1 11/21/02 1 Finnish Information Society - Case eTampere, 2005 Team eTampere F I N L A N D T a m p e r e

Outline Brief history National set-up and present strategies eTampere – a regional information society program Content Structure Lessons learned

WHY FOCUS ON FINLAND I: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS IMD WEF USA FINLAND Singapore Netherlands Switzerland Ireland Germany Sweden Canada Denmark Japan France IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2002, WEF Global Competitiveness Report (Growth Competitiveness), United Nations Human Development Report 2001 (Technology Achievement Index) UNDP

Percentage of GDP Sources: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators WHY FOCUS ON FINLAND II: R&D IN SOME OECD COUNTRIES JapanSwedenUSAGermany UKFrance AustriaDenmark NorwayFinland USA Japan Germany Sweden France Austria Norway FINLAND DenmarkUK

HOW DO WE VIEW OUR POSITION: DYNAMICS OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS CLUSTER Total cluster Communication equipment Instrumentation and automation Content business Communication services Electrotechnical products Software business Growth of global markets Finnish share of global markets IncreasingDecreasing Slow Fast Source: Tekes

NATIONAL PART OF THE INNOVATION SYSTEM IN FINLAND PARLIAMENT COUNCIL OF STATE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AGENCY OF FINLAND (TEKES) ACADEMY OF FINLAND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY COUNCIL OF FINLAND MINISTRY OF ARGICULTURE AND FORESTRY OTHER MINISTRIES SITRA ( Finnish National Fund for R&D) PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES RESEARCH UNITS AND DEPARTMENTS OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES JOINT RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF ENTERPRISES PRIVATE NONPROFIT RESEARCH INSTITUTES UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER HEI’S (20) + POLYTECHNICS (29) RESEARCH INSTITUTES (2) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Department for Education and Science Policy Department for Cultural Policy MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Technology Department Other Depts RESEARCH INSTITUTES (5) RESEARCH INSTITUTES (3) RESEARCH INSTITUTES (10)

Developments in Finnish Info Society Late 1980’s/early 1990’s: High speed computing and networking technology. CSC. Early 1990’s: First information society strategy. Focus on education and use of high speed computing and technology. Ministry of Education. Mid 1990’s: an extensive information society strategy background work from policy, society and cultural aspects. Sitra, national fund and a think tank. Late 1990’s: Information society implementation was diversified between central government, ministries, parliament, private firms, municipalities, and the third sector. Regional programs

Recent national policy initiatives From strategy to policies Information society programs (2000 ->) public services, entertainment, information, forms, research Information Society Development Center coordinates Regional: eTampere, other cities and regions Infrastucture policy (2003 ->) fixed high-speed data communication mobile connections Data Security policy (2004 ->) companies and homes, children education, information eBusiness policy (2005 ->) Companies, government, universities

building a humanly sustainable regional knowledge society

Managing and expanding knowledge Knowledge is created and expanded within the framework of social interaction between tacit and explicit knowledge Turnaround time for information in a network is a critical success factor People and ideas gravitate towards for with different themes Knowledge exchange within networks tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge “we know more than we can disclose” interacting, expressing knowledge, combining, sharing

Centralisation of competence Competence tends to centralise to places with a highly educated labour force an environment that enhances creative problem-solving attractive surroundings for life outside work research and educational institutions close-knit local networks and established modes for conveying tacit knowledge sufficient specialisation and a common basis for specialised branches NB! Tampere is small and remote; all the above are relative to the surroundings

eTampere objectives to facilitate interaction between different participants, based on shared culture, reciprocity and mutual trust to create synergies and to facilitate collective learning to promote dissemination of tacit information to develop partnerships into networks to create networks across regional borders to attract global competence to create a social and attractive meta-cluster

eTampere as a meta-cluster Technological Social Economic Cultural eAccelerator Technology engine programmes RELab Infocity ISI eBRC

eTampere is a wide-reaching cooperative programme The eTampere meta-cluster (a loose network of participants involved in various sectors under the common meta-concept “information society”) Local, regional, national, international Partners City of Tampere University of Tampere Tampere University of Technology Tampere Technology Centre Ltd VTT Partners in cooperation Polytechnics and other educational establishments Centres of Expertise Enterprises Associations Surrounding municipalities International partners

