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The letters OULU in pink in front of Tuira, each decorated in honour of the summer and the year of the Capital of Culture.

Press releases

17.12.2025

Meeting newsletter of the Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group 17.12.2025

Renewing and competent Finland 2021-2027 call notices, deadlines and results

The Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia will open the next JTF call in early 2026 and the ERDF call in late spring 2026 (ends after the summer holidays). The exact dates will be specified later.

In Northern Ostrobothnia, the fifth call for applications for research and development projects for SMEs and the use of new technology has applied for grants for seven projects for a total of EUR 747 547. A total of EUR 29 104 372 has been applied for business development grants from JTF funding in 28 applications and a total of EUR 37 81 996 from ERDF funding in 138 applications.

The Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group supported eight projects to be funded under the Renewable and Skilled Finland 2021-2027 programme

At its meeting, the Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group discussed ten projects, eight of which received a favourable opinion.

The projects have been presented to the secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group Protocol.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group will be held on 27 January 2026 at 9 a.m.

Additional information:
Development Specialist Heikki Laukkanen, 050 918 0035