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Start date: SEP 2013 - Completion date: FEB 2015

Study on promoting multi-level governance in support of Europe 2020

Governance mechanisms for the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, learning platforms for mutual learning and the development of action plans are at the heart of this study. Its objective and scope…

Client: DG Regio

Start date: SEP 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2013

OECD Cross Border Innovation

During 2012-2014, OECD runs a project on cross-border regional innovation policies in collaboration with six regions. The aim is to provide recommendations to policy makers on when and how to…

Client: OECD

Start date: MAR 2013 - Completion date: APR 2014

Förhandsutvärdering av det svenska landsbygdsutvecklingsprogrammet (Ex ante evaluation of the Swedish Rural Programme)

Nordregio medverkar i förhandsutvärderingen av det nya svenska landsbygdsutvecklingsprogrammet 2014-2020.

Client: Jordbruksverket, SJV

Start date: APR 2013 - Completion date: NOV 2013

Multi-level governance in the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy - INVOLVE

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) and its Action Plan were adopted by the EU Member States around the Baltic Sea in 2009. As the implementation of the EUSBSR breaks new ground…

Client: Tillväxtverket

Start date: APR 2013 - Completion date: JUN 2013

Evaluation of the collaboration agreement between KTH and Oskarshamn municipality

Nordregio will do an evaluation of the collaboration between KTH and the municipality of Oskarhamn as an input for future collaboration as well as to the regional development process of Kalmar Region and…

Client: KTH (ABE) och Oskarshamns kommun

Start date: FEB 2013 - Completion date: DEC 2013

Ex ante Evaluation of the Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020

European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) is one of three objectives of the EU Cohesion Policy framework. The ETC objective is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The cross-border…

Client: Regional Council of South-West Finland

Start date: MAR 2013 - Completion date: DEC 2016

Regional Innovation Monitor - RIM Plus

Nordregio will provide the Regional Innovation Monitor (RIM) platform with regional innovation information for the eight Swedish NUTS2-regions and prepare regional innovation reports.

Client: DG Enterprise and Industry

Start date: FEB 2013 - Completion date: APR 2013

How can Regional and Cohesion policies tackle demographic challenges?

Case study Östra Mellansverige

Client: Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI) Lithuania

Start date: FEB 2013 - Completion date: SEP 2014

Dialogue Platform on Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Baltic Sea Region (EFFECT)

The project aims to facilitate learning from good practice solutions on eco-efficiency in the Baltic Sea Region between relevant actors from the local, regional, national and pan-Baltic level. The project will…

Client: CBSS/Baltic21

Start date: NOV 2012 - Completion date: MAR 2013

Efficient Planning for Housing: a processes and practice oriented review of planning systems

Providing new and appropriate housing efficiently in growing city regions is a challenge. Both the formal urban planning system and the actual planning practises are of crucial importance for housing…

Client: Miljøverndepartement, Avdelningen for regional planlegging, Norge

Start date: NOV 2012 - Completion date: JUL 2013

Digital Platforms for Citizen Engagement

A project that surveys contemporary developments in digital platforms for citizen engagement and that explores future potentials for urban planning within this rapidly expanding area.

Client: ARQ

Start date: DEC 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2013

Detecting Territorial Potentials and Challenges (DeTeC)

Detecting Territorial Potential and Challenges (DeTeC) will provide practical guidance on how to utilise ESPON knowledge to detect territorial potentials and turning challenges into potentials. The…

Client: ESPON - Priority 2 Targeted Analysis

Start date: NOV 2012 - Completion date: MAY 2014

On-going evaluation Kraftcentrum Flemingsberg

On-going evaluation of the ERDF-funded project Kraftcentrum Flemingsberg Science.

Client: Stiftelsen Flemingsberg Science

Start date: OCT 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2013

Ex ante Evaluation of the Structural Funds Programme for Mainland Finland 2014-2020

The Ex ante Evaluation of the Structural Funds Programme for Mainland Finland 2014-2020 aims to ensure that the programme includes clear intervention logic and contributes to the Europe 2020…

Client: Finnish Ministry of Labour and Economy

Start date: AUG 2012 - Completion date: JUN 2013

Ex ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014-2020

The Ex ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014-2020 aims to improve the design, content and efficiency of the programme. The evaluation project is processed in…

Client: Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Start date: JUN 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2014

Industrialization, Mining and Energy in the Arctic (IMEA)

