Arctic Seas RDI Programme
Published on 07 December 2018
Finland
Etelä-Suomi
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About this good practice
The programme was funded and managed by TEKES – Finnish National Innovation Agency (now Business Finland) The main objective was to increase the maritime industry related RDI projects. Arctic Seas programme focused mainly on: 1) cleantech, and the reduction of emissions (e.g. and low emission fuels); 2. digitalization (information and data analytics, (e.g. monitoring, testing, risk management); and 3) increasing labour productivity and optimisation (e.g. automatisation and efficient working equipment).
Resources needed
The programme started in 2014 and to ended in 2017 with a budget of EUR 100 million funded by Tekes (EUR 45 million) and by private companies (EUR 55 million). This programme includes projects creating solutions increasing energy efficiency e.g. piloting large scale rotor sails, simulation
Evidence of success
The program funded some 140 projects. The Arctic Seas Programme had strong impact to maritime innovations and RDI activities, especially cleantech, digitalisation and global business models. The university – industry collaboration is becoming strong partly because of the Arctic Sea programme and the support from the ministries
Potential for learning or transfer
The impact on South west Finland was very big because large amount of maritime sector companies are in SWF region. But main technical universities are not in this region so all new collaboration activities between universities and companies were very positive. Also some Some new regional RDI initiatives was set up in the aftermath
of the Programme:
- Turku Future Technologies (TFT): The platform of 8 Finnish universities focusing on boosting the technology industry RD activities (started in 2016)
- Technology Campus: Technical training initiative of 4 regional universities in Turku (started in 2018)
- Finnish Institute of Technology (FITec): Focusing on the masters level technical training and competence building (in 2017)
of the Programme:
- Turku Future Technologies (TFT): The platform of 8 Finnish universities focusing on boosting the technology industry RD activities (started in 2016)
- Technology Campus: Technical training initiative of 4 regional universities in Turku (started in 2018)
- Finnish Institute of Technology (FITec): Focusing on the masters level technical training and competence building (in 2017)
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Business Finland
Finland
Etelä-Suomi