{"id":14668,"date":"2023-01-26T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T07:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kvarken.org\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2023-05-09T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:35:56","slug":"letter-from-our-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kvarken.org\/en\/letter-from-our-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter From Our Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After an eventful and demanding 2022, we can state to have accomplished the following: a grand 50<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fanniversary celebration, five finished projects, three newly launched projects, and several more in the works.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve also begun an inclusive strategy work, introduced new colleagues to the work, accepted new members, and gained a geographically larger area of operations.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, we\u2019ve welcomed new cooperation partners, including a completely new Interreg programme area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite all positive developments, shadows have crept into the world around us and into our field of work; experiences and wounds from the pandemic and the terrible war in Europe show the importance of cooperation here in the north \u2013 that we need to work together across borders in the long term, take a look at our dependencies, and also create conditions for social development, social preparedness, innovations, and possible solutions in the event of possible crises.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our region\u2019s cross-border cooperation is concrete and sometimes hailed as the golden egg of the EGTC family.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s important that we work together to promote the Kvarken region\u2019s development which, in turn, leads to visible and positive results for the region\u2019s inhabitants. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o-investment in the world\u2019s most environmentally friendly ferry is currently the most concrete achievement, but we haven\u2019t stopped there.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the moment, there are discussions about increasing mobility in the east-west direction in northernmost Europe with the help of sustainable flight connections and, in the future, possibly also by means of a faster, fixed transport link over the Kvarken.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s now more relevant than ever.<\/span><span 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data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cooperation is also necessary to solve the need for labour migration into our northern parts of Europe and to assume a leading position in the green transition.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">We possess expertise, a supply of green energy, and major new investments in green transition industries on both sides of the Kvarken.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the same time, our educational units are awake and alert.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">We can offer safe and high-quality living environments close to nature and the sea, not forgetting world-class education.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now we just need to help others in the world to see this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I want to express my humble thanks to everyone working at or for the Kvarken Council, the Council\u2019s Board, its members, and most of all the region\u2019s politicians and officials who are brave enough to stand at the forefront of cross-border cooperation.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">I also want to thank the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Interreg programmes Botnia-Atlantica and Aurora, which contribute via their financing to the promotion of Nordic and European collaboration.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All this gives us a solid foundation to stand on ahead of great future opportunities and challenges that we have in the region, both nationally and globally.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our Nordic cooperation here in the Kvarken region is one of the liveliest cross-border collaborations in the whole of Europe.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is something that we must embrace and further develop.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span 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