Search results

The national strategy for regional competitiveness, entrepreneurship and employment 2007-2013 should help to create competitive regions and individuals in Sweden. The government has identified the following national priorities for regional competitiveness, entrepreneurship and employment 2007-2013: innovation and renewal; skills supply and improved workforce supply; accessibility; and strategic cross-border cooperation. In accordance with the European strategic guidelines for cohesion, the national strategy provides guidelines for structural fund programmes for regional competitiveness and employment 2007-2013. The strategy forms Sweden’s national strategic reference framework for cohesion policy, which is to be implemented in Sweden via eight regional structural fund programmes and a national structural fund programme with eight regional plans.