Bothnian Arc
Name / Title | Bothnian Arc |
Case Study Region | Övre Norrland, Sweden |
Geographical coverage | The Bothnian Arc (costal areas of northern Finland and Sweden) |
Type | Organisation |
Main activity / focus
| Supporting business development. The Bothnian Arc encourages and activates various parties to collaborate across borders by building networks and creating new projects. |
Target beneficiaries / market | Businesses within the Bothnian Arc (costal areas of northern Finland and Sweden) |
Year established | 2002 |
Current Funding source(s) | Nordic council of ministers funds the organisation Bothnian Arc. Many of the projects carried out by the organisation are funded by other sources such as EU funds. |
| Bothnian Arc is a cross-border organisation with municipalities and regional authorities as members |
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Description
| The Bothnian Arc is a coastal zone around the Gulf of Bothnia, at the northernmost end of the Baltic Sea. Geographically, the area includes seven Swedish municipalities and five Finnish subregions and one province. In the area has a population of about 700 000. Bothnian Arc is one of eleven cross-border organizations in Nordic countries that are financed by Nordic Council of Ministers. The Bothnian Arc is to serve as a link and a meeting place between these areas, improving communications, and enabling social, cultural and economic exchange. The ambition with the cross-border cooperation is to open up new opportunities to build a strong and competitive region that sets high international standards in technology, enterprise, tourism, expertise and networking. Hence business networking is not the only ambition but is seen as a tool in the work towards reaching development of the region. The organization carries out a number of projects. They all support the development of business networks between Swedish and Finnish actors in different sectors. Networks are created within the music-, film- and bio-energy sector for example. There is also a network of expertise for Energy in Cold Climate created. Prioritized areas of intervention are:
The organization stimulates and activates actors with the ambition of creating cross-border cooperation through networking and common projects. An important part of the work is to shine light on problems preventing cross-border cooperation and try and find solutions to these. |
Contact details
| Bothnian Arc |