Nordic thematic groups 2021-2024
Nordregio contributes to the Nordic co-operation Programme for Regional Development and Planning 2021-2024 by acting as the secretariat for three thematic groups under the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Committee of Senior Officials for Regional Policy (EK-R).
The main purpose of the thematic groups is to contribute to the exchange of knowledge and experience between regional policy stakeholders in the Nordic countries, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. The programme period is four years (2021-2024) and the thematic groups are expected to develop projects throughout the full period. The three thematic groups build upon the work of the Nordic Thematic Groups running under the previous co-operation programme from 2017-2020. The new thematic groups include representatives of the regions in the Nordic countries along with representatives from the national administrative level.
The groups have the following themes:
- Green and Inclusive Rural Development
- Green, Innovative and Resilient Regions
- Green and Inclusive Urban Development
Cross-thematic activities
Thematic Group Reflections – January 2023
The three Thematic Groups are halfway through the Regional Cooperation Programme. Throughout the first two years a variety of activities have been performed, i.e. discussions and decisions in the thematic groups, quantitative and qualitative research in projects, and discussions, dissemination, and exchange of knowledge in seminars and workshops. The results can be found in reports, policy briefs, power point presentations, maps, and stories on The Thematic Groups websites.
This report through contains a short overall introduction to the regional cooperation programme and the thematic groups followed by a summary of the results for 2021-2022. Furthermore, an overview of ongoing activities with a short summary of key learnings, followed by the new planned projects is provided. The described activities within each Thematic Group are followed by the two larger cross-Thematic Groups projects.
Previous Nordic thematic groups
Other Programmes
Nordic Arctic Co-operation programme
The Arctic co-operation programme contributes to the Nordic Council of Ministers’ vision of an “innovative, borderless, visible and outward-looking Nordic Region”.
Our vision is to make the Nordic Region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Find more in Action plan 2021-2024.
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Related Research Projects
- Re-start competence mobility in the Nordic Region
- Remote work and multilocality post-pandemic
- Arena for Green, Innovative and Resilient Regions
- Early career mobility in the Nordic region
- Socially sustainable rural tourism
- Collaborative Regional Leadership
- Green innovation: Systems perspective and mission-oriented policies (GRINGO)
- Small Town Attractiveness
- Planning for socially mixed and inclusive neighbourhoods
- National support initiatives
- Nordic Climate Neutral Cities
- Smart Adaptation to Rural Realities: Approaches and practices in Nordic municipalities and regions
- Service provision and access to services in Nordic rural areas – secure, trusted and for all ages
- A Just Green Transition in rural areas: local benefits from value creation
Related Publications
- Can local value creation induce a sense of justice during green transitions? A study of six rural areas in Denmark, Finland, and Norway
- Between hand-outs and stand-outs: Opportunities for policy support for just green transitions
- Essential Service Provision and Access to Services in Nordic Rural Areas
- Service provision and access to services in Nordic rural areas
- Discussion paper: A “Just Green Transition” for Rural Areas in the Nordic Region: key concepts and implications
- Local and regional experiences of remote work and multilocality
- Planning around remote work
- Remote work: Effects on Nordic people, places and planning 2021-2024
- Strengthening Nordic cooperation on remote work and multilocality
- Essential rural services in the Nordic Region – Challenges and opportunities
- Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperation in the Nordic Region: Analysis of Three Case Studies on the Swedish Border
- National Support Initiatives in Nordic Spatial Planning
- Nordic overview of national support initiatives in urban planning
- How can labour market mobility in the Nordic Region be increased?
- Competence mobility: How can labour market mobility in the Nordic Region be increased?
- Innovation Dynamics in Wood Construction in Sweden and Finland
- Re-start competence mobility in the Nordic Region
