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View article: Screening Rural Data Sources
Screening Rural Data Sources Open
This document presents an initial screening of datasets that are relevant to capture rural diversity and to create novel indicators for rural areas. Following a semi-structured format of discovery and evaluation, we have documented 90 diff…
View article: MAP Position Paper (Finland) - Digitalisation in rural areas
MAP Position Paper (Finland) - Digitalisation in rural areas Open
The paper focuses on the key development needs and existing policy interventions to better connect rural areas and rural populations with the digital society in Finland. Among the sub-themes addressed in the paper are challenges and opport…
View article: Challenges and Enablers to Integrate Land-Sea-Interactions in Cross-Border Marine and Coastal Planning: Experiences from the Pan Baltic Scope Collaboration
Challenges and Enablers to Integrate Land-Sea-Interactions in Cross-Border Marine and Coastal Planning: Experiences from the Pan Baltic Scope Collaboration Open
This paper analyses challenges and enablers for integrating a transboundary land-sea interaction (LSI) perspective into marine spatial planning (MSP) practice as experienced in the Baltic Sea Region. Collaborative research results from the…
View article: D5.1 Methods for setting-up MAPs
D5.1 Methods for setting-up MAPs Open
This document introduces the methodology for setting up MAPs in SHERPA, indicating how these MAPs might be started up, and which common structures they will share. This deliverable also provides a background on how Multi-Actor Platforms fu…
View article: Public service delivery in the Nordic Region: An exercise in collaborative governance
Public service delivery in the Nordic Region: An exercise in collaborative governance Open
Nordic welfare states are world renowned for providing high quality public services. Nordic municipal and regional authorities, in particular, play a central role in the delivery of key public services in areas, such as, health, education,…
View article: Public service delivery in the Nordic Region: An exercise in collaborative governance
Public service delivery in the Nordic Region: An exercise in collaborative governance Open
Now, more than ever, is Nordic collaboration required across all levels of governance to help overcome the devastating socio-economic impacts of the pandemic and to solve the shared challenges posed by climate change and growing urban-rura…
View article: SHERPA Conference 2020 | Contribution to the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
SHERPA Conference 2020 | Contribution to the Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas Open
This document reports on the first SHERPA conference hosted virtually between 30 November and 1 December 2020, which gathered around 120 participants from 26 countries (23 Member States). The main outcomes of the conference are reflected i…
View article: The Rural under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union: Sustainable Rural Development aspects of Pillar II in Finland and Estonia
The Rural under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union: Sustainable Rural Development aspects of Pillar II in Finland and Estonia Open
National ministries of agriculture and competent EU authorities currently have the reforms of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) high on their agendas in terms of planning and designing the upcoming programmatic period. Also subject…
View article: Attractive Rural Municipalities in the Nordic countries: Jobs, People and Reasons for Success from 14 Case Studies
Attractive Rural Municipalities in the Nordic countries: Jobs, People and Reasons for Success from 14 Case Studies Open
The final report of the “Rural Attractiveness in Norden” project seeks to capture the underlying reasons for some municipalities showing success in employment and demographic development compared to other municipalities which have similar …
View article: Future Water: Comparing and contrasting approaches to predicting water quality
Future Water: Comparing and contrasting approaches to predicting water quality Open
Globally, surface water quality deterioration is an important issue exacerbated by increasing urbanisation, intensified agricultural activities and climate change. To mitigate this increase in waterway pollution there is a strong need for …
View article: Towards sustainability of marine governance: Challenges and enablers for stakeholder integration in transboundary marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea
Towards sustainability of marine governance: Challenges and enablers for stakeholder integration in transboundary marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Open
Integrating stakeholder knowledge, views and needs in marine or maritime spatial planning (MSP) processes is important from a governance and social sustainability perspective both for MSP practitioners and for the evolving field of MSP res…
View article: Towards a Ladder of Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning Participation
Towards a Ladder of Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning Participation Open
Presently, institutional systems and practices in marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP) are evolving rapidly. At the same time, cross-border learning and exchange are still at an early stage. This chapter is based on the need to assess an…
View article: The Rapidly Developing Nordic Bioeconomy : Exerpt from State of the Nordic Region 2018
The Rapidly Developing Nordic Bioeconomy : Exerpt from State of the Nordic Region 2018 Open
The Rapidly Developing Nordic Bioeconomy is a reprint of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ State of the Nordic Region 2018. The new bioeconomy, and the general shift from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy, is an area with vast potential…