A region for the next generation

Regional Development Strategy - 2020-2030

The Capital Region of Denmark

Centre for Regional DevelopmentKongens Vænge 2DK-3400 HillerødDenmark

Phone: (+45) 3866 5000E-mail: regionh@regionh.dkwww.regionh.dk

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PrefaceWe are currently facing a number of collective challenges and an ambi-tious new government target to cut greenhouse gases by 70% in 2030. We are contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and know that it will call for a great collective effort.

It is our collective mission to ensure that our region continues to be one of the best places in the world to live – including when our children are grown up. We all bear huge responsibility not only for our own quality of life but also for that of the next generation. So we will endeavour to provide them with the best possible setting for a good, healthy life here in this region.

Within the next ten years the Capital Region will need to create space for 120,000 more inhabitants. The expansion of inhabitants is positive but also increases pressure on the region.

Our task is to create a cohesive region - whether you live in the suburb of Vestegnen, North Zealand or inner-city Nørrebro, and whether you’re a scientist, a skilled worker or have taken early retirement. We plan to create equal opportunities for everyone. That applies when commuting to and from work, when securing good educational opportunities for our young people and when we still need clean water in our taps at home.

Our region is a diverse metropolis, including everything from urban landscapes, beaches and woods to Hamlet’s Kronborg Castle, our royal family and market towns. My clear ambition is for us to remain a diverse, green and innovative region, providing a healthy frame-work for growth and quality of life. We cannot fulfil that ambition alone. In the Capital Region we bring our resources and our know-how into play, collaborating closely with local authorities, universities, businesses and other innovative partners. Internationally, we are a recognized metropolitan region, creating and seeking inspiration from the world at large and from our neighbouring regions through our working partnership in Greater Copenhagen. That provides a unique point of departure for solving future challenges and seizing the available opportunities at the same time.

The regional development strategy is our contribution to putting in place the future setting for a good, healthy life here in the region. We don’t know what the future has in store, but we have the potential to shape it ourselves if we work together and think along new lines. Together we are stronger as one of the world’s green regions – for the benefit of the next generation.

We look forward to working together!

With best wishes,

Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (Social Democrats)Chairman of the Regional Council

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Within the next ten years we will need to create space for an additional 120,000 inhabit-ants in the Capital Region. The expan-sion of inhabitants is positive but also increases pressure on the region.

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The Capital Region of Denmark now and in the futureAs we approach 2030, the Capital Region will grow more relative to the other four Danish regions. 120,000 new inhabitants will make great demands on the way we adapt and adjust to those involved. More of us have to live in the same space. We need to make sure there is still clean water in the taps, and headroom for more people in educational establishments, as well as space on our buses and in our hospitals. In the lead-up to 2030 we must also help ensure that we as a country reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 70%. These are big challenges that call for strategic action.

1.8 million inhabitants. 31.7% of the population of Denmark in 6% of its land area

40%of Denmark’s GDP

50% of citizens get by without a car on a daily basis

29 very different municipal authorities

7 hospitals

4 out of Denmark’s 8 universities are located in the Capital Region

30 million passengers and just under 200 international destinations at Copenhagen Airport

67% of the private R&D in DK

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70% reduction in CO2

and other greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

120,000 more residing in

the Capital Region in 2030. 215,000 more in 2045

Source: Statistics Denmark, 2019

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The Greater Copenhagen CollaborationThe Capital Region of Denmark is collaborating across eastern Denmark and southern Sweden with Region Zealand, Scania and Halland, and its 85 municipalities to create a metropolis that reso-nates internationally. We have a collective vision to be an interna-tional growth engine, generating sustainable growth, employment and favourable conditions for residents, businesses and visitors.

We are doing this by:

• Working to create a connected and cohesive infrastructure throughout the metropolitan region, to make commuting easier, and by means of better and borderless public transport to increase mobility throughout Greater Copenhagen.

