Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd

Södertörn Group Conference 24 March 2011

Riikka IkonenProject ManagerCulminatum Innovation Oy Ltd

The regional development agency of Helsinki Region

Content

1. Who we are

2. The Centre of Expertise Programme

3. Other development focus areas: Service Design, Innovative Public Procurement

4. Competetitives strategy for Helsinki Metropolitan Area

5. Key points

• Founded in 1995 for implementing the Centre of Expertise Programme in the Helsinki Region

• Main activities

– Implements 9 Centres of Expertise in Helsinki Region and coordinates 3 Centre of Expertise Clusters nationally

– Implements local, regional, national and international development projects aiming at developing the region

• Company characteristics

– Triple helix –ownership: science community, region and cities, and business sector

– Non-profit seeking

– Funding 50/50 from municipalities and the Ministry of Employment and the Economy + projects

• 40 employees

• CEO Pasi Mäkinen

Who we are

• County and cities 43 %

• Universities and research institutions 34 %

• Science parks and companies 17 %

• Financial institutions and foundations 6%

The shareholders

Joint strategy

Partners at regional level

The Centre of Expertise Programme

• The Centre of Expertise Programme is a fixed-term special programme coordinated by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, in compliance with the Act on Regional Development.

• It targets local, regional and national resources at the utilisation of top-level expertise.

• The programme supports regional strengths, the specialisation of regions and cooperation between Centres of Expertise.

• Increase the number of competitive products, services, enterprises and jobs based on the highest standard of expertise.

• Attract international investment and leading experts.

• Participation in the development of user-driven innovation activities and environments (test beds, living labs).

Centers of Expertice in Helsinki Region

Nanocluster

Living cluster

Tourismcluster

Food developmentcluster

Digital contentscluster

Cleantechcluster

HealthBio cluster

Health and well-being Cluster

Ubiquitous computing cluster

Other development focus areas

• Service design - Helsinki is the World Design Capital 2012

• Innovative Public Procurement

• Europe´s Entrepreneurial Region in 2012

Design led innovation and public sector transformation

DEVELOPING OFFERING

AND MAKING TALENTS VISIBLE

CREATING DEMAND FOR STRATEGIC

AND SERVICE DESIGN

• Public sector pioneers –roadshow• Connecting designers into World Design Capital 2012

Programmes

• Developing, piloting and disseminating a Process guide for procurement of strategic and service designers

• Making talents visible and easier to find• Joint development of the offering suitable for public sector

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Jussi Sorsimo, Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd

Innovative Public Procurement

• Innovation in implementing procurement process and in developing models of procurement

• Procurement of products or services which do not exist or which need revolutionary development to suit the client’s needs

• Public sector demand is able to create the critical mass particularly needed in the new and often most innovative business sectors

Europe´s Entrepreneurial Region in 2012

• Helsinki-Uusimaa Region has chosen Young Entrepreneurship

for it’s EER 2012 Theme.

Action Plan for the EER year 2012:

1. Helsinki-Uusimaa Region measures to achieve the principles of the EU’s Small Business Act

2. Helsinki-Uusimaa Region introducing entrepreneurship in schools and training programs

3. Helsinki-Uusimaa Region support at each critical level of the business growth cycle

4. Development of a regional cluster policy

5. Making optimal use of the EU’s structural funds and other public funding in the Region

6. Helsinki-Uusimaa Region Private-Public Partnership

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Key questions:

• How attractive and interesting is the metropolitan area, for both individuals and businesses?

• What are the actions with which people, businesses and investments can be made to stay in the area?

Competitiveness strategy for Helsinki metropolitan area

SRV ViitosetSARC Architects

Tapiola Towers

• Improving top-quality education and know-how

• Building good quality of life as well as a pleasant and secure living environment

• Strengthening user-driven innovation environments and developing public procurements

• Internationalisation of the metropolitan area and its connection to global networks

• The strategy lays the foundation for contractual cooperation between the central government and the metropolitan area aiming to improve competitiveness in the metropolitan area

Competitiveness Strategy for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

JKMM ArchitectsKirnu - Shanghai EXPO 2010

Priority 1: Improving top-quality education and know-how

• The education system is developed towards the international top at all educational levels, from basic education to universities

• New forms of cooperation are built between the educational institutions and economic and industrial life

• Cooperation between the cities is improved in order to develop the activities, division of work and mutual interaction in the campus network.

ARK-house architectsKumpula Campus

Myllypuro Wooden City

• Elements related to quality of life attract new residents to the metropolitan area and make those already residing there committed to the area

• Elements related to quality of life include – satisfaction with the residential, working and living environments– security– high-standard services, such as educational, cultural, sports and leisure-

time services– an attractive city centre

• Of the above elements, the cities select the most important residential environments they will develop and market with regard to competitiveness in the metropolitan area.

Priority 2: Building good quality of life as well as a pleasant and secure living environment

APRT Architects

A-Konsultit architects  Otaniemi Metro Station 

• Innovation environment

– Regional and thematic operating environment where multi-sectoral know-how, growth companies and internationally networked research, educational and development organisations are concentrated.

• The cities support the progress of the selected operating environments, their mutual division of work and networking and develop their own public procurements.

Priority 3: Strengthening user-driven innovation environments and developing public procurements

• Greater Helsinki Promotion (GHP)

• In the international marketing of the metropolitan area, systematic utilisation of the regional and thematic development and innovation environments, internationally strong sectors of research and education, regional knowledge clusters and centres as well as other points of attraction in the metropolitan area.

• The area is considered as a forerunner in open user-driven development environments.

• Based on the subsectors defined in the Competitiveness Strategy, the cities engage in target-oriented cooperation with the most important global urban districts and networks.

• The cities promote together the settling-in of international businesses and make the professionals stay in the area by building up a regional system of steering and advisory services intended for foreign companies and their key persons.

• Culminatum and other interested partners build together the connection to international networks.

Priority 4 Internationalisation

Key points

• Triple helix ownership structure

• Regional strengths

• Strategic approach

• Networks and networking

• Participation to various development programmes and projects

Thank you!

For more information:Riikka IkonenProject ManagerCulminatum Innovation Oy Ltdriikka.ikonen@culminatum.fi www.culminatum.fi/en