Helsinki Region

Jan-Henrik Johansson, 20.02.2005

Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisation

Jan-Henrik Johansson, Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland


Helsinki Region

Area: 6767.1 km2Land area: 6365.8 km2Population (31.12.2003): 1 274 475Population density: 200.2Employment, agriculture 0.6%Employment, secondary production 19.0% Employment, services 80.4%



Presentation:

1. Technology, Talent and Tolerance (3T)

2. Examples from Helsinki Region

3. Challenges for us in the Baltic Sea


eInclusion What does inclusion mean in a global world?

Can I explain my problem in Chinese, please …I don’t touch eggs, … Indian vegetarianUsed to driving on the right side …Prefer a Japanese bath …Used to free videophone service …


The Creative ClassGlobal competition for skills

“The key element of global competition is no longer the trade of goods and services or flows of capital, but the competition for people. ”

“ecosystem characteristics of the creative economy … enable certain places to attract and mobilize more of these creative assets than others.”

Source: The Creative Class, Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli, Jan 2004


Culture of tolerance and open-mindedness Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli

These measures should be looked at as leading indicators of creative ecosystems –

…habitats open to new people and ideas, where people can easily network and connect, and where bright ideas are not stifled but are turned into projects, companies and growth.

“Tolerance – openness to new people and ideas, what one can think of as low barriers to entry for people – is a critical element of this environment.”


Euro-Creative Class indexCreative Occupations as a percentage of Total Occupation



Euro-Creativity Index


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2. Examples from Helsinki Region


Project: Service Guide for immigrants


Culture Culture networkingnetworking

””a network of independent a network of independent cultural centerscultural centers

that promotes the spirit of that promotes the spirit of "intercultural forms" "intercultural forms"

open to a social and artistic open to a social and artistic imagination, imagination,

bearers of a plural europe, bearers of a plural europe, showing solidarity and showing solidarity and

creativity”creativity”

Project: Trans European Halles


Project: Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre


Competence-driven land use strategy in the Helsinki Region

Enhancing the competitiveness of the Helsinki Region from the viewpoint of competence

Developing the Helsinki Region Science Park

Cultivating campus concepts

Developing competence-oriented land use zones

Upgrading connections and the traffic environment

Improving housing and the residential environment

Project: Networked Creative Campuses


Infrastructure for Knowledge creation in Helsinki Region

Universities and Polytechnics

Universities and Polytechnics R&DR&D CompaniesCompanies

Campuses and Business ParksCampuses and Business ParksResearch centres Business incubatorsResearch centres Business incubators

Test BedsTest BedsLearning Labs Education and research facilities Business labsLearning Labs Education and research facilities Business labs

Project: Networked Creative Campuses


Facilitating cross-border research collaborations

The long-term objective for the Helsinki-Tallinn Science Twin City project is to be a “science bridge” for increasing cooperation in science, science park cooperation and high-tech business development.

The approach has been to pool resources and promote closer cooperation between science and high-tech business communities in the two cities.

Project: Helsinki-Tallinn Twin Science City


Part of a larger picture

Actor Interest

Universities Strategic element of implementing the “Third Task”

Capital region Integration, citizens services, resource use, sustainable growth, Image building

Regional Council

Networking with Regional Innovation Initiatives in the EU

Towards a Baltic Innovation strategy

EU Innovation action programmes

ERA - Regional Dimension?

BPII, Risto Nevalainen

Project: Helsinki-Tallinn Twin Science City



3. Challenges for us in the Baltic Sea


Need for social connectivity (locally and globally)

Need for enormous resources (growth towards the centre)

Denationalisation of corporate elite (global markets)

New inequalities within the cities

Politics of culture, identity and marginality

Saskia Sassen

The Global City Tolerance is a precondition for global

growth


Region/cluster Workforce (1000) Companies (1000) Revenue (billion e)

Silicon Valley 327 26 120

Munich 260 18 42

Ontario 243 8 39

Nuremberg etc 90 8 10

West-Midlands 74 2 6

West-Finland, Turku 14 1 9

St Petersburg & Oblast 40 2 2

Uusimaa, Helsinki 80 9 7

Estonia, Tallinn 18 1 1

Latvia, Riga 17 1 1

Mälardalen, Stockholm 157 16 12

Region/cluster Workforce (1000) Companies (1000) Revenue (billion e)

Silicon Valley 327 26 120

Munich 260 18 42

Ontario 243 8 39

Nuremberg etc 90 8 10

West-Midlands 74 2 6

West-Finland, Turku 14 1 9

St Petersburg & Oblast 40 2 2

Uusimaa, Helsinki 80 9 7

Estonia, Tallinn 18 1 1

Latvia, Riga 17 1 1

Mälardalen, Stockholm 157 16 12

BP II aggregated 320 30 32 BP II aggregated 320 30 32

Baltic Palette member regions Baltic Palette member regions

Some leading IS regions Some leading IS regions

ICT sector comparisons Conclusions from the Baltic Palette

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Baltic Palette II, Information Society Action Group, 2004 BPII, Henry Haglund


TOWARD THE EXPERIMENTALEXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION AND THE EXPERIMENTALEXPERIMENTAL ECONOMY

Finland in a digital era: How do wealthy nations stay wealthy?

John Zysman, University of California, Berkeley

Certainly the traditional strategy efforts, devising a strategy after careful logical assessment and then purposefully implementing that strategy, may be inadequate.

One thing is certain; another structural transformation as

significant as that in the 80s lies ahead; and it will require industrial and political imagination to succeed.


Baltic Sea as a Global HubStrategy

Instead of

a haystack of networks and small projects

with modest or no impact

The Baltic Sea Regions needs

a cohesive co-operation model for joint R&D

to integrate into the global economy


Issues for the RegionResearch needed

Maybe we cannot control, but we must learn to monitor and measure the impact – good or bad - of the knowledge economy

The knowledge economy develops fast – too fast. How should we relate progress to socio-economic objectives and benefits?


If creativity is competitivenesswhat should Baltic Sea regions do?

Jorma Ollila:Nokia CEO

Finland should become the most flexible and adjustable country in

Europe


Regional Cross-border CooperationThe Baltic node in the global economy

Cross-border cooperation between Baltic Sea

regions, knowledge centres and business:

Technology foresight for regional planners

Resource sharing – living labs (piloting)

“Global” Living and working in the global city

Networking clusters of innovation


Regional Cross-border CooperationKnowledge Society is about values

The Baltic Sea has got

the TechnologyTechnology and the TalentTalent to be

a leading innovation region

in the global knowledge economy

We need to strengthen Tolerance even moreWe need to strengthen Tolerance even more

The Baltic Sea has got

the TechnologyTechnology and the TalentTalent to be

a leading innovation region

in the global knowledge economy

We need to strengthen Tolerance even moreWe need to strengthen Tolerance even more

Helsinki Region

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