Welcome to view this recorded webinar, where invited Nordic frontrunners share their experiences and results of working with Agenda 2030 in rural municipalities. How can rural municipalities integrate sustainability in their day-to-day work and what are the main benefits for the local community? Rural municipalities in the Nordic countries share demographic and socio-economic challenges, as well as untapped potential – why not share experiences too? With us in this webinar we have: Distriktssenteret, Norway Results of the study “Sustainability in rural municipalities”. Overview of working methods and processes to support sustainability work at the local level Roar Werner Vangsnes, Senior advisor Marianne Solbakken, Senior advisor Tingvoll Municipality, Norway Experiences from working with the Municipal Societal Plan and concretizing the sustainability goals into local reality and local action. Odd-Arild Bugge, Municipal director Hela Sverige ska Leva X-ing Gävleborg & Söderhamn municipality, Sweden From understanding SDGs and developing local development plans at the village level to the municipal-wide sustainability work Mats Leivig, Board member (Hela Sverige ska Leva) Bitti Alvin Lehman, Rural developer and Project manager (Söderhamn municipality) SDGs as a strategic framework in smaller municipalities in Finland – highlights from a forthcoming study Frans Cederlöf, researcher Ii municipality, Finland Climate actions in Ii – Local solutions to global challenges. How did a small place in northern Finland manage to become one of the most eco-friendly towns and engage citizens in the process? Marjukka Manninen, Mayor of Ii -------------------------------------- Read more about Nordregio's work with Agenda 2030 here: https://nordregioprojects.org/agenda2030local/