{"id":9114,"date":"2018-03-28T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kvarken.org\/common-will-and-strategy-shall-take-us-ahead\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T22:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:44:51","slug":"common-will-and-strategy-shall-take-us-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kvarken.org\/en\/common-will-and-strategy-shall-take-us-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Will and Strategy Shall Take Us Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The E12 Atlantica Transport\u2019s final conference in Vaasa, Finland, ended with a round table discussion. How shall we utilize the project outcome and what challenges are we now facing? What will be the next step \u2013 and perhaps the most important question of all \u2013 who will do what?<\/em><\/p>\n

The round table discussion had e.g. the following participants:\u00a0Mr Mathias Lindstr\u00f6m<\/strong>, director at the Kvarken Council;\u00a0Mr Kim Berg<\/strong>, chairman of the City Council of Vaasa in Finland;\u00a0Mr Geir Waage<\/strong>, Board member of MidtSkandia and chairman of the Town Council of Rana in Norway; and\u00a0Ms Lilly B\u00e4cklund<\/strong>, chairwoman of the Blue Highway Society and member of the Town Council of Lycksele in Sweden.<\/p>\n

\u2013 A common will and goal are absolutely decisive. We need to get the policy-makers, at all levels of society, to understand how important this is, says Mr Kim Berg and he is backed by the other participants.<\/p>\n

\u2013 It is also important to have political visions reaching far out to the future, says Mr Geir Waage.
\n\u2013 Advanced infrastructure makes a region more attractive, which produces greater flows of everything \u2013 both people and goods. We must create opportunities for those who choose to live in this region, he adds.
\n\u2013 But it is a major challenge to get all the three national states to think the same way as we do, says Ms Lilly B\u00e4cklund.<\/p>\n

The way to proceed from here was clear for everyone \u2013 EGTC will be the next step. The purpose of an EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation) is to consolidate cooperation through the formalization of the cooperation procedure and financing. It would facilitate cross-border co-operation within the region.
\n\u2013 With a cross-border EGTC we would together stand stronger in front of our national states. The project partners should now agree on a common strategy to achieve this and then proceed to our national capitals with the issue, Mr Waage says.
\nMr Mathias Lindstr\u00f6m was able to tell that this work has already begun.
\n\u2013 It is under way. The Board members of the Kvarken Council are unanimous and our new strategy is a part of this work. An EGTC would have tremendous symbolic value \u2013 we would be pioneers in the Nordic countries.
\n\u2013 In order for this to succeed, we need to have a concrete mandate to formulate a common strategi for establishing an EGTC, as well as a timetable for it, Ms B\u00e4cklund says. It would arouse great international interest and be absolutely unique. Only if we gain strong achoring from the very beginning can we succeed in abandoning old structures.
\nWhat are the prospects for success in this matter? Will we have an EGTC after five years?
\n\u2013 Yes, it is a must, all the participants at the round table concluded.
\n\u2013 Otherwise the entire process with E12 and many other efforts would have been completely in vain, Mr Lindstr\u00f6m adds.<\/p>\n

After the conference, there is no doubt about the common will in the region and also the representatives from the regional councils \u2013\u00a0Mr Svein Eggesvik<\/strong>, County Executive in Nordland Council in Norway, and\u00a0Mr Kaj Suomela<\/strong>, Mayor of Regional Council of Ostrobothnia in Finland, were pleased with the results already gained in the E12 project.
\n\u2013 It is an important project but the work is far from complete. There is great potential for us to achieve more, says Mr Eggesvik.
\n\u2013 We are an expanding region and cross-border cooperation goes without saying, Mr Suomela continues. It provides us with the opportunity to build on one another\u2019s strengths and to learn from our differences.<\/p>\n

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\nMs Lilly B\u00e4cklund represented Region V\u00e4sterbotten in the\u00a0round table discussion.<\/em><\/p>\n

Copy: Anna Sand
\nPhoto: H\u00e4ggman\/Kvarkenr\u00e5det<\/p>\n

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E12 Atlantica Transport – The project is a cross-border cooperation between partners in Finland, Sweden and Norway along the E12, focusing on development of a functional multi-modal transport route for goods and passengers, joint strategies for cross-border planning and future cooperation structures.<\/em><\/p>\n

E12 Atlantica Transport partners<\/em>
\nKvarken Council (Lead part, FI), MidtSkandia (NO), Bl\u00e5 V\u00e4gen (SE) Region V\u00e4sterbotten (SE), Regional Council of Ostrobothnia (FI), Nordland fylkeskommune (NO) Vaasa Regional Development Company VASEK (FI), Ume\u00e5 Municipality (SE), V\u00e4nn\u00e4s Municipality (SE), Vindeln Municipality (SE), Lycksele Municipality (SE), Storuman Municipality (SE), Infrastruktur i Ume\u00e5 AB INAB (SE), Rana Utviklingsselskap AS (NO), Rana Municipality (NO), Polarsirkelen Lufthavnutvikling (NO), Port of Mo i Rana (NO), Mo Industripark AS (NO), Alastahaug havnevesen KF (NO), Helgeland Havn IKS (NO)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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