The EU's Northern Periphery Programme

Introduction

The Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) 2007 -2013 is one of several European Union funded programmes aimed at encouraging transnational co-operation between the regions of Europe. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland, along with Dumfries and Galloway, are included in the area along with:

• Northern Sweden
• Northern Finland
• North and west Norway
• The Faroe Islands
• Greenland
• Iceland
• West Ireland
• Northern Ireland

The third call for proposals will be launched on the 15th August, 2008, and will close on the 26th September, 2008. Decisions on all main project applications will be made at the Programme Monitoring Committee meeting on the 3rd - 4th December 2008.

Important announcement for preparatory project applications
The PMC has decided to apply a focused call for preparatory projects from the 1st September, 2008. From this date, the Programme Secretariat is only allowed to approve projects dealing with certain identified themes, not yet addresses by the programme. For the full list of themes, please see the announcement text on the Northern Periphery website

Highlands and Islands Enterprise provides a first point of contact for information and advice on the Northern Periphery Programme in Scotland.  E-mail the programme's regional contact point

More detailed information can also be found on the NPP website which contains comprehensive details of the programme, including the programme documents, lists of projects and project ideas.

How to apply seminar, Copenhagen, 21st August, 2008

The Programme Secretariat is organising a seminar on how to apply for the Third Application Call, which closes on the 26th September, 2008. The seminar will be held on the 21st August, 2008 in the NPP office in Copenhagen, Denmark. For full details on registering, and the content of the seminar, please see the news page of the NPP website. 

Lead Partner Seminar, Voss, Norway, 12th-13th June, 2008

This first lead partner seminar for the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 took place in Voss, Norway, on the 12th and 13th June, 2008, and was attended by the 17 approved main projects and a number of preparatory projects. The main topics addressed were the financial claim procedure, activity reporting and information and communication.

All presentations and background materials can be downloaded from the LP Seminar - Voss folder in the downloads section of the NPP website.

NPP awareness seminar, Inverness, 10 May 2007

Presentations from the 10th May Inverness seminar are downloadable here, right.

These include a general presentation on the Northern Periphery Programme 2007-13 illustrating what it will fund.

Also here is a presentation on how to get your project idea known, explaining some budgetary and financial considerations and the new audit system.

Two case study presentations (Powerpoint converted to pdf) cover the development of healthcare projects

• Jane Farmer - Our Life as Elderly and 'o4o' (Older people for older people), and
• Cliff Beck - The development and management of a woodfuel project.

Other useful information

To promote your project idea and find partners please download a blank project idea form, right.

Once completed, please return to Claire Matheson

We will ensure it is circulated to the Programme Secretariat and other contact points in the programme area.