Policy area: Regional policy
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.
On October 13, the European Commission adopted the EU's new integrated Arctic policy. The North Swedens is included in the EU's Arctic regions and a large part of the Arctic policy therefore affects the region. The Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) network, which North Sweden European Office is a part of, have been active within the EU in order to maintain the focus of the previous Arctic policy from 2016, which centered a lot of its attention around the EU contributing to the regional development in the European Arctic. This is a focus that remains with the new policy.
The European Network for Rural Development, ERND, organized a digital conference on the 22-26 of March, together with the European Commission, to discuss EU's long-term vision for rural development. The conference consisted of various webinars and panel debates in which representatives from the European Commission, together with national and regional representatives participated.
How can Europe's Arctic regions contribute to the EU's green deal through industrial leadership and access to sustainable raw materials and batteries? This was the theme when the Swedish and Finnish trade associations for mines, minerals, and metal producers, Svemin and Finnmin, arranged a webinar about mineral extraction, battery production and recycling in partnership with the European Commission during EU Industry Week.
03 Mar 2021 New East Coast Line in high-level meeting with the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor
03 Mar 2021 The extension of the European core network corridors from a Nordic perspective
17 Feb 2021 Northern Sweden participates in the debate about the revision of the EU state aid rules
20 Jan 2021 NSPA in meeting with European Commission about the EU’s Arctic policy
16 Dec 2020 Arctic Futures Symposium 2020
02 Dec 2020 Europaforum Northern Sweden's views on the long-term vision for rural areas
02 Dec 2020 European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) in the Kvarken region
12 Nov 2020 NSPA and the EU Arctic Ambassador on EU Arctic Policy
04 Nov 2020 NSPA universities in meeting with EU Arctic Ambassador
21 Oct 2020 The European Artic in EU post 2020 policies
07 Oct 2020 Northern Sparsely Populated Areas steering committee meeting on the EU budget and EU’s Arctic policy
29 Sep 2020 North Sweden welcomes the European Raw Materials Alliance
23 Sep 2020 NSPA in digital meeting with the European commission about future regional policy
15 Sep 2020 Northern Sweden's views on the proposal of a new national ESF+ programme
30 Jun 2020 NSPA:s views on EU Cohesion Policy
11 Mar 2020 The European Commission proposes 61 million euros to Upper Norrland for the restructuring of the steel industry
18 Dec 2019 North Sweden gathered in force with big regional stakeholder meeting in Brussels
27 Nov 2019 Swedish forestry in focus during two seminars on November 22
16 Oct 2019 Deficiencies in infrastructure lower Northern Sweden's competitiveness
16 Oct 2019 EU Arctic Forum 3–4 October 2019
16 Oct 2019 Regional actors participated during European Week of Regions & Cities 2019
15 Oct 2019 Renewable energy transition in sparsely populated areas
16 Sep 2019 EU’s commissioner for health paid Umeå a visit
04 Apr 2019 OECD study: How can Sweden include the Sami population in regional development?
26 Mar 2019 EU-Arctic final conference with North Sweden
11 Mar 2016 The Europaforum North Sweden XXII in North Sweden, Piteå
10 Mar 2016 OECD on Study Mission
07 Mar 2016 European Commission visit to northern Sweden
07 Dec 2015 The Connection between Europe and the Arctic
26 Apr 2015 NSPA seminar with the OECD in Piteå
23 Mar 2015 NSPA has formally initiated the work with the OECD study
24 Nov 2014 NSPA seminar on "Transport infrastructure in the European Arctic"
12 Nov 2014 The Silver Road Corridor - strengthening regional cooperation
10 Nov 2014 The Arctic on the agenda during NSPA’s forum in Bodø
16 Oct 2014 Smart growth a theme on NSPA side event during Open Days 2014
