Sweden’s capacity for innovation is crucial to the nation’s economic growth and prosperity. It is therefore vital to develop research and innovation milieus that can compete internationally.
The seven North Sea Region Programme countries are Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the Flemish Region of Belgium, the UK and Norway. The region is connected by the North Sea, and the Programme area is made up of regions in the six Member States and Norway that border the North Sea. The
BONUS' vision is an economically and ecologically prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources and goods are used sustainably and where the long-term management of the region is based on sound knowledge derived from multi-disciplinary research. BONUS brings together the research communities of
VINNOVA, The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems integrates research and development in technology, transport and working life. VINNOVA's mission is to promote sustainable growth by financing RTD and development effective innovation systems.
The aim of the foundation is to support research of strategic importance for a good living environment. The foundation shall promote the development of robust research environments of the highest international class that will have a positive impact on Sweden's future competitiveness. The research
How can the technological developments in the areas of vehicles and IT be used to bring about necessary changes? How can the choices and behaviour of consumers and businesses be altered to accord with sustainable development? How can we improve the basis for political decisions about the use of
VINNOVA has announced a programme that covers the entire field of transport. The purpose of this announcement is to promote the development of the transport system to support sustainable development.
The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the competitiveness of the Swedish business sector. This will be achieved through more efficient and flexible logistics systems, and by helping the Swedish transport sector offer the required transport services, within the framework of long-term
In 1995 the Finnish, German and Russian Ministries of Transport started a co-operative development programme in the field of transport telematics together with Russian Ministry of Railway Transport and the City of St. Petersburg. This programme aimed to find smoother solutions for the international
When we take measures against incidents/accidents we can in the main take one of two courses of action. We can either concentrate on reducing the overall probability of the occurrence of incidents/accidents or on limiting their consequences. We usually talk about incident/accident prevention
