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Aligning Metropolitan Innovation Strategies

This project focuses on aligning innovation strategies in Baltic metropolises, improving coordination and cooperation for economic growth. Key results include local innovation strategy drafts and a handbook for designing metropolitan innovation strategies. Future prospects involve joint governance and partnership for growth in the Baltic Sea region.

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Aligning Metropolitan Innovation Strategies

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  1. Project part-financed by the European Union Aligning Metropolitan Innovation Strategies for the Common Good of the Baltic Sea Region Mr. Pekka Sauri Deputy Mayor of Helsinki Seminar ”Boosting Innovation through Metropolitan Partnership” at Brussels Open Days, 9 Oct 2007

  2. Baltic Metropolises Innovation Strategy BaltMet Inno project • Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B project • Duration: 1 January 2005 – 31 December, 2007 • Budget: MEUR 2.6 • 14 partners from Berlin, Copenhagen, Malmö, Helsinki, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn and St. Petersburg, 3 observers (Oslo, Warsaw, Vilnius) • City of Helsinki is the Lead Partner (LP), Culminatum is the project coordinator • Flagship project of BaltMet network

  3. The Baltic Sea Archipelago of Innovation rests on four pillars: • A strategy and a governance regime positioning the Baltic Sea with its competences in science and technology-based innovation – as a polycentric and diversified innovation archipelago – at the top of the innovation chain • A communication framework to be used in branding the region and strengthening its identity • A selected portfolio of well connected, globally competitive science and technology clusters supported by creative environments • An innovation and entrepreneuship (I&E) infrastructure based on a set of qualified innovation competences and skills, and supported by a portfolio of I&E support programs and instruments

  4. Aligning Innovation Strategies in Baltic Metropolises The main goals: Improved quality and coordination of local and regional innovation strategies and related strategy processes in the Baltic Metropolises and between them Inclusion of BSR focused, transnationally complementary elements in the innovation strategies of Baltic Metropolises Achievement of economics of scale as well as economies of scope between the Baltic Metropolises

  5. Starting point: Very few metropolitan innovation strategies existed Three different cases: Local: The Innovation Strategy – Helsinki Metropolitan Area Regional: The Coherent Innovation Strategy (Berlin Senate) National: The Latvian Innovation System – Strategy and Action Plan 2005- 2010

  6. Existing or planned innovation and related strategies at national, regional and local level

  7. Helsinki example on creating and managing a metropolitan innovation strategy (2003-2007) POLITICAL INITIATIVE MADE Lord Mayor of Helsinki called together Helsinki Club of leading policymakers PROJECT ESTABLISHED Regional development agency Culminatum Ltd, Oy launched the project. HIGH PROFILE CHAMPIONS INVOLVED Six special subject teams dealt with the topics: (1) the role of the cities (2) development platforms (3) seed financing (4) creative sectors (5) the technology centre concept (6) Helsinki Region as an international setting for education and research. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED More than one hundred influential people were interviewed in the Helsinki Region STRATEGY LAUNCHED WITH SHARED VISION AND SET GOALS IMPLEMENTATION NEW STRATGEY PROCESS STARTED

  8. The main results of BaltMet Inno: • Analysis of existing innovation strategies and strategy processes • Local innovation strategy drafts for two of the participating cities, Riga and Tallinn • ”Handbook” for designing a local innovation strategy for a metropolitan area • Surveys made on innovation in public procurement and planning as well as design of innovation infrastructure and creative environments

  9. How can complementary innovation structures be achieved across the borders? Challenges • Different roles and resources of local/regional level with regard to innovation policy • Differences in R&D spending • Varying level of innovation awareness • Competition between regions

  10. Future Prospects Joint governance of innovation related strategies is necessary for the pursuit of a prosperous Baltic Sea. Thus, the collaboration should be seen as a “partnership for growth” - a contractual framework between metropolitan parties pursuing the same goals, and having specified and joint rights and responsibilities. BaltMet partnership for growth, is an instrument for joint strategies and policies at the European level, allowing partner regions to choose their own priorities and level of cooperation. Discussion on concerete co-operation cases has already started.

  11. Thank You!

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