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IT service company Affecto is the leading Business Intelligence service provider in the Nordic countries. With Affecto's Business Intelligence solutions organisations are able to integrate strategic targets with their business management. Business Intelligence solutions enable the further processing and effective utilisation of information generated by ERP and other IT systems.

Affecto is a leader in implementing TIA systems (The Insurance Application) for global insurance sector. The company also develops operational IT solutions, such as geographic information systems (GIS), enterprise content management (ECM) and versatile customer specific software services. These solutions assist organisations in collecting, organising and analysing available digital information in support of their business processes. 

Affecto is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The company has subsidiaries in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden.

The Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) was founded in Stavanger, Norway, 1993. Its members are regional authorities (level directly below the national level authorities) of the 10 Baltic Sea littoral states.

The BSSSC is a political network whose main organisational bodies are: The Chairperson (who is elected by the Board on a rotational basis for a two-year period), the Board consisting of two representatives of each of the BSR countries, the secretariat which follows the Chairperson and ad hoc Working Groups (currently these are: WG on Agenda 21, WG on Transport and Infrastructure, WG on Youth Policy and WG on Northern Dimension. The main BSSSC event is the annual conference held each year in October.

The BSSSC co-operates closely with other key Baltic Sea organisations and European institutions. Presently Mr Arne Øren, Chairman of the Eastern Norway County Network is the chairman of BSSSC. The work of BSSSC will be based on the Lisbon Agenda and the Gothenburg Agenda, the White Paper on Youth and the European Youth Pact, the Territorial Cooperation Programmes, the ENPI (European Neigbourhood and Partnership Instrument) and the Northern Dimension. The key issues are: 1. Transport and Infrastructure; 2. Maritime Policy; 3. Sustainable Development; 3.1 Energy Production and Energy Efficiency; 3.2 Quality of Life and Public Health; 4. Civil Security – with focus on the issue of Trafficking in Human Beings.

Copenhagen is the world's leading city when it comes to offering its residents and visitors the highest life quality. The city leaves most other cities behind because of its development in architecture, design and gourmet food. Also Copenhagen's public transportation, bicycle culture, harbour baths, green public spaces and trendy cafes contribute to a high quality of life. Not least Copenhagen manages to integrate design in everyday life to make life easy and friction-free for residents as well as visitors. Another strongpoint is Copenhagen's undeniably seamless urban planning, paving the way for the mobility, and ultimately, the happiness of its residents. Copenhagen is "designed for life".  

Hamburg has grown beyond its role as Germany’s gateway to the world; today it forms the world’s gateway to mainland Europe, and above all to Central and Southeastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Baltic region. Conversely, Hamburg is now a unique logistics crossroads serving two seas: the North Sea, and, via Lübeck, the Baltic. The city is easy to reach by train, plane, car and ferry. Hamburg’s significance as an international center for trade, commerce and business is best expressed in one of the many records it holds: nowhere in the world is there a city with as many consulates as Hamburg. Currently some 97 nations are represented here. Hamburg is a haven for high-tech industries and young companies. Its high-flying aviation sector boasts global players, with medicine and biotechnology fast forming a new, future-oriented focus. The Free and Hanseatic City remains the market leader in the print media: 50% of all German newspapers and magazines hail from its publishing houses. Germany’s top news programs are produced here. The new HafenCity port project brings new life to the riverfront of the Elbe River. A broad range of cultural highlights and recreational facilities in the city caters to residents and visitors alike. The city’s throbbing nightlife draws people out from homes and hotels at all hours. It’s this wonderful mix of business and atmosphere that makes Hamburg one of the most likable and exciting cities in the world. 

Helsinki is the capital of Finland. The Helsinki metropolitan area, with a population of about one million people, generates one third of the GDP of the country and is one of the most rapidly growing urban regions in Europe. Helsinki has been repeatedly placed at the spearhead of business criteria surveys. According to the latest indicators of the EU, the Helsinki metropolitan area ranks among Europe’s top ten urban regions in terms of innovation creation. It is a centre for expertise of a very high standard, with its universities and research institutes providing cutting edge competence on an international scale.
 
