News

• 06/10/2012Icelandic Ministers committed to Nordic Built

  The Icelandic Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Education and Culture have both signed the Nordic Built Charter, and four new public buildings will be built in accordance to its principles.

• 25/09/2012Innovators in the health sector met for matchmaking

  Around 40 people had gathered in Copenhagen on 19 September to get more information about the project Public Procurement and Innovation in the Health Sector, and, in particular, to meet potential partners for collaboration on the call.

• 25/09/2012Copenhagen has joined Nordic Built

  The Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, has signed the Nordic Built Charter on behalf of the City of Copenhagen.

• 24/09/2012Sweden is investing in innovation and research

  The Swedish Government is investing 4 billion in research and innovation "to strengthen Sweden's position as a prominent research nation".

• 18/09/2012Review: Nordic start-ups are struggling to grow

  Many new firms are being established in the Nordic countries every year, but too few of them ever manage to grow beyond 50 employees. This is one of the key findings of the Nordic Growth Entrepreneurship Review 2012, which was discussed at the Nordic Growth Entrepreneurship seminar in Helsinki on 13 September.

• 17/09/2012These are the buildings of the Nordic Built Challenge!

  5 MULTIDISCIPLINARY REFURBISHMENT COMPETITIONS. 21 AWARDS. 1 FINAL NORDIC WINNER.

• 04/09/2012Nordic Innovation shared knowledge at the Colorado Innovation Network

  Nordic Innovation took part in a panel debate at the Colorado Innovation Network under the topic The power of innovation networks, highlighting the advantage for Nordic countries to pool their resources and cooperate globally.

• 29/08/2012Mission: Making the Nordic health sector a more innovative procurer

  How can the Nordic health sector become an even more innovative and demanding procurer? Nordic Innovation and cooperation partners are offering funding for up to NOK 10 million to the best proposals.

• 09/08/2012Leading companies in the Nordic building industry signed Nordic Built Charter

  The Nordic building sector is not utilising the huge market potential within sustainable building and retrofitting to the full. The Nordic Built initiative calls for joining forces to capitalise on existing strongholds and deliver the sustainable concepts that the world demands. Leading companies have already taken a step in the right direction, and the rest of the industry is invited to follow.

• 11/07/2012Poor governance undermines economic growth in Europe

  Single Market initiatives may achieve only two thirds of their expected economic gains due to poor governance in member states. This corresponds to economic growth potential of almost one percent of GDP being lost to incorrect and poor application of existing EU legislation.