Large establishments, national and international, draw attention to Västerbotten and new demands are placed at the local and regional level to meet in a smooth, efficient and coordinated way. A central part of this is that there is established and organised leadership at regional level with close cooperation with the local environment where an establishment can take place. To increase opportunities for international investments and establishments, a regional structure and operations are therefore needed. The structure needs to be based on a single regional leadership for internationalisation issues (investments, establishments and exports) and based on municipal needs, i.e. the site-specific conditions for more establishments and investments. A well-developed structure for investment/establishment works closely with the national level, Business Sweden. There is also a great need for the regional level to link the work with establishments to other regional development areas, such as skills supply, innovation and community planning. The aim of the project is to increase the possibility of more investments and establishments to Västerbotten through the development of well-developed and packaged regional business offerings and capacity strengthening measures for municipalities and the region. The goal of the project is to establish an organised, strategic leadership for internationalisation (invest, establishment and export). This is to be achieved through three sub-goals. Sub-target 1: link internationalisation with other regional development issues (competence, innovation, urban planning Part goal 2: develop regional business offerings for Västerbotten and for individual SMEs Subgoals 3: Increase the international marketing of Västerbotten