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SUMMARY317Cultivation (Odlingen) were built up on these aspects.Three different, speculative portrayals of developmentin the Stockholm Region and surrounding area werewritten.After the elections of 1994, the Social Democrats,together with the Left and Green parties, held a majorityin the Committee for Regional Planning and UrbanTransportation. The Uncertain Future was generallywell received and a number of municipalities used it as abasis for their municipal planning.A Regional StrategyAs a result of the discussions around the scenario document,the Committee decided in 1995 to have a longtermstrategy drafted for the Stockholm Region. Thework was to focus especially on those areas of mostsignificance for the Region’s future. Three areas – economicdevelopment, the social situation and the environment– were pinpointed as of major significance forthe future.In co-operation with representatives of a large numberof organisations, three sector strategies were compiledduring 1996, focusing on the environment, socialsituation and economic development respectively. Themain directions were laid out for the follow-up work,which would deal with the traditional regional planningand traffic issues, but in addition also be expanded toinclude economic development, competence upgradingand international issues, with emphasis on the BalticSea Region.Based on these sector strategies, the document “TheStockholm Region’s Future – outline of a long-termstrategy”, was compiled in 1997. The outline strategy,together with the three background reports, was distributedfor consultation and comments in the autumn of1997. The comments and opinions received were reviewedby the Committee during the spring of 1998.The large majority of them were in support of thedirection taken in the proposal.This consultation version of “The Stockholm Region’sFuture” described ten tasks of strategic importancefor the region’s future. Many of the comments andopinions received pointed out the need to make thesetasks more precise and prioritise them, in order toenable a concentration of effort. Although the ten strategictasks were regarded by most commentators asimportant, five of them were regarded as of greatersignificance than the others: economic growth andemployment, competence and education, access andcommunications, the Baltic perspective and housingprovision and integration. Strategies in these areasneeded to be made more precise and dealt with in moredepth.In August 1998, the Office presented for adoption arevised and expanded proposal for a long-term strategyfor the region. The Committee for Regional Planningand Urban Transportation examined the proposal on 18August 1998. In September that same year, the SocialDemocrats lost their majority in the County Counciland had to hand over power to a right-wing coalitionunder the leadership of Elwe Nilsson (of the ModerateParty) before the strategy had been finally approved bythe Council. It was not until November of 1999 that theissue could be dealt with once more by the Committeefor Regional Planning and Urban Transportation. On14 April 2000, “The Stockholm Region’s Future” wasapproved as a regional strategy for the Stockholm Region.The strategy lays down the main directions for thefollow-up work. It should deal with the traditional regionalplanning and traffic issues, but in addition also beexpanded to include economic development, competenceupgrading and international issues, with emphasison the Baltic Sea Region.