Name | Country/ region | Representing | Years in TGC |
Petra Stenfors | Finland | Ministry of Economic Affairs & Employment (Chair 2021-2022 & Vice Chair 2023-2024) | 2021-2024 |
Anu Henriksson | Finland | Ministry of Economic Affairs & Employment (Chair 2021) | 2021 |
Katarina Fellman | Åland | ÅSUB/Statistics & Research Åland (Vice Chair & Chair) | 2022-2024 |
Jouko Kinnunen | Åland | ÅSUB/Statistics & Research Åland (Vice Chair) | 2021 |
Örjan Hag | Sweden | Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Division for Regional Growth and Rural Development | 2021-2024 |
Anders Wittrup | Norway | KMD | 2021 |
Olav Mydland | Norway | Regional Political dep at KMD (Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development) | 2021-2023 |
Bente Boye Lundh | Norway | Regional Political Dep at KMD/KDD | 2022-2024 |
Kristine Halken | Denmark | Danish Business Authority | 2021-2022 |
Daniel Ravn Paaske Jakobsen | Denmark | Danish Business Authority | 2022-2024 |
Sunna Þórðardóttir | Iceland | Ministry of Industries and Innovation / The Ministry of Culture and Commerce | 2021-2023 |
Elín Gróa Karlsdóttir | Iceland | Icelandic Tourist Board | 2021-2024 |
Guðný Hrafnkelsdóttir | Iceland | The Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs | 2023-2024 |
Morten Hørkild Sten | Greenland | Ministry of Finance | 2021-2023 |
Elsie Hellström | Cross-border | Svinesundskommittén | 2021 |
Cecilia Nilsson | Cross-border | Svinesundskommittén | 2021-2024 |
Denise Nilsson, Tue Bak, Nicolai Vædele | Cross-border | Greater Copenhagen | 2021 |
Kate Plaskonis | Cross-border | Greater Copenhagen | 2021-2023 |
Anna Engblom | Cross-border | Greater Copenhagen | 2024 |
Sarah Sofie Nielsen | Cross-border | Greater Copenhagen | 2024 |
Hans-Peter Carlson | Cross-border | Midtskandia | 2021-2024 |
Lena Merete Søderholm | Inter-govt agency | NORA | 2021-2024 |
Sissel Strickert | Regional | Agder Fylkeskommune | 2021-2024 |
Märta Molin | Regional | Region Västernorrland | 2021-2024 |
Susanne Sahlin | Regional | Region Västernorrland | 2021-2024 |
Laura Peuhkuri | Regional | The Regional Council of South Karelia | 2021-2024 |
Johanna Dahl | Regional | The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia | 2021-2024 |
Nynne Larsby Friis | Regional | Lejre kommune | 2022 |
Susanne Nors | Regional | Business Region MidtVest | 2023-2024 |
Gitte Mondrup | Inter-govt agency | Nordic Council of Ministers | 2021-2024 |
Anna Lundgren | Nordregio | Head of Secretariat & Project Leader | 2021–2024 |
Mari Wøien Meijer | Nordregio | Secretary & Project Leader | 2021–2022 |
Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir | Nordregio | Secretary & Project Leader | 2022–2023 |
Maja Brynteson | Nordregio | Secretary | 2023–2024 |
Vaida Ražaityté | Nordregio | Communications | 2021–2023 |
Anne Katrine Ebbesen | Nordregio | Communications | 2023–2024 |
Anna Vasilevskaya | Nordregio | GIS | 2021–2024 |
Oskar Penje | Nordregio | GIS | 2022 |
Alberto Giacometti | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2021–2024 |
Ágúst Bogason | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2021–2024 |
John Moodie | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2021–2024 |
Hilma Salonen | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2021–2024 |
Linda Randall | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2021–2023 |
Anna Granath Hansson | Nordregio | Project Leader | 2024 |
Linnea Löfving | Nordregio | Project Member | 2021–2022 |
Sigrid Jessen | Nordregio | Project Member | 2023–2024 |
Karen Refsgaard | Nordregio | Deputy Director | 2021–2024 |
Rolf Elmér | Nordregio | Director | 2021–2024 |
Year | Date | Location | Nr of participants |
2021 | 24 February | Online (kick-off meeting) | 20 |
2021 | 6 April | Online | 19 |
2021 | 16-17 September | Online (planned to be held in Mariehamn, Åland. Due to COVID-19, online meeting instead). | 19 |
2021 | 30 November – 1 December | Stockholm | 19 |
2022 | 24 March | Online | 19 |
2022 | 14-15 June | Stockholm | 15 |
