Sweden is a large country and distances between
the different actors of the national network may at
times be large. To tackle this problem, minimise
travelling costs and time consumption, virtual think
tanks were created. The mechanism proved to be
efficient: not only some of the outcome of those
virtual meeting contributed to shape the content of
the Swedish RDP but it also helped decrease the
feeling of isolation that some stakeholders may have
felt. Sound-effective structured meeting and quick
feedback on participants’ comments is crucial to
make this type of meetings work.