Stockholm Region EU Office, together with Stockholm Business Region, welcomes you to a breakfast seminar on Impact Investment, with Mr. Erik Krüger, Head of Investment and Establishments at Invest Stockholm. The breakfast seminar will focus on investment in startups driven by sustainability, and thereby in sustainable technology as a mean to shape a sustainable future. As one of EU’s 100 climate neutral and smart cities, Stockholm strives to lead by example when it comes the green and digital transition, but also to fulfil the city’s sustainable development goals.
On the 3rd of March the Stockholm Region EU Office organised the first session of the year addressing the revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. Since the autumn of 2021, the Stockholm Region's European office has been organizing a series of shorter sessions under the slogan Stockholm EU Sessions. These short sessions will be devoted to current issues and initiatives happening in the EU's political arena with a special connection to the Stockholm region.
The 7th of march, Stockholm Region EU Office in collaboration with EIT Health Scandinavia, hosted a breakfast seminar focusing on health data, in particular on Stockholm’s Center for Health Data and the benefits as well as joint challenges of sharing health data on a national and local level. The invited speaker was Dr Clara Hellner, Director for Research and Innovation at Stockholm Region, and the following discussion was moderated by Dr Monica Åberg Yngwe, Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations Lead at EIT Heath Scandinavia.
Den 3 maj 2022 presenterade EU-kommissionen ett gemensamt europeiskt hälsodataområde (EHDS) för att förbättra hälso- och sjukvården samt forskning och innovation. Sedan dess har arbetet fortlöpt i EU-institutionerna och EU-kommissionen är hoppfull om att förhandlingarna om EHDS avklaras innan året är slut.