OECD Territorial Reviews
Gotland is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. While Sweden has numerous Islands, Gotland's development trajectory is unique in Sweden. It is the smallest region in the country in population size and economic base, and it is located the furthest from the mainl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2022.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009703586106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Executive summary
- Assessment
- Key recommendations
- Region Gotland needs to improve infrastructure planning, investment and delivery to stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment. The region should:
- To boost productivity and add more value to existing sectors, the region should strengthen its business ecosystem, innovation capacity and skills development by: To effectively implement its regional development strategy, make efficient use of resources and better serve the diverse needs of local communities, the region, in collaboration with other stakeholders, should:
- Assessment and recommendations
- Assessment
- As an island, Gotland has a unique development trajectory
- Gotland outperforms comparable benchmark regions from European Union (EU) islands and OECD remote rural regions
- Quality infrastructure has enabled high well-being standards but will soon require upgrading and expanding Gotland needs to further strengthen its business ecosystem and use innovation to add more value to existing areas of specialisation to sustain a resilient and sustainable future
- Many of Gotland's enterprises stay small: expanding support for enterprises to the growth stage, strategically using innovation and upskilling workers can help them scale or grow
- Opportunities can enable further economic diversification and add more value to existing areas of economic specialisation Region Gotland administers regional and municipal assignments as a single entity, with potentially greater efficiency
- Effective regional development will depend on strengthening the capacities of regional government staff and ensuring equitable service provision throughout the territory, reflecting diverse local needs
- Gotland must manage low own-source revenues and a higher cost of infrastructure and public service provision resulting from remoteness and high seasonality Addressing a lack of clarity in the distribution of responsibilities among levels of government and island-blind national strategies can improve the efficient implementation of strategies
- Recommendations
- Gotland needs to improve infrastructure investment, planning and delivery to stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment, increase its competitiveness and remain attractive
- To boost productivity and achieve sustained growth in the medium and long terms, the region should expand its entrepreneurial support system, strengthen innovation capacity and assure skills development.
