The project focuses on knowledge exchange and the transfer of best practices in waste management across Finland, Norway, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

Project titled as “Strengthening the Transfer of Good
Practices in the Arctic Waste Management Cooperation” (STRAWCO) focuses on
sustainable municipal waste management in the urban Arctic, with particular emphasis
on the Nordic region and Greenland.

The initiative is funded by
the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Arctic Cooperation Program and
administered by the Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA). For the first year of the
three-year project, the Arctic Centre has received DKK 400,000 (approx. 54 000 €).
Continued funding for the second and third years is contingent upon the successful
completion of the project’s initial phase.

Project is led by
Research Professor Kamrul Hossain, with Dr.
Nadezhda Filimonova coordinating its implementation.
All in all, STRAWCO aims to strengthen cooperation between academic institutions,
municipal authorities, and waste management companies.

– By
adopting a comparative approach that bridges mainland and island contexts, the
project seeks to generate valuable policy and academic insights. Its outcomes will
be especially relevant for small and mid-sized Arctic cities that face logistical
and economic barriers in managing municipal waste effectively and sustainably,
Hossain says. 
STRAWCO represents a timely and collaborative
effort to address critical environmental challenges in the Arctic, contributing to
the broader goals of sustainable urban development across the Nordic
region. 

Partners to the project include the Norwegian
Research Centre (NORCE), the Technical University of Denmark, the University of the
Faroe Islands, and the Belfer Center Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy
School.

More information:

Kamrul
Hossain, Research professor
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
kamrul.hossain(at)ulapland.fi, +35840 484 4281

Filimonova Nadezhda, Postdoctoral Researcher
Arctic Centre,
University of Lapland
nadezhda.filimonova(@)ulapland.fi, +358 40 352
2908

News article on the website of NAPA, the Nordic Institute in
Greenland:
Record number of applications for the Nordic Arctic
Programme: 8.8 million for 21 Arctic projects