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Metropolis - Future Oriented Thinking through Science Fiction

Duration: 2007-2013
Area: Southern Finland (Varsinais-Suomi, Uusimaa, Itä-Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Åland. Adjacent: Etelä-Karjala, Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme , Etelä-Karjala, Åland ), Eastern Sweden (Gävleborgs län, Uppsala län, Stockholms län, Södermanlands län, Östergötlands län, Gotlands län. Adjacent: Örebro län, Västmanlands län, Örebro län), Estonia (Kirde-Eesti, Kesk-Eesti, Põhja-Eesti, Lääne-Eesti and . Adjacent: Lõuna-Eesti) and Latvia (Kurzeme, Riga, Pieriga, . Adjacent: Vidzeme, Zemgale).
- Two subprogrammes: Southern Finland + Estonia and Archipelago + Islands.
Priorities: a safe and healthy environment, an economically competetive and innovative region and attractive and dynamic societies.
Timeframe: 3rd call during August-September 2009. The call is open 15.9.-15.10.2009.
- Seminar of "How to fill the form" is 23.9.2009 (Turku) and 24.-25.9.2009 (Helsinki).
Language: English
- All official correspondence and documentation including the application forms and all reporting. With e.g. invoices, necessary evaluations or permits include a short summary in English.
- The language requirement does not exclude that in the day-to-day contact and communication within your project.

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At least two of the programme's Member States.
- Cross-border co-operation should always bring added value to the project - and vice versa.
At Requires that at least two of the following criteria are met: joint development, joint implementation, joint staffing and joint
financing.
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The Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013 does not support projects that could be implemented independently in any one country.