Mrs. Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Iceland Mrs. Iselin Nybø Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway Mr. Ibrahim Baylan Minister for Business, Industry, and Innovation, Sweden Mr. Mika Lintilä Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland Mr. Simon Kollerup Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Denmark Mrs. Paula Lehtomäki Secretary General Nordic Council of Ministers Subject: 10 steps leading out of the crisis: the Nordic recovery strategy post-Covid-19. Dear Nordic Ministers in charge of Industry! Dear Secretary General! Copenhagen, May 5, 2020 We strongly welcome your idea to develop the Nordic strategy for the economic recovery after Covid-19. We believe that the cooperation and acting together is the only way out of this crisis. This is also our chance to show to the rest of the world that the Nordic cooperation stands strong in time of crises! Our organization, the Association of Nordic Engineers, ANE, represents more than 500.000 engineers in the region – a strong voice that can be relied on during the transition times. The success of our Nordic Model is due to the governance structures of the Nordic countries, not least role of strong social partners. We are, therefore, ready to contribute with our expertise to the recovery roadmap and can help your working group finding the right solutions. In our view, the focus of this Nordic cooperation should be making the Region a true frontrunner in the green transition and investing in the innovative solutions leading out of the crisis and towards sustainable societies. Free trade, open competition and a market-based economy combined with high social and environmental standards is what has defined our Region as the success story of the twentieth century. Today, the opportunities are plentiful in areas like energy, transport, circular economy, research and innovation programs, support to SME´s, dissemination of new technologies, strengthening value and supply chains, investment programs of common Nordic interest, export programs etc. The crisis caused by the pandemic has shown that value and supply chains are now to a very high degree international – especially within industries. Therefore, a primary goal for the open Nordic economies must be to ensure that these value and supply chains are kept intact. Based on the high degree of trade interlinkages between the Nordic industries and common Nordic values and similarities, there is now an opportunity and a momentum to take even further the advantages of these traits. This is no time for “any country or region first”, we need to act together! Association of Nordic Engineers: Kalvebod Brygge 31-33: DK-1780 København V: Tlf.: +45 29 74 39 60: www.nordicengineers.org: ipo@ida.dk
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