After two years of successfully helping start-ups test their innovations at European festivals, 2020 was not the best year for the Inno-Quarter project. The big problem was that the Covid-19 pandemic shut down this year’s […]
At the Smart Regions 3.0 conference this week, North Sea Region Project Advisors Anne Pinz and Isabella Leong are taking part of a joint Interreg stand promoting transnational cooperation. At this event, we are showcasing […]
Defying tradition and perception barriers, the project Northern Connections forges cooperation among regional energy clusters to shape new synergies. This approach is now showing some interesting results. Energy clusters in the North Sea Region involve […]
The Inno-Quarter project is using festivals in the North Sea Region to help startups design and test products and services contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Startup companies can apply now to take part […]
The North Sea Region VB Programme is past its half-way point, and we are looking ahead to what the future might bring. This year’s North Sea Conference focused on current trends in the region that […]
Though not an EU country, Norway has been a mainstay of the North Sea Region Programme for over 20 years and has played a key role in many transnational projects. Norwegian organisations are currently involved […]
From creative technology to farmland biodiversity, energy-savvy youngsters and shared mobility solutions: North Sea Region projects are creating a stir with their novel approaches. North Sea Region Programme funded projects are carefully selected based on […]
Dream, dare, do. This is part of the magic formula used by the Dutch Province of Fryslân to open doors for novel approaches that turn water problems into assets. Transnational cooperation takes centre stage in […]
The German city of Bremerhaven bets on the power of transnational cooperation to reinvent itself and deal with socio-economic problems. Claudia Harms, EU coordinator at Bremerhaven City Council, explains how EU cooperation is helping to […]
The first of the North Sea Region Programme’s four thematic objectives (or priorities) is ‘Thinking Growth.’ We also refer to it as ‘innovation.’ But what does that mean and why is this a priority in […]