State of Affairs

Nordregio presentation at East West Window WG1 meeting

Riga, 6-7 December 2007

The East West Window project is part-financed by the European Union. The contents of this presentation are the sole responsibility of Nordregio and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting position of the European Union. Grant Contract for European Community External Actions 2007/132-845.

Definition of the MEGA study-

regions

The example of Helsinki!

Helsinki MEGA region - NUTS3 regions of UusimaaFI0078 Hanko - Hangö Uusimaa - NylandFI0106 Hyvinkää - Hyvinge Uusimaa - NylandFI0149 Inkoo - Ingå Uusimaa - NylandFI0224 Karkkila - Högfors Uusimaa - NylandFI0257 Kirkkonummi - Kyrkslätt Uusimaa - NylandFI0505 Mäntsälä Uusimaa - NylandFI0540 Nummi-Pusula Uusimaa - NylandFI0543 Nurmijärvi Uusimaa - NylandFI0611 Pornainen - Borgnäs Uusimaa - NylandFI0755 Siuntio - Sjundeå Uusimaa - NylandFI0927 Vihti - Vichtis Uusimaa - NylandFI0049 Espoo - Esbo Uusimaa - NylandFI0091 Helsinki Uusimaa - NylandFI0186 Järvenpää - Träskända Uusimaa - NylandFI0235 Kauniainen - Grankulla Uusimaa - NylandFI0245 Kerava - Kervo Uusimaa - NylandFI0858 Tuusula - Tusby Uusimaa - NylandFI0092 Vantaa Uusimaa - NylandFI0223 Karjalohja - Karislojo Uusimaa - NylandFI0444 Lohja Uusimaa - NylandFI0737 Sammatti Uusimaa - NylandFI0220 Karjaa - Karis Uusimaa - NylandFI0606 Pohja - Pojo Uusimaa - NylandFI0835 Tammisaari - Ekenäs Uusimaa - Nyland

Headquarter of Global Player

• selection: internationally recognised rankings– FORBES "The World's 2000 Largest Public

Companies" 2007 (about 90 in the BSR) – Financial Times - European 500 2007 (about 75 in

the BSR) – The Baltic States not represented on these lists -> – Will be supplemented by Financial Times - East

European top 100 RANK

Headquarters/mega Country Company industry

FORBES "The World's 2000 Largest Public Companies" 2007 RANK

FT - European 500 - 2007 RANK

Copenhagen Denmark Danske Bank Group Banking 141 104Copenhagen Denmark A.P. Møller - Mærsk A Transportation 157 75Copenhagen Denmark Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 630 129Copenhagen Denmark TDC Group Telecommunications Services 740 378Copenhagen Denmark Carlsberg Food Drink & Tobacco 920 363Copenhagen Denmark TrygVesta Insurance 1597 478Copenhagen Denmark H Lundbeck Drugs & Biotechnology 1890 -Copenhagen Denmark William Demant Healthcare Equipment - 480

Financial Services and Insurances of international importance and

further advanced producer services of international importance

• have been selected from the FORBES list

• will be supplemented by GaWC-data (Globalisation and World City Study group)

• will be send for cross-checking to the partners

International public/political organisations: lists of UN, EU and BSR-

related Institutions

N_KOM N_REGION UN-, EU- or BSR- related international organisations Website

Helsinki Uusimaa ECHA - European Chemicals Agency http://ec.europa.eu/echa/home_en.htmlHelsinki Uusimaa Nifin - Nordic institute in FinlandHelsinki Uusimaa YK -Liitto (UN)

NGOs, international associations/institutions, think tanks and

lobby organisations CODE_NUTS5 N_KOM N_REGION Name of NGOs, international associations/institutions, think tanks and lobby organisations WebsiteSE0180 Stockholm Stockholms lä IDEA-International institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance www.idea.int/SE0180 Stockholm Stockholms lä Forum Syd www.forumsyd.org/conferences/w_omfs/wdok_omfs/top_engSE0184 Solna Stockholms lä SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute www.sipri.org/

"(technical) Universities" (no High Schools or other educational centres)

• Universities in Helsinki MEGA region• Names in English, please!• 2005 data• No. of students and No. of PhD-students/or

active researcher should be obtained

CODE_NUTS5 N_KOM N_REGION Name of institution Website

No. of active students in 2005

Active postgraduate students in 2005 Reference

FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa University of Helsinki www.helsinki.fi 35331 5187 Ministry of edu.FI49 Espoo Uusimaa Helsinki University of Technology www.tkk.fi 13091 2422 Ministry of edu.FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa Helsinki School of Economics www.hse.fi 4045 326 Ministry of edu.

FI91 Helsinki UusimaaSwedish School of Economics and Business Administration www.hanken.fi 2132 143 Ministry of edu.

FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa Academy of Fine Arts www.taik.fi 231 15 Ministry of edu.FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa Sibelius Academy www.siba.fi 1424 126 Ministry of edu.FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa Theatre Academy www.teak.fi 393 35 Ministry of edu.FI91 Helsinki Uusimaa University of Art and Design Helsinki www.kuva.fi 1707 161 Ministry of edu.

