Blue Highway conference in Mo i Rana, Norway

During November, 18-19 a remote Norwegian community of Mo i Rana was receiving guests from cities and regions, united by the common concept of Blue Highway - a route, starting up north in skerries of the Norwegian sea and stretching via northern Sweden, central Finland over to the Russian Karelia. 

Scheme of the Blue Highway: 

Representatives of national sections of the Blue Highway association gathered in Mo i Rana for discussing further steps in developing this unique tourist route and destination. 

Construction of the new airport in Mo i Rana,  regional Plan of transportation, new railway connection - these are just few of the topics that were covered at the conference. 

Director of SKBIC Tatiana Klekacheva presented to the conference participants a new project idea "Blue Highway: a route towards development". 

On the general level, the project will contribute to supporting preservation of identity of the local population in Nordic countries and North-West Russia. Project purpose is to introduce instruments for motivating local population of the Blue Highway settlements to preserve and develop local social and cultural traditions.

Positive attitude was demonstrated towards participation in the ptoject from Norwegian and Swedish sections of the Blue Highway. Finnish participation still needs to be discussed.