Piteå Municipality has for many years worked with international relations. They are carried out through student exchange, networks, EU- projects, town twinning and partnership programs.
Vietnam
Piteå and An Giang province in Vietnam started in 2012 a cooperation where the aim is to develop strategies for turning rice waste to electricity and decrease emissions.
International student exchange
Some of the schools in the municipality participate in programs for international student exchange.
Twinning
Piteå has sister - cities since the 70 –s. Grindavik in Island, Kandalaksha in the northern Russia and St. Barths in the West-Indies.
SERN
SERN is a forum for developing ideas into concrete projects as youth exchange, seminars and conferences..
International EU projects
Through the department for Labor – and adult education and Culture and leisure are a number of international projects carried out with participants from many European countries.