• Having a joint integrated labour market that will make it easy and attractive to live, with good prospects for seeking a job and education in all parts of the geography.

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are our marker beaconOur focal point is the world’s next generation, and the UN’s Sus-tainable Development Goals (SDG) are therefore an obvious marker beacon for our entire strategy. With that in mind, the Capital Region of Denmark will promote solutions that contribute to a future in which we integrate social, economic and environmental sustainability.

In the Capital Region of Denmark we are already making great strides to realize those Sustainable Development Goals. We are using the Sustainable Development Goals as a catalyst to deliver on sustain-able development in the lead-up to 2030. In this way we are target-ing our work to make the Capital Region a green and innovative metropolis with sustainable growth and a high quality of life.

• Developing sustainable green solutions to the challenges of the future. At the same time, Greater Copenhagen is to be known as an international green metropolis.

• Providing world-class digital infrastructure and becoming a gigabit society in which digitalization, data and intelligent solu-tions shape the best conditions for residents and businesses.

The Capital Region of Denmark regards the collaboration in Greater Copenhagen as vital to the development of our common metropolis region, where collectively we are creating a region for our 4.3 million inhabitants, equipping them for the future.

See more at www.greatercph.dk

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Together we’re creating the framework for the next generationIf the Capital Region is to remain a responsible, green and innovative metropolis with high growth and quality of life in a rapidly changing world, it will require cooperation. We must contribute to solving all the challenges, and we must look beyond regional and national borders to source and provide inspiration.

So the way we are working is through partnerships, innovation and internationalization. This is how we intend to create the best frame-work for the next generation.

PartnershipsStrong partnerships are crucial to ensuring that we are up to solving present and future challenges. The Capital Region of Denmark wishes to work to achieve broad-based collaboration that cuts across municipalities, educational and knowledge institutions, and with other relevant players – regionally, nationally and internationally – to reach common solutions for the benefit of posterity.

The Capital Region of Denmark itself is taking the initiative to facili-tate cross-cutting collaboration, e.g. when water or data cross over municipal boundaries and run into other regions. This can involve developing new initiatives, applying for shared funding or consoli-dating joint political ventures. But we also need to increase our co-production with citizens, businesses, associations and so on so as to ensure that new solutions make a difference to the citizen. Together we stand stronger.

InnovationIt is necessary for us to exploit the possibilities that new technology, data and digitalization provide. We have to do so in order for the region’s citizens – both now and in the future – to have the best chances of living a good life with a high quality of life. In the Capital Region of Denmark we have already made excellent progress and are often involved in collaborating on the development or testing of

new solutions. This can be e.g. by developing and using innovative new methods of remediating contaminated soil or by devising better treatment methods at the region’s hospitals through the applica-tion of data and artificial intelligence.

It’s our ambition to make the Capital Region a front-runner in terms of innovation, data and digitalization. In the Capital Region of Denmark we intend to take the lead ourselves, and strive to think outside the box and innovate within our sphere of operation.

InternationalizationIn the Capital Region of Denmark we are concentrating our efforts on ranking among the best in the world within our spheres of operation, and challenging our regional knowledge and experience in a global arena. As a relatively small metropolis region in an inter-national context, we depend on collaborating and on sourcing the latest knowledge and trends from other major international urban regions.

But the world is also looking to us, and we are taking on that responsibility. We assign high priority to the close-knit collabora-tions in Greater Copenhagen, but within the areas of the strategy we are also working actively for greater cooperation with other metropolises in Europe and the rest of the world. Through the Greater Copenhagen EU Office we are working to secure funding for our initiatives and put in place cooperation and networking with other metropolises in Europe.

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The Capital Region invites collaboration on the strategical framework for future regional development:

Innovative thinking, partnerships and international vision are consistent hallmarks of many of the region’s existing initiatives.

The Innovation GarageThe Innovation Garage is the Capital Region of Denmark’s experimental laboratory, where in national and international partnerships with researchers, entrepreneurs and private com-panies, among others, the region develops and trials new and effective methods of remediating contaminated soil and groundwater protection.

