New initiative to reduce regulatory burden for the country's farmers
During the autumn, SustainGov and Karlstad University Samhällsnytt AB will start a project in collaboration with farmers, authorities and interest groups. The focus is on reducing the regulatory burden on agriculture, an area that has long been perceived as both costly and time-consuming.
"We gather 'the whole system in the room' – a methodology that ensures that all stakeholders actively participate and contribute to sustainable and practical solutions," says Samhällsnytta's CEO Johan Quist.
The project, which is being carried out within the framework of SustainGov together with Samhällsnytt, and a group of authorities and interest groups, will receive SEK 7 million from Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency.
"This initiative is a recognition of the importance of using system design as a tool to develop new, holistic approaches to solving complex societal challenges, and is in line with SustainGov's overall goal of driving innovation in the public sector," says Johan Quist.
Broad collaboration with "the whole system in the room"
Through system design, the project will investigate and develop measures to reduce the regulatory burden in agriculture. System design means seeing the big picture and bringing together all relevant actors to jointly solve complex problems.
The project will run for 18 months and is carried out in collaboration with the Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA), the Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), the Swedish National Food Agency, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, the county administrative boards of Jämtland, Värmland and Skåne, the Stockholm School of Economics, Växa Sverige, as well as individual farmers and the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA).
"We see that the complexity that exists within the agricultural regulations affects the conditions for both competitive production and national food preparedness," says Ann Lindberg, Director General of SVA. Through this project, SVA will have the opportunity to work together with other actors to reduce the perceived regulatory burden while preserving the added value that Swedish agriculture creates.
For further information, please contact:
Johan Quist, CEO of Karlstad University's Samhällsnytt AB, 070 561 84 64