Resource extraction and industrial development has become one of the major issues in connection with economic development in the Arctic. The project will develop more knowledge about how the…

Client: Norske Forskningsråd

Start date: APR 2012 - Completion date: JUL 2013

LIVEABLE LANDSCAPES: a Key Value for Sustainable Territorial Development (LIVELAND)

The development of the territorial cohesion policies in EU has become a very powerful tool for the implementation of European political guidelines. And with regional policies in EU increasingly focused on…

Client: ESPON - Priority 2 Targeted Analysis

Start date: MAY 2012 - Completion date: OCT 2012

Cross-border cooperation and Nordic Value Added (CRONOR)

CRONOR provides policy-relevant input into the Nordic preparations for Territorial Cooperation 2014-2020 by analysing the proposing new thematic concentration and integration for Nordic added value.

Client: EK-R

Start date: MAR 2012 - Completion date: OCT 2014

Territorial Dimension of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe (ESPON TIPSE)

The ESPON TiPSE project has tackled the issue of poverty and processes of social exclusion in Europe. The project has contributed to improve the evidence base for policy to promote inclusive growth.

Client: ESPON

Start date: APR 2012 - Completion date: OCT 2014

Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhoods (ESPON ITAN)

EU cooperation with the neighbouring countries has long been an important issue for the European Union. The rise of the regional integration in America (Nafta) and namely in Eastern Asia ("Asean…

Client: ESPON

Start date: FEB 2012 - Completion date: JAN 2014

Territorial monitoring for the Baltic Sea Region (ESPON BSR-TeMo)

The project develops a territorial monitoring system for the Baltic Sea Region in order to provide knowledge to the ongoing process of territorial cohesion.

Client: ESPON

Start date: OCT 2011 - Completion date: MAY 2012

EU rural development policy post 2013 - a Nordic perspective

Working group Rural Development Policy, Future rural areas decided in April 2011 to initiate a study of Nordic experiences and learnings connected to the EU rural development programme. The aim is to…

Client: EK-R

Start date: JAN 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2015

Entrepreneurship, gender and economic growth - Challenges to feminist theory

Neither feminist theory, nor extant entrepreneurship theory adequately account for feminist agency and activism within a globalized market economy, in which discourses of entrepreneurship…

Client: Vetenskapsrådet

Start date: JAN 2012 - Completion date: DEC 2013

On-going Evaluation of the Knowledge Navigator

Nordregio will provide an on-going evaluation of the Knowledge Navigator, a project for improved knowledge transfer between academia and business in Stockholm.

Client: Stockholm Universitet, Stockholms Akademiska Forum

Start date: NOV 2011 - Completion date: MAR 2012

Innovation and Regional Development

The project will produce an accessible and readable book on innovation and regional development which summarizes key parts of the ongoing discussion on innovation politics.

Client: REGLAB Sweden

Start date: NOV 2011 - Completion date: MAR 2012

A comparative study of integrated regional development policy and planning

The Swedish government has expressed that the regional development strategies should contribute to harmonizing and integrating plans and strategies at different governmental levels and between different…

Client: Boverket

Start date: SEP 2011 - Completion date: DEC 2012

Making Nordic cities successful climate leaders

Although many Nordic cities and regions already have sustainability or climate strategies, it has been recognised that they need support and capacity building in implementing these strategies and achieving…

Client: Nordic Council of Ministers

Start date: JUN 2011 - Completion date: APR 2014

Territorial Potentials for a Greener Economy (ESPON GREECO)

Territorial Potentials for a Greener Economy (ESPON GREECO) will identify the territorial aspects and potentials related to a pursuit of a greener economy.

Client: ESPON

Start date: JUL 2011 - Completion date: DEC 2012

Regional Strategies for Green Growth and Innovation

The overall aim of the project is to provide policy makers with a useful reference on regional challenges and opportunities related to green growth and innovation.

Client: Nordic Working Group on Third Generation Regional Policy

Start date: JUN 2011 - Completion date: JUN 2013

Centralbaltic Job Ferry

The overall objective of the project was to intensify the cross-border cooperation of all labour market participants in the common border region in a socially and economically sustainable way.

