Kvarken Council’s strategy 2030
Competence and learning
Actions
Our ongoing actions in the Competence and Learning focus area are as follows:
Educational programme cooperation with Hanken
Umeå University and the Hanken Swedish School of Economics in Vaasa have for several years co-organised the course Cross-border regional development and planning in the Kvarken region. The course gives the students a business perspective of the Kvarken region. This includes regional development, Nordic planning systems and businesses, as well as language and culture.
The overall academic aim of the course is to systematically study the conditions for regional development, common economic and strategic objectives with barriers such as language, culture, history, distance, regulations and administrative boundaries. The aim is for students to be able to work on cross-border activities such as economic development, planning, business cooperation etc. in border areas in general.
The co-organisation is partly funded by the Kvarken Council.
Status: Ongoing.
Education in the Battery Belt
The Kvarken Council contributes to the promotion of the education initiative in the region aimed at establishing the Nordic battery belt and at its effects on the labour market, education, transportation, housing, labour supply, etc. Initially, a cooperation project has been discussed in this area.
Status: Ongoing.
Kvarken University – Initiative
The Kvarken Council contributes to the promotion of the education initiative in the region aimed at gathering information about the educational opportunities and programmes available in the region. Initially, a cooperation project has been discussed in this area and a joint meeting of the region’s schools of higher education and universities will also be organised in autumn/winter 2023.
Status: Ongoing.
Future Festival 20XX – Seminar
The Kvarken Council participates in this event by being responsible for the content during one of the days of the festival week. Programme content is created based on the current theme and guests are invited within the framework of the Kvarken Council’s activities.
Status: Ongoing.
Contact us
Do you have further ideas, suggestions for action or cooperation?
The Kvarken Council is happy to support cooperation projects that benefit the Kvarken region. You are welcome to brainstorm with us to develop your project idea.
You can contact us at any time, but if you want to be prepared, check out our tips on what you need to tell us: https://www.kvarken.org/en/project-workshop/
