Sweden Emilia Romagna Network (SERN) is a non profit organization which gathers 55 members among Italian municipalities and provinces of the Emilia Romagna region and regions, counties and municipalities in Sweden. The network was founded in February 2005 with the main objective of developing in a structural manner the relations between the local authorities in Sweden and in Italy, particularly Emilia-Romagna. The main objective is, first of all, to foster relations and exchanges of good practices among the members and therefore to create a model of cooperation stretching over several policy areas and involving different level of government and at the same time a plurality of actors like educational institutions, NGOs and economic actors too. SERN focuses its activities on 5 main areas, environment, welfare policies, entrepreneurship, social inclusion and education, on which creates different working groups involving both Italian and Swedish partners.