There are six industrial clusters in the Helsinki metropolitan area with especially interesting areas of know-how: telecommunications and information technology, environmental technology and biotechnologies, food and processing technologies, the manufacture of electrical equipment and automation, and logistics. Helsinki is ideally placed to serve especially the Russian and Baltic markets.

Malmö is the commercial centre of southern Sweden and an international city. This is expressed, not least, by the fact that Malmö has nearly 300.000 residents who speak some 100 languages and belong to about 170 different nationalities. 

Heavy investments in new technology and training programmes of high calibre have made Malmö a city of knowledge. Malmö University is Sweden's latest venture in the field of higher education, accommodating some 20.000 students.

The strongest sectors in Malmö are logistics, retail and wholesale trade, construction, and property. There are also a number of well-known companies within biotechnology and medical technology, environmental technology, IT, and digital media fields. Co-operation between colleges, science parks, and companies provides a sound basis for entrepreneurs and creative development in Malmö. The City of Malmö is enhancing an attractive business environment and a dynamic business community in Malmö.

Malmö has during several years focused on creating an urban sustainable development. The Western harbour area in Malmö is an internationally leading example of environmental adaptation of a densely built urban environment. It is also a driving force in Malmö's development towards environmental sustainability. A fundamental ecological approach to planning, building and construction is a key tool in the creation of the district. Innovative ideas and new techniques enhance the environmental standard of the area.

Stockholm is one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. That´s no news. What´s new is that the region has evolved into one of Europe´s most dynamic hubs for business, creativity and innovation, transforming itself from a big small town into a small Big City - a region that has most of the advantages but few of the disadvantages of a major international metropolis.

The Stockholm region is widely acknowledged as an exceptionally quick, receptive and sophisticated market, frequently utilized by major global brands and corporations as a test market for a wide variety of new technologies, products and services. The region´s business and industry is characterized by high-tech, innovation and creativity, operating in close collaboration with the many prominent universities and science institutes. The main fields of business development and science can be divided into four "clusters": IT & Telecom, Life Science, Environ Tech, and Banking & Finance. In all these fields, the Stockholm region claims a leading position in Northern Europe. 

Copenhagen Airports A/S is the listed company that owns and operates the airports at Kastrup and Roskilde. We are 1350 committed employees entrusted with everything from planning the airports’ future and the services they offer to the daily cleaning and maintenance of the airport.

Copenhagen Airports makes its infrastructure, buildings and service facilities available to the many companies that have business operations at the airport.We share a common goal: to ensure that our passengers have a pleasant stay at the airport. 

The CBSS serves as an overall regional forum for intergovernmental cooperation, focusing on the need for intensified coordination of activities in virtually every field of government, (with the notable exception of military defence, which is explicitly excluded as a potential area of cooperation in the  Council’s Terms of Reference), among the Baltic Sea States.

CBSS Ministerial meetings have been held in the following fields: agriculture; children’s affairs; culture, economic affairs, education, energy, finance, health, information technology, interior, justice, labour, social affairs, spatial planning, trade and industry, transport, youth affairs.

CBSS meetings at the level of Directors General have been held in the following fields: border control, civil protection, customs, prosecutors-general, tax administration.

The County Administrative Board is a government body responsible for overseeing that the national goals, laid down by the Swedish parliament and government, are realized in the County of Stockholm. Our work comprises everything from care of the elderly, equal opportunities, integration to emergency services, cultural heritage and protection of the environment.

• We supervise the observance of laws and regulations.
• We try appeals against local government decisions.
• We decide about licenses and economic support in many fields.
• We provide information and advice.

The County Administrative Board co-ordinates various interests in orderto promote the development of the Stockholm region. Our goals are growth, a goodenvironment, quality of life and equal opportunities for all.

The wide scope of our responsibilities demands competence and experience fromall fields of society. Among our 500 employees are lawyers, architects,agronomists, biologists, engineers, archeologists, veterinarians, sociologists,and economists to mention a few. 

Dalgasgroup A/S is a group whose primary activities involve investment, innovation and business development within the areas of nature, environment and energy.

