Council of Europe July Paris

The Lisbon strategy takes place in County of S ö rmland

County of Sörmland part of EU

My presentation -The Bottom up model –and correlation with steering documents, choosen indicators -Where we stand today in the municipalities/regions- present –day challenges -What I exepect to gain from the meeting in Paris -General thoughts and questions

Aims S ö rmland municipalities will actively contribute to the realisation of the Lisbon Strategy in order to reach positive growth and development in the region. Increased awareness and understanding of the indicators ’ importance for development of the region. Contribute to dissemination of knowledge about our EU membership.

Holistic approach ” Bottom up ” Current situation What do we do? What do we want? Municipalities in Sörmland Regional level National level EU

The vision The Sörmland County Strategy The Lisbon indicators Strategies to reach the goal The Lisbonstrategy in County of Sörmland Carry out the LisbonStrategy

Framework – Indicators When following up indicators, movement should be measured Indicators should be relevant to citizens Follow our sustainable growth Be important/relevant to the organisation Point to major areas of improvement Be included in the Lisbon strategy

Discussion in each municipality, spring 07, and summarised in joint strategy. E.g Sörmland is growing faster than the national average Indicator – economic growth

Indicator – population growth Employment rate % Employment rate, people from non- Nordic countries Wage levels for immigrant population Accumulated results/increased turnover Number of newly started companies

Indicator – higher education Education level, human capital

Higher education

Indicator – enviroment Carbon dioxide/ base year/ capita, excluding SSAB Number of enviromentally classified cars. Amount of residue waste

Emission of greenhouse gases

Indicator – working/living enviroment Healthy workforce/ capacity

Where we stand today Keys for success Link to existing development processes Politicians must ”own” the process EU issues must be communicated in the ”market square” Build networks with other regions Create projects, for example Interreg IV:c

Where we stand today Project organisation Operative project management group set up comprising chief executives and the Regional Council ’ s managing director The executive committees of the Regional Council and the municipalities form a steering group, charged of two politicians The Regional Council is responsible for coordinating external stakeholders, collecting and processing data, etc.

General thoughts and questions with focus on to help the politicians How to combine political ambitions/region challenges with relevant statistic How to force the politicians to really own the project More regional statistics is needed Important with the dialogue with the citizens (EU on the marketsquare) Horizontal dialogue/vertical dialogue Is it necessary to have right to local taxes to create results?

What I expect to gain from the meeting in Paris Ideas concerning statistics, how we measure(indicators), describe, and dialogue with the citizens Support for our work in Sormland Benchmarking, regions to compare with

Long term goals 2010 Growth in S ö rmland are …….. Inhabitants in S ö rmland are more positive towards both regional development and EU cooperation. S ö rmland and its municipalities are on the EU ” growth map ”.