This working paper is a part of the project “Early Career Mobility in the Nordic Region”. The project explores current migration aspirations and associated factors of young people in the Nordic region. The study is conducted under the Nordic Thematic Group for Green, Innovative and Resilient Regions (2021 – 2024).
This policy brief is based on one of Nordregio’s Localising Agenda 2030 webinars. It highlights specific tools and processes employed by Nordic municipalities and NGOs to ensure systematic youth engagement and follow-up at the local level. During the webinar, municipal representatives from Gladsaxe in Denmark, Hafnarfjörður in Iceland, Tierp in Sweden and Korsholm in Finland presented their tested tools and insights, along with two Swedish NGOs: Future Minds and Youth 2030 Movement.
The Nordic Rural Youth Panel has synthesized a report outlining 40 actionable recommendations for making rural areas in the Nordic region more attractive for young people. The recommendations address the ongoing trend of young people moving to cities, highlighting the need for better public transportation, various housing options, and education that connects to local job markets in rural areas. The panel wants to change the common view that success and a good life can only be found in cities, and highlight the potential and vibrancy of rural areas.
This policy brief delves into the importance of understanding and supporting the priorities of young people in Nordic rural regions to ensure these communities thrive. It highlights the importance of addressing challenges that keep youth from staying in rural areas and engaging with those unsure about their future there. Serving as a comprehensive guide for policymakers, the policy brief contextualises the report from the Nordic rural youth panel “From Fields to Futures: 40 action points for rural revitalisation”.
This policy brief addresses the challenges and opportunities of the green transition in Nordic rural areas, emphasizing the need for more fair approaches. It underscores the significance of involving local communities in renewable energy projects.
Service provision is one of the key factors that make rural areas attractive and viable. Recent and ongoing developments, such as migration flows, digitalisation and the effects of climate change influence service accessibility and perceptions of which services are essential for everyday rural lives. It is therefore relevant to investigate service provision and access to services from different perspectives.
This discussion paper outlines the project Gen Z Agency: Mobilising young people to strengthen Nordic rural areas, highlighting what we did and how we did it when engaging young people to tell us what policy and decision-makers need to do to revitalise Nordic rural areas.
Inclusive businesses (IBs) resonate with policymakers seeking to leverage private capital in support of poverty alleviation and sustainable development. In the agri-food sector, which represents the largest segment of the base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) market and a key source of livelihood for the rural poor, there is limited evidence on their diversity and social value creation mechanisms. This prevents practitioners from identifying impactful IB types and design features. A statistical analysis of 46 cases in Tanzania and Ghana identified four IB types: (1) self-reliant agribusinesses, (2) domestic plantation companies, (3) social enterprises, and (4) locally-embedded Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our findings suggest that socially-driven and localized IBs hold high impact potential but require significant external support, while more self-sufficient IBs adopt less socially innovative designs. This study demonstrates the utility of a data-driven approach to capture the complexity of real-world IBs, which yielded practical insights for more effective poverty alleviation through business means.
Har samkørsel et potentiale som fremtidens mobilitetsform, og hvordan kan brugen af samkørsel øges i Danmark er spørgsmål, der besvares i denne artikel. Dette undersøges gennem et litteraturstudie, en klyngeanalyse med baggrund i en spørgeskemaundersøgelse, fokusgruppeinterviews, samt en analyse af samkørselsdata fra samkørselstjenesten nabogo. Det er fundet, at samkørsel har et potentiale for fremtidens mobilitet, da danskerne er åbne overfor mobilitetsformen, og ser flere fordele ved samkørsel særligt med hensyn til klimaet og miljøet. Samkørsel bruges primært i fritiden, hvorved potentialet for samkørsel kan blive større i forbindelse med pendling til og fra uddannelse eller arbejde. Samkørsel kræver en kritisk masse, hvilket kan opnås på flere arbejdspladser, da disse skaber en fælles destination for mange medarbejdere, og det har vist sig at skabe en høj gennemførelsesprocent i et projekt med nabogo sammenlignet med tidligere danske projekter. Samkørsel bruges primært af den unge generation, hvilket kan betyde, at behovet for egen bil udskydes, eller at den kollektive transport fravælges til fordel for samkørsel. Brugerne af samkørsel bor oftest i en storby, og samkørsel opfattes ligeledes blandt danskere som et storbyfænomen, hvilket betyder, at der kan være et uudnyttet potentiale for samkørsel uden for storbyerne. Undersøgelsen fandt, at for at øge brugen af samkørsel, er det vigtigt at belønne brugerne af samkørsel og udbrede kendskabet til samkørsel gennem målrettet promovering og oplysning til danskerne.
Notatet samler op på den projektbaserede læring, der er foregået i løbet af implementeringen af de forskellige indsatser i Projekt Faglært er fedt, herunder (1) En personlig og stedsbaseret informationsindsats om at blive faglært; (2) Virksomhedskatalog; (3) Oversigt over lokale lærer- og praktikpladser samt (4) Et lokalt samarbejdsforum med fokus på at skabe flere faglærte.
