Örnsköldsvik Sollefteå Kramfors Härnösand Timrå SundsvallÅnge Västerbottens län Jämtlands län Gävlebors län Västernorrland County Pop.: 242 000 inh. Area:

Örnsköldsvik

Sollefteå

Kramfors

Härnösand

TimråSundsvallÅnge

Västerbottens län

Jämtlands län

Gävlebors län

Västernorrland County

Pop.: 242 000 inh.Area: 21 678 km2

Pop.dens.:11,1 inh./km2

Forest and rivers Electricity production

Bio refinery for the future

BioNorr - Woodpellets

Export

Future Västernorrland!- Regional county development strategy 2011-2020

Future Västernorrland 2020

Vision: ’A proud Västernorrland – functional and attractive’

Overall strategy objectives:With collective resources, we will mobilise the assets of Västernorrland to create a powerful new trend that will give us:

• Population growth => 250 000 inh,• Increased accessibility• Strengtened innovative capability

Focus areas – for the realisation of the objectives

• People as an asset

• Skills as an asset

• Innovation capability as an asset

• Assessibility and infrastructure as an asset

Standpoint made by ’ The County Partnership’ as part of the RUS-decision:

As representatives of the County Partnership in Västernorrland, and of our respective organisations, we endorse the Västernorrland Regional Development Strategy 2011-2020. We intend it to be the starting point of the future regional growth effort, of our joint efforts and of our individual development efforts.  Härnösand, 1 December 2011

- - - - - - - - -

Bo Källstrand Sten-Ove Danielsson Marie-Louise Ek Christer Fröjdh Peter Germer Länsstyrelsen Ånge kommun Arbetsförmedlingen Mittuniversitetet Företagarna

Eva Högdahl Dick Jansson Elisabet Lassen Ewa Lindstrand Micael Melander Almi Mitt AB Handelskammaren Sollefteå kommun Timrå kommun Kramfors kommun

Lena Näslund Fred Nilsson Glenn Nordlund Dan Olsson Eva Olovsson Landstinget Härnösands kommun Kommunförbundet Örnsköldsviks kommun LO-distriktet

Magnus Sjödin Görel Thurdin Per Wahlberg Sverker Ågren Sundsvalls kommun Hushållningssällsk. Landstinget Landstinget

Rural Arena2007-2013

Regional Development Strategy2011-2020

Other programmes: IT Strategy, the Regional Agreement (RÖK), the Intranet Agreement Provision of traffic services,

etc.

Cultural heritage in development 2011-2015

FUNK-Y County programme for creative

business2008-

Development strategy for the tourism industry

2008-2013

Regional growth programme (RTP)

2008-2013

RegionalTransport Plan

2010-2021

Energy and Climate Strategy

2008-2013

Regional Service Programme2010-2013

Programme structure for the Västernorrland regional growth effort

3. Innovation as a driving force

Directional goal: In 2020, the county will have a collaborative and supportive structure that pushes for a dynamic entrepreneurial and innovative climate on a high level in Sweden.

Measures will be implemented until 2020, in order for Västernorrland to

• become one of the best entrepreneurial environments in Sweden, with an increasing share of young business owners,

• be characterised by a speedy and competitive transition from ideas/research to sustainable implementation,

• become known for its regional innovative environments and for the development of dynamic networks and clusters,

• have had strong commercial success in, e.g., a growing energy and environmental technology industry,

• be seen and heard as a successful and interesting part of Europe.

3. Innovation as a driving force.....

Measurement structure of the programme:

• Innovation and investment climate

• Entrepreneurship and start-up promotion

• Clusters and innovation systems

• Strategic regional marketing

Existing networks/clusters: The forest as a resource: Number One Forest Industry Network, the Biorefinery of the Future, Safety and Rescue Region (SRR), Bank/insurance/pension (CER), Environmental/energy technology (CleanTech), Digital information management/archives, The tourism industry

Examples of new strategic networks: Sensor IT, Materials science, Electric hybrids/hydraulics, The ‘experience’ industry, Local food production, Logistics & transport

Bio refineries – innovation perspectives in times of• structural changes in pulp & paper industry,• growing potentials for residual energy flows in forest-based processing plants

The Bio refinery of the Future- Processum Biorefinery Initiative AB, Örnsköldsvik

A cluster in biorefinery matters, and a technology park (ethanol pilot, etc,) started 2003 – focus: Bio and energy technology, inorganic and organic chemistry

Forest Innovation Arena- Number One Forest Industry Network- Åkroken Science Park, Sundsvall

Process industry cluster with technology park and world-leading R&D in mechanic cellulose pulping (Fibre Science and Communication Network, FSCN, Mid Sweden University)

Pilot Park Norrland- BioFuel Region, Formation of a biorefinery hub in northern Sweden for new product & energy solutions based on forest raw material

The regional innovation support system of Västernorrland

aancialIdeas => ALMI / Innovationsalliansen => Reg. Innov. Council => CAB grants

Clusters

Incubators

Local entrepr.promotion

Entrepreneurship/start-up promotion:

Project co-operation between municipalities in the county

Local business pilots; incubators

’Open-for-business’/’summer entrepreneurs’/’Business Room’

Ung Företagsamhet/’Young Entrepreneurship’

Financial infrastructure:

ALMI Företagspartner

Norrlandsfonden

Reg. Growth policy grants / CAB

Regional Ven. Cap. Organisations(SamInvest, Mittkapital, EkoNord, Inlandsinnovation…)