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The County Council established a team of 3 advisers with 4 core priorities back in 2005: Digital Infrastructure, Digital Municipality, Digital Innovation, and Digital Skills. In more detail the prioritized areas involved development of digital strategies / policies, development of high-speed broadband/mobile infrastructure, counselling (private and public sector), project management, facilitation of external and internal processes/projects, development of digital skills (SME/Municipalities), project acquisition (International, national, regional), R&D (own projects in cooperation with R&D institutions, and students at NTNU.) The main strategy for Digital Business development, is to build a platform for (and orchestrate) cooperation between business gardens/incubators, the R&D environment and the public financial mechanisms in the region, directly aimed at increasing the digital maturity-digital competence, and hence increase the development, within the small/micro companies in the region. This is addressed today through the Industry 4.0 Trøndelag project, developed by the County Council as a result of participation in Interreg Europe Skills+. Today the project aims to address the digital maturity and competence in 400 SME’s (up to 15 employees) in the region during 3 years. The project is owned by Trøndelag County Council. Digital Municipality has more or less the same angle. Digital Skills is overarching both in the restructured approach after merging With Nord-Trøndelag.