Crossborder Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

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Cross-border Cooperation in the Baltic Sea
Region Helsinki-Tallinn Twin City of Art and
Science project Baltic Metropolises Innovation
Strategy (BaltMet Inno) project
Kimmo Heinonen Culminatum Ltd Oy Helsinki Region
Centre of Expertise November 15, 2005
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Helsinki-Tallinn Twin-City of Art and Science
Vision Helsinki region (Uusimaa) and Tallinn
region (Harjumaa) will constitute a coherent area
of art, science, education and high-tech business
in the future.
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Helsinki-Tallinn Twin-City of Art and Science

• Activities 2003 2005
• Helsinki-Tallinn Twin City of Science Interreg
  IIIA project
• 5 Brokerage Events targeted at companies,
  universities and research centres, and regional
  and local authorities (ICT, life science and
  biotechnology, new materials and micro
  nanotechnologies, and business competences) with
  230 participants
• Screening of interests of companies,
  universities etc. to cooperate, do business,
  engage in joint activities (RD, marketing etc.),
  and rent premises in Helsinki/Tallinn, results
  stored in a database
• Fact finding activities (reports related to
  business development activities, innovation
  support mechanisms, research etc. in Helsinki and
  Tallinn regarding focus sectors of the project)
• Piloting mutual contact points in science parks
  and incubators.

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Helsinki-Tallinn Twin-City of Art and Science

• Helsinki-Tallinn Twin City of (Art and) Science
  in the Urban Programme for the Helsinki
  Metropolitan Area
• Aim to strengthen cooperation within higher
  education and RD and promote mobility of
  students, researchers, teachers, and other
  experts between the two regions
• Activities 2003 2005
• Plan for increased cooperation between Helsinki
  University of Technology (TKK) and Tallinn
  University of Technology (TUT) implementation in
  process
• Report on Possibilities for Cooperation of the
  University of Helsinki and Tallinn Hospitals in
  the Field of Scientific Research
• Report on Development of University Cooperation
  btw Helsinki and Tallinn (report prepared by
  Helsinki-Tallinn Euregio)

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Helsinki-Tallinn Twin-City of Art and Science

• Helsinki-Tallinn Twin City of (Art and) Science
  in the Urban Programme for the Helsinki
  Metropolitan Area
• Activities 2005 2006
• Planning further the forthcoming activities of
  the project
• Joint planning meeting in Tallinn on November
  23, 2005
• Joint event for Helsinki and Tallinn
  universities and other institutions of higher
  education in February / March, 2006
• Potential topics for the joint event
• The third task of universities
• Establishment of permanent forum for Helsinki
  and Tallinn universities and/or representatives
  of universities, cities, and business community
  (triple helix)
• Thematic, cross-disciplinary workshops
• Examples of successful joint projects
• etc.

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• Baltic Metropolises Innovation Strategy (BaltMet
  Inno) project
• Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B project
• Duration January 1, 2005 December 31, 2007
• Budget MEUR 2.6
• 13 partners from Berlin, Copenhagen, Malmö,
  Helsinki, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn and St.
  Petersburg
• City of Helsinki is the Lead Partner (LP),
  Culminatum is the project coordinator
• 3 observers (Oslo, Warsaw, Vilnius)

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• Key objectives of BaltMet Inno
• Foster the role of BSR metropoles at regional,
  national, and global level as engines of economic
  growth and innovation policy makers
• Increase common understanding and agree on
  shared interests for participating regions in the
  field of innovation policy (incl. related
  economic development policy and spatial planning
  issues)
• Mobilise the joint interests connected with
  identified innovation potentials (and translate
  them to new business activities)
• Scale up the profile of the BSR as a worldclass
  innovation and business environment

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Work-packages WP coordinators of BaltMet
Inno WP 1 Complementary Innovation Strategies
in the Baltic Metropolitan Areas (Culminatum Ltd
Oy) WP 2 Community Building and Marketing
Strategies (City of Riga) WP 3 Cluster
Development (Wista Management GmbH) WP 4
Innovation Competences and Entrepreneurial Skills
(Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship SSES) WP 5
Innovation Policy Framework in the Baltic Sea
Region (City of Copenhagen with EVU)
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Interrelation of Work Packages in BaltMet Inno
project
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• Project partners
• City of Helsinki (LP)
• Culminatum Ltd Oy Helsinki Region Centre of
  Expertise (co-ordinator)
• City of Riga
• Berlin Government
• Technology Foundation Berlin (TSB)
• Wista Management GmbH
• Stockholm Economic Development Agency
• Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
• City of Copenhagen
• EVU - Erhvervscenter for Etablering, Vækst og
  Udvikling
• City of Malmö
• City of St. Petersburg (WP4)
• St. Petersburg State University (WP4)
• Observers City of Vilnius, City of Warsaw, City
  of Oslo