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Lake Hjälmaren: institutional influence and collaboration

Reference number
Coordinator Örebro kommun - Örebro kommun Miljö- & stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen
Funding from Vinnova SEK 487 186
Project duration November 2024 - May 2025
Status Completed
Venture Impact Innovation Water Wave Societies - Programme-specific interventions
Call Impact Innovation: Collaboration for Sustainable water for all - a Water Wise Societies programme intervention 2024

Important results from the project

The project has explored the institutional changes required to achieve sustainable water use in lake Hjälmaren and has led to the formation of an actor group to drive the necessary changes. A current picture of Hjälmaren’s challenges and future visions has been formulated and necessary interventions for displacement have been identified. Relevant institutional elements and how they interact and counteract each other have been mapped to build the necessary system-changing capacity.

Expected long term effects

By forming an actor group, an organizational capacity is built with a working method that is based on the real needs of the Helper instead of on existing administrative boundaries. The working method means that water use is placed in a larger context and connected with other fields to avoid that conflicts of goals produce lock-in effects, and a holistic perspective is created. This creates the conditions in the long term for the necessary system shift to take place in a legitimate way.

Approach and implementation

The project has been implemented according to plan in four work packages. In the first step, relevant stakeholders and policies were identified and the challenge was analyzed and formulated. This step was deepened through workshops and interviews with representatives from 26 different organizations. At the workshops, future visions have been formulated and scenario analysis has been carried out. The final step has involved the formation of a stakeholder group, analyses and reporting.

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Last updated 4 July 2025

Reference number 2024-02758