Borders - innovative collaborations in Stockholm

Purpose and goal

Based on a model called ´On the border´, the Stockholm City Museum, the Museum of Medieval and the Committee for the Stockholm Research have developed a project description aiming at strengthening collaboration based on needs that have been identified in the organisational environment. The idea is to develop a dating site for competences to assure that all aspects of sustainability are taken into account in the urban planning process; economic, environmental and socio cultural.

Results and expected effects

- Two project applications (UDI and FRÖN Development) with different focus on the idea and expected result have been submitted - The organisational environment and innovative processes have been effected in a positive way - Dissemination through Facebook and meetings with collegues and researchers - Knowledge about the project has been disseminated to the Urban Planning Department, the City Executive Office, the Environmental Dep, Stockholm University and Halmstad University. They all confirm that the need for supporting socio-cultural sustainablity aspects is significant.

Approach and implementation

The project has had an interactive approach based on dialogue between the participating partners, networking seminars and site visits. During the VINNOVA Development Forum for the FRÖN-projects and in the following Inspiration Conference, contacts with several of our most important partners were established. The innovative idea has been processed and gradually become more distinct, taking both the individual citizens´ needs into account as well as the perspective of the civil society and the decision-making level.