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availability of sufficient manpower resources. Without this premise, it is
almost impossible to lift an area, especially in a development phase.
This applies not only to grant funds, but also to administrative procedures
and political support, writing strategies and reports. This is often
forgotten by the authorizing authority, and, moreover, many institutions,
as they are economically tightly controlled, have extreme difficulties to
get degrees of freedom to solve the tasks. It is said in business that innovation
must have good conditions, must be free to play and have plenty
of time otherwise not very much might come out of it. This will also hold
for activities of eco-efficient technology or environmental technology,
which is relatively new and difficult to handle in a development phase.
And this fact also holds for administrative aspects. There are generally
too few resources and often too few experienced manpower resources
for the area to get the best attention. There are even often focus on
short-time aspects and political signaling, rather than long-term and
fundamental work. The proof is not immediately present, but based on
experience of how difficult it is to get enough good manpower resources.
An example that can be mentioned in this context is the demand side.
The demand side is recognized by all countries as very important, but a
question may be asked: which country have provided more manpower
resources for the implementation of a strategy backing the demand side?
Probably no country.
The recommendation must be based on this: make sure to allocate sufficient
manpower resources both for managing grant programs and stimulating
the demand side. With sufficient manpower resources meaning more
than basically would have been allocated or abundant relative to normal.
Strategies and action plans
The Nordic countries are very good at formulating strategies or action
plans. Recently we have seen strategies from Norway, Sweden, Iceland
and to some extent Finland. These strategies were quite good and more
focused than the previous versions, which were seen in the beginning of
the period 2004–2011. What is difficult by the strategies are to implement
the tasks or details in a good way, and to communicate this ongoing
to the public and interested players.
The recommendation here is that there should be a better focus on
implementation and dissemination of results etc.
Example Strategies and Websites
All Nordic countries have presented examples of eco-efficient technology
or environmental technology to the public. This has been done best in
Sweden, primarily through Swentec’s work with a sample collection of
143 projects that also can be used as a visitors guide.
A description of the examples of technologies is the first step to get a
better understanding. It is not difficult to make such individual cases
that illustrate what is meant by good examples. On the whole it’s a great
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