Sweco to analyse development opportunities in southern Sweden in connection with the establishment of new research centres in Lund

Sweco to analyse development opportunities in southern Sweden in
connection with the establishment of new research centres in Lund

Within the next ten years the city of Lund in southern Sweden will gain
two new research facilities - European Spallation Source (ESS) and MAX
IV - that will contribute to the entire region's development in
different ways. Specialists from Sweco have now been commissioned to
study how various stakeholders in the area can take part in and benefit
from the changes taking place.

“Our analysis will take a holistic approach to the region's development
and how its international competitiveness can be strengthened. This is a
highly complex assignment where we will look at everything from
attractive living environments and infrastructure to the conditions for
business development and growth,” says Henrik Mattsson, Project Manager
at Sweco.

The stakeholders currently receiving expert assistance in their strategy
development are the Regional Council of Skåne in collaboration with all
of the Skåne municipalities, Lund University, Invest in Skåne, ESS AB,
Malmö University, the County Administrative Board of Skåne, Kristianstad
University, the Regional Council of Blekinge, the Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp and Blekinge Institute of Technology.  

The contract is worth over EUR 220,000 and is scheduled for completion
in December 2012.

For additional information contact:

Henrik Mattson, Project Manager at Sweco, tel. +46 (0)8-613 08 06,
henrik.mattsson@sweco.se (henrik.mattsson@sweco.se)