Energy AcrossIn association with 33 municipalities and 10 utility companies, the Capital Region of Denmark has set an ambitious target of making the Capital Region’s electricity and heating supply fossil free by 2035 and the transport sector by 2050. The partners in the project Energy Across are coordinating and cooperating on the energy transition throughout the capital region using strategic energy planning.

CPH ElectricSince 2013 the Capital Region of Denmark has been a driver in the initiative Copenhagen Electric, collaborating with various

players to promote innovative green mobility solutions. The Capital Region of Denmark is, amongst others, participating in several EU projects, where in partnership with European universities, regions and cities we are teaming up to promote alternative fuels such as hydrogen, biofuels and electricity. The region is showing the way by purchasing almost exclu-sively electric vehicles for the region’s own fleet since 2014.

STRINGThe STRING network is an example of the way the Capital Region of Denmark is working to roll out innovative and sus-tainable transport solutions in an international context. Across 4 countries, 8 regions, 5 cities and 3 metropolis regions we are working to create a green transport corridor from Oslo via Malmö and Copenhagen to Hamburg, including efficient train links and recharging points for electric vehicles along the entire route.

Metropolis collaborationInternational partnerships are the way forward if we are to solve global climate change. In association with the metropolis regions of Amsterdam, Hamburg, Stockholm and Helsinki, we are working to support the green transition by promoting energy transition, a circular economy and making it attractive for citi-zens to use public transport, bicycles and shared transport solutions.

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Climate &

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Training

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New opportunities

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Internationalization

Partnerships

Innovation

Strategic framework:

Climate & environment in balanceThe climate and the environment are under pressure. Our lifestyles impact on nature as well as on our health and quality of life – both now and in the future. We have to reduce CO2 emissions and the pressure on the earth’s resources, as well as adapting to changes in the climate, when we can expect more extreme weather with storms, floods and droughts. Sustain-able solutions, holistic thinking and a spirit of cooperation are necessary if we are to create a better balance for people and the environment. We will endeavour to ensure that both locally, regionally and globally there is a good framework for sustainable development in the future too.

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A lack of resources will be a great challenge in the near future – both in the Capital Region and the world over. That will have obvious significance for our prospects. Within the next 10 years we in the Capital Region risk running out of raw materials such as sand, stone and gravel. As a result, we will have to rethink our ideas about e.g. manufacturing asphalt and concrete for roads and building projects. We have to become better at keeping the resources in closed loops to stop them ending up as waste.

Soil contamination poses a threat to our groundwater in many places as well as a health risk for the many people living and moving around contaminated sites. More than 7,000 contaminated sites have been registered in the Capital Region, and we expect that figure to rise as more sites are checked. This will pose a challenge if future generations are also to have clean drinking water in the taps and be able to play safely in playgrounds.

19 tonnes CO2 is the annual cli-

mate footprint made by every Dane. In order to mitigate

against these climate chan-ges, we have to get down to a

max. 2 tonnes a year.

The population density of

700 per sq.km poses a particular

challenge if we are going to pro-tect the groundwater and man-

age changing precipitation.

Goal: In order to contri-bute to the national

target of a 70% reduc-tion in greenhouse

emissions by 2030, we are focusing partly on making the power and heating supply fossil free by 2035

and the transport sector by 2050.

”I believe we’ll be living completely differently to what we’re used to in a few years’ time.”

Natasha, Bagsværd

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It’s our ambition to...Contribute to reducing climate change and adapt to a changing climateA significant reduction in CO2 emissions is needed if we are to avert climate change. It is vital to switch the energy and transport sector over to using renewable energy and to utilizing our energy efficiently. The green transport choices open to the individual citizen must be attractive and simple. The switch calls for large investments and coordination, so as to make the initiative efficient and thus as cheap as possible for citizens in the Capital Region. When it comes to climatic adjustment, our focus is on creating attractive and holis-tic solutions to the change in water volumes to provide more natural amenities in both our urban, rural and coastal areas, and to further their strategic development.

