Norrbotten County concept: Smart sustainable villages of rural Arctic Johanna Lindberg, County council Norrbotten Brüssel – 21 may 2019 #RuralDepopulation Norrbotten County • The population i the County is ca 251 000 people, spread over 14 municipalities . • The area is 97 000 km2 . • The total area of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg On top of Europe – with some specific challenges delivering some unique potentials… • 90 % Iron ore . • The Sami - indigenous people . • Tourism - wilderness, darkness and light . • Datacenters . • World-leading e-health knowledge Smart sustainable villages – digitization of rural Arctic Smart sustainable villages – digitization of rural Arctic Analysis needs for New e-services are used Infrastructure: people, Collection of open E-services for mobile coverage Open sorce Digital New working businesses, data and big data rural areas and fiber/wireless platforms competence / methods & environment and analysis access communication business technology models • Preliminary study • #fullcoverage • Open data for • Testing of • Open E • Digidel-centers • Service as a process "Smart Sustainable • Financing of the last collaboration of digital services platform, E- • Digidel- in the region Villages“ 10% expansion of service in rural in villages in Board of conference • Service in • Mobile coverage broadband in rural areas in rural Norrbotten, Norrbotten • NM digitization collaboration mapping. Arctic Arctic Living lab. • National sparsely develops Gällivare • Post Doc ”data • ITN and • Predictive ombuds- populated areas • Service in Projects analysis / municipalities' in Movement platform • Films on utility collaboration, HSSL mapping”, Ltu rural Arctic work • Norrbottens E- • Predictive with broadband • SID –Coompanion with expansion of nämnd e- Movement • TEDx Arjeplog fiber broadband and services for radio link municipalities Cohesive rural policy is needed Thank you for your attention!.