Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

The project undertakes the challenge to design new science exhibition related services and products for tourism sectors and customers in order to enhance attractiveness of related places, to secure new opportunities for local companies and to improve the understanding of local environmental and social dynamics. The goals will be achieved through partnerships and transfers of expertise between science exhibition producers and tourist companies as well as through the adjustment and the redesign of the educational activities of science exhibition centres into educating products responding better to the need of companies and their customers. By conceptualizing and developing science tourism into services and products offered to tourist, marketing agencies and tour operators, the project will contribute to promoting entrepreneurship to realize the potential of ‘place-based’ development opportunities for tourism and experience industries based on the area unique natural environmental, indigenous lifestyles, and creative industries. Both the science of aurora borealis and the story-telling traditions of indigenous peoples appear as relevant topic to develop exhibition infrastructures and educating services and products. By producing science based activities and training sessions for guides the project contributes to skill enhancement of SMEs. By implementing pilot phases in Iceland, Finland and Norway, the project will contribute to development of new job opportunities in the field of science exhibition and tourist business.

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Expected Results (EN): Preparedness of responsible authorities in remote, sparsely populated areas for environmental management in relation to climate change and impacts of new investments in exploitation of natural resources

Thematic information

Tourism

Specific Objective: Improved support systems tailored for start-ups and existing SMEs in remote and sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Department: Arctic Centre, Science Exhibition

Address: Pohjoisranta 4, FIN-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.arcticcentre.org

Total budget: EUR 16 756.38

ERDF budget: EUR 10 891.65

Arctic Portal

Name: Arctic Portal

Address: Skipagata 12, 600 Akureyri, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://arcticportal.org/

Total budget: EUR 22 217.62

International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry

Name: International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry

Address: Bredbuktnesveien 50B, N-9520 Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeinor, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://reindeerherding.org/about-us/

Total budget: EUR 5 909.82

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Arctic Portal

Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

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International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry

Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

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Lapin yliopiston arktinen keskus

Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

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Project name (EN): Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

Project acronym: Aurora exhibitions

Project start date: 2016-04-15

Project end date: 2016-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 44 883.82

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 10 891.65

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

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 10 891.65.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 11 108.81 (ERDF equivalent only); Norway: EUR 3 841.38 (ERDF equivalent only)

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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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Science Tourism: services and products for Dancing with the Lights

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