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Sustainable Regional Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Norway

Explore the Norwegian context of regional development, focusing on energy resources, population growth, employment, renewable energy, and regional policies. Discover the challenges and opportunities in linking weak regions with innovation and relevant business sectors.

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Sustainable Regional Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Norway

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  1. A regional development perspective Director General Hallgeir Aalbu Östersund, 19 February 2013

  2. The Norwegian context (1) • Almost only hydro-electricity • Price set at NordPool, only minor local differences • Energy exporter: both electricity and oil/gas

  3. The Norwegian context (2) • Strong population growth • Labour shortage • A new regional divide: coast vs. inland

  4. Employment Export per capita

  5. Renewable energy as a potential for rural development • National policies vs. local interests • New opportunities, especially when • Functionally connected • Embedded in regional innovation systems • Challenge: to link weak regions with innovation and the relevant business sectors

  6. Regional policies • Regional policy measures • Innovation and entrepreneurship • Local attractiveness • No sector-specific incentives • Challenge: to use the planet’s resources to the benefit of the moon

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