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Schiermonnikoog, an island known for its tranquility and pristine landscapes, is taking significant steps toward a sustainable future through its involvement in the Interreg North Sea project FREIIA....

The FREIIA project (2022-2025) is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering cooperation and innovation among island communities in Europe. By visiting various islands such as Hvaler, Schiermonikoog, and Bornholm, and with upcoming visits to Groix, Ushant, and Koster, we are dedicated to impleme...

In this project we work on engaging tourists in island innovation. It is an explorative scientific research of potential tourists’ participation in innovative projects on islands. Islands typically have a small number of inhabitants and commonly a high specialized work force; limiting the human and...

The Association Les Îles du Ponant (AIP) is a collaborative network uniting the municipalities of fifteen islands along the Atlantic and Channel coasts of France. This association provides crucial advisory and support services across various domains, including housing access, resource management (la...

Bornholm is the biggest island of the FREIIA partners. We have our own municipality of which we take part as waste managers (BOFA). We have many tourist visiting like the other islands in the FREIIA project, as about 700.000-800.000 tourists visit us yearly in comparison to us being 40.000 inhabitan...

Collaboration with Design Driven Innovation students on the key role of civil servants in a transition project: sustainable drinking water supply on Schiermonnikoog...

Islands face specific sets of challenges with respect to the future development, whether in relation to infrastructure provision, circular economy, seasonality digitalisation, climate change adaption or the fostering of economic innovation. Although governance arrangements for small islands differ s...

Natuurmonumenten Schiermonnikoog is participating in Interreg project FREIIA. In close cooperation with the municipality of Schiermonnikoog, we ensure that the project helps the island to get one step closer to a circular economy....

Written by Cormac Walsh      ...