What we do
Projects that change smaller places
Every project in the network starts with a real question from a real town — and ends with people who have learned to work across borders.
Running now
Current projects
2026 – 2028
GREEN SKILLS
Erasmus+ project building green skills for refugees, migrants and others who meet barriers to employment, with six partner organisations.
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union2024 – 2026
POMEIL
Erasmus+ project promoting migrant entrepreneurship and integration in the European labour market, with partners in Norway, Estonia, Poland and Greece.
Completed work
Project archive
2025
We Can
Citizen participation in rural Jēkabpils, Latvia — dialogues, research, films and a community leaders' camp led by an ICN expert.
2022 – 2023
Entrepreneurship in Zemgale
EEA grant cooperation between Zemgale Planning Region in Latvia and Norwegian partners on entrepreneurship education and social enterprise.
2022 – 2023
Leaders of Eco-Change
Bialystok-based project on the management of natural resources, funded through Active Citizens under the EEA grants.
2016 – 2019
TENTacle
Flagship project of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region on green mobility and the benefits of the TEN-T core network corridors.
2015 – 2016
Young Eyes
Mirror workshops letting young people describe and redesign how they see their own home towns.
2004 – 2015
Project archive
Older project notes and announcements kept from the previous website.
2010 – 2012
PURR
Potential of Rural Regions — an ESPON targeted analysis led by Notodden with partners in Latvia, England, Wales and Scotland.
2009 – 2012
Trans in Form
Eleven partners transforming smaller towns: reuse of premises, town centre facelifts, regional scenarios and the Attractivity Barometer.
2008 – 2011
Zemgale (EEA)
Regional development cooperation between Zemgale Planning Region in Latvia and Norwegian partners.
2008 – 2011
Vidzeme Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Cesis District Council and Østfold County Council building an innovation and entrepreneurship support structure in Vidzeme.
2009
Informal education in Šiauliai
Training the trainers: an EEA project strengthening non-formal education for children and youth in the Šiauliai region.
2008 – 2009
E-health Latvia – Norway
Telemedicine and e-health exchange between hospitals in Zemgale and Blefjell hospital in Norway.
2008
European Blues Trail
Cultural cooperation linking blues towns and festivals, with Suwalki and Notodden in the lead.
2005 – 2008
Innovation Circle (TACIS)
The Russian branch of the Innovation Circle project, with activities in Pskov, Murmansk and partner towns.
2005 – 2007
Innovation Circle (Interreg IIIB)
The project that gave the network its name: 14 partners in 7 countries and more than 300 people trained in the Innovation Academy.
2002 – 2004
PIPE
Where it all started: young people working internationally on Planning, Identity, Participation and Entrepreneurship.