finland healthcare delegation to al ain
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Abu Dhabi - FinlandHealth & Wellness Delegation
17th OCTOBER 2012 - AL AIN
YOUR GATEWAY TO INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
Participating Companies
Al Ain2012
EVENT INFORMATION
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17 October 2012
10.00am to 13.00pm
Al Ain branch of the Abu Dhabi Chamber
To register your company, pleasecontact Wendy Peach 03 707 [email protected]
ABOUT FINLANDFinland , officially the Republic of Finland,[5] is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandianregion of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russiain the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southernregion. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populatedcountry in the European Union. Finland is a parliamentary republic with a central governmentbased in Helsinki and local governments in 336 municipalities, and an autonomous region of theÅland Islands. About one million residents live in the Greater Helsinki area, which consists ofHelsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa, and a third of the country's GDP is produced there.Other larger cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio.
Finland has a highly industrialized mixed economy with a per capita output equal to that of otherEuropean economies such as France, Germany, Belgium or the UK. The largest sector of theeconomy is services at 66%, followed by manufacturing and refining at 31%. Primary productionis 2.9%. With respect to foreign trade, the key economic sector is manufacturing. The largestindustries are electronics (22%), machinery, vehicles and other engineered metal products(21.1%), forest industry (13%) and chemicals (11%). The Greater Helsinki area generatesaround a third of GDP.
Finland’s public healthcare system is a very unique and comprehensive ecosystem. Primaryhealthcare and secondary care are networked into a comprehensive system that includescentral and university hospitals as well as healthcare centres.The Finnish domestic market offers an excellent platform to launch and develop innovativehealthcare products. Over 90% of the medical equipment produced in Finland is exported. And,as most product development involves wide international contacts, Finnish healthcarecompanies have excellent opportunities to expand directly into global markets.
The Medical device industry is primarily focused on high-tech medical systems for professionalusers. It also concentrates on disposable and consumer-related health product segments.Finland is ranked among the world’s top ten countries in biomedical science and clinicalmedicine. Leading the list of key development areas in Finland are regenerative medicines,biomaterials, drug-releasing implants and tissue engineering.
Economy
Healthcare and wellbeing
Key healthcare development areas
Participating Companiesfrom Finland
Al Ain2012
I´m long time Finnish Parliamentarian – I have spent over 30 years inParliament. I am the Chairman of the Commerce Committee since 2003.Ihave held a committee chair position since the year 1987, when I becameleader of the Social and Health Committee and then the Labour and EqualityCommittee. During 1997-1999 I was acted as Ministerof Finance and in 1998 I was the Council leader of the European Central Bank(ECB).
This all means that my focus throughout these years has been on energy,banking and insurance sectors and consumer questions. We had a large bankcrisis in the 90´s and vast unemployment in Finland. I dealt with thesequestions as Minister of Finance. In the spring of 1998 I announced in theParliament session that the bank crises hadended in our country. We Finns know about debt, loans and also loans withoutguarantees. We decided to propose in our Commerce Committee to give twolicences for the building of nuclear plants in Finland and a licence for a nuclearwaste plant. These nuclear decisions have caused significant large interestaround the world.
Finland is a country of thousands of lakes and large forest areas. Finnishnature and the four seasons are typical of our life style. They are part of ourwelfare. I´m proud of Finland and my home city Lahti in Päijät-Häme.
Jouko Skinnari Parliement of FinlandMobile phone: +358 50 511 3103E-mail: [email protected]: www.joukoskinnari.com
Head of Delegation:H.E. Mr. Jouko Skinnari
Current Member of Finland’s Parliament &Chairman of the Labour and Commercial
Affairs Subcommittee
Former Minister of Finance - FINLAND
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LAkEs BRIEFLY
• founded in 1995• Turnover in 2011 - 5,1 M€• Personnel - 30• subsidiary Lahti Travel Oy• Ofce in Lahti (administration,
management, internationalafairs, public relations, deve-loping tourism)
Lakes is responsible for generalbusiness services and the branch-specifc development and networ-king services of wellbeing and themechatronics and grain clusters.
The wellbeing, mechatronics andgrain clusters are the foundationclusters supporting the develop -ment and growth of the Lahti regi-on and have formed the industrialbase of the region for decades.
Our core tasks include promo-tion of internationalisation anddevelopment of capital investmentactivities.