Making better use of resourcesThere is a need for sustainable consumption of resources and restructuring of consumption and production to a more circular economy in which resources remain in the loop and retain their value instead of ending up as waste. We are therefore entering into partnerships with e.g. the waste sector, the business community, knowledge institutions and municipalities to inform and inspire, build circular skills and develop resource loops, e.g. within the construction trade. We will collaborate on developing a functional market for secondary raw materials and to use public procurement to boost the demand for circular solutions.

Safeguarding the groundwaterWe need to develop new and more efficient methods, technologies and processes for remediating contaminated soil, so that we can guarantee the region’s citizens clean soil and clean drinking water in the future too. Among other things, we must find a way to handle soil contamination more efficiently and sustainably. This calls for a high level of professional competence and innovative collaboration with other authorities, water utilities, research institutions and com-panies – both nationally and internationally.

Our core mission

The Capital Region of Denmark is working for a greener and cleaner environment. One of our key tasks is to ensure that the citizens in our region have clean drinking water. We examine some 2,000 sites for contamination every year. If the groundwater or citizens’ health is at risk, we remediate the soil so that the contamination does not reach the drinking water or evaporate upwards and mar the indoor air in a residential property. We have a large body of knowledge and extensive volumes of data in the field, and we rank among the world leaders in the development of new and innovative methods of remediating contaminated soil. The priority we assign to this work is clear from the plan ”The path to clean soil and clean water II”.

Another important task for the Capital Region of Denmark is to safe-guard the raw materials like sand, gravel, clay and lime needed for the many roads, cycle paths, railways, homes and hospitals shoot-ing up in the Capital Region. Raw materials extraction often repre-sents a major intervention in the landscape and frequently involves many opposing interests. It is the Capital Region of Denmark’s job to weigh up interests and make sure that the future extraction and supply of raw materials takes nature, the environment, citizens and commercial interests into consideration. See more in the regional raw materials plan.

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Education & skills for the futureThe development of new technologies and digitalization of many func-tions in society are happening at a whirlwind pace. We will need to meet more and new demands as citizens in the future – both when choosing an education, joining the labour market or making a doctor’s appointment. Education is the key that can equip the individual for the challenges of the future and contribute to sustainable development, so that the capital is a green and innovative metropolis in the future too.

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”I have to educate myself for a future I’m not familiar with.”

Sofie, Frederiksværk

2025 will see an unmet need for

17,000 with STEM skills in the Capital Region.

STEM: Science, Technology,Engineering & Mathematics

2025 will see a shortage of

32,500 skilled workers in

the Capital Region.

Goal: More people will opt for a STEM education in 2030.

STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering

& Mathematics

Development in our region faces the challenge of more and more companies lacking labour and having to turn down orders because of the difficulty of filling vacancies with people who have the right skill-sets. There is a particular shortage of skilled workers and employees with scientific, technical and digital competencies – or STEM skills.

There are also challenges involved in filling public-sector vacancies. This applies particularly within the field of health and welfare, where a shortage of e.g. nurses and social & healthcare assistants at hos-pitals and care homes may pose a massive challenge in the future.

At the same time, many young people in the Capital Region find themselves without a job or an education leading to a formal quali-fication. That’s a problem for the individual, in terms of both quality of life and possible courses of action, as well as for the skills and potentials of the collective workforce.

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It’s our ambition to...Help more people to obtain scientific, technical and digital skillsThere is a need for more citizens at all levels of education to obtain scientific, technical and digital skills – so-called STEM skills. This is vital if we as a society are to seize the opportunities inherent in digitalization and technological development. It applies equally to developing new solutions that can help bring about the green transition. These are precisely the skills required if we are to fulfil Denmark’s ambitions for the climate and the environment. In selected areas the demand for labour may become so great as to necessitate trying to attract highly trained foreign labour, e.g. within life sciences and research.

