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Welcome to Oppland!

Welcome to Oppland! . Oppland county. Area: approx. 25.000 km2 Population: approx. 180.000 Municipalities: 26 Regions: 6 Hadeland, Gjøvik, Lillehammer, Valdres, Midt-Gudbrandsdal, Nord-Gudbrandsdal Towns: 4 Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Fagernes, Otta. Geography. 80 % above 600 m above sea level

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Welcome to Oppland!

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  1. Welcome to Oppland!

  2. Oppland county • Area: approx. 25.000 km2 • Population: approx. 180.000 • Municipalities: 26 • Regions: 6Hadeland, Gjøvik, Lillehammer, Valdres,Midt-Gudbrandsdal, Nord-Gudbrandsdal • Towns: 4Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Fagernes, Otta

  3. Geography • 80 % above 600 m above sea level • Norway’s biggest lake, Mjøsa • Norway’s highest mountain, Galdhøpiggen 2469 m • Typical inland climate • Historically an agricultural county

  4. Trade, industry and tourism • Business structure - Most SMEs - Public administration is the biggest employer - Some large companies • Tourism - The biggest number of cabins in Norway - Large attractions - Maihaugen - Hunderfossen Family Park - Hadeland Glass Factory - Olympic arenas - Skibladner

  5. Culture and culturalheritage • Festivals - The Norwegian Festival of Literature (the biggest in the Nordic area) - The Peer Gynt Festival (approx 12 000 spectators) • Traditions - Stave churches - 600 protected buildings - Many archaeological findings

  6. Education • 2 university colleges • 13 upper secondary education • Special offers - NTG (The Norwegian College of Elite Sport) - Nansenskolen (NorwegianHumanisticAcademy)

  7. Infrastructure • Communications - Roads - Railway - Airport • Broadband

  8. Norwegianpublicadministration Three levels: • Central government • County Council (19) • Municipality (430)

  9. Politicalorganisation • County Council – 37 elected repr. • County Executive Board – 9 repr. • Committees since the 2011 election: - The Education Committee - The Transport Committee - The Culture, Environment and Regional Development Committee Gro Lundby, Labour Party ChairoftheCountyCouncil • Parties in the CountyCouncil: • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Centre Party • Christian Democratic Party • Liberal Party • Socialist Left Party • Progress Party

  10. Politicalorganisation County Council Culture, Environment and Regional Development Committee Education Committee Transport Committee County Executive Board County Mayor, vice-chair and committee chairs Regional representation

  11. Administrativeorganisation Chief CountyExecutive Group Rasmus Olav Vigrestad, CCE Terje Kind Hjalmar Solbjør • CCE advisers • Information • Purchasing, law • Politicalsecretariat • Ownership Departments Teams and networks • Uppersecondaryeducation – 13 schools, 4 teams, 6 careercenters • Opplandstrafikk – 3 teams • Regional development – 4 teams • Culture • Cultural heritage • Dental services – 22 dental clinics • Learningteam/network • Info network • Countylibrary • Countyarchive • Property • ICT • Human resources • Finances • Archive (central adm.) • Service center

  12. Economics Total: 1.800.000.000 NOK

  13. Employees and ownership in the County • Approx. 1850 employees in total • Approx. 200 employees in the central administration • Oppland County Council is co-owner of approx. 25 companies

  14. Countyresponsibilities • Uppersecondaryeducation • Careercentres, adult learning • Regional transport • Regional development • Business development • Regional planning • Environment, energy, climate • Tourism • Culture • Public health • Cultural heritage • Regional library • Dental healthcare

  15. Uppersecondaryeducation • 13 upper secondary schools • Vocational education • 2 folk high schools • Career centres • Adult learning

  16. Transport • Responsible for public transport • Transport of school children • Transport for disabled and less mobile people • Service rides and dial-a-ride • Transport licences

  17. Regional development • Competencewithin - Regional industrial and commercialdevelopment - Environmental and social planning - Strategic transport • Facilitate value creation, innovation and entrepreneurship • Tourismdevelopment

  18. Culture • Festivals • Film • Culture for children and youth • Artist support • Culture and business • International relations • Public health and sports

  19. Cultural heritage • Administration of national and regional cultural heritage • Distribute financial support to protected buildings • Distribute financial support to museums

  20. Dental services Responsible for providing free dental care to: • Children and youth 0-18 years • Mentally disabled • The elderly, disabled and long term ill in institutions and community nursing • 22 clinics • Difficult to recruit dentists because of the decentralisedstructure

  21. Countylibrary • Initiate library development in the county • Coordinate library projects • Competence centre • Projects - ”Detsømløsebibliotek” - Author web Oppland • Learning computing in the library • Storytelling

  22. Countyarchives • Depot for archives that are not in daily use • Storage of archives for 34 municipalities in Oppland and Hedmark • Development of Kulturnett

  23. Internationalisation • International strategy adopted by the County Council in June 2012 • Active participation in European policy development • Contribute to increased internationalisation in Oppland • Participation in international organisations • Bilateral cooperation agreements

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