
Kärnten (AT21)
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
Total population (2019) 560,939
Population per km² 60
Proportion population older 65 year % 21,71%
Innovation Performance group (2019) Strong +
Member ICPerMed? no
Mountain ? > 50 % of population live & > 50 % of surface in mountains
Member Euregha? no
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion? no
InnoStars Region? no
Northern Sparsely Populated Area (NSPA)? no
PM region according EC? no
Baltic Sea MacroRegion? no
S3MedTech region? no
Danube MacroRegion? yes
S3P4PM region? no
Alpine MacroRegion? yes
Regions4PM region? no
ERAPerMed? no
Central Europe? yes
MedTech4Europe? no
Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)? no
1M+Genome initiative? countrylevel member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)? yes
Vanguard Initiative? no
S3ClusSport member? no
Policy document (RIS3): Yes
Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes
Major initiatives
Self evaluation
General perception of the implementation level of PM in the region - Medium
Rate of the need for developing and implementing PM in the region - High
Rate of the need for increasing support/funding for PM activities in the region - High
Rate of the need for increasing the capacity of PM skills in the region - High
Rate of the genomics literacy of the citizens in the region - Medium
Rate of the need for increasing interregional collaboration in PM - High
Image attribution
By TUBS - Austria location map.svg by Lencer, CC BY-SA 3.0,