Well-functioning border regions are not given. On the contrary, there are often technical, linguistic and cultural barriers, that hinder cross-border cooperation and development. It therefore requires continuing efforts at many levels to ensure well-functioning border regions.
The Danish Board of Business Development acknowledges the need for well-functioning border regions on a political level and the demand for specific projects and initiatives, that can strengthen cooperation between companies and knowledge institutions and support a well-functioning labour market.
Our focus is to support projects, that contribute to creating growth and development for border region companies within the four strategic focus areas mentioned below.
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Fotograf: Stig-Åke Jönsson/Øresundsbron
Strategic focus areas
The Danish Board of Business Development will support:
- Coherent cross-border labour market
- Educational co-operation
- Research and Development
- The Fehmarn Belt road connection
The Danish Board of Business Development prioritizes to fund and support activities, that reinforce the potentials of a strong cross-border cooperation, benefitting companies. It can, for example, be collaboration based on coherent industrial areas, knowledge environments or common challenges, including a lack of qualified labour. The initiatives can complement or build on already established business-oriented cross-border co-operations.
The Board can, among other things, support initiatives in the context of the business-oriented parts of the EU’s Interreg programs, which must comply with the strategy Business Promotion in Denmark 2020-2023.
Our work and possible funding of activities covering cross-border co-operations is coordinated with partners, who already have business development activities, and with projects, that cover elements of business development activities in the border regions.
Business Promotion in Denmark 2020-2023
Read the strategy paper about the business promotion (in Danish).
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Contact
You can contact the secretariat of the Danish Board of Business Development here, if you would like to hear more about cross-border co-operations.
Niels Bjerring Hansen
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +45 3529 1753