1. HOW DOES REGIONAL POLICY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEANTECH SECTOR in Helsinki?

2. Overview of the Regional Context:

3.  Approximately 1.4 million inhabitants in the Helsinki Region  City of Helsinki: 600 000 inhabitants  Around 40 000 enterprises in Helsinki (app. 60 000 in the metropolitan area)  Approximately 250 000 jobs in the Helsinki based enterprises  7 universities, 6 universities of applied sciences  Most of the national / state research institutes are concentrated in Helsinki  Around 90 000 students in the higher education institutions  GDP per capita in the Helsinki Region: 45 241 euros (2009)  GDP per capita in the EU (27 member states): 24 400 euros (2010)  45 per cent of population in the Helsinki Region have a tertiary level education

4. Overview of the Regional Context: Jobs by sectors in Helsinki 1.Social and health care services 2.Wholesale and retail trade 3.Information and communication sectors 4.Knowledge-intensive business services 5.Public administration 6.Education 7.Industry In relative terms (sectors which are strongly concentrated in Helsinki): 1.Film, TV, Radio etc. 2.Publishing 3.Communications 4.Finance and insurance 5.Information services, software etc.

5. The launch of Regional Policies to support cleantech Which are the main strategies to support cleantech, implemented by means of regional policies from 1995-2000 to date ? Regional Strategic Plans and Regional Development Programmes by Uusimaa Regional Council Economic Development Strategies at local level Competitiveness Strategy of the Helsinki Region (14 municipalities in the Helsinki Region) Strategy Programme of the City of Helsinki 2013-2016 (being prepared) “Growth Agreement” (forthcoming, spring 2013) between the Central Government and the municipalities from the Helsinki Region The Centre of Expertise Programme, see http://www.oske.net/en/http://www.oske.net/en/ The Centre of Expertise Programme will be replaced by a new INKA programme (Innovative Cities) from 2014 onwards

6. Regional Policy to support Investments -Investment policies are drafted on local and national levels in Finland -City of Helsinki makes (cleantech related) investments e.g. in connection with: -New city districts (e.g. waste management, smart grids, energy efficiency) -Environmentally sustainable renovation of existing urban infranstructure -Energy production -Public transport - Implementation of innovative public procurement -

7. Regional Policy to support Research -In Finland, research policies are designed on national level -Main players are e.g. The Academy of Finland and Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) -R&D investment accounts for 4% of GDP, ~7 billion euros (30% by the public sector and 70% by private sector) -To some degree, local policies support research as well -City of Helsinki supports (small scale) research related to: -Urban research -Innovation research which is linked to e.g. its own service development -Urban infrastructure development

8. Regional policy to support tools, infrastuctures, clusters Cleantech cluster is developed currently within the Centre of Expertise Programme (OSKE) OSKE programme is funded 50 % by the Finnish Government and 50 % by local governments The budget is set annually and the cleantech cluster’s part of this budget is around 1.3 million euro, of which 220 000 euro in Uusimaa region. With this seed money, the cleantech cluster has implemented projects to a total value of 65 million euro (12 million euro in Uusimaa region) In addition, national support tools of e.g. Tekes are available for cleantech related RDI projects

9. The influence of the policies to support cleantech on the regional system The activities of the national cleantech cluster (within OSKE programme) have contributed to the creation of more than 500 new jobs in the Finnish cleantech sector. In the last few years, the cluster has implemented projects to a total value of 65 million euro (12 million euro in Uusimaa region) It is difficult to assess the influence of different local, regional and national policies on the development of the cleantech business sector The aim at national level is to increase the total turnover of the Finnish cleantech sector from current 22 billion euros to 40 billion by 2018

10. Concluding Remarks In Finland, the policies related to research and support to cleantech sector are mainly drafted on national and local levels rather than regionally. Cities can potentially influence the development of the cleantech sector (by investing in cleantech and developing procurement for innovation) Physical, cleantech specific innovation environments / platforms are missing –E.g. Envipark and Energy Center in Torino The new national Innovative Cities (INKA) programme 2014-2020 will be implemented on regional level –“Smart Sustainable City” is one of the thematic areas being prepared in Helsinki Region Policies regarding incubators and their funding is changing at the same time