Policy area: Innovation policy
A large delegation of companies, academia and cities and regional actors engaged in hydrogen in the two northernmost counties of Sweden, Norrbotten and Västerbotten, joined forces during the 2023 edition of EU Hydrogen Week in Brussels. The initiative included a joint stand at the EU's hydrogen exhibition fair, a networking event and several roundtable discussions with decision-makers at EU level, organised together with North Sweden European Office. The aim of the joint effort was to spread awareness of the what is happening in northern Sweden and to welcome more actors to be part of the emerging hydrogen ecosystem.
On March 24, Kerstin Jorna, Director General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME’s (DG Grow), visited Kiruna for meetings on northern Sweden's challenges and opportunities to contribute to Europe's green transition. North Sweden European Office had planned the programme which gave a broad insight into northern Sweden's industries such as mining, minerals, forests and tourism.
The political network Europaforum Northern Sweden has adopted a position paper on the EU’s new Arctic policy launched on October the 13th 2021. Europaforum Northern Sweden welcomes the policy but underlines that the Arctic needs to be embraced by the EU in a greater holistic manner than the new policy manages to deliver.
On October 21, the network Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) organized a digital steering group meeting. On the agenda were updates on the EU’s new Arctic Policy, the NSPA’s arctic investment platform (AIP), the importance of the forest to the European Green Deal, and the NSPA’s work forward.
As part of European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in October, North Sweden, together with the Brussels offices of the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) network and Scotland Highlands and Islands organized a workshop about EU's twin (green and digital) transition. The key speaker from the European Commission who participated said that the NSPA are leading regions and should take a more prominent role on EU level.
23 Mar 2021 The Nordic region should play a leading role in Europe's digital development
17 Mar 2021 EU Industry Week 2021: Northern Sweden's minerals and batteries crucial to the EU's green deal
29 Jan 2021 Potential for world-leading mining industry in northern Sweden according to new OECD study
04 Nov 2020 NSPA universities in meeting with EU Arctic Ambassador
29 Sep 2020 North Sweden welcomes the European Raw Materials Alliance
28 Sep 2020 Europaforum Northern Sweden’s position on digitalization
18 Sep 2020 Umeå hosted international conference about research design
07 Feb 2020 Energy efficient datacenters discussed in the European parliament
18 Dec 2019 North Sweden gathered in force with big regional stakeholder meeting in Brussels
17 Dec 2019 Space activity to benefit the Arctic
30 Oct 2019 EU-funded drone projects will streamline reindeer husbandry in Jämtland Härjedalen
26 Sep 2019 Norrbotten rewarded by EU: From three to four-star Reference Site in European healthy aging network
26 Sep 2019 Regional representatives from EU-counties signed declaration in Umeå for social sustainability in EU
27 Jun 2019 Northern Sweden defends its position as strong innovation region
07 Mar 2016 European Commission visit to northern Sweden
04 Jan 2016 SSAB - A highly specialized steel company
02 Dec 2015 Boliden - one of the world's largest mining and smelting companies
26 Apr 2015 NSPA seminar with the OECD in Piteå
11 Dec 2014 Luleå University of Technology in billion EU-investment
