REGIONAL OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM Cooperation Programme for SouthEast

REGIONAL OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM Co-operation Programme for South-East Finland, St. Petersburg, and the Leningrad Region City of Lappeenranta Finland

St. Petersburg Corridor Co-operation Programme for South-East Finland, St Petersburg, and the Leningrad Region Interreg III A programme area in South-East Finland • 488. 200 inhabitants • 21. 364 enterprises Savonlinna Mikkeli Imatra Svetogorsk Kouvola Lappeenranta Vyborg Kotka Estonia City of Lappeenranta Finland Tacis Programme Area St. Petersburg Leningrad region City of St Petersburg • 4, 7 million inhabitants • 130. 000 enterprises • 1, 7 million inhabitants • 10. 000 enterprises

St. Petersburg Corridor Co-operation Programme for South-East Finland, St Petersburg, and the Leningrad Region Background: v v v Finnish Innovation environment and knowledge of Russian business Several individual co-operation projects between the Cities of South-East Finland, St Petersburg, and Leningrad region in the 1990 s The first ideas of integrating the resources of the area under the concept of St. Petersburg Corridor were presented in December 2002 Development of the new Corridor programme: v v to combine individual business and research projects into strategic cooperation within the entire area of South-East Finland, city of St. Petersburg, and the Leningrad Region. to create the cross-border area as a true heart of the Northern Dimension to implement the Lisbon Objectives in the EU. City of Lappeenranta Finland

St. Petersburg Corridor – Vision 2013 The Cross Border Concept is based on the common Vision 2013 • • St. Petersburg Corridor is known globally as an area of cooperation between Russia and the EU. The Corridor area has become economically, functionally, and socially coherent and innovative entity. The Corridor area has evolved into an internationally attractive location for businesses and a significant driving force for economies in the area of the Baltic Sea. The Corridor has become the true heart of the Northern Dimension within the EU. City of Lappeenranta Finland

Action Mechanism of St. Petersburg Corridor “Research, Business, and Political objectives are performed under the common concept” Meeting of Chairpersons of Committees of St Petersburg and Leningrad Region with six mayors and three leaders of Regional Councils of South-East Finland Co-ordination Group - prepares the matters and the motions for meetings - representatives of all parties BUSINESS COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT Working Group INCREASE OF INNOVATION KNOW-HOW AND SUPPORT OF INNOVATION DIFFUSION WELFARE AND TOURIST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT LOGISTIC AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES Working Group The operational work is done within the working groups City of Lappeenranta Finland

The Phases of the Development Work Implementation as a part of Management Strategical Actions City of Lappeenranta Finland ”Year 2005” Mission 5 WG´s Strategy Defining of Operators Financing of Actions Visio 2013 WG´s Tasks Structure follows the Strategies WG´s Priorities and strategical Choises 2007 -10

ROIP – Regional Open Innovation Platform City of Lappeenranta Finland

REGIONAL OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM INNO PLATFORM Content Development Information Center Development of the Corridor Information Center • WP 1: State-of-the Art in • • Innovation strategies in EU, Finland, and Russia WP 2: Creation of the Network of the Actors WP 2: Admin & Business support & guidance WP 3: Legal ground for innovation activities WP 4: Yearly Global Innovation Seminar for political and business Decision Makers IPR Knowledge Management Services Development of integrating system for SMEs Development of Info exchange systems in Corridor Region • WP 1: State-of-the-Art of • WP 1: State-of-the-Art Juridical systems for innovations • WP 2: IPR methodology • WP 3: IPR utilization in innovation creation • WP 4: International IPR service network in regional innovation support systems • WP 2: Innovation promotion system WP 3: Funding system for SMEs (seed money) • WP 4: Technology transfer program High. Tech-Low. Tech, Company-University • WP 5: Innovation incubation process Development of IPR processes between the EU and Russia City of Lappeenranta Finland • • in KM tools in Innovation mgmt WP 2: Electronic stock exchange of Services WP 3: Electronic document systems (invoicing, orders etc. ) WP 4: Contact data bank WP 5: Cross border Wlan services Research Development of Innovation Research in Corridor Region • WP 1: State-of-the-Art • • in Innovation mgmt research WP 2: Innovation dictionary WP 3: Evaluation system for Innovation projects WP 4: Student exchange programs WP 5: Open Innovation phenomenon

