New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

KICK project aims for kicking off a development boost for rural and sparsely populated Northern and Arctic communities to re-vitalize the business life and community service provision. The goal will be reached by co-creation of innovations among key stakeholders of regional development in a quadruple-helix manner, by screening and improving community development tools and by effectively enabling interregional learning and share of best practices. The key sectors for development include tourism, wellbeing and recreation, as well as healthcare and education. Aim for this preparatory project is to screen both the existing and missing development tools in selected pilot regions, and widen the pilot region network to 5-6 different regions in total. Baseline questions to be discussed include (1) the support mechanisms to communities by municipalities and administrative bodies and (2) the actual state of multi-stakeholder cooperation in communities. Critical is to solve out how those key development mechanisms could be improved, and for that transnational good examples provide a motivation boost for new communal innovations. Goal for the KICK main project is to develop social innovations for Northern rural communities to maintain and enhance their competitiveness, vitality and service provision in the globalized world now and in the future. Novelty of the approach is the engagement of local SMEs and NGOs in public service provision, causing a win-win situation of better service provision and improved profitability. Project outputs will be applicable and tranferrable in rural communities across the NPA region.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Thematic information

Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Rural and peripheral development

Specific Objective: Increased innovation within public service provision in remote, sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Karelia University of Applied Sciences

Address: Tikkarinne 9, 80200 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.karelia.fi/en/

Total budget: EUR 17 163.20

ERDF budget: EUR 11 156.08

Cork County Council

Name: Cork County Council

Department: EU Projects Office

Address: County Hall, Carrigrohane RoadCork, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.corkcoco.ie

Total budget: EUR 13 515.06

ERDF budget: EUR 8 784.79

Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Ketunpolku 3, 87100 Kajaani, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kamk.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 14 240.86

ERDF budget: EUR 9 256.56

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Cork County Council

New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

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Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

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Karelia University of Applied Sciences

New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

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Project name (EN): New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

Project acronym: KICK

Project start date: 2017-09-01

Project end date: 2018-02-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 44 919.12

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 29 197.43

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 29 197.43.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

152 / 152 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

779 / 779 (100%)

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New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside

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