It should be simple to live, study, work and run a business across the entire Nordic Region. The Nordic border regions constitute a collaborative hub for the promotion of business competitiveness, the adaptation of skills supply, the identification and removal of border obstacles, the development of sustainable and climate-friendly environmental and energy solutions, the promotion of sustainable land use and the development of cross-border infrastructure and communications. Nordic co-operation within regional development and planning needs to drive forward sustainable, territorial development work across national borders, with a view to developing vital border regions that can thus promote the development of an integrated Nordic Region that is Green, Competitive and Socially Sustainable.