New Natural Kolarctic Products SME Assistance

Programme 2014 - 2020 Kolarctic ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2023-10-30

Description

Description (EN): Project aims to develop a better understanding of the real needs and priorities of SMEs in the Kolarctic region with respect to development of New Natural Kolarctic Products (NNKPs) with assistance from research institutes and academic institutions.

Achievements (EN):

The main result of the project was the webpage that was intended as the practical demonstration of the potential benefits for SMEs to participate in a main project. This webpage contains sections profiling the various SMEs producing natural products in the Kolarctic region. This proved most popular with the SMEs, particularly amongst the Russian SMEs. In Finland, Sweden & Norway SMEs tended to have their own webpages and perhaps are less motivated by additional exposure. To obtain the content for the SME profiles, interviews were conducted. These attempted to identify what challenges the SMEs faced, with the intention of identifying areas where R&D&I organisations could assist. It proved difficult to obtain specific details on technical challenges, and it is problematic to publicise these challenges openly. In other instances, the SME may not be fully aware of what technical assistance is possible. Hence another aspect of the project was to highlight through selected case studies how technical assistance can assist SMEs in their business development. Three case studies were presented on the webpage, as examples. The workplan had specified 10 case studies, but it was deemed sufficient to illustrate the potential with three case studies, and a main project would provide additional case studies. The project concluded with a hybrid physical/online seminar where participants and SMEs gavce presentations about their organisations and products. The seminar took place in Arkhangelsk and was well-attended by Russian SMEs, underlining the high level of interest in Russia for the project.

Website (not verified): https://naturalkolarctic.eu

Expected Results (EN): The project will have overview of the existing R&D institutions in the Kolarctic region which have academic knowledge, laboratory capacities, and innovative technologies which could be used for development, testing and production of NNKPs from the natural resources of Kolarctic.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: SINTEF Narvik A.S.

Department: Process- and Environmental Technology

Address: Postboks 250, 8504 Narvik, Norway

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 49 033.00

Federal State Budgetary educational Institution of Higher Education "Northern State Medical State University" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Name: Federal State Budgetary educational Institution of Higher Education "Northern State Medical State University" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Department: Central Scientific Research Laboratory

Address: Troitsky prospect 51, 163000 Arkhangelsk, Russia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 25 564.00

ERDF budget: EUR 10 353.00

ENI budget: EUR 10 353.00

Oulun yliopisto

Name: Oulun yliopisto

Department: Kajaani University Consortium, Unit of Measurement Technology

Address: Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90014 Oulu, Finland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 24 425.00

ERDF budget: EUR 9 892.00

ENI budget: EUR 9 892.00

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Federal State Budgetary educational Institution of Higher Education "Northern State Medical State University" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

New Natural Kolarctic Products SME Assistance

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University of Oulu

New Natural Kolarctic Products SME Assistance

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SINTEF Narvik A.S.

New Natural Kolarctic Products SME Assistance

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Summary

Project name (EN): New Natural Kolarctic Products SME Assistance

Project acronym: NNKP-SME

Project start date: 2021-02-01

Project end date: 2022-01-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 99 022.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 40 490.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 20 245.00.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 20 245.00.

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Financing programme

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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