Programming a SSC 2.0 framework with the Municipality of Aarhus

The guidelines of the Danish Strategic Sector Cooperation (SCC) were updated following the evaluation of the program in 2020. The new version SSC 2.0 initiates 4-year framework programmes as a basis for the engagement with Danish authorities. They are aimed to promote a socially just green transition, the development of the SSC as a political dialogue instrument, the reinforcing of the commercial value and the redesigning of the organisation into result-based management. Two pilot projects with national authorities and one with the municipality of Aarhus were planned for the phase-in stage in 2022. The transition into further phases of the SCC collaboration with Aarhus will demand new and adjusted ways of thinking, organising, planning, and reporting for all involved parties. Throughout 2022, Eric Buhl-Nielsen and Astrid Høegh Jensen from PEM have tried to ease this transition by enabling dialogues and discussions, and by developing answers and solutions to arising challenges during this process.