Northern Periphery Programme 2007 awareness day

Organisations from the Highlands and Islands will attend an informal day to help community, voluntary and public organisations find out about the EU-funded Northern Periphery Programme.

Organised by the international affairs team at Highlands an Islands Enterprise (HIE), the event is at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness tomorrow 10 May.

The EU-funded Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) 2007 -2013 aims to encouraging transnational co-operation between the regions of Europe. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland, along with Dumfries and Galloway, are included, along with parts of Sweden, Finland and Norway; the Faeroe Islands; Greenland; Iceland; west Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Places at the information day are limited to 60, and can be reserved online by filling in the booking form on the HIE website.

Further events throughout the Highlands and Islands will be held later in the spring.  These events will be published on the HIE website www.hie.co.uk/northern-periphery.htm