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From Vision to Practice – Insights from Nordic-Baltic 5G applications across sectors
No full textThis report builds on the findings of the Nordic-Baltic 5G Monitoring Tool (N-B 5G MT) project ‘Analytical Report’, which focused on mapping 5G activities in the Nordic-Baltic region and analysing their roll-out status. In this follow-up report, we delve deeper into actual 5G applications across different verticals (i.e. sectors), including healthcare, transportation/mobility, industry and media/broadcasting. The Nordic-Baltic region faces knowledge gaps in understanding 5G’s full economic impact, despite its role as both a service and an enabler. While there’s notable activity in sectors like transport, smart cities, and health, most 5G projects are still in the early stages, and the business case for widespread 5G deployment is not yet clear. This report examines how various sectors address these challenges and what can be learned from their experiences in advancing 5G development. The report identifies challenges in each sector, such as funding constraints in healthcare, technical hurdles in transportation, market immaturity in industry, and infrastructure investment needs in media, highlighting the complex landscape of 5G deployment. The project’s key findings point to a number of cross-cutting challenges that require comprehensive attention and solutions: - Uncertain business cases: There is a need for empirical validation of 5G’s potential and specific benefits to encourage investment and innovation. - Financial barriers: Challenges include insufficient early-stage funding and high deployment costs, requiring supportive funding and regulatory frameworks. - Technical and infrastructural limitations: Regulatory and financial support are needed for better connectivity in rural areas. - Regulatory constraints: Complex requirements around spectrum allocation, licensing, data security, and privacy demand tailored regulatory frameworks and close collaboration between stakeholders. - Security, privacy, and ethics: These issues are closely linked to regulatory challenges and include concerns about data protection and management, GDPR compliance and cybersecurity. - Acceptability and usability: Efforts to simplify 5G technology for broader adoption and overcome infrastructure development resistance are essential. - Collaboration challenges: There is a demand to foster collaborative environments through forums, dialogue sessions, and cross-border partnerships. Overall, the report emphasises the need for a systemic approach to addressing these challenges. This includes clarifying the business value of 5G; fostering ecosystems for collaboration; and ensuring that policy and regulatory frameworks support the innovative, equitable deployment of 5G technology. Overcoming these hurdles will require concerted efforts from all stakeholders, including governments, industry and the wider community. Only then will the transformative potential of 5G for society be fully realised
Helsingin sopimuksen päivittäminen : Pohjoismaiden neuvoston työryhmän raportti
No full textPohjoismaisen yhteistyön merkitys Pohjolassa ja kansainvälisesti on historiallisessa vaiheessa, kun Euroopassa käydään sotaa ja turvattomuus maailmalla jatkuu ja pahenee. Kaikki Pohjoismaat ovat Naton jäseniä, mikä avaa uusia mahdollisuuksia pohjoismaiselle yhteistyölle. Samaan aikaan maailmalla on edessään useita suuria haasteita, kuten luonnon monimuotoisuuden köyhtyminen ja ilmastonmuutos, tekoäly ja kyberturvallisuus sekä eriarvoisuuden lisääntyminen ja demokratiaan kohdistuvat uhat. Pohjoismainen yhteistyö ei ole koskaan ollut näin tärkeää, ja pohjoismaisen yhteistyön perustuslain – Helsingin sopimuksen – on käsiteltävä niitä haasteita ja mahdollisuuksia, jotka Pohjolalla on edessään. Meidän on annettava pohjoismaiselle yhteistyölle tilaa kehittyä ja vahvistua. Pohjoismaisen yhteistyön on oltava ajassa kiinni, kun pidetään mielessä tämän hetken ja tulevaisuuden haasteet. Kun mietitään kaikkia suuria muutoksia, joita Pohjolassa ja maailmalla on tapahtunut Helsingin sopimuksen edellisen päivittämisen jälkeen vuonna 1995, mieleen tulee kysymys, milloin sopimusta tulisi päivittää, jollei nyt
Economic Policy beyond the Pandemic in the Nordic Countries
No full textThis comprehensive report delves into the economic policy responses of the Nordic countries amidst the tumultuous period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent recovery phase, the energy crisis, and inflation spanning from 2020 to 2023. It provides a critical examination of the macroeconomic strategies employed during these challenging times, highlighting the lessons learned and the effectiveness of different policies. The report raises pivotal questions regarding the outcomes of these policies, their impact on the Nordic economies, and the lessons that these countries can glean from each other's experiences. Key Findings and Highlights: Fiscal Support Measures: The report evaluates the unprecedented fiscal support measures implemented by the Nordic countries during the pandemic. It discusses how these measures, while stabilizing the economies, resulted in overgenerous subsidies to firms, indicating areas for future refinement. Job Retention Schemes: An analysis of job retention schemes reveals their critical role in preserving employment during the pandemic. The report suggests that while effective, these schemes should be designed to avoid hindering necessary structural changes within the economies. Fiscal Policy Challenges: The need for fiscal policies that can stabilize the business cycle, provide household income loss insurance, allow for public investment, and address the needs of an ageing population is emphasized. It argues for debt financing beyond current limits to meet urgent investment needs. Energy Crisis and Green Transition: The energy crisis is examined as a case study in balancing immediate relief with long-term sustainability goals. The report discusses the importance of allowing price mechanisms to encourage the green transition while providing timely support to consumers and businesses. Overall the report underscores the importance of policy adaptability, advocating for economic policies that can swiftly respond to unforeseen crises without compromising long-term fiscal sustainability. It calls for targeted support measures that aid vulnerable households and firms during economic downturns without impeding structural adjustments. Furthermore, it emphasizes the necessity for adequate resources towards active labour market policies, including vocational training and subsidized employment. Facing intricate trade-offs between maintaining robust economic policy frameworks and adapting to new challenges, the Nordic countries stand at a crossroads. The report advocates for a vibrant exchange of policy insights and impacts, stressing the need for adaptable, targeted, and well-resourced economic policies. This report is essential reading for policymakers, economists, and anyone interested in the complexities of economic policy-making in the face of multiple crises. It offers a thorough analysis of the Nordic experience, providing valuable lessons for both the region and beyond
