The Baltic Sea Region Strategy for Beginners

Summary:

Guide published by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth in 2016 about the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR).

Further information:

Work with the Baltic Sea Region Strategy is now in its eighth year. Ways of working with the Strategy are starting to become integrated in our daily work. At the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, we use the Baltic Sea Strategy as a tool to streamline and prioritise our actions in the Baltic Sea Region. Our aim is to strengthen the competitiveness of our small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Only through cooperation with our neighbours can our goals be achieved.

For us, international cooperation always begins with the needs of Sweden’s businesses. Whether it is matchmaking between SMEs, clustering of science parks, or strengthening innovation
capacity through joint cross-border solutions. In all instances, we try to make the most of our commitments under the Strategy rather than duplicate actions that already exist. For example, we work to strengthen the Baltic Sea Region initiative within the Enterprise Europe Network. This is just one example of how we streamline our actions under the Strategy rather than initiate parallel actions.

With this brochure, we hope to spread information about model examples of how to utilise the Strategy in order to tackle our joint challenges. We also hope that when you are planning your next action to support the competitiveness of SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region, you will have us in mind!

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