INTERNATIONALISATIONSERVICES
The aim of Lakes´ internationali-sation services is to support theinternationalisation operations ofthe region’s businesses. special at-tention is given to businesses star-ting international trade and exportoperations and businesses whowant to penetrate new markets.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Lakes experts are available forall businesses active in the Lakesmunicipalities, those moving intothe area as well as aspiring entrep-reneurs. Our operations are basedon implementing the regional bu-siness strategy and cluster-baseddevelopment work.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Laht Regional DevelopmentCompany – LAKES
Askonkatu 9 f, 4th foor15100 Lahti, finland
fAX: +358 207 809 321Ofce switchboard: +358 207 809 320
E-mail address format is:[email protected]
www.lakes.f/english
LAkEs is a regional development organization. Its coretasks are co-ordination of the regional business strategy,enterprise services, marketing of the region and lookingafter the general interests of business life in finland andabroad.
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Lahti University of Applied Sciences wasestablished in 1992. It is a large,multidisciplinaryhigher education institution with 5,000 studentsand around 500 employees. LUAS belongs to theLahti Region Educational Consortium as one of itsthree operational units. The Bachelor’s andMaster’s degree programmes at LUAS have beendesigned to respond to the demands anddevelopment needs of business and industry.Active collaboration with local organizations arean integral part of studies. LUAS operates in thefields of business, design and communication, finearts, music, hospitality management, social andhealth care, technology and engineering andtechnology. LUAS has over 20 degreeprogrammes with over 40 specialization lines.Some Bachelor’s and two Master’s degreeprogrammes are taught entirely in English.
The faculty of Social and Health Care focuses oneducating students for providing care, well-beingand rehabilitation. The fields of study forundergraduate programmes at the faculty are:
•• Nursing (210 ECTS) also entirely in English•• Public health nursing (240 ECTS)•• Physiotherapy (210 ECTS)•• Social Services (210 ECTS)•• Master Degrees (90 ECTS)The key competence areas of the Faculty ofSocial and Health care are family welfare,entrepreneurship, elderly people welfare and workcommunity management. The research,development and innovation in the faculty arecentered around our key themes. Our aim is toinfluence and promote welfare on regional,national and international levels while basing ourwork on co-operation with working life andprojects in connected fields. We offer highlyqualified further education for social and healthcare organizations in local and national level.
Faculty of Social and and Health Care
http://www.lamk.fi/english
Entrepreneurship in social and health careeducation is an innovative way of learning atLUAS: our students have the possibility to choosean “Entrepreneurial Pathway” during their studies.An international FUAS curriculum review wascarried out in 2012, LUAS nursing programmewas one of the degree programmes which wasevaluated as a highly qualified degree programme. The strength of it was e.g. innovative teachingmethods (PBL).
LUAS has been a forerunner in developinginspirational learning challenges boostingentrepreneurial behaviour and intentions,promoting pre- and business incubation activitiesfor students in secondary and higher education,and implementing an Interreg project Promotingwomen's entrepreneurship in social and healthcare sector to accelerate the enlargement of theentrepreneur cohort. LUAS also has a solidbackground in SME/University collaboration andknowledge transference by linking SMEs’business problems to serve as complex learningchallenges for students.
LUAS and its project staff have years ofexperience and professional expertise in effectiveproject management. With its know-how, LUAShas carried out and administered dozens of EUfunded projects (including ESF & ERDF StructuralFunds, Erasmus, Lifelong Learning, Interreg III &IV and Tacis).
In 2011 the overall R&D project volume at LUASis 3,7 M€. LUAS is coordinating more than 30externally funded projects, of which 7 areinternational projects, including Central BalticInterreg IVA programme. Additionally LUAS is apartner in 19 externally funded national andinternational projects, including Baltic Sea RegionInterreg IVB programme. LUAS has alsocoordinated a huge number of small businesscollaboration projects and is having regularcooperation with regional and national SMEs.
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
International activities are an integral part ofprofessional competence in social and healthcare. The international competences of studentsare developed and supported e.g. via student andteacher exchanges and educational developmentnetworks (ENPHE, Feset, Nord Plus, Erasmus,Florence Net). Students are encouraged tocomplete part of their degree either as anexchange student in one of our numerous partnerinstitutes or by seeking a practical placement (aspart of the degree) abroad. We offer exchange ssupervised practical placements and theoreticalstudies in English. For more info please see:
Finland’s school system has come to the top ofinternational rankings for education systems. Thehigh-quality teachers who all have a Master’sDegree are the main factors of Finland’seducation success story.
The Finnish education system is composed ofnine-year basic education (comprehensiveschool), preceded by one year of voluntary preprimary education; upper secondary education,comprising vocational and general education; andhigher education, provided by universities anduniversities of applied sciences (UAS). Adulteducation is available at all levels.
