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The Interregional cooperation Programme INTERREG IVC, financed by the European Union’s Regional Development Fund, helps Regions of Europe work together to share experience and good practice in the area of innovation, the knowledge economy, the environment and risk prevention. EUR 302 million is available for project funding but, more than that, a wealth of knowledge and potential solutions are also on hand for regional policymakers.

Past events

APRIL 2012

19 apr, 4th Steering Committee meeting

The Steering Committee meeting will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria, hosted by our project partner ARDI - Agency for Regional Development and Innovation.

MARCH 2012

ROP Monitoring Committee

DECEMBER 2011

Local meeting 3, Regional Action Plan

NOVEMBER 2011

9 nov, 3rd Steering Committee meeting

9 nov, Green ICT - Study visit to Västernorrland, Sweden

Green ICT, Örnsköldsvik

PROGRAM 8 November

You can find the presentations below the program

Welcome to Örnsköldsvik - the city in the
World Heritage Area High coast of Sweden

Creating a Sustainable Municipality,
Jan Nyman, Municipality of Örnsköldsvik

ePower for the people and the environment,

Torbjörn Johansson, Innovation Impact, has been in charge of the project Citizen Centric Public Service in Sparsely Populated Areas. A project focusing on empowering people thru smart use of ICT and as an effect saving our environment by less needs of travels and transports.

Open sustainability

Thomas Mejtoft, researcher at Umeå University, will illustrate how open source and the ideas behind the open source movement can be used to enhance sustainable behavior.

Green ICT - turning problems into solutions

Håkan Nordin, co-founder of Greenpeace Sweden, entrepreneur with green focus and writer of the book Green ICT say’s: The emission of Co2 in the world needs to be reduced with 80%. Green ICT is one of the solutions. He is going to tell us how.

Do it like this - when you want to go green

Göran Nilsson, Canon Print Solutions and Sture Andersson, Örnsköldsvik municipality, is going to get hands on and give us tools and tips to use back home to reduce the use of paper and energy. Since Örnsköldsvik started to implement these new routines they have reduced print-outs by 4 million per year and thereby saved 500 trees and reduced the emission of CO2 with 280 ton. We will also hear about; Transfer of excess heat, e-meetings and e-learning, Automatic shutdown and Eco-labelled computers.

PROGRAM 9th November Study Visits on site

El-Forest

Energy efficient and environmentally sound forestry machinery of the future . El-forest AB was established 2006 by the inventors of the El-forest forwarder, the first forestry machine in the world that uses highly efficient electric hybrid technology. El-Forest represents the latest in forest hybrid technology and combines a high degree of utilization with the latest environmental technology and driver comfort.

Övik Energi

Övik Energi are using cold water from the bottom of the fjord next to the city to produce something called free cooling. This new plant provides residential blocks, industrial premises and shopping malls with cooling during warm summer days.

Presentations

Welcome to Örnsköldsvik »
ePower for the people, Torbjörn Johansson, »
Creating a sustainable municipality, Jan Nyman, Örnsköldsvik »
Do it like this, Göran Nilsson, Canon »
Green ICT, Håkan Nordin »
Open sustainibility, Mejtoft »

8 nov, Seminar 3: Green ICT

Västernorrland, Sweden

PROGRAM
Welcome to Örnsköldsvik - the city in the
World Heritage Area High coast of Sweden

Creating a Sustainable Municipality,
Jan Nyman, Municipality of Örnsköldsvik

ePower for the people and the environment,

Torbjörn Johansson, Innovation Impact, has been in charge of the project Citizen Centric Public Service in Sparsely Populated Areas. A project focusing on empowering people thru smart use of ICT and as an effect saving our environment by less needs of travels and transports.

Coffee break and discussions

Open sustainability

Thomas Mejtoft, researcher at Umeå University, will illustrate how open source and the ideas behind the open source movement can be used to enhance sustainable behavior.

Lunch

Green ICT - turning problems into solutions

Håkan Nordin, co-founder of Greenpeace Sweden, entrepreneur with green focus and writer of the book Green ICT say’s: The emission of Co2 in the world needs to be reduced with 80%. Green ICT is one of the solutions. He is going to tell us how.

Do it like this - when you want to go green

Sture Andersson, Örnsköldsvik municipality and Göran Nilsson, Print Solutions, is going to get hands on and give us tools and tips to use back home to reduce the use of paper and energy. Since Örnsköldsvik started to implement these new routines they have reduced print-outs by 4 million per year and thereby saved 500 trees and reduced the emission of CO2 with 280 ton. We will also hear about; Transfer of excess heat, e-meetings and e-learning, Automatic shutdown and Eco-labelled computers.

Closing of conference with coffee and discussions

For further information contact charlie.wallin@y.komforb.se

The seminar is a part of the Study Visit to Västernorrland.

Presentations