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AT21 - Kärnten
Total population: (2019) 560,939
Population per km²: 60
Proportion population older 65 year %: 21,71%
Innovation Performance group (2021): Strong +
Kärnten (Carinthia) is the southernmost Austrian state with a population of 557,773. The regions’ S3 priorities include a focus on control technology and module switching technology, information and communication technologies, sustainability technologies and materials and production technologies at the interfaces of IT. The region is involved in a number of initiatives including Pflegenahversorgung, HealtNet and Consenso.
Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities?
Yes - Interreg, Erasmus
Regional Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes
Major initiatives
Memberships
Danube MacroRegion
Alpine MacroRegion
Central Europe
1M+Genome initiative - country level member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)
Image attribution - By TUBS - Austria location map.svg by Lencer, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14148680