educational institutions and the general public. 209 C.L.I.M.A.T.E. Collaborative Learning Initiative Managing and Adapting to The Environment Total cost Total grant ERDF Faroe Islands Lead Partner: Derry City & Strabane District Council (NI) Partnership: Rural Area Partnership in Derry Ltd (NI), City of Sundsvall (SE), Municipality of Härnösand (SE), Mid Sweden University (SE), University of the Faroe Islands (FO), University College Cork (IR), Northern Ireland Environment Link (NI) The main project objective is Promote and improve climate change awareness in European peripheral rural communities through a knowledge based approach and community led sustainable resource planning that will mitigate against future climate impact and incorporating transnational collaboration through a best practice model which will improve preparedness for sustainable environmental management in future years The project will also develop a preparedness scale matrix for local authorities & partners will be able to disseminate best practice models. 6