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Nordic Forward: Resilience and competitiveness for 2050

Program 2025 - 2027 Active

The focus in this program is on building robust cross-border value chains, fostering deeptech business ventures and enabling data-driven ecosystems. The aim is to strengthen the Nordic region’s long-term competitiveness and resilience through the application of new technologies, deep-tech and new collaboration structures. The program will support ecosystems and value chain collaboration to solve global and Nordic societal challenges and achieve impact at a systemic level.

We are working towards this program mission through three innovation areas:  

  • Establish Nordic innovation ecosystems and value chains for long-term competitiveness and transition to a more sustainable, resilient and competitive society.  
  • Use of critical technologies to increase innovation capacity for sustainable transition and uncovering the business opportunities, scaling the innovative and digital service sector.  
  • Contribute to strategic innovation projects where resilience against external threats like for instance the climate and environment, health and demography, democracy are addressed.

Please se our new call for project outlines: Green and competitive nordic region.
Apply online by Wednesday 11 June at 13:00 CEST

Contacts

Olivia Rekman - Innovation Adviser

Olivia Rekman

Innovation Adviser
Prior to joining Nordic Innovation in 2022, Olivia has worked for several years as an innovation consultant. In her role, she helped international consortiums of SMEs, start-ups and large companies as well as universities, to secure soft funding for green & deep-tech innovation projects. Olivia holds an MSc in International Business & Politics, and founded a CSR consultancy in 2010. Besides her experience in navigating innovation ecosystems and international business development & public policy analysis, Olivia has lived and worked in all Scandinavian countries.

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Nina Egeli - Senior Innovation Adviser

Nina Egeli

Senior Innovation Adviser
Internationalization, innovation and business development support, in combination with a strong background in strategy and policy development are main pillars in Nina’s professional life. Through project design and management, she aims to fit market needs with relevant services and opportunities that allows new business partnerships and business projects to prosper.

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