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Rooting for the Rural: Changing narratives and creating opportunities for Nordic rural youth

The project Gen-Z Agency: Mobilising young people to strengthen Nordic rural areas identifies solutions aimed at improving the living conditions of young people in rural areas. Nordregio worked with 25 young people from across the Nordic Region in a series of co-creative workshops and identified key enablers that will motivate young people to settle in rural areas.

The project was inspired by the Norwegian Rural Youth Panel, which recommendations has been widely used in the Report to the Storting 27 (2022-2023). Rural Youth’s thoughts and experiences are important for finding the most effective policy tools to enable a rural future for young people across the Nordic Region.

This resulted in 40 recommendations for rural municipalities and regions struggling with migration of young people.

All references can be found in the publication Gen Z Agency: Mobilising young people to strengthen Nordic rural areas. What we did and how we did.

Further reading:

“From Fields to Futures: 40 action points for rural revitalisation”: https://nordregio.org/publications/from-fields-to-futures-40-action-points-for-rural-revitalisation/
“Gen Z Agency: Mobilising young people to strengthen Nordic rural areas. What we did and how we did it”: https://nordregio.org/publications/gen-z-agency-mobilising-young-people-to-strengthen-nordic-rural-areas-what-we-did-and-how-we-did-it/
Youth as partners in the green transition: https://nordregio.org/publications/youth-as-partners-in-the-green-transition/

Mari Wøien Meijer
Elin Cedergren
Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir
Sofia Strömgård

Nordic Rural Youth Panel 2023

Nordregio Policy Brief 2023:5
ISSN: 2001-3876
DOI: 10.6027/PB2023:5.2001-3876

Layout: Kotryna Juskaite, Nordregio

Nordregio

The principal role of the Nordregio team has been to facilitate the formulation of action points for the rural youth panel. The recommendations and conclusions presented stem directly from the young participants themselves. Collaborating with this enthusiastic and diverse group of individuals from across the Nordic countries and self-governing territories has been a privilege.

Nordregio is a leading Nordic and European research centre for regional development and planning, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 1997. We conduct solution-oriented and applied research, addressing current issues from both a research perspective and the viewpoint of policymakers and practitioners. Operating at the international, national, regional and local levels, Nordregio’s research covers a wide geographic scope, emphasising the Nordic and Baltic Sea Regions, Europe and the Arctic.

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Stockholm, Sweden
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