Welcome to the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) Forum on March 24-25, 2022 at The Great Northern in Skellefteå. Registration is now open.
Focus for the forum will be on strengthening the cooperation in the northernmost of Europe to the benefit of all Europe. The regions of the NSPA are in the frontline for the green industrial transition. We deliver resources for the European electrification and bioeconomy and provide an overall unique innovation system in the European Arctic.
Invited guests and workshops will focus on our areas of opportunities to grow together and deliver sustainable development in the EU. During the days in Skellefteå we will have a great conference reception in Sara Culture house, the tallest wooden building in Europa, and have opportunity to visit the location for the new world leading battery factory, Northvolt.
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- Updated program
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Preliminary program
Thursday, March 24
9:30—12:30 Study Visit
At Northvolt Battery Plant in Skellefteå, followed by a “mini work-shop” on tackling the need of the northernmost regions to attract skilled work-force and potential collaboration in the NSPA regions on this.
12:00 Lunch
At the Great Northern
13:00 Welcome to the NSPA Forum
Presentations from the four Working Groups on NSPA potentials for the EU
13:30 Arctic Resources – Bioeconomy
Working group 1
14:00 Arctic Resources – Minerals
Working group 2
14:30 Arctic Advantages
Working group 3
15:00 Fika
15:30 Arctic Attractiveness
Working group 4
16:00 Summing up
Discussion of the presentations and NSPA common work ahead
16:30 Arctic Investment Platform to deliver investments in the NSPA
Presenting of the market study made on NSPA by the European Investment Fund (EIF)
17:30 End of the Day
17:30 NSPA Steering Committee meeting
(for SC members)
19:00 Dinner
At The Wood Hotel, Sara Culture House, one of the tallest timber buildings in the world, with an introduction about the building.
Friday 25 March
8:00 Take-Aways from Day 1
8:15 The new EU Arctic policy for the European Arctic and NSPA regions
9:00 OECD on a NSPA follow-up study supported by EU Commission DG Reform
9:30 Fika
10:00 Dialogue on the forming of the, by EU, granted NSPA common OECD project
To support regional growth capacity building