1. Welcome to Östergötland! The Östergötland County Administrative Board

2. Östergötland >> East Sweden > One of the old counties > About 420 000 inhabitants >4th largest urban area >40,000 companies

3. Östergötland >> East Sweden > High employment rate – but lower than national average >Large number of women

4. Twin cities >> Norrköping - Linköping Linköping University 26 000 students Campus in both cities 2 Science and business parks

5. Bird lakes & Oak districts >> > Goal - Energy efficient county > Core competence within bioenergy >Potential to develop renewable energy > Over half working force is employed within knowledge-intensive fields > Center of excellence for aerospace, communications technology, software development, and electronics.

7. Östergötland County Administrative Board >> Multifaceted Authority 2 major tasks: >Making sure government policies and decisions are enacted at regional level. >Serving as a link between the inhabitants and the central government, Parliament and national civil servants. Non political organisation. Led by County Governor.

9. EC-grant >> In total Lead partner 11.298.000 EURO Partner 10.720.000 EURO

10. International cooperation is a way of promoting Östergötland but also to fulfill our goals in increasing the sustainable development and realisation of regional strategies. International >> strategy

11. Regional innovation & development 2007 >> Examples Advantage Hardwood – Business development in deciduos forestry Entree – Promoting female entrepreneurship FILES – Future-Oriented Implementation of Local Employment Strategies TOWER – Towards Sustainable Excellence by Innovating Regions

12. International >> activities > EU-cooperation; crossborder, transnational, interregional >Twinning agreements >Regionalised foreign trade, “door opener” for companies in Östergötland >Visits by foreign ambassadors

13. EU-programmes >> Ideas 2007-2013 >Regional business development Women’s entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in School Rural Development Low carbon economic growth >Environmental protection and control Oak landscape Coast and archipelago >Integration and gender equality Honour related violence >Other possible areas: Spatial planning | Cultural heritage | Civil defence and emergency planning FP 7 – Linköping University

14. Östergötland County Administrative Board PHONE +46 13 19 60 00 VISITING ADDRESS Östgötagatan 3 SE-581 86 Linköping, Sweden www.e.lst.se Photos by: Göran Billeson, Emma West (nr 9)