The mission for Dalgasgroup is to make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the environment and natural resources both in Denmark and the rest of the world. We aim to promote development that ensures that future generations are also able to enjoy a good life.

Dalgasgroup is 100 per cent owned by DDH, which is an association that has the status of a business foundation. DDH has an equity capital of 103 million Euro and can count 1,300 committed employees amongst its assets.

Dalgasgroup discharges its mission within the areas of nature and the environment through activities such as its ownership of the subsidiaries HedeDanmark, Orbicon | Leif Hansen, Enricom and Xergi. We also administer an extensive portfolio of national and international forest properties.

Since its foundation in 1965, the Danish Export Association has provided an unrivalled platform for quality-conscious Danish manufacturers and service providers to interface with their foreign customers and partners.

The concept has been such a success that it is now the largest export association in Denmark with more than 1100 members, making it an excellent platform to locate new business partners and suppliers. The Danish Export Association operates by planning and executing export campaigns, often linked to international trade fairs and exhibitions, and by providing a forum for Danish exporters and foreign buyers.

The association provides a reliable and easy shortcut to quality-conscious Danish companies - simply supply us with details of your requirements in terms of expertise, capacity and know-how, or search our databases and website online to find the company with the resources, products and quality you need. 

With total assets of 415 bEUR, more than 800 branches and a staff of approx 22,000, Danske Bank is the largest bank in Denmark and a leading player in the Nordic financial markets.The Danske Bank Group offers a comprehensive range of financial services, including insurance (Danica Pension), mortgage finance (Realkredit Danmark), asset management, brokerage, real estate and leasing services. In the Nordic region the bank is well positioned by Östgöta Enskilda Banken in Sweden, Fokus Bank in Norway and Sampo Bank in Finland. Outside the Nordic region, the bank is positioned by Northern Bank in Northern Ireland, National Irish Bank in the Republic of Ireland, Sampo Pank in Estonia, Danske Banka in Latvia and Danske Bankas in Lithuania.It now serves more than 5 million retail customers and a significant part of the corporate, public and institutional sectors. Danske Bank also has branches in London, Hamburg, Warsaw. Subsidiaries in St. Petersburg and Luxembourg.

DFDS - " Det Forenede Dampskibs- Selskab" (The United Steamship Company) -  is the oldest, large shipping company in Denmark, founded in 1866. Today DFDS is a leading North European liner shipping company, listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

Freight activities are operated in DFDS Tor Line. The main customer groups consist of international transport and shipping companies and manufacturers of large quantities of industrial goods whose logistics include a significant element of transport by sea.

Passenger activities are operated by DFDS Seaways. The main customer groups consist of holidaymakers travelling by car, Mini Cruise passengers, group travel and transport and conference passengers.  Besides Denmark, DFDS is present in the following European countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Poland.

Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG) is Denmark ’s largest feedingstuff company and has today approx. 25,000 Danish farmers as members.

DLG supplies Danish farmers with feed, cereal seed, fertilizers, agricultural lime, crop protection and much more for the day-to-day operation. The products are sold via DLG’s stores. DLG currently has 22 main stores with 140 departments across the country.

Production and sale of feed compounds are some of the most important activities in the DLG Group.

The DLG Group has its own feed factories with an annual production of around DKK 2 million tonnes of feed compounds for pigs, cattle, poultry, horses and sheep.

The DLG Group is also one of Denmark’ s largest exporters of brewing barley, cereal seed, feed and bread cereal, rape seed and feed peas and is via the Group’s affiliated companies involved in, among other things, the further manufacturing of natural crop. The DLG Group has a market share on the Danish feedingstuffs market of 46 per cent. 

Bank DnB NORD is a joint venture between Norwegian DnB NOR and German NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank, which started operations in January 2006. The bank provides a broad range of financial products and services to both the retail and corporate markets in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. With over 3,000 employees, more than 170 offices, in excess of 870,000 customers and assets totalling over EUR 11.8 billion, DnB NORD is a significant player in North-Eastern Europe. The headquarters of DnB NORD is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark.

