Bearing has since 2009, in many different projects and roles, been involved in local and regional development projects in the Swedish county of Östergötland. The last 2-3 years our focus has been on supporting the region with expertise and methodology in development and implementation of an enhanced quad-helix based innovation environment and definition and implementation… Continue reading Östergötland – prepared to meet the global hyper competition
Tag: East Sweden Business Region
The Digital Visitor
Bearing has today delivered a pre-feasibility report to the East Sweden region, titled “The Digtal Visitor”. The purpose of the study has been to describe the initial findings for development of an integrated project based on the concept of the “Digitial Visitor” to the Östergötland region of Sweden, documenting the experiences and emotions driven by… Continue reading The Digital Visitor
East Sweden Region – the county of Östergötland’s adaptation of RIS3
Yesterday I published a brief article about what we mean with RIS3. Today I will tell you a bit about the implementation of RIS3 in the East Sweden Region, where we are working on developing and now implementing smart specialisation since more than one year. Strategic governance and operationalisation There is currently extensive work within… Continue reading East Sweden Region – the county of Östergötland’s adaptation of RIS3
Visit Östergötland Place Management Development Workshop
In partnership with East Sweden Business Region (ESBR) and Visit Östergötland, Bearing held a Place Management development seminar and workshop on the 20th November at the beautiful Hemslöjden building in Linköping, Sweden. This seminar was one in a series of four where the goal is to prepare the regions’ tourism and hospitality industry for the… Continue reading Visit Östergötland Place Management Development Workshop
Regional development in East Sweden
On Tuesday April 16, I visited the East Sweden region to give a speech on development in the European Union and the EU Horizon 2020 strategy, at a regional conference in Åtvidaberg. The conference was about the smart specialization strategies for the region. We have written about the RIS3 framework and smart specialization previously on… Continue reading Regional development in East Sweden
Developing Place Management skills in East Sweden
Husby Säteri is a charming countryside manor, situated on top of a hill overlooking the Baltic Sea in the eastern part of Östergötland, Sweden. It was built in 1795 by Curt Philip Carl von Schwerin. The property was abandoned for a long time but in the late 20th century a new family acquired it. The… Continue reading Developing Place Management skills in East Sweden
News for East Sweden Business Region
Through competing in public procurement, Bearing has secured an exciting project with focus on business development, entrepreneurship, and organisational development for the expanding East Sweden Business Region (ESBR). East Sweden is a region driven by the two principal cities of Linköping and Norrköping and eleven smaller towns. It has 430,000 inhabitants and covers an area… Continue reading News for East Sweden Business Region