Nordic Innovation Centre

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Nordic Innovation Centre
Enhancing Nordic innovation capabilities
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Agenda

• Nordic co-operation
• Nordic Innovation Centre, NICe
• Investments

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Nordic co-operation
Ministers of Nordic co-operation, NSK
Ministers of trade industry
Nordic council of Ministers secretariat
Committee of senior officials
Nordic Innovation Centre
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• The purpose of Nordic co-operation is to achieve
  more together than the individual countries are
  capable of on their own. We call this "Nordic
  synergy".

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Agenda

• Nordic co-operation
• Nordic Innovation Centre, NICe
• Investments

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Nordic Innovation Centre, NICe

• Geography
• The Nordic region
• The Baltic Sea region
• Organisation
• 14 employees
• Project portfolio
• Number of new projects/yr 50-100
• Average investment/project MNOK 0.5/yr

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• NICe is the Nordic Council of Ministers
  operating instrument for promoting an innovative,
  competitive and knowledge-intensive Nordic
  business sector.

• Removing barriers
• For free movement of capital, good practice,
  human resources, etc.
• A single market and a borderless region
• Enhancing innovation capabilities
• Transfer of knowledge and experience
• Critical mass
• New sectors with great potential

Enhanced competitiveness of the Nordic business
sectors
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• Innovation is
• A new product
• A new process
• A new organisational structure
• That creates success in the market

Research or inventions can only become
innovations through interaction with commercial
interests
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Innovation in different business sectors
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Agenda

• Nordic co-operation
• Nordic Innovation Centre, NICe
• Investments

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Projects with Focus

• A Focus area is an umbrella for several projects
  that are running in parallel within a defined
  theme. In average 2 new focus areas year.
• Food Safety
• http//www.safefoodera.net/
• Creative Industries
• http//www.nordicinnovation.net/ci
• Innovative Construction
• http//www.nordicinnovation.net/article.cfm?id1-8
  34-629
• Innovation Policies
• http//www.nordicinnovation.net/category.cfm?id1-
  829-56
• Foresight
• http//www.nordicinnovation.net/article.cfm?id1-8
  34-664

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The Nordic Model of Co-operation

• Long history of co-operation
• Mutual trust and understanding
• Common values equality, flexibility
• Open economies

Openness is the key for success
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Decision chain
Committee of senior officials
BOARD
Nordic Innovation Centre
Think Thanks
Reference groups
National evaluators
Expert networks..
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http//www.nordicinnovation.net/