The Joint Secretariat in cooperation with the Northern & Western Regional Assembly (Ireland) will organise the 21st of September, in Galway (Ireland), the NPA Annual Conference 2017. The event will address Blue Growth as its main theme.

The programme not only focuses on the Arctic, but also aims to contribute to the Atlantic Strategy. The conference will address such topics as entrepreneurship and innovation related to fisheries and aquaculture, environmental protection and maritime and coastal tourism. 

Lead Partners seminar

This meeting will bring together approved projects from the first 4 calls in the Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 as well. The meeting will be hosted by the Joint Secretariat and Managing Authority at the Marine Institute. The seminar will address project implementation issues, communicating project impacts and project closure.