Incentives Tampere City Business Development Centre creating the concept: providing a framework motivation: setting goals resources: providing the infrastructure as well as catalyst financing Incentives for participants additional resources networking and added value through partnerships benefiting from the learning culture togetherness and shared enthusiasm Region

eTampere subprogrammes Research & Evaluation Laboratory, RELab Produces easy-to-use services for everyday life and test environments for the production, development and evaluation of services. Technology engine programmes Bring top expertise for the use of enterprises through high-quality research. Adaptive software components, User interfaces, Perception of information, Neoreality, Broadband data transfer eBusiness Research Center, eBRC Produces research-based and practical expertise related to electronic business for the use of enterprises and the public sector, acts as a matchmaker for researchers, companies, organizations and financers. eAccelerator Shoots companies with unique, high-technology-based ideas onto the international growth path. Information Society Institute, ISI Through multidisciplinary research, development and educational activities, forwards the building of an information society based on active citizenship and the development of its daily practices. Infocity Builds Tampere into a model city of information society by developing practical online services and by improving the citizens’ skills in their use.

An analysis of the model The model requires Strong local will and a strategic vision Intensive interaction between numerous active partners constant collective learning A sufficient amount of ambition and a global approach Competition between various participants within overlapping clusters Trust and extensive collaboration between key partners (industry-university-government) Identification of the needs of information society customers citizens, companies, public sector, HEIs

eTampere and national policies eTampere key organization in national information society development and implementation Technology programs hard wired into national technology funding and development agencies Small and medium business initiatives basis for national initiatives or key partners eTampere initiated studies and research from a solid basis for national development

eTampere and regional and other interfaces Basis for eTampere lies in the Center of Expertise Program, a backbone development program for the region Trickle down effects into other, less developed parts of the region eTampere has enhanced the regional participation in the EU RTD Framework Programs eTampere broad goals are alined with those of EU’s eEurope

Funding (€)

Funding plan per subprogramme (€)

Execution of the eTampere programme 1 Jan 2001 –31 Dec 2004 eTampere 101,7 % Projects vs. vv targets

The financiers of the eTampere programme 30 Jun 2002 – 31 Dec 2004 Finished and ongoing projects

 Developing expertise and business in information society  Active, participating and influential citizenship and new service innovations  More in-depth international and national co-operation  Application of research results in product development, the creation of products and services Areas of emphasis

Achievements of eTampere The programme advances according to plan (project portfolio 93 million euros, realization rate 101,7%) The proportion of finance from enterprises and international sources has increased in total funding Capital investment exceeds 33 million euros Ca. 450 researchers and more than 270 enterprises participate in over 370 eTampere projects, 26 international projects. Several extensive international and national seminars (eGlobal, eBRF, Spearhead network seminar etc.) New public online services developed, the City website visited more than two million times a month

eTampere - Lessons learned, I The program has had a positive effects sound foundation, well thought extent, courage and way of operation, positive surprise over all eTampere has created forms of cooperation that would not otherwise have emerged several new channels have been created for citizen participation increased internationalization and a new, intensive cooperation culture are seen as long-term benefits the programme is of significance in the development of the region

eTampere - Lessons learned, II Commitment of parties and partners In some instances, true commitment was lacking in the beginning Very little to be done later Mix of operators A true mix of different backgrounds is needed Too an academic involvement fails to produce anything but academic results Somewhat slow recognition of true value of the program to Citizens SMEs Public sector

eTampere is critical but curious, daring but humble, a builder of the new that respects the old. Thank you.