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Strong-specific and Promising – a follow-up on the 2020 vision for NSPA

Strong-specific and Promising – a follow-up on the 2020 vision for NSPA. Erik Gløersen NSPA-Forum, October 25 th , 2013. The NSPA visioning process. NSPA as a product of Europe Focus on imagining a future What could be achieved if the framework conditions are appropriate?

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Strong-specific and Promising – a follow-up on the 2020 vision for NSPA

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  1. Strong-specific and Promising – a follow-up on the 2020 vision for NSPA Erik Gløersen NSPA-Forum, October 25th, 2013

  2. The NSPA visioning process • NSPA as a product of Europe • Focus on imagining a future • What could be achieved if the framework conditions are appropriate? • What can the NSPA do for Europe? • Specify policy message: not ”support for lagging region”, but ”investment in Europe’s future” • Strong, Specific and Promising • Meeting-point between EU-wide challenges and ”regional issues”

  3. The NSPA visioning process European challenges GLOBALI-SATION ENERGY DEMOGRAPHY CLIMATE CHANGE CONNEC- TIVITY EDUCA- TION INNOVA- TION ECONOMIC CHANGE QUALITY OF LIFE NSPA strategy Regional issues

  4. Taking full advantage of resources • Three «pillars» to be brought into coherence

  5. Growth and development • «Towards a vision for the NSPA» • Demographic stabilisation as the core objective • Opposing perspectives on the viability of local communities: do the communities need to change/disappearor are the framework conditions the problem?

  6. Evolution since 2009 Continuednegativenet-migrationin large parts of the NSPA

  7. Main points of the vision • Demographic trends under control • More balanced communities, open to foreign influences • Enhanced interaction and cooperation with Russia • Improved urban qualities • More robust and productive local economies • Coordinated actions to promote sustainable tourism • World level R&D activities within selected niches • Coherent regional transportation systems

  8. Policy road map: priorities • Fully exploiting NSPA resources • Pro-active policies to promote more balanced and dynamic local communities • Economic policies: focus on knowledge economy and creative sectors • Transport: focus on bottlenecks for exports, intra-regional coherence and dependence on fossil energy • Branding

  9. Key issues for the next steps • From vision to actions: how to target policies? • How can a better multi-level dialogue be initiated? • What difference can the NSPA make? • What EU-instruments can be mobilised?

  10. Nexus model

  11. Evolution since 2009 Concrete effects ofclimatechange

  12. Evolution since 2009 Arctic issuesmore prominent

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