Client: Central Baltic INTERREG IVB Programme

Start date: AUG 2011 - Completion date: OCT 2011

Strengths and weaknesses in Nordic housing development and construction - Lessons from Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Nordregio has been commissioned by Boverket to perform a Nordic comparative study on strength and weaknesses in the housing development and construction process in the four urban regions…

Client: Boverket

Start date: JUN 2011 - Completion date: DEC 2013

Women Farm Tourism Entrepreneurs – Reconstructing Gender in Rural Sweden

Few studies on farming and tourism have focused on women as entrepreneurs. This project therefore aims at creating new knowledge on farm women's entrepreneurship in the tourism and hospitality…

Client: Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning

Start date: SEP 2011 - Completion date: FEB 2014

Territorial Approaches to New Governance (ESPON TANGO)

The ESPON applied research project 'Territorial Approaches for New GOvernance' (ESPON TANGO) will delve deeply into the conceptualisation and operationalisation of territorial governance…

Client: ESPON CU

Start date: JUL 2011 - Completion date: MAR 2012

Handbook on demographic challenges in the Nordic countries

Demographic changes, in particular the ageing population, are well known and documented throughout Europe. Demographic changes have a wide impact on labour-market, welfare service provision…

Client: EK-R

Start date: MAR 2011 - Completion date: JUN 2013

Power Centre Stockholm Life

Ongoing evaluation of the Power Centre project, a project for stimulating growth in SMEs in the Stockholm life science sector.

Client: Stockholm Life Solna - Stockholm

Start date: FEB 2011 - Completion date: JAN 2015

EUBORDERREGIONS

European Regions, EU External Borders and the Immediate Neighbours. Analysing Regional Development Options through Policies and Practices of Cross-Border Co-operation.

Client: European Union, 7th Framework Programme

Start date: JAN 2011 - Completion date: SEP 2011

Evaluation of InMotion

A regional program for improving the competitive position of West Sweden concerning environment, energy and sustainable transportations.

Client: Västra Götalandsregionen

Start date: JAN 2011 - Completion date: DEC 2011

ERDF in regions with geographical specificities

This Study analyses the relevance and the effectiveness of ERDF and Cohesion Fund support to regions with specific geographical features - islands, mountainous and sparsely populated regions. The focus is…

Client: European Commission DG Regio

Start date: JAN 2011 - Completion date: DEC 2012

RISE (Regional Integrated Strategies in Europe)

The project's overall objective is to develop our knowledge and understanding of regional integrated strategies – of their emergence and of their operation – in Europe.

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: NOV 2010 - Completion date: MAY 2011

Business potential in Stockholm North East

Nordregio is making a study of the industry structure and business potentials in North East Stockholm, with a particular focus on the regional city center of Täby-Arninge

Client: Kommunledningskontoret i Täby kommun genom Stockholms Läns landsting (TRU)

Start date: NOV 2010 - Completion date: AUG 2012

PLAN BOTHNIA - Preparatory Action on Maritime

The PLAN BOTHNIA project aims to initiate, test and evaluate the added value of a cross-sectoral, transboundary and ecosystem based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the Bothnian Sea, a part of the…

Client: European Commission DG Mare

Start date: AUG 2010 - Completion date: JUL 2012

OECD Renewable Energy

Nordic participation in an OECD project: The Production of Renewable Energy as a Regional Development Policy in Rural Areas.

Client: NCM (OECD)

Start date: SEP 2010 - Completion date: AUG 2012

BEST METROPOLISES

Best Development Conditions in European Metropolises: Paris, Berlin and Warsaw (ESPON 2013, Targeted Analysis)

Client: ESPON Targeted Analysis Based on User Demand 2013/2/14

Start date: OCT 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2013

ESS MAX - TITA

ESS MAX IV i regionen - TITA is a regional development project initiated and owned by Region Skåne, Region Blekinge, the county administration board in Skåne, the 33 municipalities in Skåne, ESS…

Client: Region Skåne

Start date: OCT 2010 - Completion date: APR 2011

Attracting high-skilled people - a benchmarking study of Copenhagen, Munich and Ottawa

Nordregio has together with SWECO Eurofutures been commissioned by the Stockholm County Administration Board to make a benchmarking analysis of regions that are successful in attracting…

Client: Stockholm County Administration Board (Länsstyrelsen i Stockholms län)

Start date: JUN 2010 - Completion date: APR 2013

ESPON - European Land Use Patterns (EU-LUPA)

The objective of EU-LUPA consists in providing a consistent methodology to analyze comparable information about European regions and cities - based on data from different sources and at…

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: SEP 2010 - Completion date: MAR 2011

Innovative Cluster Environments

System Management for Innovative Platforms and Cluster Organisations (SLIM) is a regional development project in cooperation between three Swedish counties in the NUTS2 region Northern…

Client: Region Värmland

Start date: JUN 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2010

KTH Cooperation and Quality (Kvalitetssäkring KTH)

In spring 2010 Nordregio was contracted as external support in the strategic process of developing a new policy and an action plan to improve future quality assurance at the Royal Institute of…

Client: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Start date: MAY 2010 - Completion date: JUL 2012

INTERCO – Indicators of Territorial Cohesion

This project aims at building indicators and indices answering to the need of an efficient European governance for territorial cohesion.

