Case Study
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL)
Overview The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL) represents the governmental, professional and employer-related interests of Sweden’s 290 municipalities and 20 county councils/ regions. Its members employ 1.1 million people, which makes SKL the largest employer organization in Sweden. Challenge SKL’s work means it collaborates extensively outside its own organization, through regular dialog with the government, Riksdagen (Swe dish Parliament), government agencies, the EU, and other key organizations. IT plays a vital role in this and SKL contributes to 400 different networks where people all over Sweden can collaborate on specific projects, e.g., city planning or healthcare. SKL maintains a project base which currently holds 1,200 projects with 25,00