Övre Norrland, made real.
Övre Norrland keeps being paid to do one thing more than any other: sme business development and internationalisation, including productive investments. Here's the rest of its funded life.
Övre Norrland, a NUTS2 region in Sweden (SE33), has received substantial EU funding. Between 2015 and 2024, 219 projects in the region were awarded a total of €390,251,112.
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the primary financial instrument, supporting 178 projects. A significant portion of funding targets SME business development and internationalisation, alongside advanced support services for SMEs. Additionally, resources are allocated to skills development for smart specialisation and industrial transition, fostering enterprise adaptability. These investments aim to strengthen the regional business landscape and workforce capabilities.
Funding has seen a notable increase in recent years. The last three years accounted for €249,478,235, which is considerably more than the €140,772,877 awarded in the preceding period.
- · No individual large projects were identified in the source data.
- · Funding is heavily concentrated in the European Regional Development Fund.
- · Tillväxtverket manages a substantial number of the region's projects.
- SME business development and internationalisation, including productive investments28 · €80.3M
- Advanced support services for SMEs and groups of SMEs (including management, marketing and design services)19 · €44.5M
- Skills development for smart specialisation, industrial transition, entrepreneurship and adaptability of enterprises to change14 · €45.7M
- SME business development, support to entrepreneurship and incubation (including support to spin offs and spin outs)12 · €12.7M
- Research and innovation processes, technology transfer and cooperation between enterprises, research centres and universities, focusing on the low carbon economy, resilience and adaptation to climate change11 · €26.4M
- Research and innovation activities in SMEs, including networking10 · €10.0M
- ERDF178 · €302.4M
- ESF23 · €25.6M
- JTF18 · €62.3M
- Tillväxtverket80 · €116.6M
- Rådet för Europeiska socialfonden (Svenska ESF-rådet)23 · €25.6M
No CORDIS projects surfaced for this region right now. The MCP signal may not yet index every NUTS2.
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