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Arctic Smartness: Lapland's Strategic Excellence Program

Discover Lapland's smart specialization strategy and clusters leading to a cutting-edge, sustainable region in the EU. Embrace the innovative vision for 2022 driving growth through R&D centers and international cooperation.

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Arctic Smartness: Lapland's Strategic Excellence Program

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  1. Arctic Smartness Lapland’s smart specialisation strategy and smart clusters - Arctic Smartness (Excellence)Harri Malinen, Arctic Smartness Programme

  2. From Rovaniemi • Helsinki 706 km • Brussels 2114 km • Milan 2540 km • North pole 2 623km Arctic Smartness

  3. The northernmost region of European Union • Border with Russian, Norway and Sweden • Total area 100 369 km² • Ca. 181 000 inhabitants, density 1,8 people/km² • Largest residential centres: Rovaniemi (60 944 inhabitants ), Tornio (22 399), Kemi (22 172) • Employment: municipal sector 27.8%, state and state-owned companies 10.8% and private sector 49.2% • Only chrome mine and largest gold mine of EU • Largest refining industrial concentration in EU • Jobs 73.300 • Total amount of companies 10 400 • Total turnover of all companies 10 billion € • Value of industrial export 3.7 billion € • Value of the tourism 1 billion € • 5th strongest export region in Finland • Two universities; University of Lapland and Lapland University of Applied Sciences • Diverse sector research institutes • Productiveforestryabout 50% of landarea, Growingstock 13.3 1 m3/year, Harvesting at themoment 3.9M1m3/y,ear •       World cleanest air and European purestwater •       World largestorganicharvestingarea •       Versatileresearch and developmentstructure: twouniversities and sectoralresearchinstitutions •       Strongvocationaleducation Arctic Smartness

  4. Framework for Lapland’ s RIS3, Arctic Smartness • Story of S3 in Lapland begun 2012 - Arctic SpecialisationProgramme, under revision for 2021 priorities and Pilot actions • EU’s gateway to the Arctic • Vast deposit of natural resources, pristine and fragile Arctic nature • Lack of critical mass - “too few smart people” • Strong RDI actors – merging and mobilising for the benefit of the region • Sustainable utilisation of natural resources and conditions are the key factors to maintain the sustainable growth • Smart growth - cross cutting strategic approach for strengthening the knowledge base • Lapland takes the lead of its own development • Strategic step by step approach – Arctic Smartness 2014 Arctic Smartness

  5. Foundation of Lapland’s S3 EMERGING INDUSTRIES ARISING FROM THE NEEDS OF THE LEADING INDUSTRIES INDEPENDENT OR NEW INDUSTRIES

  6. ARCTIC SMARTNESS EXCELLENCE - VISION 2022 VISION 2022 The most innovative sparsely populated region in the EU DEVELOPMENT GOAL Clusters and theiractors operating at EU arena ASE supports and enablesclusterdevelopment and internationalisation OVERALL OBJECTIVE Cluster develoment is maturated and consolidad Lapland R&D&I Centre of Excellence established Clusters operating at internationalarena (EU) RESULTS Execution of Lapland S3 strategy by supporting Cluster based actions, Strong Regional basis for R&D&I, Brand management and profiling Lapland as an innovative region and partner for collaboration ACTIONS Arctic Smartness

  7. All 5 Arctic Smartness Clusters have been consolidated with relevant subclusters, have feasible daily management in place and are executing their business plans • Lapland is the leading sparsely populated implementer of S3 strategy in the EU: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/2014/com_2017_376_2_en.pdf • Arctic Smartness is recognised a Lapland brand for doing thigs right in the EU • Arctic Smartness Centre of RDI excellence is starting its operations with cluster and is connected throughout the EU • Cluster actors are involved in at least 10 International EU funded projects; 9 H2020, 2 EIT KIC, 6 Interreg Europe, 2 direct funding, 19 total, 6 Mio Euros to Lapland

  8. Time to Market +10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Applied Research & Industry cooperation; testing and development of goods and services Excellent Research The Market Start-Up Scale-Up COSME SMEInst INNOsup SPIRE Societal Challenges Excellent Science Industrial and business collaboration Industrial Leadership PPP TRL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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  11. Evaluatingthe TRL http://trl.plab.fi/development-environments Arctic Development Environments

  12. Lapland wide Testing and Laboratories networks’ TRL assessment methodology and outputs and use in the R&D&I outputs to S3 implementation PLAN ACT • Baseline • Model&methodanalysis • Bencmark • Pilot & replicationplan • Validationplan (process+output TRL) • Evolution of process • Round 2-3-4 Pilots (7) Feb-June 2017 DO ACT RESULTS CHECK • TRL classification & certificatessystem-wide • A Selfsustainingmodel and replication • TRL chains (from-to) • Intergration to S3 at local/national/EU • TRL analysis for 7 envinroments • Validationcheck • Replikaationplanwithadjustment 8-12/2017

  13. Sharedinformationin oneplace Allneccessaryinformation and materiallocated in oneplace.

  14. Future: Arctic Smartness RDI- Excellence (ASR) and Northern Factor Arctic Smartness

  15. More information: • https://arcticsmartness.eu/ • Harri.Malinen@ulapland.fi Arctic Smartness

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