Contribute to more skilled workersIt is necessary for more people to choose vocational training and become skilled workers, and for more traineeships to be taken up by students in areas where there is a labour shortage. Skilled quali-fications are important if we are to succeed in a green transition; it is not just a matter of developing new high-tech solutions but also, for example, of becoming better at reusing materials so as to make our building and construction more sustainable. If the need for skilled manpower grows so much that the initiative to train Danish labour is not sufficient, the workforce may need to be supplemented with qualified foreign labour.

Secure access to an attractive educationThere must be a wide variety of educational options on offer throughout the Capital Region, with good transport amenities to educational and training establishments. Citizens must have the best opportunities to acquire the education, training and skills to meet future requirements and create a good life for themselves. That applies to young people needing good youth education as well as vulnerable and at-risk citizens in need of a little extra support to progress in their education or job.

Contribute to good learning pathways in the health sectorThose newly trained for a job in the health sector must be as well resourced as possible, so students need to learn and train as much as possible in the course of their practice-based internships at hos-pitals, in psychiatry and with the local authorities. That increases safety for patients and citizens, increasing their motivation to stay in the job at the same time. Learning can be done in part by making greater use of simulation in safe, hands-on learning environments that simultaneously support an interdisciplinary approach and good patient and citizen pathways.

Our core mission

The Capital Region of Denmark provides an adequate and varied educational offering for all those young people looking to embark on youth training throughout the Capital Region. That applies to both the upper secondary school programmes and the basic subjects in vocational education. Every year some 12,000 young people finishing their basic schooling apply to continue on to post-secondary educa-tion by the application deadline of 1 March. This is at the very founda-tion of the Capital Region of Denmark’s work in the field of education.

In addition, the Capital Region of Denmark is working with the vocational colleges to promote its Copenhagen Skills campaign, a campaign that offers a staged introduction to vocational training programmes through intro days at the colleges attended by more than 14,000 students every year. In the future Copenhagen Skills will also work on an introduction to such vocational programmes for students from the Preparatory Basic Education and Training (FGU) and for young people over the age of 18.

Thus we are also contributing to the ambitions set out in the Tech-nology Pact for more people to have scientific, technical and digital skills – aka the STEM skills.

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Efficient & sustainable mobilityThe number of people in the Capital Region is increasing. So is the number of cars. The increase in cars on the roads is three times higher than the rise in population. That causes more congestion, more car queues and more time wasted in traffic. Forecasts indicate a doubling of downtime by 2035, lessening the individual’s quality of life, the region’s cohesion and fuelling increased CO2 emissions. We have to reverse that trend.

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”I don’t want to waste my life sitting in a motorway traffic jam – I’d rather my everyday life allowed me time for both my work, my friends and my family.”

Stiffani, Herlev

Choosing alternatives to the car must be a simple option, making it easy to marry everyday life with sustainable and attractive trans-portation. The Capital Region has a strong collective network of buses, local, regional and suburban trains, light rail and metro; and together with the extensive network of roads and cycle superhigh-ways the infrastructure ensures that we can reach our destination. But increasing congestion on our roads is putting pressure on us on a daily basis, with cars and buses getting stuck in both morning and afternoon traffic.

We have to reinforce the public transport of the future by making better use of the overall transport system, so that more of us swap our place in a traffic jam for a bracing cycle ride, hop on a bus, train or metro, or grab a lift in a colleague’s car – whether living near the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg or out in the smaller city of Frederikssund. That way, we’ll be contributing to more efficient and sustainable transport to our place of work or education, leisure activities or to the hospital if treatment is necessary.

We must inspire local government to use planning tools to create urban and infrastructural development that promotes sustainable mobility solutions and habits, and thus promotes physical activity as well as limiting the harmful effects of traffic noise.

20% more commutes in 2035

than today due to a growing population and

increasing number of jobs.

