ÿþ <HTML> <head> <title> TRANSBORDER KIRKENES </title> </head> <body> <link Rel="StyleSheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="style.css" /> </div> <body> <div class="authors"> BY HANS JØRGEN WETLESEN AND ØYSTEIN RØ </div> <div class="heading"> <a href= "index.htm"> TRANSBORDER KIRKENES </div> </div> <body> <div class="film"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <TITLE>final film</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <!-- URL's used in the movie--> <!-- text used in the movie--> <!--WHAT IF KIRKENES TRANSFORMED FROM A BORDER CITYAND INTO A TRANS BORDER CITYTRANSBORDER KIRKENESDOWNLOAD THE PDF AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW GLOBALIZATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BARENTS REGION CAN RADICALLY CHANGE THE FACE OF THE NORWEGIAN CITY OF KIRKENES--><OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="870" HEIGHT="390" id="final film" ALIGN=""> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="final film.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="final film.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="870" HEIGHT="390" NAME="final film" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED> </OBJECT> </div> </div> <br/> </div> <div align="justify"> <div class="ingress"> A new understanding of the northernmost areas of Europe is emerging. The Barents Region has become the new loud and the small Norwegian border city Kirkenes finds itself in the midst of this super region. What potential could be found in the new situation? How should Kirkenes react? How can the city grasp the possibilities? <br/> <br/> By using its unique geographical position, Kirkenes can develop a framework for urban development, adapted to and benefiting from a bi-national synergy. It will be a system for operating in a global, regional and local context. TRANSBORDER KIRKENES is a strategy with the goal of transforming Kirkenes from a border city into a transborder city. <br><br> TRANSBORDER KIRKENES is a visionary strategy. It describes a system based on a type of urbanism where cities can become bridges between nations, spaces from which to launch the global activities of trade, culture and innovation. It is a strategy for a city that no longer limits itself inside national borders. The Cold War is history. Global markets and free trade are the new dominant realities. As a result, the edge of Norway and Russia can emerge as the new focus area for investors, businesses, and local and national authorities. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><span class="news"> For further information please call +47 41161623 or send e-mail to <a href="mailto:info@transborderkirkenes.net"> info@transborderkirkenes.net </div> <div class="ad1"> <a href= "russian.htm"> <img src="russian2.jpg" border=0/> </div> <div class="ad2"> <a href= "index.htm"> <img src="english2.jpg" border=0/> </div> </div> <div class="links"> <div align="justify"> <a href="TRANSBORDER%20KIRKENES.pdf"> DOWNLOAD PDF HERE! 25MB </a> <a href="about.htm">[ ABOUT ] </a> <a href= "contact.htm"> [ CONTACT ] </a> <space/> <a href= "credits.html"> [ CREDITS ] </a> <a href= "links.htm"> [ LINKS ] <br/> </div></div> <div class="news"> TRANSBORDER KIRKENES IN THE MEDIA: <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "SVA3011.pdf">"Inviterer til Pezaniki City"<br/><span class="news">Sør-Varanger Avis 2006-11-30 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.norge.ru/news/2006/10/07/1102.html">"0:85 2>7<>6=>AB8 B08B @>AA89A:>-=>@256A:>5 ?>3@0=8GL5"<br/><span class="news">Norge.Ru 2006-10-07 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.murman.ru/themes/economy-06102006(5).shtml">"0:85 2>7<>6=>AB8 B08B @>AA89A:>-=>@256A:>5 ?>3@0=8GL5"<br/><span class="news">Murmansk.Ru 2006-10-06 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.barentsobserver.com/index.php?id=366575&cat=16149&xforceredir=1&noredir=1/">"Opportunities offered in Norwegian-Russian borderland "<br/><span class="news">Barents Observer 2006-10-06 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.nordlys.no/debatt/ytring/article2325620.ece/">"Barentsregionens kjerneområde"<br/><span class="news">Nordlys 2006-10-02 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.b-port.com/news/archive/2006-08-14-10/">"K =5 4>;6=K 1>;LH5 >3@0=8G820BL A51O <br> B>;L:> =0F8>=0;L=K<8 3@0=8F0<8 "<br/><span class="news">B-Port 2006-08-14 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "sva240606-10.pdf">"-Norges viktigste by"<br/><span class="news"> Sør-Varanger Avis 2006-06-24</a> <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "MEMO.pdf">"Best akkurat nå - Arkitektur"<br/><span class="news">Memo 2006-06-22 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "Finnmarken260506.gif">"En by på tvers av grenser"<br/><span class="news"> Finnmarken 2006-05-26</a> <br/> </a> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=7&artid=1269">"Kirkenes, Norway: tomorrow's international hub"<br/><span class="news"> SIKU News 2006-04-26</a> <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://home.hetnet.nl/~laplandabc/znieuws140.html">"Kirkenes, een stad op de grens"<br/><span class="news">Lapland ABC 2006-04-26 <br/> <br/><span class="links"> <a href= "http://www.barentsobserver.com/index.php?id=321385&cat=16149&xforceredir=1&noredir=1/">"Kirkenes - the first transnational town in Norway?"<br/><span class="news">BarentsObserver 2006-04-25 <br/> </span> </div> </body> </html>