New EU Policy Officer at the office
Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden office in Brussels is finally complete. Our new EU Policy Officer has started! Get to know Sandra Jansson. (more…)
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Welcome to a sustainable region!
Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden – an entrepreneurial part of Sweden with green excellence
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Blekinge is on a Mission
From a regional perspective, and specifically for a small region, like Blekinge in southeast Sweden. The Missions method has emerged as a very important tool in addition to Smart Specialisation. In...
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Fossil fuel free region 2030 – Region Kalmar county’s position on “fit for 55”
Region Kalmar County welcomes the fit for 55 packages, as the county has a target to be completely fossil fuel free by 2030. Region Kalmar County regional development strategy builds on the foll...
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Big data conference, Linnaeus university
The host for this year's Big Data will of course be Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA). Find the programme and regitstartion here. We invite everyone ...
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Green light for Village fair 2030 in Region Kronoberg
Region Kronoberg has taken the decision to develop a Village fair for 2030 (Bymässa 20230). The aim is to increase the attractiveness of communities and villages. It puts focus on construction, cul...
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European Universities want the UK to stay
The 9 UK universities (EUniWell, UnaEuropa, Eutopia, Aurora, Yufe, Civica, Civis, CircleU, NeuroTech EU) involved in European University Alliances are working together to influence future UK engage...
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Smart Housing Småland official partner to the New European Bauhaus
As an innovation arena for sustainable housing in wood and glass, there is a clear match between Smart Housing Småland and the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. Since then NEB was launched abo...
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Together we can make the transition to a circular building sector happen
How can cities and regions support a more circular building sector? That was the question discussed during a breakfast webinar we organised this morning together with Gothenburg European office. Th...
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Who we are
Småland Blekinge Halland South Sweden collaboration between five counties and two universities in the southern part of Sweden.
The area is inhabited by more than 1,3 million people, which corresponds to approximately a tenth of Sweden’s population. In the geography you will find midsized cities, towns of different sizes and rural areas. Our region is famous for the strong entrepreneurial spirit with an important amount of SME’s and several clusters. The manufacturing industry, often rooted in the green economy, plays an important role for our economy, not least since the share of the total export value of Sweden is quite significant.
The universities and the clusters have created innovative excellence in several fields, such as marine technology, forest-based products, digitalised information driven health tech, advanced metal products.
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