Accelerating a Just Energy Transition : Nordic stakeholder input on opportunities, challenges, and best practices
No full textThis policy brief highlights key takeaways from a Nordic stakeholder dialogue, during 2023, with more than 60 business leaders, researchers, policy-makers, public servants, entrepreneurs and representatives from interest groups. They shared solutions, challenges, suggestions for policy development, opportunities, and best practices, on the topic “Accelerating a just Energy Transition” in Transport and Energy Systems. Three overall observations were; a) Defining “a just energy transition” from a Nordic perspective, setting targets and sharing a positive vision of the society when the transition is made, would help prioritize actions; b) Knowledge gaps in authorities and society needs to be filled; c) Social resistance and reluctance to change behaviour might block transition, so besides technological progress and economic incentives, a more human centered approach is needed
Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperation in the Nordic Region : Analysis of Three Case Studies on the Swedish Border
No full textCross-border municipalities in Sweden and its Nordic neighbours are already well integrated. They have strong links and cooperate closely, in particular through cross-border committees involving local and regional authorities or through direct cooperation at the municipal level. However, issues hindering greater integration of cross-border municipalities and regions remain. This study focuses on three cases in the Swedish-Finnish, Swedish-Norwegian and Swedish-Danish border regions that face different topographical challenges. Through interviews with local and regional stakeholders, the main challenges with regard to furthering cross-border integration were identified. In this report, our research focuses on the following key questions:- What national support for urban-urban development across borders is needed by border towns and cities?- What coordination efforts (horizontal and vertical) are needed to achieve sustainable and green urban development in Nordic cross-border towns and cities?- What policy recommendations can be made based on the existing needs in border municipalities
Green nudges in Nordic cities : Increasing the use of reusable cups
No full textIn this report, Anthesis and iNudgeyou share the results of behavioural interventions (nudges) implemented to increase the use of reusable cups at cafés and similar locations. Nudges were implemented in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothenburg, in collaboration with Original Coffee, Espresso House, Circle K, Nordrest and a Nordea office café. Results reveal varying impact of different types of nudges. In general, direct questions from personnel is much more effective than infographics with various content. Other types of nudges, such as revealing social norms also show potential. How nudges are implemented also matters, as do the setting (closed or open) and systems used for the reusable cups alternative. We discuss the importance of not only increasing the uptake of reusable cups, but also the return. We also discuss conditions for successfully scaling impactful interventions and conclude with recommendations for both businesses and policy makers
Nordic Ethical AI Guidebook : Insights from the Nordic Ethical AI Sandbox
No full textThe vision of the AI & Data program is to establish the Nordic region as world leading in digitalisation, ethical AI, and responsible use of data. This report is part of a larger project, Nordic Ethical AI & Data Ecosystem Building, under the AI & Data program at Nordic Innovation. The goal of the project is to explore how Nordic datasets and capabilities in ethical AI and responsible use of data can contribute to the development of new innovative solutions in Nordic businesses. The report aims to answer the following questions: - What are the benefits of adopting an ethical and responsible approach to AI? - What does the regulatory landscape currently look like for AI? - What is the status of ethical and responsible AI in the Nordics today? - What is needed from businesses and decision makers to accelerate adoption of ethical and responsible AI in the Nordics
Accelerate Circular Construction : Recommendations for Public Authorities
No full textAs a part of the sustainability transition, circularity is gaining more and more attention from the Nordic construction sectors. It requires, however, a redefinition of current working practices, thereby becoming a multifaceted challenge for the stakeholders throughout the whole value chain. This research produced a set of recommendations on how local and national public authorities and the Nordic Council of Ministers can impact circularity in the construction field through advocacy, guidance, and financing. The report provides individual perspectives from five Nordic countries and synthesizes the findings in the form of recommendations
Mål- og resultatopfølgning på budget 2023
No full textRapporten, mål- og resultatopfølgning på budget 2023, dokumenterer, hvordan Nordisk Ministerråd har opnået de mål der blev sat i forbindelse med budget 2023 inden for de forskellige områder.
Nordic Co-operation Programme for Gender Equality and LGBTI 2025–2030
No full textThe Nordic Region has come a long way in its work towards gender equality and equal rights for LGBTI people through both legislation and political initiatives. However, the region still has a long way to go before all citizens can be said to have the same ability to influence and give shape to their lives, and to contribute to society on an equal footing, regardless of gender. Similarly, challenges remain to be solved before LGBTI people in the Nordic Region can be said to have the same rights and opportunities as the wider population. The Co-operation Programme describes the political priorities and objectives of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Gender Equality and LGBTI for the period 2025–2030 and how these relate to Vision 2030.