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: MAY 2010 - Completion date: JUL 2012

Geospecs – Geographic Specificities and Development Potentials

The main objective of the GEOSPECS project is to provide a coherent transversal framework to characterise the past trends, state and potential future developments of geographical specificities for…

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: MAY 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2012

Regional Innovation Monitor

The Regional Innovation Monitor (RIM) project provides a unique tool, allowing online comparison of innovation policy approaches and trends at the regional level.

Client: European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry

Start date: APR 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2011

External evaluation of the Quadruple Helix Central Baltic Project

An external evaluation of the Quadruple Helix Central Baltic Project

Client: Norrtälje Kommun

Start date: FEB 2009 - Completion date: SEP 2010

METREX Expert Group: Intra-Metropolitan Polycentricity in Europe

The central objective is to identify major challenges, to reflect current methods, practices, routines and debates and to share lessons and experiences with regard to the performance, applicability and…

Client: Office of Regional Planning of the Stockholm County Council in co-operation with the City of Stockholm and the METREX Secretariat

Start date: JAN 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2011

FLEX

"Flexible Working Culture - Rethinking of Work, Place, Time and Life"

Client: Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme

Start date: JAN 2010 - Completion date: DEC 2011

Megatrends

To understand the current state of Arctic affairs, it is of the utmost importance to outline the set of pre-conditions, challenges and tendencies that influence contemporary and future issues in the…

Client: Ministry of Foreing Affairs, Denmark

Start date: NOV 2009 - Completion date: SEP 2011

The Regional Potential of HEIs – Strategies for interaction

The aim of the project is to get a deeper understanding of how national and regional authorities can utilise higher education institutions for regional development.

Client: Nordic Council of Ministers

Start date: NOV 2009 - Completion date: APR 2010

Planning for Gender Equal Safety in Urban Environments

The objective is to gain knowledge on how planning can contribute to safe urban environments from a gender perspective.

Client: Boverket

Start date: NOV 2009 - Completion date: MAR 2010

Baltic 21

Background paper on Climate Change Baltic 21 Action Programme 2010 – 2015

Client: Deutche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH

Start date: OCT 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2010

The Swedish Maritime Cluster

Description and analysis of the economic importance and international competitiveness of the Swedish Maritime Cluster

Client: Tillväxtanalys

Start date: NOV 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2015

Evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Åland

Ongoing evaluation of the Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 for Åland including the Mid term evaluation in 2009 and the Ex post evaluation in 2014

Client: Ålands landskapsregering

Start date: OCT 2009 - Completion date: OCT 2011

Knowledge Intensive Business Services in the Stockholm region

An analysis of the importance of the KIBS-sector in Stockholm and the impact of economic crises on the KIBS-sector in urban areas of Sweden

Client: Regionplanekontoret i Stockholm

Start date: AUG 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2011

Mapping and analyzing Saami Space

The project will deal with presenting & analyzing the Saami space with statistical and cartographic material

Client: NCM - Arctic cooperation programme

Start date: AUG 2009 - Completion date: JUN 2013

Evaluation of VINNOVAs TIGER-programme

An on-going evaluation of VINNOVA:s research programme Tillämpad genusforskning inom starka forskningsmiljöer (Applied gender research in centres of excellent research)

Client: VINNOVA

Start date: AUG 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2011

Women’s entrepreneurship in Nordic Sparsely Populated areas

This project aims at developing policy tools for supporting women's entrepreneurship and innovation in the sparsely populated areas of the Nordic countries

Client: NCM/EK-R

Start date: MAY 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2011

Vestnordens udvikling – Regional Development in Westnorden

Westnorden – Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Western Norway – has through history had a tradition of cooperation due to comparable development conditions. Especially the role of fisheries…

