Botnia-Atlantica is a cross-border cooperation programme financing projects between Sweden, Finland and Norway. Through collaboration across national borders the programme contributes to increased capacity for innovation, strengthened business sector, developed natural and cultural heritages and improved communications in east-west direction.

The Botnia-Atlantica programme aims at overcoming challenges that are characteristic for the programme area. These include long distances, sparsely populated areas and availability of communications mainly in south-north direction. By utilizing common resources like natural resources, well-educated women and men as well as complementary trades the preconditions of the programme area can be developed within innovation, business, environment and transport.

You can read more about the programme area, priorities and organization on the pages under About the programme.