DONG Energy is one of Northern Europe ’s leading energy groups. We are headquartered in Denmark. Our
business is based on procuring, producing, distributing, trading and selling energy and related products in Northern Europe. The company delivered revenue of DKK 41.6 billion in 2007 (approx. EUR 5.6 billion or USD
8.3 billion). DONG Energy has more than 5,000 employees. For further information, see our website.

The Mission of the European Investment Bank is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.

The EIB funds its operations by borrowing on the capital markets and not by drawing on the EU budget. The Bank enjoys decision-making independence within the EU’s institutional system which allows it to take lending decisions solely on the basis of a project’s merits, and tailor borrowing in line with the best opportunities available on the financial markets.

The EIB has provided financing of 242 bn Euros in the years 2004-2008. In 2008 alone, the Bank approved project financing to a value of 59 bn Euros. This finance has supported projects ranging from research, development and innovation to roads, bridges, urban light railways, large and small-scale industries, waste treatment, water supplies, renewable energy schemes, housing and hospitals.

Grontmij is a leading sustainable design and management consultancy active in the growth markets of water, energy, transportation and sustainable planning and design. At the core of our business is the principle of sustainability by design which is a leading value proposition for our customers. Grontmij is the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe with over 150 offices across Europe and a further 20 offices globally. We employ over 8,000 professionals across the world.

Carl Bro Group is an international technical consultancy company based in Denmark, Sweden, the UK and Ireland where we have a number of subsidiary offices. We provide consultancy services in the fields of building, transportation, water, environment, energy and industry.Carl Bro Group is one of the largest consultancy firms in the Scandinavian market and is the market leader in several of our core competencies in a number of regional markets. We export a wide range of our expertise, carry out international projects and have established subsidiaries in various countries and project offices worldwide.Overall, we have more than 40 years’ experience in the consultancy sector and have completed projects in over 100 countries.

With its continuous development of trend-setting pumps and pump systems, Grundfos is one of the world’s leading pump manufacturers.

Grundfos has sales companies in 40 countries all around the world and supplies pumps for a wide variety of purposes such as building services, industry, dosing, water supply, and wastewater along with motors and electronics.

We offer a total approach that gives the optimal, most cost-effective system over the complete life cycle. We see the pump as a part of a complex hydraulic system - not just focusing on the pump alone but optimising the whole system.

Well-defined and deeply rooted company values are the core of everything that Grundfos does. Expressed in their shortest form they amount to: Being responsible - Thinking ahead - Innovation 

HedeDanmark a/s is an international service and trading enterprise in the green area. We are leading in services for the forest, open land, gardens, parks and open spaces in towns and cities, and in 2008 the turnover reached about DKK 1,5 billion. With more than 1,100 employees at over 60 locations, we are
working nation-wide in Denmark from our local bases.

HedeDanmark is owned by the association Det danske Hedeselskab – DDH, which is working to further the development of natural values and natural resources in Denmark and internationally.

At HedeDanmark, our focus is to develop the competencies of our employees through professional and personal growth in individual training and course processes. We thus attempt to be at the cutting edge of developments in the green area and to develop new and improved solutions to the benefit of our customers and other partners.

HedeDanmark is represented by legal entities in five countries but also has sales representations in four other countries and is doing business with 47 countries throughout the world.

HSH Nordbank is a dependable partner to the business community in northern Germany. In the higher-end corporate client business we are market leader in this home region. As one of the major providers of real estate finance in Germany, we focus on serving our commercial real estate clients. To our clients in the Private Banking segment we offer in-depth advice combined with innovative products. We have particular know-how in looking after foundations. Based on close and partnership-like collaboration, we support the savings banks, particularly in Schleswig-Holstein, with solution-oriented products.

We also operate internationally in the regionally rooted key industries of shipping, transportation and energy. As the world’s leading provider of ship finance we have been in this market for decades. In the transportation sector, we are a close partner to the aviation industry and are also engaged in financing transport-related infrastructure projects. We offer our clients tailored finance solutions and advisory services. In the energy sector, we are a top provider of finance for wind and solar-energy projects in Europe, and leading in this important market for northern Germany.

