Sámi project Regiostars Awards nominated for the 2nd time
Filling the EU-Sápmi knowledge gaps project has been nominated in the European Commission’s Regiostars Awards competition for the second time. This year is the 15-year anniversary of the Regiostars Awards and the Interreg Nord-funded project is chosen as one of 15 projects among finalists and winners of the past editions.
Watch the new video about the Filling the EU-Sápmi knowledge gaps project made for the Regiostars 15th anniversary.
Regiostars Awards is a annual competition, organised by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy. It aims at identifying good practices in regional development and highlighting innovative, EU-funded projects, which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions and project managers. The project was nominated last year in the FAIR Europe: Fostering inclusion and anti-discrimination thematic category.
“We are so proud to be nominated for the Regiostars Awards again. It shows that our project raises issues important for the EU and that it has been noticed. Now we hope people will support us by voting for our project”
Åsa Larsson Blind, project leader
How you can help us win:
The public vote is open from 19 October to 15 November at www.regiostarsawards.eu. You can vote for your preferred project video by clicking on the “I vote for my favourite projects”. The page will ask for your email address to verify your vote.
Enni Similä and Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo from the Saami Council will be attending the award ceremony on 17th of November 2022 in Évora, Portugal.
Similä and Keskitalo presented the project at the Interreg Annual Event’s Youth4Cooperation in October where they highlighted the project’s influence on Sámi youth. Anja Márjá talked especially about the successful trainee program that has given her many opportunities and was a great introduction to working life.
Enni Similä and Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo presenting the Filling EU-Sápmi knowledge gaps at the Interreg Annual Event in October 2022.
We appreciate all the support from you in this competition so please vote for our project!
The project was ended September 2022 and you can read the last results from our 8th newsletter. Our funders were Interreg Nord, Regional Council of Lapland, Sámi Parliament in Norway, County Municipality of Troms and Finnmark, Region Norrbotten, and Region Västerbotten.
