The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth () is a

Swedish government agency The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...

organized under the Ministry of Enterprise, tasked to promote

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and regional growth, and to implement structural funds programmes. The agency has broad mission. Some efforts are targeted directly to a specific company or prospective business; other times the aim is to influence and develop the business environment, often it's both. The agency has a mandate to manage and distribute funds from the

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and the

European Regional Development Fund The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union. Its purpose is to transfer money from richer regions (not countries), and invest it in the infrastructure and se ...

, to support projects that promote growth and jobs.

History

The agency was established in 2009, when the Swedish Business Development Agency () and the Swedish National Rural Development Agency () closed. Some work previously managed by the Swedish Consumer Agency () was also transferred to the new agency.

Organisation

The agency has about 370 employees, nine local offices and headquarters in

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. It is led by

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References

External links

Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth - Official site
{{authority control Government agencies of Sweden

History

Organisation

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