Nordic Innovation
Nordic Innovation is an important player in Nordic knowledge platforms within a range of diverse areas including innovation policy, technology foresight, environmental technology and sustainable energy solutions.
Environmental technology and environment friendly solutions are among the fastest growing industries globally. The market is asking for integrated solutions for complex environmental challenges.
The Nordic region, with its vast renewable energy resources, is a leader in the development and use of environmental technologies, and the Nordic countries have an excellent environmental reputation. However, the Nordic share of the global greentech market does not reflect its potential.
In order to increase competitiveness of the Nordic countries, Nordic Innovation, an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers, provides opportunities for Nordic industries to unite their expertise and capacity, improve their capability and better promote the innovative and knowledge-intensive Nordic business sector. The institution finances and initiates activities that enhance innovation by cooperating with small and medium sized companies. They help the Nordic countries organise their innovation work to meet the challenges of users and communities, and quickly come up with practical solutions ready to be implemented.
By working with innovation based on users' needs to create sustainable growth and new green activities, Nordic Innovation aims for a revolution in energy supply and energy use in the Nordic countries. Their goal is to develop a smoothly functioning Nordic region without national barriers.
Today, Nordic Innovation is an important player in Nordic knowledge platforms within the areas of:
- innovation policy,
- creative industries,
- biotechnology,
- micro- and nanotechnology,
- food safety,
- innovative building & construction,
- environmental technology and
- venture capital
Establishing common Nordic knowledge platforms on strategically
important areas gives Nordic businesses access to a larger knowledge
basis and greatly enhance their innovation capabilities.
The Nordic Innovation Monitor gives an in depth analysis of the innovation performance of the Nordic countries compared with leading countries in the world and the framework conditions that exist in the individual countries. This allows for fact based policies, and for learning from the countries that have given the best conditions for innovation.
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