News

• 22.05.2017

  Ready for foreign tourists? Cross-border knowledge sharing in tourism

  Sustainable tourism, hospitality, internationalization and cooperation were the themes for the two-day seminar organized in Vaasa-Umeå in May. The organizers were the Kvarken Council’s Botnia-Atlantica project Spotlight High-Low Coast together with the projects Effekt and AC Hållbar Export. The seminar brought together a large number of tourism entrepreneurs and actors from the Vaasa, Umeå and High Coast regions. A similar seminar covering both sides of the Kvarken area is being planned for the fall of 2017.
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• 08.05.2017

  Ett världsarv, två länder och tre destinationer – Kom och träffa oss!

  Botnia-Atlantica projektet Spotlight High-Low Coast kommer att finnas på plats och marknadsföra våra tre regioner Höga Kusten/Kvarkens skärgård och Umeåregionen gemensamt under "Ett världsarv, två länder och tre destinationer" vid följande event:
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• 07.04.2017

  April 2017 Newsletter – Out now!

  Vårvinterns nyhetsbrev är publicerad! Kevättalven uutiskirje on julkaistu!
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• 06.04.2017

  Välkommen på seminarium som arrangeras i anslutning till gränskommittén Kvarkenrådets årsmöte

  NÄRINGSLIVSSAMARBETE I KVARKENREGIONEN – FRAMTID OCH MÖJLIGHETER 23 maj 2017 vid Kyrö Distillery i Storkyro, Finland Oltermannintie 6, Isokyrö
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• 06.04.2017

  Chairman’s Greetings

  The Kvarken region covers some of the best developed regions in northern Scandinavia, with high growth potential, a wide range of industries and businesses, exceptionally high degree of industrial refinement, export industry and significant population growth.During the past year, I have had several occasions to highlight examples of cooperation in...
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• 06.04.2017

  Work for the new Kvarken ferry runs smoothly

  The new Kvarken ferry is now being promoted by MABA II project, funded by Interreg/Botnia-Atlantica, and the target is the same as the project partners set for the Midway Alignment project five years ago – to have a new ferry plying the Kvarken crossing in 2021, at the latest. At present, the project has engaged Inspira consultancy firm to develop a financing model suited for the project and its partners.
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• 27.03.2017

  Green light for new international airport in Mo i Rana

  The partners in the project E12 Atlantica Transport were delighted to receive a couple of weeks ago the news they have been working for in ten years. The Norwegian government showed green light for the construction of a new international airport in the vicinity of Mo i Rana.
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• 10.03.2017

  Sammanfattning av workshop

  Workshop om gränsöverskridande samarbeten och samarbetsformer - Projekt E12 Atlantica Transport, WP3
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• 03.03.2017

  Sju nordiska gränshinder revs 2016

  Sju nordiska gränshinder avskaffades i fjol, efter att Gränshinderrådet pressat regeringarna att finna en lösning. Bland annat försvann skyldigheten för småföretagare med arbetsmaskiner att deponera moms när de ska jobba i Norge – en tidigare konkurrensnackdel för svenska och finska företag.
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• 28.02.2017

  Greetings from Mr Mattias Larsson, Board Member

  Development is something we will shape together!
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• 22.02.2017

  Save the date 23 May 2017!

  Gränskommittén Kvarkenrådets årsmöte 23 maj 2017 vid Kyrö Distillery i Storkyro
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• 07.02.2017

  MATKA2017 Nordic Travel Fair – Successful Presentation of Spotlight High-Low Coast Project

  The cross-border project Spotlight High-Low Coast made itself known at MATKA2017 Nordic Travel Fair and Matka Workshop Day in 18–22 January, 2017. The project managers are pleased with the fair
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