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Helsinki Region

Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisation Jan-Henrik Johansson, Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland. Helsinki Region.

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Helsinki Region

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  1. Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisationJan-Henrik Johansson, Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland

  2. 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%

  3. Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisation Presentation: Technology, Talent and Tolerance (3T) Examples from Helsinki Region Challenges for us in the Baltic Sea

  4. eInclusionWhat does inclusion mean in a global world? Can I explain my problem in Chinese, please … I don’t touch eggs, … Indian vegetarian Used to driving on the right side … Prefer a Japanese bath … Used to free videophone service …

  5. 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

  6. Culture of tolerance and open-mindednessRichard 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.”

  7. Euro-Creative Class indexCreative Occupations as a percentage of Total Occupation Source: The Creative Class, Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli, Jan 2004

  8. Euro-Creativity Index Trend Index Source: The Creative Class, Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli, Jan 2004

  9. Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisation 2. Examples from Helsinki Region

  10. Project: Service Guide for immigrants

  11. Project: Trans European Halles Culture networking ”a network of independent cultural centers that promotes the spirit of "intercultural forms" open to a social and artistic imagination, bearers of a plural europe, showing solidarity and creativity”

  12. Project: Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre

  13. Project: Networked Creative Campuses 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

  14. Project: Networked Creative Campuses Test Beds Learning Labs Education and research facilities Business labs Universities and Polytechnics R&D Companies Campuses and Business Parks Research centres Business incubators Infrastructure for Knowledge creation in Helsinki Region

  15. Project: Helsinki-Tallinn Twin Science City 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.

  16. Project: Helsinki-Tallinn Twin Science City Part of a larger picture BPII, Risto Nevalainen

  17. Regional Authorities, ICT and globalisation 3. Challenges for us in the Baltic Sea

  18. The Global CityTolerance is a precondition for global growth • 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

  19. ICT sector comparisonsConclusions from the Baltic Palette II Region/clusterWorkforce (1000)Companies (1000)Revenue (billion e) Silicon Valley32726120 Munich2601842 Ontario243839 Nuremberg etc90810 West-Midlands7426 West-Finland, Turku1419 St Petersburg & Oblast4022 Uusimaa, Helsinki8097 Estonia, Tallinn1811 Latvia, Riga1711 Mälardalen, Stockholm157 1612 Some leading IS regions Baltic Palette member regions BP II aggregated3203032 BPII, Henry Haglund Baltic Palette II, Information Society Action Group, 2004

  20. TOWARD THE EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION AND THE EXPERIMENTALECONOMY 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.

  21. 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

  22. 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?

  23. If creativity is competitivenesswhat should Baltic Sea regions do? • Jorma Ollila: • Nokia CEO • Finland should become the most flexible and adjustable country in Europe

  24. 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

  25. Regional Cross-border CooperationKnowledge Society is about values The Baltic Sea has got the Technology and the Talentto be a leading innovation region in the global knowledge economy We need to strengthen Tolerance even more

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