The aim of the project is to strengthen Västerbotten’s companies’ ability to change during and after the pandemic. The project aims to create tools within the framework of existing regulations governing business support to contribute specifically to: — future-proof companies that ensure jobs and minimise the risks of and reduce the impact of redundancies and notice — sustainable growth and increased employment in the county’s companies clearly affected by the pandemic and provide incentives for competitive green and/or digital business activities and/or investments. Efforts will aim to support companies clearly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic but also be able to include sustainability dimensions (environmental, economic and social). Efforts are given a special focus on intra-regional disparities, taking into account entrepreneurs who are particularly vulnerable in a recession, including entrepreneurs with a foreign background, and gender differences.