Member Profile

Dalarna

Presentation of the Region

Region Dalarna is responsible for publicly financed healthcare, medical care and regional development.

The Region Dalarna's elected Assembly consists of 83 members. These politicians are also active as members in different boards within the Region Dalarna. The Region Dalarna Executive has 15 members.The total area of Dalarna County is more than 28 000 km². In one form or another the Region Dalarna operates all over this area with almost 9 000 employees who give service to the county's 281 000 inhabitants in 15 municipalities.

Region Dalarnas innovation policy and RIS3 builds upon the Dala Strategy. The Dala Strategy’s focus area, Innovative environments and entrepreneurship, emphasizes the significance of the business sector’s capacity for change and competitiveness. Specialized products and services are to continue to be developed within the areas of strength in Dalarna in national and international collaboration. Such products and services create business opportunities and contribute to addressin the social challenges of today and tomorrow.

Region Dalarna is participating in the Vanguard Pilot Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Related Applications.

RIS3 Priorities

In Dalarna’s agenda for smart specialization, four areas are prioritized. The priorities are based on business sector strengths, clusters and societal actors. They also find support in the research profiles of Dalarna University and in resources from other universities. They can all, in different ways, qualify for international cooperation and attract research and innovation resources. To succeed in this, stakeholders must mobilize, identify needs and societal challenges, and show that there is capacity to contribute with solutions in cooperation with other parties.

Here, the smart specialization work is initiated in four areas of knowledge:

• advanced industry
• innovative experience production
• energy efficient society
• health and welfare

Region Dalarna is currently updating the S3-strategy to a S4 -strategy.

The new strategy ist estimated to be finished in 2022.

Regional Contact Persons
Eva Lundin

Innovation Advisor

Regional Address

Vasagatan 27
79129 Falun
Sweden

Brussels Office Address

Rue de Luxembourg 3
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Our Pilots

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Progress update from the Adma Energy pilot

ADMA Energy: Actions and priorities for 2021 The ADMA Energy Pilot action plan builds on the work carried out in 2020 and aims at presenting the expected object

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ADMA Pilot updates January - April 2020

With the completion of the NeSSIE project in 2019 and the Pilot Action on Sens