Organisation
Nordregio has an international research environment with over 40 staff members from around the world. We are a flat organisation and work in project teams of junior and senior researchers along with specialists. Nordregio is involved in a variety of projects running in parallel – usually 50 or more commitments at any given time and we produce policy relevant publications under our fieds of studies through out the year.
Board of Directors
The Nordregio Board of Directors is responsible for long-term strategic planning. It consists of one member from each of the five Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) plus one observer from each of the three autonomous territories (the Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Åland Islands) as well as a member elected by the staff of Nordregio. The board is appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Statutes, "Grant letter" and the Nordregio Strategy 2020
Nordregio's current statutes were passed on 17 December 2014. Article 1 states that Nordregio shall enhance Nordic co-operation on regional development, planning and policy; contribute to sustainable regional development (both urban and rural), in the Nordic countries; and maintain and develop its role as a leading European research centre, facilitating knowledge transfer between the Nordics and the EU.
As of 2015, Nordregio receives an annual "Grant letter" from the Nordic Council of Ministers, which defines the expected performance goals and budget. This also reflects Nordregio's role in the implementation of the new Nordic Co-operation Programme 2017-2020.
In December 2016, an additional, internal steering document was published: Nordregio Strategy 2020 This was developed by the staff, for the staff. It includes our main research themes, methods and competencies as well as our vision and more concrete objectives towards 2020 and beyond.
Finance
Nordregio's yearly turnover is about 40 million SEK. The annual funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) covers 30-40% of the turnover. The balance comes from contract work for national and regional authorities and competitive bids on national and European research programmes such as the 7th Framework Programme for Research, the ESPON Programme and the INTERREG Programmes.
History
Nordregio was established by the Nordic Council of Ministers on 1 July 1997. However, Nordregio is built on over 40 years of Nordic collaboration as Nordregio took over a range of tasks that had previously been assigned to the three separate Nordic institutions Nordplan (1968), NordREFO (1967) and NOGRAN (1979).