Title: MidNorway European Office
1Mid-Norway European Office
- FMO, Budapest, 10.06.2005
- Stein Mona, Head of Office
2Mid-Norway European Office
- Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality
- Sør-Trøndelag County Municipality
Trondheim Municipality Steinkjer Municipality
Nord-Trøndelag University College Sør-Trøndelag
University College Nord-Trøndelag Research
Institute
Sparebank1 Midt-Norge Nord-Trøndelag Electricity
Board
3General aim of the activity
- Competence upgrading in European issues for
- - enterprises
- - RD institutions
- - public authorities
- Internationalisation of regional development
strategies
4Trøndelag
- Area 41 228 km2
- Population 399 000
- Cities Trondheim, Steinkjer, Namsos, Stjørdal,
Røros
5Culture history
- First settlements 9000 bc
- Power base of the Vikings in the middle ages
- Many historical sites rock carvings, castles,
monastery ruins and burial mounds - Modern music, folklore and the well known
Trønder- humour
6 A living countryside
- One of the most fertile regions in Norway
- Laboratory for agricultural research
- Increasing amount of niche products
- New models for cooperation between farmers
- Strong identity
7Education and research
- 1 university and 3 university colleges
- Over 30 000 students
- Scandinavias largest independent research
institute, SINTEF - High-tech and medical research
8Workforce distribution
- Workforce 198 000
- 6 in primary industries
- 19 in secondary industries
- 75 in service industries
9Trøndelag in European co-operation, Hungarian
regions
- Living Countryside
- Rural development. Infrastructure, economy,
identity, moblisation. - Regional innovation
- International projects, young
entrepreneurship, innovation clusters, networking
between education and business development.
10Trøndelag in European co-operation, Hungarian
Regions
- Regional identity
- - Preserving cultural heritage
- - Preserving historical monuments
11Trøndelag in European co-operation, Hungarian
Regions
- Regional business development
- - Clusters, public - private partnership of
business development - - B2B events
- Regional planning development
- - Cooperation between local and regional
authorities
12Where are we now?
- Different point of departure, common challenges
- Different recent historical background, common
future - Common market. Economy, research, development
- Mutual interest of co-operation
- Framework is beeing put into force
- The possibility is there, our own fantasy sets
the limits
13Thank you for your attention!