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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

28.01.2026

Meeting newsletter of the Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group 27.1.2026

Renewable and competent call notices and application periods for the Finland 2021-2027 programme

The Centre for Vitality in Northern Finland will open a continuous application for business subsidies on 2 June 2026. Enterprise development grants can be applied for projects supporting priority axis 1: Innovative Finland with specific objectives 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 and priority axis 2: Carbon-neutral Finland with specific objectives 2.1., 2.2. and 2.3. Approximately EUR 15 million of ERDF funding can be allocated.

In addition, the Secretariat received for information the 2025 annual review of the companies and operating environment development grants of the Northern Ostrobothnia Vitality Centre.

The Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group did not support projects to be funded under the Renewable and Skilled Finland 2021-2027 programme

At its meeting, the Provincial Cooperation Group Secretariat considered only one project and received a negative opinion. The project has been presented by the Provincial Cooperation Group Secretariat Protocol.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Secretariat of the Provincial Cooperation Group will be held on 24 February 2026 at 9 a.m.

Additional information:
Development Specialist Heikki Laukkanen, 050 918 0035