Students' opportunities to progress from one levelof education to the next is safeguarded bylegislation. Both general and vocational uppersecondary certificates provide eligibility for furtherstudies in universities and UAS. A studentcompleting one level is always eligible for the nextlevel studies. The qualifications of each level aregoverned by a separate Act of Parliament. Basiceducation is free general education provided forthe whole age group. Upper secondary educationconsists of general education and vocationaleducation and training (vocational qualificationsand further and specialist qualifications).
Finnish education system
http://www.lamk.fi/english/studies/studentexchange/
International activitiesThe higher education system comprisesuniversities and UAS in which the admissionrequirement is a secondary general or vocationaldiploma. Universities of Applied Sciences offerwork-related education in response to labourmarket needs. A bachelor’s degre requires 3.5 -4.5 years of full-time study. The requirement forUAS Master's programmes is a Bachelor’s degreeor equivalent, plus a minimum of three years ofwork experience in the field concerned.
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Fysakos therapy center has been established 1986. Fysari limited partnership boughtFysakos therapy center 2001. I, Saara Laatta became owner 2006 after working a yearin Fysakos as an employee. Fysakos is located in the centre of Lahti (vuorikatu 25).
When I started in Fysakos, it wasa small clinic with huge economical problems. After 7years, Fysakos has become bigger and we have a good reputation. First I was the onlyphysiotherapist, but now I have 4 employees. We provide individual rehabilitation formusculoskeletal pain sydromes and neurological diseases. Our competitive advantageis our variation of different paths in pain treatment, and rehabilitation process. We taketime with the patient and listen to the patient.Active movements start when the patient ishealed from the worst pain and ready for the next step. Pain is not an excuse foravoiding exercise.
We provide high quality physical rehabilitation. We are specialized in working agepeople and young athletes. Our main purpose is to reduce pain and organize anindividual rehabilitation process with a progressive exercise program and paintreatment program. We can also come to places wherepeople work to see the working conditions and give some ergonomic advices, or lectureabout muscle maintenance.
Fysakos is located in the centre of Lahti (vuorikatu 25).
Our physiotherapists are highly qualified professionals, who have certain goal to worktogether with the client. We don´t want to be above the client, but co-operating with himor her. Our job is to reduce the pain, but client´s job is to start taking responsibility ofoneself. We advise and motivate, but the client has the most important role in one´srehabilitation process. This attitude and ourspecial pain treatment skills assort us from our competitors. Most of our clients comefrom a recommendation of our other client.
Obstacles are patients themselves. If patients lose their hope or their job when they losetheir health, they might not come to rehabilitation at all. Though this therapy processusually doesn´t last long, people might think they can´t afford it. Or they think they can´tbe helped. Those are the main obstacles. Also we would like to have more suitablefacilities when the right time comes. When Istarted in Fysakos, it was a small clinic with huge economical problems. After 7 years,we have become bigger and we have a good reputation. Now we also have biggerclinic, but maybe later on we can have even more suitable facilities with all the rightequipment.
Profile of Fysakos therapy center
Company Details
Competitiveness
Overcoming Obstacles
Fysakos Therapy Center(Fysari limited partnership)
Contact InformationSaara Laatta
Address
Phone: +358 3 752 3244Mobile phone: +358 40 720 0027Email: saara (at) fysakos.fi
Terapiakeskus FysakosVuorikatu 25FI-15110 Lahti, FINLAND
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Company Profile
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Computerized Interactive Equipment designed to simplify the work of thePhysiotherapist, bring Operational Benefits for the Facility and provideaccurate and Continuous Documentation of the Rehabilitation Process.
UniqueAir Resistance Technology brings enhanced User Friendliness andIncreased Durability. No breaking cams or cables and full ball bearingtransmission.All Pneumatic Components of Industrial Grade and exceed thestringent ISO and VDMAautomotive standards. First machines made in 1988still in daily use!
Manufactured in Finland and distributed in over 40 countries through aninternational network of Subsidiaries and Distributors. Own offices in USA,Germany,Australia, Norway, Canada, Russia and Singapore
The Equipment is backed by 23 years of on-going Scientific Research andDevelopment in collaboration with Top Universities and Leading Experts inPhysiology and Biomechanics Worldwide.
ISO 13485 Medical Equipment Production Quality Certified Company.
Contact:Ab HUR OyPatamaentie 467100 Kokkola+358-6-832 [email protected]
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