The activities in the financial-markets division focus mainly on funding and liquidity management. Furthermore, the division supports client activities by providing tailored products, such as risk hedging in rates, currencies and commodities.

Established on June 2, 2003, HSH Nordbank AG is the result of the merger between Hamburgische Landesbank and Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein (LB Kiel). It has total assets of some EUR 198 billion and some 4,500 employees around the world. HSH Nordbank has twin headquarters in Hamburg and Kiel.

The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme is an EU programme and belongs to one of the three strands of the European Community Initiative INTERREG III.

The objective of BSR INTERREG III B is to strengthen competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region, its territorial cohesion and sustainability of its development by connecting potentials over the administrative borders. Eleven countries around the Baltic Sea have joined forces to deal with shared regional problems.

BSR INTERREG III B helps regional partners form transnational partnerships in the Baltic Sea Region to work together on common projects. In these projects, regions from different countries address joint challenges in the field of infrastructure planning, environment, transport logistics and the development of cities and rural areas. The cooperating states are Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Belarus and Russia. 120 projects are the result of this initiative.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is related to the Christian Democratic movement.Having emerged from the 'Society for Christian Democratic Education Work' founded in 1956, it was named after the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic in 1964. We are guided by the same principles that inspired Adenauer's work.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation offers political education, conducts scientific fact-finding research for political projects, grants scholarships to gifted individuals, researches the history of Christian Democracy, and supports and encourages European unification, international understanding, and development-policy cooperation.

 Latvenergo AS is one of the largest corporate entities in Latvia. From the total volume of electricity generated in Latvia, 90% are generated by Latvenergo AS.

Latvenergo AS is heading a corporate group. Latvenergo Group also includes five subsidiaries: Augstsprieguma tīkls AS(TSO), Sadales tīkls AS (DSO), Latvenergo Kaubandus OÜ, LatvenergoPrekyba UAB and Liepājas enerģija SIA.

Latvenergo AS is one of environmentally friendly energy companies in Europe. It is the leader in use of renewable energy resources (RER) in the state. About 70% of the total Latvenergo AS electricity volume is generated from hydro resources.

In 2008, the consolidated net sales of Latvenergo Group reached LVL 475.9 million.

The consolidated profit for 2008 was LVL 11.1 million.

In 2008, the Group’s aggregate electricity sales amounted to 7,457 GWh and thermal energy sales amounted to 2,629 GWh.

Maersk Line is the core liner shipping activity of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, and the leading container shipping company in the world. Maersk Line employs around 22,000 people and the Maersk Line fleet consists of more than 470 container vessels with a capacity of more than 1,800,000 TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit - a container 20 feet long). This ensures a reliable and comprehensive coverage worldwide.

In Maersk Line we believe container shipping is about creating real and long lasting opportunities and we advocate a balanced, sustainable approach to our business. Container shipping plays a key role in facilitating global trade, economic development, and global prosperity.

Maersk Line has expanded its business presence in the Baltic Sea Region with its largest offices in this region in Scandinavia, Finland, the three Baltic countries and Russia. The Head Quarters for the Northern European Region are located in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world’s largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius.

Nordea’s vision is to be the leading Nordic bank, acknowledged for its people, creating superior value for customers and shareholders. We are making it possible for our customers to reach their goals by providing a wide range of products, services and solutions within banking, asset management and insurance. Nordea has around 10 million customers, approx. 1,400 branch offices and a leading netbanking position with 5.1 million e-customers. The Nordea share is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is a multilateral financial institution owned by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. NIB offers long-term loans and guarantees, on competitive market terms, for private and public projects both in and outside the Bank’s member countries.

NIB operates in about 40 countries. NIB has a significant environmental loan portfolio outside the member countries, including the Baltic Sea and Barents regions. Environmental investments in the private sector include energy efficiency and measures for cleaner production in different industries.

NIB acquires the funds to finance its lending by borrowing on the international capital markets. NIB enjoy the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.

Since 1992, the three provinces of the Northern Netherlands (Fryslân, Groningen, Drenthe) have combined their administrative resources in the Northern Netherlands Provinces (in Dutch: Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland–abbreviated to SNN). The core task is to strengthen the economic structure of the Northern Netherlands, within both a national and an international framework.