2022 | 21-22 September | Online | 24 |
2022 | 23 November | Hamar | 16 |
2023 | 20 March | Online | 26 |
2023 | 14 – 15 June | Mariehamn | 19 |
2023 | 16-18 October | Reykjavik | 15 |
2024 | 31 January | Online | 20 |
2024 | 10-11 June | Copenhagen | 23 |
2024 | 13 September | Online | 21 |
2024 | 19 November | Luleå | 16 |
2025 | 21-22 January | Stockholm (final meeting) |
Year | Arena activity |
2021 | Competence mobility: Will we travel less after the pandemic? Webinar with Prof. Jonas Eliasson, Linköping University and stakeholders |
2021 | Regional leadership: Who should lead the green transition? Webinar with Prof. Markku Sotarauta, Tampere University and stakeholders |
2022 | Remote work: Webinar with presentation of research results and discussion with stakeholders |
2023 | GRINGO 1: Who drives green innovation? Webinar with presentation of research results and discussion with academics and stakeholders |
2023 | GRINGO 2: The regional role in working with missions. Webinar with Fabienne Covers, European Commission and stakeholders |
2023 | Remote work: Nordic urban rural typology |
2024 | Remote work: Beyond the city limits, possibilities and uncertainties of remote work |
2024 | GRINGO 1: Who leads green innovation? Workshop at Nordregio Forum |
2025 | Upcoming: Socially sustainable tourism |
2025 | TGC Final event: Future-proofing the Nordics – what is resilient leadership? An event about the regional collaborative approach. |
Year | Roadshow activity/ presentation |
2021 | Regional leadership: Paper writing |
2021 | Project presentations and contributing to dialogue at Nordregio Forum |
2021-2022 | GRINGO 1: Systems innovation course |
2022 | Project presentations and contributing to dialogue at Nordregio Forum |
2023 | TGC Communications: Policy brief course |
2023 | GRINGO 1: Paper writing and presentation at Regional Studies Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
2023 | GRINGO 2: Paper writing |
2023 | TGC projects presentation: Regional Directors meeting, Finland (digital) |
2023 | Competence mobility: Paper writing and presentation at RENEW Conference, Oslo, Norway |
2023 | Competence mobility: Presentation Fehmarn Belt Days, Denmark and Almedalen, Gotland, Sweden |
2023 | Competence mobility: Presentation at European Regional Science Association (ERSA) (digital) |
2023 | Competence mobility: Presentation to Swedish Minister for Nordic affairs, Swedish Delegation to the Nordic Council and Ministry of Local and Regional Development , Norway |
2023 | Project presentations and contributing to dialogue at Nordregio Forum |
2024 | GRINGO 2: Presentation to GEOINNO, Manchester, Great Britain |
2024 | Early career mobility: Presentation to Uarctic, Bodö, Norway |
2024 | Competence mobility: Presentation to Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Sweden, seminar in Swedish Parliament andNordic Committee for Senior officials on labour market |
2024 | Remote work: Presentation in Iceland |
2024 | Competence mobility: Presentation at Nordic common labour market 70 years conference |
2024 | TGC projects: Paper writing on competence and skills eco-systems based on TG2 |
2024 | GRINGO 2: Presentation Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy in Nordic regions' at ERSA conference, Azores |
2024 | GRINGO 2 Workshop on missions and implementing mission-oriented innovation policies with Azores authorities and stakeholders |
2024 | Competence mobility: Presentation on Green Transition and Regional Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges, ERSA conference, Azores |
2024 | Early career mobility: Presentation at Trender på arbetsmarknaden in Åland |
2024 | TGC projects presentation: Presentation to Erhvervsstyrelsen, Denmark |
2024 | TGC projects presentation: Norwegian KDD visit in Stockholm |
2021-2024 | TGC project presentations to Nordic Committee for Senior officials on Regional Development, 1-2 times/ year |
2024 | Project presentations and contributing to dialogue at Nordregio Forum |