With the island as a catalyst: local models for health and social welfare in Arctic rural areas
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Umeå kommun - Umeå kommun Stadsledningskontoret |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 434 831 |
| Project duration | February 2025 - September 2025 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | Impact Innovation SustainGov - Calls |
| Call | Impact Innovation: Collaboration for promotion and prevention efforts within SustainGov 2024 |
Purpose and goal
We aim to explore how public authorities can organize themselves in new ways to meet the needs of care and social welfare in rural areas. The objective is a system analysis that shows how public authorities can be organized to promote initiatives that contribute to more equal living conditions for residents regardless of geographic context. The final report should contain a clear plan for implementation and for increased collaboration internally and externally.
Expected effects and result
A systems analysis that contributes to increased knowledge and understanding of rural areas´ needs for care and social welfare. The analysis will identify both obstacles and opportunities for organizational change that contributes to more equal living conditions regardless of geographical context. Through a living lab, innovative proposals will be identified that can be taken further and tested in a next step.
Planned approach and implementation
The project is organized in two work packages. In WP1 we arrange workshops with municipal departments, steering groups meetings and plan communication activities and identifying statistical needs. In WP2 we map different social needs locally on Holmön and create a citizen center where municipality-, regional- and Holmö-actors can meet in living labs to jointly map both obstacles and opportunities linked to identified needs. The results are compiled in a system analysis and a final report.