Within the international framework, the Northern Netherlands Provinces has earmarked Northeast Europe as a prime region for cooperation and partnership. This approach is called the Northeast Corridor, a Trans-European corridor linking the metropolitan Nordic and Baltic regions between Saint Petersburg and the Randstad region. Nordconnect is a project organisation set up and financed by the Northern Netherlands Provinces with the purpose to stimulate and improve collaboration between the Northern Netherlands and the Northern European regions.

Novozymes is the world leader in bioinnovation. Together with customers across a broad array of industries, we create tomorrow’s industrial biosolutions, improving our customers' business and the use of our planet's resources.

With over 700 products used in 130 countries, Novozymes’ bioinnovations improve industrial performance and safeguard the world’s resources by offering superior and sustainable solutions for tomorrow’s ever-changing marketplace.

Novozymes’ natural solutions enhance and promote everything from removing trans-fats in food, to advancing biofuels to power the world tomorrow. Our never-ending exploration of nature’s potential is evidenced by over 5,000 patents, showing what is possible when nature and technology join forces.

Our 5,000+ employees working in research, production and sales around the world are committed to shaping business today and our world tomorrow. Novozymes is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S. Read more at our website.

Orbicon A/S is one of the leading Danish environmental consulting companies which provides services in the fields of the natural and water resources, water supply, wastewater and sewage treatment systems, soil and groundwater pollution, the working environment, rural development and land management, and the marine environment.

Orbicon is strongly focused on strengthening its position both in Denmark and abroad on new emerging markets by establishing strategic partnerships and business platforms wherever our services are requested. Our customers on the international scene are both public agencies and authorities, as well as donors, developments banks and private companies.

Our solutions are based on a broad range of competencies amongst our employees ensuring that Orbicon is in an ideal position to deal with the increasingly complex issues that characterise the environmental market both in Denmark and abroad

Region Skåne is a regional public authority, responsible for health, medical and dental care as well as the regional development of trade and industry, public transportations, culture, environment and international relations. Region Skåne has a high extent of autonomy, meaning that many decisions are taken on a regional level instead of nationally. The highest decision making body of Region Skåne is the Regional Council, elected by the people in Skåne. The decisions are based on four objectives - growth, attraction, sustainability and balance. Region Skåne employs 34,000 people and its turnover amounts to 27 billion Swedish kronor (2007).

Region Skåne aims to maintain and develop Skåne as a strong business region. Skåne contributes to 12% of the Swedish GNP. Skåne is a highly innovative region and proud of housing world-leading companies in Cleantech, Food Technology, Life Science, Packaging, and Information and Communications Technology. The northern European operations of companies like Honda, and the head quarters and development center of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications are here as well as Tetra Pak, Gambro and Alfa Laval.

Skåne is also home to several acclaimed universities with adjoining science parks. This guarantees a skilled and educated workforce.

Region Zealand's vision is to become a bridge builder which creates a healthcare system of the highest standard, great development potential for the users, as well as a good business environment.
Region Zealand plays a central role in a network of cooperating partners, who work for a dynamic and coordinated development throughout the region, i.a. for business, education, urban development, public transport and certain environmental areas.
Thus, Region Zealand must make an over all outline for all the services, as well as securing that they are of the highest quality.

Sanoma inspires, informs and connects. The Group brings information, experiences, education and entertainment to millions of people every day. Sanoma makes sure that quality content and interesting products and services are easily available and meet the demands of our readers, viewers and listeners. The Sanoma Group offers a challenging and interesting working environment for over 20,000 people in 20 countries throughout Europe. In 2008, the media group’s net sales totalled EUR 3.0 billion. 

ScanBalt is a network of networks within the meta-region that encompasses Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, northern part of Germany and north-western part of Russia. This meta-region is named ScanBalt BioRegion. ScanBalt will promote the development of ScanBalt BioRegion as a globally competitive meta-bioregion. 