16.7mhours a year currently wasted by motorists in

the Capital Region in traffic due to congestion. The forecasts predict a

doubling to 33.4m hours by 2035.

Goal: The anticipated rise in commutes must take place primarily by

public transport, bicycle and car-pooling rather than private motoring.

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It’s our ambition to...Make public transport the first choice of more peopleBus, train, local train, light rail, metro, and public demand-responsive transport services need to be made an attractive choice for more citizens so as to avoid undue time wasted in endless traffic jams. We must make it more appealing to combine our trips with cycle rides, shared services and car pooling. Traffic hubs and intersec-tions of all sizes must provide good access for pedestrians and cyclists, and must be interchange points for travel by various modes of transport, and for new private and public mobility solutions.

Use technology and data to make everyday transport easier and greenerEveryday travel incorporating different means of transport needs to be made more seamless, and we need to make better use of the infrastructure. We can ensure this by exploiting the possibil-ities offered by technology and data on traffic and travel patterns. ’Mobility as a Service’ (subscription) and better traffic information, for example, can make public transport more attractive to use on a daily basis. That also applies to mobility solutions combining mobility from both public and private operators. We need to be able to tailor such new digital solutions to the individual citizen to a greater extent. That way, we can help reduce the impact on the environ-ment and hence also global climate change.

Provide better traffic links in Greater CopenhagenThere is a need for smooth-functioning infrastructure across borders and regions. With companies needing qualified employees and international, highly trained labour, we must make it easier to get around Greater Copenhagen. Together with the partners in Greater Copenhagen, we will work to remove border obstacles and make commuting easier, whether you live in the Swedish city of Halmstad or the Danish cities of Holte or Holeby. We will increase mobility with better and borderless public transport, taking the individual around the whole of the metropolis region simply and effortlessly.

Our core missionThe Capital Region of Denmark makes a significant contribution to the promotion of sustainable and efficient transport for citizens. We do this by means of ordering and paying for regional buses and trains, analytical work and specific cross-sectoral development pro-jects that provide the region with functional and cohesive mobility. The aim is to reduce congestion problems and provide sustainable mobility across the region for workplaces, educational establish-ments, leisure activities and hospitals.

We are working to create interconnectivity and good planning of the regional buses, local trains and upcoming light rail for a budget of

approximately 500 million Danish kroner (67 million euro) annually. In the process we are working closely together with the municipalities and the traffic agencies to develop new public transport initiatives and offer a cohesive transport service.

In the Traffic and Mobility Plan for the Capital Region (from 2019) you can read about the region’s plans for the future development of a regional traffic and mobility network. Here you can see the central road, cycle and rail corridors and the key connections with adjacent regions.

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New scope for a healthy lifeOur region must be one of the world’s best places to live in the future too. But the future will be framed differently. The population is increasing, with more citizens living longer and having more complex diseases. That will put a strain on the cohesion in our region. We must promote greater equality in health so that in the future, too, everyone can live a healthy, active life with equal opportunities to enjoy a good quality of life.

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”For me, quality of life is about being able to live a good life, wherever I live..”

Kamilla, Valby

In an international context the Capital Region holds a leading posi-tion as regards scope for living a good life with a high quality of life. But that quality of life is being challenged in an ever growing urban ¬metropolis. More people are feeling stressed, living a pressurized everyday life, finding life difficult mentally or physically, contracting chronic diseases and battling overweight. Noise, smoking and pollu-tion are also taking their toll on the good life.

We must exploit the potential inherent in digitalization and data. Research and development into new health solutions must con-tribute to everyone receiving good treatment from their doctor, local authority and hospital. What is more, new technology and personal medicine will make that treatment more targeted and enable it to be carried out closer to where patients live.

20% more elderly over the

age of 70 as well as more chronic sufferers in the

Capital Region in 10 years. With its tight budget, that means the health service

is under pressure.

25.9% of the region’s citizens

don’t meet the minimum recommendations for

physical activity.

Goal: In 2030 the Capital Regionwill be geared to another 120,000

residents.

