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UNIC Methodology and Innovation Gaps Report
FREIIA, Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation, is a INTERREG project financed by the European Union running from 1. October 2022 until 31. December 2025. The project consists of 14 partners from 6 countries, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and Norway.
The aim of this project is to help 6 island communities in the European Union to create competences, capabilities & structures that support the public sector in becoming successful in the green transition, through the involvement of community, young entrepreneurs and students.(«FREIIA», u.å.)
Østfold University College is responsible for Work Package 4 (WP4), which focuses on fostering student entrepreneurship. The main objective of WP4 is to integrate entrepreneurship students into the strategic governance of island innovation, strengthening their role in green transitions. When referring to the FREIIA project in this paper, it refers to WP4 of the FREIIA project.
The report describes the process of determining the innovation gaps on Koster islands in Sweden using students form the participating universities and stakeholders from the islands. The next step will be to resolve the gaps by finding new solutions created by innovative methods like design thinking.
Design thinking and Co-creation Report
FREIIA (Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation Approaches) is an INTERREG North Sea Region project funded by the European Union, aimed at enhancing resilience and innovation capacity in island communities across six countries. (FREIIA FREIIA | Interreg North Sea, u.å.)
Østfold University College is responsible for Work Package 4 (WP4), which focuses on fostering student entrepreneurship. The main objective of WP4 is to integrate entrepreneurship students into the strategic governance of island innovation, strengthening their role in green transitions. When referring to the FREIIA project in this paper, it refers to WP4 of the FREIIA project.
In the first phase of this project, we identified innovation gaps on the island of Koster Sweden, through semi-structured interviews with stakeholders from the public, private, and civil sectors. This paper presents the next phase of the project, which uses design thinking and the double diamondframework to co-create solutions to the identified challenges through a workshop.
The interviews and process Report
FREIIA, Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation, is a INTERREG project financed by the European Union running from 1. October 2022 until 31. December 2025. The project consists of 14 partners from 6 countries, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and Norway.
The aim of this project is to help 6 island communities in the European Union to create competences, capabilities & structures that support the public sector in becoming successful in the green transition, through the involvement of community, young entrepreneurs and students.
Østfold University College is responsible for Work Package 4 (WP4), which focuses on fostering student entrepreneurship. The main objective of WP4 is to integrate entrepreneurship students into the strategic governance of island innovation, strengthening their role in green transitions. When referring to the FREIIA project in this paper, it refers to WP4 of the FREIIA project.
Through a series of interviews conducted by university students with local stakeholders, this section examines innovation gaps on the Koster Islands, Sweden. Using a structured approach, the interviews gathered diverse perspectives from community members, businesses, and municipal representatives. The insights gained highlight key challenges related to local development and innovation. These findings serve as a foundation for the different phases of the project, where innovative methods are being applied to develop targeted solutions.
Koster AI Analyze Report
FREIIA, Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation, is a INTERREG project financed by the European Union running from 1. October 2022 until 31. December 2025. The project consists of 14 partners from 6 countries, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and Norway.
The aim of this project is to help 6 island communities in the European Union to create competences, capabilities & structures that support the public sector in becoming successful in the green transition, through the involvement of community, young entrepreneurs and students.
This paper describes the process of using AI as a tool for identifying the innovation gaps on the Koster Islands in Sweden. AI is used as a prototype to explore possibilities for to prosses huge amount of data in a short period of time. The next step is to arrange workshops based on the problem statements produced/found by AI.