Scandlines is one of Europe's largest ferry companies. Our business is the rapid, reliable and comfortable transportation of both passengers and freight on international routes in Danish, German and Swedish coastal waters as well as to the Baltic countries and Finland. Our core area is the triangle between Denmark, Germany and Sweden, where we have the densest route network of any ferry company. Furthermore Scandlines activities include catering service, retail sales of goods in restaurants and shops on board and in shore-based shops.

Scandlines operates 18 ferries on 8 routes between 11 ports in the Baltic Sea. The company transports more then 17 million passengers, 3.5 million cars, one million lorries, 90,000 railway wagons and 65,000 coaches every year.

Sida Baltic Sea Unit has been assigned by the Swedish Government to promote cooperation between stakeholders in Sweden and the countries bordering the Baltic Sea, particularly Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea provinces of Russia.

The Baltic Sea Unit does not deal with aid and will not fund development projects. It will mainly aim at starting up partnerships and networks by providing support to seminars, courses, exchange trips and pilot studies. It will focus on cross-border and multisectoral issues that are of mutual interest for Sweden and the countries across the Baltic Sea.

Examples of such issues are environment, energy, matters like migration, labour market, crime, maritime safety, regional development, innovations and health and social issues.

Sharing Sweden with the world
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes interest in Sweden abroad. SI seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other countries through active communication and cultural, educational and scientific exchanges.The SI’s operations are carried out in close cooperation with Swedish and foreign partners, as well as with Swedish embassies and consulates around the world.

Relationships depend on communication
The Swedish Institute’s work with Sweden’s image and its activities in international development cooperation go hand in hand. The institute’s overarching goal is to create mutual relationships with other countries around the world, whether the issue is culture, politics, trade, or development cooperation. However, in order to achieve this goal, awareness of and interest in Sweden must first increase.

Relationships and exchanges contribute to development
Both in Sweden and in our collaborative partners around the world. Through increased contacts and new networks, knowledge and innovative ideas can be shared and applied in the future to all areas, not least to trade, culture and politics. The SI’s collaboration with developing countries is an important part of this work. We can offer Swedish expertise and skills at the same time that incentives, networks and opportunities in our partner countries benefit Sweden.

Swedish Institute in the Baltic Sea Region

The Baltic region plays an important role for Sweden’s growth and our commitment is long-term in the region. At the moment we are running two major programs. 

The Visby Program - Swedish Institute's Baltic Sea Region Exchange Program - is a mobility program that comprises Sweden and its closest neighbors in the east: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The aim of the program is to create more extensive joint collaboration between Sweden and the other program countries on education and research.

The Swedish Institute Management Program exists in the same countries as the Visby Program and it aims at bringing together individuals of remarkable accomplishments in their mid-career to challenge their approaches, reinforce professional skills, deepen cross-cultural perspectives and unite them in a long lasting and active network. The training is designed to make the most of common strengths, future potential and the challenges that the participating countries are experiencing – with corporate social responsibility as the overall theme.

Wind power is a renewable, predictable and clean energy resource. It has a fast ramp-up and offers the energy independence demanded by some of world’s largest and fastest growing economies. This is why Vestas calls wind power Modern Energy.

With a 28% market share, Vestas is the world leader in Modern Energy, having installed over 33,500 wind turbines in 63 countries that generate more than 50 million MWh a year – enough to supply millions of households.

This is why Vestas is No.1 in Modern Energy.

The World Economic Forum is an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation.

We are striving towards a world-class corporate governance system, where values are as important a basis as rules. Our motto is ‘entrepreneurship in the global public interest’. We believe that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible. Our vision for the World Economic Forum is threefold. It aims to be: the foremost organization which builds and energizes leading global communities; the creative force shaping global, regional and industry strategies; the catalyst of choice for its communities when undertaking global initiatives to improve the state the world.

We enjoy a unique global standing by recognizing and responding to two new developments: The world’s key challenges cannot be met by governments, business or civil society alone. In a world characterized by complexity, fragility and ever greater synchronicity, strategic insights cannot be passively acquired. They are best developed through continuous interaction with peers and with the most knowledgeable people in the field. To carry out its mission, the World Economic Forum has developed an integrated value chain by involving world leaders in communities, inspiring them with strategic insights and enabling them through initiatives.