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It’s our ambition to...Increase public health for citizensThere is a need to create good facilities and settings to enable citizens in the Capital Region to live a healthy, active life with a high quality of life. This includes making it easy to travel and get around, and having more people choose the bicycle over the car. We must reinforce access to recreational areas and cultural attractions, where diversity and a sense of community can flourish. Active and healthy citizens who are thriving both physically and mentally not only make life better for the individual but also reduce pressure on the health service.

Improve citizens’ health through collaboration on research and innovationIt is necessary for us to exploit the scope offered by research and innovation in the health field if we are also to be able to offer the region’s citizens access to the latest treatments in the future. Among other things, we must create better digital solutions so that more people can be treated at home, thus allowing the individual to experience a closer and more cohesive health service, wherever they live in the region. Besides, new solutions will be found for con-ducting research and innovation in collaboration between hospitals, universities, municipalities, companies, organizations and patients.

Offer the individual patient targeted treatmentIt is crucial for us to provide citizens suffering from e.g. cardio-vascular disease, cancer and chronic illnesses the best possible treatment with the fewest possible side-effects and equal access to treatment. We do this by exploiting the potential of personal medicine, gene analyses, health data, artificial intelligence, new technology and so on. This also enables us to put the individual’s knowledge and data about their own health into the mix for more personalized treatment. Denmark is in an altogether unique posi-tion, with some of the most detailed health data and registers in the world. Data security, transparency and ethics are crucial when using data to prevent, diagnose and treat patients in a more tar-geted fashion – including in their own home. In so doing, we reinforce the concept of proximity and place the patient more firmly at the centre.

Our core mission

As its core mission, the Capital Region of Denmark seeks to increase public health and reduce inequality of access to the preventive and therapeutic services available. We do this by providing citizens with good scope for living a healthy, active life, but also through prevention and treatment. We create a short route from pioneering research to the implementation of new and better treatment, new technology and data-driven solutions. At the same time, we foster innovative collaborations with central and local government, general practice, universities and other know-how environments, and with businesses – both nationally and internationally.

Furthermore, the Capital Region is a leading metropolis in the global market for the development of medical products and equipment. This is due partly to its wealth of vigorous know-how environments, a life science industry with 46,500 employees and, more particular-ly, the 4,000 or so people in the Capital Region of Denmark working on research and innovation, who author just short of 4,500 scien-tific articles a year and collaborate widely with the Capital Region’s vigorous research fora. The region’s input, which is described in this chapter - ”New scope for a healthy life” – is also being delivered as part of the region’s strategy for research and the prevention plan, among other things.

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With the regional development strategy we extend an invitation to collaborateThe regional development strategy is the Capital Region of Denmark’s vision of how we, together with other players, contribute to a sustainable society and put in place frameworks that enable citizens across the region to live a good, healthy life – both now and in the future.

The strategy is based on the region’s area of responsibility with regard to regional development: environment, education and public transport, but also deals with other areas of importance to the Capital Region’s development, e.g. internationalization, innovation, green transition and climatic adaptation.

In the years ahead the Capital Region of Denmark will work to achieve broad-based regional collaboration with municipalities and other players of relevance. Collaboration will be based on the development and realization of specific regional solutions within the strategy’s areas of action. We ourselves are contributing data, know-how, staff resources and funding to varying degrees, but we also need others to participate and contribute, as we cannot perform the task alone.

The specific efforts and initiatives designed to help put the strategy into practice will be specified and elaborated in action plans under-pinning that strategy.

Follow us at www.regionh.dk

Do contact us if you want to help set the framework

for our next generation.

Please contact:

Ms Maria Gudme (Soc.Dem.),Chairman of the Committee

for Research, Innovation and Further Education

Mr Kim Rockhill (Soc.Dem.),Chairman of the Committee

for the Environment and Climate

Mr Jens Mandrup(Socialist People’s Party),

Chairman of the Traffic Committee