We need a more robust digital preparedness. Under the Robust Region – Internet Islanding initiative, we will enable localised islanding of the internet to ensure that critical digital functions will work even if the connection is broken and we become an isolated island.
See SVT’s feature on the project from 2 April:
Unique project in Karlstad – creates own crisis internet
On 2 April, we held a workshop within the project that, in addition to us in the project group, engaged various actors with valuable perspectives. Together we worked on dependency maps and identification of the most critical functions.
Some of the areas placed high on the priority list are:
- Important and credible information
- Communication with loved ones
- Payment and identification services
- Food production
- The possibility of collecting medicines
The aim of the project is to enable localised internet access for at least one function. We will then share the knowledge with other regions and hopefully enable scaling up so that more functions can be connected.
Robust Region – Ödrift internet is run through robust collaboration between Compare, Karlstad Municipality, Karlstads Energi AB, Karlstad University, Netnod, RISE, MittNät, Svenska Stadsnätsföreningen, NWT Gruppen AB and Coop Värmland.
The project is funded by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
More information about the project can be found here.