Client: Nordic Council of Ministers

Start date: JAN 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2009

Evaluation of Interreg IV A

Utvärdering av Interreg IVA Botnia Atlantica, Interreg IVA Sverige Norge, Interreg IVA Nord

Client: Tillväxtverket

Start date: JAN 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2012

BaltCICA

"Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region"

Client: Baltic Sea Region INTERREG IV B

Start date: JAN 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2010

ESPON Territorial Diversity

The TeDi project purports to provide a better understanding of development processes and growth opportunities in territories outside the Pentagon that are defined as insular, mountainous…

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: JAN 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2011

DERREG

Globalization is one of the key challenges facing rural regions in Europe, bringing significant social, economic, cultural and political changes.

Start date: APR 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2010

Mobility in Greenland

The project is looking into the possible consequences of the establishing of an aluminum smelter at Maniitsoq in Western Greenland, with special focus on the potential mobility of the…

Client: Grønlands Statistik

Start date: JAN 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2011

EUROBROADMAP

The EuroBroadMap project aims at demonstrating that different visions of Europe currently exist in the World

Client: European Commission, DG for Research (Framework Programme 7)

Start date: NOV 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2011

NEW BRIDGES

"Strengthening Quality of Life through the Improved Management of Urban Rural Interaction."

Client: Baltic Sea Region INTERREG IV B

Start date: JAN 2009 - Completion date: DEC 2010

SUPER-CITIES

"Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities" explores the robustness, transferability and sustainability of recent land-use policy instruments for managing urban change. The main emphasis is on…

Client: FORMAS (URBAN-NET Programme - Supporting urban sustainability research in Europe)

Start date: SEP 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2010

Ex post Evaluation of Cohesion Policy Programmes 2000-2006

Structural Change and Globalisation. External factors, and in particular globalisation, are often the main driving factors of structural changes at all levels, reinforcing or dampening the effects…

Client: European Commission, DG Regio

Start date: AUG 2008 - Completion date: APR 2011

DEMIFER

Population ageing will affect all European regions in the next decades but with large regional variation

Client: ESPON Coordination unit

Start date: AUG 2008 - Completion date: JUN 2011

EDORA – European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas

The starting point of the EDORA project is the recognition that, rather than becoming more uniform in character, rural Europe is, in many ways, becoming increasingly diverse. This diversity implies…

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: JUL 2008 - Completion date: APR 2011

Regions at Risk of Fuel Poverty

The ReRisk project is aiming at obtaining a clearer view of how the increase of energy prices might affect different types of region in Europe, and which policy options are available to regions in order to…

Client: ESPON Coordination Unit

Start date: NOV 2008 - Completion date: OCT 2011

Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe (SUME)

The project is about how future urban systems can be designed in a way which is consistently less damaging to the environment than the current status. Urban development includes processes of growth in…

Client: European Commission, DG for Research (Framework Programme 7)

Start date: MAR 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2012

Another climate

Another climate: gendered structures of climate change response in selected Swedish municipalities. Are there changes in the gendered structures of sustainable development that affect the concrete…

Client: Vetenskapsrådet/FORMAS

Start date: JAN 2008 - Completion date: DEC 2009

NSPA Foresight 2020

The Foresight exercise for the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) of Norway, Sweden and Finland has been initiated by the Brussels offices of East-Finland, North Finland, North Norway, Mid…

Start date: FEB 2008 - Completion date: JUN 2010

Assessing the Impact of Rural Development Policies (RuDI)

The RuDI project addresses the question of how to best assess impacts of rural development policies on all levels and across the great diversity of Europe's rural areas. The comparative…

Client: European Commission, DG for Research (Framework Programme 7)

Start date: JAN 2007 - Completion date: DEC 2010

REKENE

"Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy - Nordic-European comparisons" aims at contributing to understanding of a key sector in each region and contributes to interaction between key regional…

Client: Nordisk InnovationsCentre (NICe) and the partners

Start date: SEP 2006 - Completion date: SEP 2011

Mobility on the segregated labour market?

The aim of this project is to map and analyze the labour market mobility in the health care sector through applying a gender and ethnicity perspective.

Client: VINNOVA (DYNAMO 2)

Start date: JUL 2005 - Completion date: DEC 2010

Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy (EURODITE)

The overall goal of the project is to understand the role of knowledge in the economies of European regions in order to inform policies in these regions towards a knowledge based economy with enhanced…

Client: European Commission, the 6th framework programme