High North Civil Preparedness Forum (HNCPF)

The Interreg Aurora funded project High North Civil Preparedness Forum (HNCPF) aims to expand the High North Cooperation platform that includes local, regional, and national stakeholders in civil preparedness. This includes establishing cross-border networks and hosting events where cross-border cooperation possibilities are explored.

The project also aims to give key stakeholders in civil preparedness increased knowledge regarding each country’s crisis management system, shared risks, Host Nation Support practices, and how to jointly counter foreign information influence. This will result in better cross-border governance in civil preparedness where key stakeholders in the High North region can network and discuss civil preparedness.

The project has two primary objectives:

• To expand the High North Cooperation platform that includes local, regional and national stakeholders in civil preparedness including establishing cross-border networks and hosting events where possibilities for cross-border cooperation are explored.
• To give key stakeholders in civil preparedness increased knowledge regarding each country’s’ crisis management system, shared risks in the region, host nation support practices, and how the stakeholders can work to counter foreign information influence together.

The target groups are civil preparedness stakeholders in the High North, with an initial focus on public sector entities at local and regional level in Finland, Sweden, and Norway, for example municipalities and regional health authorities.

Project results will be published on this page. 

Contact: Linda Hällgren, linda.hallgren@lansstyrelsen.se