1. Working process – milestone 1 Survey of key conditions in selected industrial sectors Natural resorurces Available infrastructure Facilities and human resources

2. Working process - milestone 1 Identify key industrial actors

3. Working process – milestone 1 SWOT – analysis of the regions industrial development potential Priority list of industrial actors, industrial projects and institutions/agencies suitable for industrial cross-border cooperation

4. Working process – milestone 1 - 5 3 parallell working groups Forestry Industrial Complex Mining Industrial Complex Offshore Oil & Gas – with minimum 2 Russian regions in each group and one region from each Nordic country in each group

5. Working process – milestones 1- 5 Expert meetings (milestone 1-5) Industrial partnership meetings (milestone 2-5)

6. Working process – milestone 1-5 Joint efforts (covering FIC, MIC, Offshore Oil & Gas) Data collection Information sharing Co-ordination of activities Reporting to Interreg

7. Working process – milestone 2 Dialogue with presumptive industrial partners within each sector Information Reactions

8. Working process – milestone 2 Outputs: Sub-project groups of industrial actors (2+2+) Defined area of cooperation Defined purpose and target of cooperation

9. Working process – milestone 3 Supporting the sub-project groups Facilitiating internal communication Facilitiating contacts with relevant external actors

10. Working process – milestone 3 Outputs: Relevant information compiled and made available to all relevant parties with regard to the sub-project

11. Working process – milestone 4 Faciltitating communication between internal and external decision-makers of relevance to the sub-projects

12. Working process – milestone 4 Outputs: Letter of Intent signed Agreement between key partners regarding implementation SWOT-analysis regarding industrial cross- border cooperation (to be reported to WP 1)

13. Working process – milestone 5 Support of sub-project implementation Advisory meetings

14. Working process – milestone 5 Outputs: Implementation of sub-projects SWOT-analysis re the regional industrial potential and development Strategic programme for industrial cross- border co-operation ( to be reported to WP 1)

15. Industrial cross-border cooperation Major industrial partners form the core of the sub-projects SME:s are invited to join as sub- suppliers or sub-contactors Special attention is given the long-term need to improve the service sector

16. Industrial cross-border cooperation Improve the competitivesness of the regions industry in the Forest Industrial Complex Mining Industrial Complex Offshore Oil & Gas

17. Industrial cross-border cooperation Contribute to a development strategy and action plan of the Barents Region

18. Project organisation WP 2 Forest WP 2 Mining/Metals WP 2 Energy/Offshore WP 3 Higher education WP 4 Environment Water WP 4 Environment Bio WP 5 Logistics Responsible Participating Regions KajaniTroms/AC + 2 Ru BD Lapland/Nordland + 2 Ru Finnmark Oulo/BD + 2 Ru Troms Oulo/AC + 2 Ru Nordland Kajani/BD + 2 Ru Lapland Finnmark/AC + 2 Ru Oulo Troms/BD + 2 Ru