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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
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
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
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
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
Problems
Limited national and regional support
Legal hindrances in establishing an international association of municipalities
SuccessesOn the border project – creating a
common town centre right on the border
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
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
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