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EAST FINLAND IN
EUROPE
Content of the presentation
- Some facts about east Finland
- EU funding & cohesion policy instruments
- EU Programme development & 2013+
TEMPERATURE
CONTRAST INDEX
IN EUROPE,
ISOLINES
Population and
demography in Finland
Population density in the EU is
approximately 114 inhabitants/km2.
population/km²
31.12.2008
500 100 - 499
50 - 99
25 - 49
10 - 24
19
uninhabited
Finland’s population density is
17,6 inhabitants/km2.
Population density in East Finland is
7,6 inhabitants/km2.
There are only 0,2 inhabitants/km2
in the most sparsely populated
municipalities in Finland.
Source: Statistics Finland, Ruututietokanta 2009
KL/JAH 14.10.2010
EAST FINLAND – analysis
651 000 inhabitants (2010) in an area of 85 200 km2 with
population density of 7,6 / km2.
Main challenges in East Finland
Declining and ageing population
Level of unemployment higher than average in Finland
Growth rate of economy slower than average in Finland
Growing differences inside the area
Limited number of enterprises and low rate of new start-ups
Thin entrepreneurship tradition
Need to increase know-how capital
Critical issues
Regional competitiveness and attractiveness
Innovation promotion
Internationalisation of actors
Opportunity
Location on the Russian border
Development strategy of East Finland
Vision
East Finland is
an open
environment of
competence,
entrepreneuship
and living. For
East Finland
Neigbourhood of
Russia is a
strenght.
Influence-/
macro object.
Programme
Objectives
Jobs
New jobs
Core of development
strategy
Competitive and
renewable companies
Action lines/
Priorities
Entrepreneuship
Enterprises
Empl. rate
Unempl. rate
Gross value
added
New
companie
s
Amount of
R&D
R&D-activities
R&D jobs
Export
Level of
education
Well functioning
innovation system and
attractive
environment
Functional
labour market, competent
and motivated
labour force
Innovation
activities
Operational
environment
Working life
& education
(ESF)
ERDF Priority 2: Strengthening of
innovation activity and networking,
reinforcing knowlegde structures
- Developing regional knowledge structures and innovation
environments
- Strengthening preconditions and the role of university and
research units, universities of applied sciences, vocational
institutes, centres of excellence and technology in transfer of
technology and knowledge
- Developing knowledge-intensive services to the enterprises
- Networking, internationalisation
- Cross sectoral co operation
- Cluster building on regional priorities
- Utilising instruments of information society
ERDF PR 2 Thematic focusing on common
fields of expertise in East Finland
• Generating joint pilot projects in the fields of
Forest and metal
Materials technology
ICT
Leisure time activities and tourism
Welfare
Environment and energy
Mining
Food stuffs
ERDF Financing plan 2007 - 2013
120
100
44,750
48,030
MEUR
80
50,705
52,776
54,571
National
56,417
58,315
60
ERDF
40
65,394
61,328
57,074
52,625
20
47,975
43,119
38,048
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
ESF 2007-2013
Ensuring the supply of labour:
•
•
encouraging mobility in occupational and regional levels (Priority2)
new methods in training and education (P3)
•
work-based models (P3)
•
new ways to qualify vocational degrees (P3)
•
taking notice of learning difficulties (P2, P3)
•
•
developing employment services (P3)
promoting labour immigration (P4)
Encouraging the development of work organisations:
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•
•
development of competence capital, especially in small firms (P1, P3)
development of the working methods (P1)
promoting well-being, equality and flexibility in workplaces (P1, P2)
•
multicultural work organizations, gender issues, disabled persons in working life
ESF 2007-2013
Reducing structural unemployment and raising the level of employment:
• development of the intermediate labour market (P2)
• finding job opportunities for those threatened by social exclusion:
especially long-term unemployed men, disabled, immigrants
• co-operation with municipalities, third sector etc.
• measures developing the employability of the young people (P2)
• flexible pathways from vocational education to working life
• educational guidance
• individual support system
• supporting the employability of ageing workforce (P2)
• new models to combine education and work
• identification of learning difficulties
• promoting entrepreneurship (P1)
ESF-funding for East-Finland 2007-2013
70.000
60.000
50.000
40.000
Mil. (€)
30.000
20.000
10.000
0.000
2007
2008
ESF / EU
2009
State
2010
Communities
2011
All together / year
2012
2013
What it takes to get a
Structural Funds project started
• Understand the regional needs and align
your action to them – this is not about
science nor data
• Develop a bold vision – this is a about
changing existing structures
• Discuss with the regional authorities
(state, provincial, city, universities, …)
• Find partners and 20-30% self-financing
Framework of Cohesion Policy 2013+
National Europe
2020 –strategy /
framework
Europe 2020 -strategy
EU-level
Community strategy
(including the category or list of possible priorities to be chosen
by each member state)
Member state /
regions,
Commission
Partnership agreement
Programme outcomes / targets
(EARDF, ESF, agriculture and fisheries programme incl.)
Priority
axes /
priorities
chosen by
Finland
Member State
Regions
Conditionalities
Regional Operational Programmes
Measures and actions / projects
TEM/AKY/RAPO 18.5.2011
Europe 2020: 7 Flagship Projects
Priorities proposed by Eastern Finland circulated below, cross-cutting theme drawn with a hexagon
Smart growth
Innovation
Innovation Union
Education
Youth on the move
Information Society
Digital agenda for
Europe
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
Climate, energy and
mobility
An agenda for new
skills and jobs
Resource rich Europe
Programme for new
skills and jobs
Competitiveness
An industrial policy for
the globalization era
Poverty reduction
European platform
against poverty
Get ready for Horizon2020
• Horizon2020 priorities:
– e-infrastructures
– SMEs
– climate action
– Support to EU environmental objectives
• Decadal vision on biodiversity informatics
by Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts