Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

Programme 2014 - 2020 Kolarctic ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2023-10-30

Description

Description (EN):

The overall objective of this project is to sustain and improve the state of the environment within Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv cross-border river basins, to the benefit of local people, and to increase the viability of the local economy. The project output will be a revised Multi-Use Plan document for the river basins of Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv. The target groups in the planning process will include regional authorities and the municipalities of Pechenga (Russia), Sør-Varanger (Norway) and Inari (Finland), local enterprises and industry, hydropower companies, research- and monitoring institutions, non- governmental organisations (NGO’s) as well as other representatives of the local population in the area

Achievements (EN):

The project has facilitated the planning process resulting in a new, joint Multi-Use Plan for Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv (Vuorjema). The new plan will be a tool for the joint, environmental management of the transboundary catchments in the time span till 2030. The plan includes a Programme of Measures (PoM) for the years 2021-2030. The PoM has separate trilateral goals and measures within the following planning topics: 1) Industrial pollution, 2) Water regulations, 3) Waste water (sewage) from households, 4) Ecological enlightenment, environmental information and citizen science, 5) Land fills, 6) Gold panning, 7) Forestry, 8) Tourism- environmental effects, 9) Nature protection, 10) Pink salmon and 11) Changes to the river environment: erosion control structures and canalization. The plan also gives recommendations for future monitoring of the environmental status in the border area and guidelines for follow-up of the PoM. The project has succeeded in producing a plan with similar content for all three all countries. It is a substantial achievement to write and agree on a text of total 66 pages, along with a total of 48 measures, taking into account that 39 institutions from three different countries have been involved. In the 1996- plan, we only had joint recommendations for the catchments. In this revision, we have succeeded in identifying concrete measures and responsible organizations. We have also identified follow-up mechanisms (structures) which will ease the realization of the measures. The PoM is, therefore, an improvement as to the previous plan.

Delivered Outputs (EN): Multi-Use Plan for Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv : - Norwegian and English: https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/troms-finnmark/miljo-klima/internasjonalt-samarbeid/multiuseplan-pasvik-grense-jakobselv/ - Finnish: https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/183645

Themes

Regional planning and development Waterways, lakes and rivers

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: The Office of the Finnmark County Governor

Address: Damsveien 1, 9815 Vadsø, Norway

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 161 985.00

Pasvik State Nature Reserve

Name: Pasvik State Nature Reserve

Address: Gvardeyskyi st. 43, 184420 Nikel, Russia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 141 411.00

ERDF budget: EUR 35 352.75

ENI budget: EUR 35 352.75

Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Lapland.

Name: Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Lapland.

Address: Hallituskatu 3, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 100 752.00

ERDF budget: EUR 25 188.00

ENI budget: EUR 25 188.00

Summary

Project name (EN): Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

Project acronym: Multi-Use Plan

Period: 2014-2020

Website: https://www.statsforvalteren.no/siteassets/fm-troms-og-finnmark/bilder-fmtf/diverse/stf_mup_v4.pdf

Project start date: 2018-12-01

Project end date: 2021-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 404 148.00

European Union funding: EUR 121 082.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF (amount: EUR 60 541.00 )
ENPI/ENI/NDICI (amount: EUR 60 541.00 )

Third-country contribution: Norway: EUR 80 993.00 (ERDF equivalent only)

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Pasvik State Nature Reserve

Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

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Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Lapland.

Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

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The Office of the Finnmark County Governor

Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

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2014 - 2020 Kolarctic ENI CBC

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

2023-10-30

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

44 / 44 (100%)

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

233 / 233 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://kolarctic.info/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2023-01-09.

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Cross-border dialogue and Multi-Use Planning in the Pasvik and Grense Jakobselv catchments

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