THE MAIN TASKS from the INNOVATION POINT OF VIEW v v v “The Cross Border EU Network” wants to accelerate the development of the Innovation Environment and dissemination of the EU’s Lisbon Objectives between the EU Countries and Russia Create a Network of actors that represents Regional Open Innovation Environment in European policy and Russia Get better acceptance for Innovation Activities in EU’s Lisbon Objectives and Russian policy Enhance the connection between the EU and Russia to improve exchange and development of Innovative solutions in the Global Market Create a preferred place for SMEs and other organizations in research and implementation of new innovative processes and methods Create implementation programs for SMEs through the projects of Innovation Group, with MNCs and public organizations in close involvement City of Lappeenranta Finland

The Implementation of the Regional Open Innovation Platform (ROIP) 1 2 3 • WP 1 (Inter-)regional innovation policy development › › • WP 2 Concept development of the Cross Border Innovation Platform › › • 1. 1 Pervasive impact assessment and policy implications 1. 2 Dissemination of results 2. 1 Mechanism and pattern definition for collaboration processes: Innovation actor analysis and selection, determination of the legal ground for innovation activities in cross-border cooperation 2. 2 Role and task specialization: Defining roles and tasks of the actors in innovation development collaboration 2. 3 Formation of the partnerships and common structures for the cross-border innovation policy development 2. 4 Definition of the regional concepts (incl. analysis of present service portfolios) WP 3 System implementation: Cross Border Innovation Hub › › › 3. 1 System development for innovation collection based on information database and stakeholder needs 3. 2 Establishment of an international network for the collection and promotion of innovations 3. 3 Creation of the ongoing Innovation Exhibition for the innovation organisations, the Universities, and the SMEs. City of Lappeenranta Finland

Some Results of the Regional Open Innovation Platform Development 1. Finnish-Russian Innovation Partnership Agreement between the authorities of St. Petersburg and City of Lappeenranta for the innovation policy development 2. Establishment of the Fenno – Russian Innovation Center in St. Petersburg 3. The Innovation Policy Development between the Nordic Countries and St. Petersburg under the Nordic Council of Ministers 4. The structures and processes for the daily innovation development work in the cross border area through the Innovation Support Network of the Leningrad Region and Southeast Finland 5. Common master degree programs between the Finnish and Russian Universities 6. Viborg Industrial Park (VIP) in the Cross Border area for the EU and Russian traditional industry companies. (Location 20 km from the EU border in Russia) City of Lappeenranta Finland

The main partners of the St. Petersburg Corridor 1. Southeast Finland v Cities of Lappeenranta, Kotka, Hamina, Savonlinna, Kouvola, Imatra, Mikkeli v Lappeenranta University of Technology, University of Joensuu, University of Helsinki, South Karelian Polytechnic v Lappeenranta Innovation Ltd, Technopolis Ltd, Cursor Ltd v Hundreds of SMEs and several MNCs from the EU 2. City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region v Gov. of the City of St. Petersburg Committee on IT and Communications Analytical Department v The Committee of Economic Development of the Leningrad Regional Gov. v St. Petersburg Information Analytic Center v St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance v Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI) 3. Funding of the St. Petersburg Corridor Programme v EU Interreg Programme v EU Tacis programme v Municipal funding v Companies City of Lappeenranta Finland

THE DAILY DEVELOPMENT WORK AND COLLABORATION The Cross Border City programme with 250 000 inhabitants and 250 million € FINLAND / EU Imatra RUSSIA Joutseno Svetogorsk Lappeenranta Lesogorsk VIP Sovetskij Vyborg and Vyborg Region Primorsk § Business Policy Kamenno§ Culture § Education and Training gorsk § Energy § Environment Vysotsk § Infrastructure § Labour Force § Logistics §Regional and Municipal Administration § Security § Social and Health Care § Tourism

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