Local smart specialisation: An approach to increasing preparedness in rural communities with resource-based industries in the Northern Periphery
A common challenge for Northern communities is how to retain a local benefit from resource-based industries. This study assesses the process of developing a local smart specialisation strategy in two municipalities, Storumanand Sodankylä, both located in the Northern Periphery. The assessment framew...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.4288731 2023-05-15T18:20:15+02:00 Local smart specialisation: An approach to increasing preparedness in rural communities with resource-based industries in the Northern Periphery Jungsberg, Leneisja Nilsson, Kjell Umander, Karina Kantola, Anna Teräs, Jukka Weber, Ryan 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288731 https://zenodo.org/record/4288731 unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/nunataryuk https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288730 https://zenodo.org/communities/nunataryuk Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY Text Journal article article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288731 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288730 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z A common challenge for Northern communities is how to retain a local benefit from resource-based industries. This study assesses the process of developing a local smart specialisation strategy in two municipalities, Storumanand Sodankylä, both located in the Northern Periphery. The assessment framework applied is based on the concept of ‘strategic dimensions’(Healey, 2009), along with a qualitative set of process and outcome criteria(Innes and Booher, 1999). Our assessment of the strategic process indicates that all dimensions required for strategic planning were represented within it, but that they were mostly responsive rather than transformative in character. When comparing results from process criteria and outcome criteria, the process criteria score significantly higher. The strategic process engaged social networks and involved local stakeholders in discussion and joint prioritisation. According to the participating stakeholders, the local smart specialisation strategies in Storuman and Sodankylä enhanced local preparedness. However, a significant limitation was a lack of long-term human and financial resources to address challenges in relation both to resource-based industries and local, territorial development. Text Sodankylä DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) |
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A common challenge for Northern communities is how to retain a local benefit from resource-based industries. This study assesses the process of developing a local smart specialisation strategy in two municipalities, Storumanand Sodankylä, both located in the Northern Periphery. The assessment framework applied is based on the concept of ‘strategic dimensions’(Healey, 2009), along with a qualitative set of process and outcome criteria(Innes and Booher, 1999). Our assessment of the strategic process indicates that all dimensions required for strategic planning were represented within it, but that they were mostly responsive rather than transformative in character. When comparing results from process criteria and outcome criteria, the process criteria score significantly higher. The strategic process engaged social networks and involved local stakeholders in discussion and joint prioritisation. According to the participating stakeholders, the local smart specialisation strategies in Storuman and Sodankylä enhanced local preparedness. However, a significant limitation was a lack of long-term human and financial resources to address challenges in relation both to resource-based industries and local, territorial development. |
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Local smart specialisation: An approach to increasing preparedness in rural communities with resource-based industries in the Northern Periphery |
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Local smart specialisation: An approach to increasing preparedness in rural communities with resource-based industries in the Northern Periphery |
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Local smart specialisation: An approach to increasing preparedness in rural communities with resource-based industries in the Northern Periphery |
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