The overall objective: The project aims to create possibilities for, and support and increase, North Lapland – Murmansk cooperation in culture, education and business life and between people living in the programme area. Eventually in long-term broaden their perspective on cultural issues and sensibility. Encourage the local business life for cooperation with the educational institutions and local young people. The specific objectie: Increase the interest of Lappish students for cross-border cooperation and Russian culture, language and the make students more aware of their own possibilities that the cross border cooperation has to offer in their expertise, know-how and competences. Create the possibility for Murmansk students to gain practical experience in Lapland and to develop their expertise, know-how and competences in cultural issues, their field of study and to offer them the possibility to get aquatinted with the Lappish labour markets. Strengthen the expertise of Russian and Finnish teachers on cultural issues, their own substance field and introduce them with new pedagogical practices and support their contacts to working life in North Lapland and Murmansk areas. Increase the competences of Finnish companies on Russian culture and language issues and crystallise the unused potential they have in their grasp for cross-border cooperation in business and culture life. In all, the project deepens the cultural understanding of participating students, teachers and companies and makes them more aware of the possibilities and the potential they have in cross-border neighborhood area cooperation. The projects activities provide tools and means for the basis of this cooperation. Achievements: The project has increased the interest of students in participating organisations for cross-border cooperation, the culture of the neighbouring country. It has made the students and teachers more aware of their own possibilities that cross-border cooperation has to offer. It has also introduced the teachers with pedagogical practices of the partners.