About this publication
Implementing missions in Nordic regions
Alberto Giacometti, Senior Research Advisor, and Sigrid Jessen, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio
© Nordregio 2025
Layout: Kotryna Juškaitė
Cover Photo: Max Van Den Oetelaar / unsplash.com
This Policy Brief is the result of the project titled Missions-approach and Green Innovation Policy (GRINGO II) carried out on behalf of the Nordic Thematic Group for Green, Innovative and Resilient Regions (2021–2024). The project delved into the implementation and vertical co-ordination of mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs) in the Nordic context, with a particular focus on Sweden, Finland and Denmark, and selected regions within these countries. Emphasis is placed on approaches that provide directionality to innovation policy in alignment with broader policy frameworks to achieve the SDGs or Green Transition. Furthermore, we analyse how missions can be operationalised within Regional Innovation Systems (RIS).
Nordregio
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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