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Sweden Finland

We are building

our cities together

– on the border.

Barcelona

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HAPARANDA Area 918 km2Inhabitants 10 350Population density 11,6 per km2Unemployment rate 14,7 % (2004)Number of companies 500

TORNIOArea 1227 km2Inhabitants 22 200Population density 19,2 per km2Unemployment rate 14,8 % (2004)Number of companies 1 050

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History of municipal co-operationStarted in 1970s in the field of culture

1987 Provincia Bothiens Haparanda-Tornio was set up

Now co-operation in all areas of municipal operations

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What goes around comes around…

17th century Tornio: an important North-European town of commerce

18th century Sweden-Finland

19th century: Russia takes over Finland, town of Haparanda established 1842

20th century: Cold War period

NATO

Warsaw Pact

Sweden

Finland

up to 1990´s: a hard national border between Haparanda and Tornio

1987 Provincia Bothniensis:a co-operationforum for Haparanda & Tornio

21th century:Haparanda and Tornio grows together as one.

from 1970´s to 21th century: cooperationhas spread into to all levels

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Forms of co-operation in Haparanda-Tornio

Common city council meetings City board meetings Working group meetings Daily contacts between officials and politicians Provincia Bothniensis board Borderless education Common use of facilities Common investments Common arrangements, festivals, cultural and sports events Borderless cultural and sports organisations Common marketing and promotion

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Co-operation in education

1978 Agreement on free attendance at Comprehensive school

1989 Language school ( 308 pupils)

1998 Euro senior secondary school (gymnasium) (49 students)

Free vocational training across the border

Free attendance across the border at Kemi-Tornio polytechnic

2002 Agreement on day care across the border

Planning of new borderless combined upper secondary school and vocational training programmes started in spring 2005

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Why municipalities co-operatingQuestion of survivalBetter services for residents at lower

costDevelopment opportunities (E.g on the

border)HOWVery strong local political supportTRUE partnership culture between

authorities

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Organisation

COVERNMENT

5+5

GOVERNOR

SECRETARIAT

Workgroup for business and tourism

Workgroup for education

Workgroup for municipal engineering spatial planning and environment

Workgroup for sports and leisure

Workgroup ”On the Border”

Workgroup for social services and health care

Workgroup for culture and youth projects

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Problems

Limited national and regional support

Legal hindrances in establishing an international association of municipalities

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SuccessesOn the border project – creating a

common town centre right on the border

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1995 Finland & Sweden join the European Union

1996-7 Nordic idea competition

1998-2000 Development plan

2001-3 Realisation plan

On the border - process

2003 Building and Marketing

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IKEA 23 500 m2IKANO –property company 11 000 m2ICA 8 500 m2Shopping centre Tornio 33 000 m2Shopping centre Haparanda 16 000 m2Hotel Haparanda 200 roomsHotel Tornio 200 roomsApartmenthouses 13 000 m2Haparanda-Tornio police station 5 200 m2

Estimated manpower need during construction 500 pers. /2 yearsEstimated number of new jobs 1 000 – 1 300

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Lessons learntPeripheral localities and economies of

scale in co-operating across a borderNational or regional levels have not

yet fully understood the benefits of cross-border co-operation in remote localities

Cross-border problems have reduced since the EU accession 1995