The Cross-Border Cooperation between Portugal-Spain and Sweden–Norway INTERREG-A

0 300 km PSBRSNBR Area (km 2 ) Territory (%)2327 Counties > inhab.1022 Dynamic Axes21 SNBR – Swedish Norwegian Border Region PSBR – Portuguese Spanish Border Region SNBR – Swedish Norwegian Border Region PSBR – Portuguese Spanish Border Region

0 300 km Population Density - EU NUTS III PSBRSNBR Population Population (%)1126 Pop. Density (hab/km 2 )4032 Pop. Growth (91-05) (93-06) Birth Rate (‰) Mortality rate (‰) Ageing Index (%) Data Source: ESPON Database

0 300 km GNP per capita (€) - EU NUTS III – 2003 PSBRSNBR GNP pc (PPC) (€/hab) GNP (%)7,55,3 Activity rate (%) Unemployment rate (%) GVA – Primary Sector (%) GVA – Secondary Sector (%) GVA – Terciary Sector (%) University degree (%) Data Source: ESPON Database < >

0 300 km Border Sub-Regions PSBRSNBR Investment (million €)> 2.500> 200 Projects SR1 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)23 / 23 SR2 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)16 / 15 SR3 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)17 / 16 SR4 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)25 / 26 SR5 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)20 / 20 SR6 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)36 / 32 SR7 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)29 / 27 SR8 (% Proj.) / (% Inv.)35 / INTERREG I – II – III-A

INTERREG I-II-III-A Counties Public Institutes Reg. Associations Universities INTERREG II-III-A

Participation of Counties in INTERREG-A Projects

Participation of Universities in INTERREG-A Projects

Project Leaders in INTERREG III-A Projects 1st Phase

Source: ESPON

INTERREG-A projects with more than one stage - PSBR and SNBR PSBRSNBR ,5%62 – 11,7%

PSBR INTERREG-AProjectERDF (€) INT I – PIP1- Algarve - Road INT I – PAccesses to Guadiana Bridge INT I – SMotorway Badajoz-Portuguese Border INT I – SMotorway Porriño-Tuy N INT II – PRoads - EN 202 and EN 301 Monção-S. Gregório INT II – PSabugal Dam INT II – SRoads and bridges INT II – SRoads INT III – PSAdvanced networks – Information and telecom INT III – PSIC 27 Road Odeleite-Alcoutim INT III – PSCommercial infra-structures and border permeability INT III – PSPipe infra-structures INT III – PSCEI Guarda-Salamanca library INT III – PSCross border road network - south of peninsula INT III – PSRehabilitation of roads INT III – PSRevitalization of the economic tissue INT III – PSRoad cross-border permeability INT III – PSBasic network of road infra-structures INTERREG-A ProjectERDF (€) INT II – SNRock Carvings INT II – SNGIT Bohuslän/Dalsland-Østfold INT II – SNScanland INT II – SNGIT Bohuslän/Dalsland-Østfold INT III – SNNABO– Train Trondheim-Östersund INT III – SNNABO– Train Trondheim-Östersund INT III – SNNew job markets INT III – SNKNIS – Knowledge and development in IS INT III – SNSkandia Take-Off – Trøndelag -Jämtland Univ SNBR

Data Source: INTERACT (million €)

0,05 - 0,13 0,13 - 0,15 0,15 - 0,17 0,17 - 0,24 Socio-economic development index Iberia Peninsula: 0,165 PSBR: 0,157 Scandinavia Peninsula: 0,185 SNBR: 0,132

Territorial Articulation

INVESTMENT (%) PSBR SNBR Accessibilities Culture/Social Environment/Heritage Institutional/Urban Economy/Technologic Studies

0 100 km Country Sub- NUTS II Sub-regions EGTC Norte-Galiza EGTC Duero-Douro EGTC ZASNET Source:: Author EGTCGuadiana Central

Data Source: ESPON Database

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Data Source: ESPON Database