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For the last two years the Eastern Norwegian County Network has had the Chairmanship and secretariat for the organisation BSSSC (Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation). At the beginning of 2009 the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg takes over the chairmanship. Upcoming chairman is State Secretary Carsten Lüdemann, Comissioner for Federal, European and International Affairs of Hamburg. (15.12.08)
Euromontana's VII Mountain Convention will take place in Lillehammer in 2010. The conference will be organised in cooperation with Fjellregionsamarbeidet, a network of mountain regions in Southern Norway. (04.12.08)
The County Council has approved the proposed strategic plan for the County Municipality's international work. The debate preceding the decision expressed a broad political consensus about the importance of internationalisation. (22.10.08)
Oppland County Municipality has launched the idea of an international project on second homes development. The idea will be presented to the AER working group on sustainable rural development during the conference in Linz 27-28 October. (15.10.08)
The county municipality's international committee has developed a new strategy for internationalisation. The 26 municipalities and various institutions in the county have been invited to comment on the proposed strategy. The deadline for submitting statements is 1 October. (08.09.08)
At the end of July Oppland county municipality received a delegation from Valmiera county in Latvia. The main purpose of the visit was to attend the folk music festival “Jørn Hilme-stemnet” in Valdres, but the delegates also had meetings with politicians and administration in Oppland county municipality. Valmiera and Oppland have cooperated in a number of areas since the cooperation agreement was signed in 2001. Culture has been one of the most important fields, in particular exchange of young musicians. (05.08.08)
Oppland county municipality has taken the role as lead partner in a European cooperation on pastoralism in mountain areas. Mountain regions in Italy, France, Romania and Norway are partners in the project, as well as the organisation Euromontana. The consortium has submitted a project application to Interreg IVC, and the overall objective of the project is to encourage, maintain and promote the transhumance and mountain pastoralism system and practice with all its added values. The partners have great expectations that the project will result in helping them develop adapted policies to sustain a traditional activity essential to maintain the landscape, that is in itself a cultural heritage, and that benefits not only its direct stakeholder but also the environment and indirect stakeholdes (e.g. within tourism). (27.06.08)
At the end of February Oppland county municipality hosted the AER conference “Future of rural development policy and rural regions”. More than 120 delegates from European regions attended the conference. In addition to sessions and workshops the participants also got a presentation of Oppland county municipality and its organisation. “Second homes” was one of the central topics at the conference, and 80 delegates took part in a guided tour in Hafjell where they could learn more about Oppland’s policy on this issue. (27.06.08)
Oppland county has a varied and picturesque landscape which extends from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen and Rondane. The county is divided into six regions: Nord-Gudbrandsdal, Midt-Gudbrandsdal, Lillehammer, Valdres, Gjøvik and Hadeland.
Oppland includes the towns Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Otta and Fagernes, Norway's highest mountain (Galdhøpiggen) and Norway’s biggest lake (Mjøsa).
Several museums and other attractions are situated in Oppland and tourism is important to the economy. The 1994 Winter Olympics provided the region with unique winter sports facilities and arenas.
Key facts about Oppland