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Social Economy in Lapland
Lapland is the northernmost region of Finland and European Union.
With the population of 180 000 people and area of 100 366 km², Lapland is
also the most sparsely populated region in the EU (2 people/km²). This brings its own
characteristics and challenges.
SpecialArctic
conditions
REGIONAL FRAMEWORK
SOCIAL ECONOMYFOUNDATIONIN LAPLAND
Sparcely populated regionLong distances
Centralised basic services
Clean and vulnerableArctic environment
Threeinternational
borders
SHARED VALUES
Traditional livelihoodse.g. reindeer herding
Ecologicalsustainability
Communality
Strengtheninglocal economy
Wellbeingfrom nature
Inter-regionalcollaboration
Focus onsocial capital
Private sector
Publicsector
Civilsociety
More job openingsthan eligible workers
Out-migration of youthAgeing demographics
Capital outflow
Decreasingpublic funds
Managementof environmentalimpacts
SpecialArctic
challenges
Strong tourism profile
Maintainingregionalidentity
Localsustainablewellbeing
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What we currently have:In Lapland there are multitude of activities that have social economy dimensions. Potential actors for social economy are i.a. public actors, such as municipalities, education and research institutes, local NGOs and both social and traditional enterprises.
The existing strong culture of communality is a great possibility. Local village associations, LEADER action groups, and successful pilot projects on cooperation of public sector and civil society contributing local wellbeing are just few examples.
Co-operatives and social enterprises are yet emerging, but many local businesses have interests to contribute to wellbeing of the local community.
With existing actors and actions, we are creating our own social economy model for Lapland to support socially sustainable business.
With help of Social Economy thinking we want to:
Maintain the preconditions for wellbeing in both rural and urban areas despite scarce resources and long distances
Prevent the outflow of local resources by producing more necessities (e.g. energy and food) locally
Employ more people locally especially those in difficult positions
Find solutions to the paradox of simultaneous high unemployment and lack of skilled workers
We are promoting social economy with:
Stronger, coordinated cooperation between the different stakeholders
Developing methods for measuring social impact of public procurement
More support (financial and advisory) for both social and traditional enterprises to help them create social impact
Mapping good practises from other regions
SOCIALECONOMYACTION INLAPLAND
ACTIVITIESSOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE
Employment Attractive placeto live and work
Educationpossibilities
locallyGrowth of local
livelihoods
Vitality & wellbeingfor local
communities
Inclusion of all
Social criteria inpublic procurement
Local supply forpublic procurement
Development oflocal businesses
Opportunitiesfor the youth
Sustainableeducation solutions
Securingbasic services
Tradition ofcollaboration
Work integration
Local action groupssupporting
development
Support forsmall enterprises
Wellbeing throughvolunteer work
Cities, municipalities,academic and teaching institutions,
public authorities
Civil societyNGOs, village associations
and locals
Private sectorLocal businessesand entrepreneurs
Public sector
The building blocks
for social economy in Lapland are
cooperation, courage to
experiment new ideas and a hint of
pure madness!
#Lapland
#AboveOrdinary
#ArcticSmartness
#PureMadness