Research Centres of excellence (public and private) with at least 50 researcher

N_KOM N_REGION Name of institution Website Area of comptenceHelsinki Uusimaa ETLA - The research institute of the Finnish economywww.etla.fi 8Helsinki Uusimaa Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institutewww.rktl.fi 2Espoo Uusimaa VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finlandwww.vtt.fi 2,3,4,5,6,11,12Helsinki Uusimaa Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus 8Helsinki Uusimaa Stakes www.stakes.fi 1

  Areas of comptence            

1 Health              

2 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology      

3 Information and Communication Technologies      

4 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

5 Energy              

6 Environment            

7 Transport (including Aeronautics)        

8 Socio-economic sciences and Humanities        

9 Space              

10 Security              

11 Natural Sciences            

12 Building and Construction          

Employees in R&D

• Eurostat – national and NUTS2 data available 2003 (Russia and Belarus not included)

• For the Nordic Countries: 2005 data on NUTS 3 level available; what’s about the other countries?

• Note we need also data on overall ”day employees”

• Definition: NACE 731 (research and development in natural sciences) and 732 (research and development in social sciences)

N_KOM N_REGION Total nr of employees (day) Employees in R&D share refHelsinki Mega Uusimaa 699180 8497 1.22 31.12.2004

Employees in knowledge-intensive APS and technological oriented branches

• Eurostat – national and NUTS2 data available 2005 (Russia and Belarus not included)

• For the Nordic Countries: 2005 data on NUTS3 level available; what’s about the other countries?

• Definition according to NACE classification

Knowledge intensive services (KIS)

• High tech KIS– 64 Post and telecommunications; – 72 Computer and related activities; – 73 Research and development.

• Market KIS– 61 Water transport; – 62 Air transport; – 70 Real estate activities; – 71 Renting of machinery and equipment without

operator and of personal and household goods; – 74 Other business activities.

• Financial KIS– 65 to 67 Financial intermediation.

Technological oriented branches (1)

• High-technology– 24.4 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and

botanical products; – 30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers; – 32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment

and apparatus; – 33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments,

watches and clocks; – 35.3 Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft.

• Medium-high-technology– 24.4 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and

botanical products; – 30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers; – 32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment

and apparatus; – 33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments,

watches and clocks; – 35.3 Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft.

Technological oriented branches (2)

• Medium-low-technology– 23 Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products

and nuclear fuel; – 25 to 28 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products;

basic metals and fabricated metal products; other non-metallic mineral products;

– 35.1 Building and repairing of ships and boats.• Low-technology

– 15 to 22 Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco; textiles and textile products; leather and leather products; wood and wood products; pulp, paper and paper products, publishing and printing;

– 36 to 37 Manufacturing

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year at the regional level

• Eurostat data on NUTS2 level, in 2003 (Russia and Belarus not included!)Definition of the EPO (european patent office) cf.: http://www.epo.org/patents/Grant-procedure/About-patents.html

A patent is a legal title granting its holder the right to prevent third parties from commercially exploiting an invention without authorisation. Articles 52 and 53 of the European paten convention stipulate what can and what cannot be patented.

European patents are granted for inventions that are new, involve an inventive step, and are susceptible of industrial application.

Furthermore, discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods aesthetic creations schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business computer programs are not considered to be inventions if the European patent application only relates to such subject-matter or activities as such.

In addition to this, inventions falling into the one of the following categories will not be able to obtain patent protection: plants and animal varieties or essentially biological processes for producing plants or animals inventions contrary to "ordre public" or morality. In return for the protection bestowed by the patent, the holder has to disclose the details of the invention. This information is published in the patent document so that everyone can benefit from it. The disclosure of the invention in exchange for patent protection is also known as the "patent bargain". The EPO deals only in patents. It does not grant protection for other forms of intellectual property such as trade marks, designs or copyright.

Airport connections

• Will be provided by WG 2 !

N_KOM N_REGION Name of Airport Website national BSR EU Global

Vantaa Uusimaa Helsinki-Vantaa http://www.helsinki-vantaa.fi/ 567 525 255 87Turku Varsinais-Suomi Turku http://www.finavia.fi/lentoasema_turku 45 17 - -

N_KOM N_REGION

Location of central station (only one per MEGA!!!) Website

No. of weekly passenger trains to other national MEGAs

No. of weekly passenger trains to other BSR MEGAs

No. of weekly passenger trains to other European MEGAs

Helsinki Uusimaa Helsinki www.vr.fi 107 21 -Turku Varsinaissuomi Turku www.vr.fi 113 - -

Railway connections

• Will be provided by WG 2 !

International fairs and international oriented exhibitions

• Reference year 2006 should be consired• Hard to find ”No. of visitors per fair” –statistics

based on place (at least in Norden)

N_KOM N_REGION Name of international fairs taking place in the MEGA Name in english Website No. of visitors Ref.year

Helsinki Uusimaa Helsingin messukeskus Helsinki Fair Centre http://www.finnexpo.fi/ 1025755 2006Helsinki Uusimaa Helsinki Motor ShowHelsinki Uusimaa American Car showHelsinki Uusimaa Asuntomarkkinat House and home Helsinki Uusimaa BoardexpoHelsinki Uusimaa Caravan 2008Helsinki Uusimaa DigiexpoHelsinki Uusimaa Elma agricultureHelsinki Uusimaa Fillari bicycleHelsinki Uusimaa Helsingin kirjamessut book

Air cargo & cargo of ports

• Will be provided by Nordregio, but we may need some help for Belarus and Russia

• overlapping with WG 2!

• List of UNESCO World heritage ( has been obtained already by

Nordregio, the so-called ”waiting-list” will be added)

Some infos on the study of SMESTOs and the status of Nordregio’s data base:

2) Employment structure/labour markets/economic performance

Status of Nordregio’s data base:

• Number of persons employed ( data sheet_1): Nordic Countries up tp 2005 (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2005 at NUTS3 level); Russia and Belarus data only up to 2001 (NUTS 3)

• Number of unemployed persons ( data sheet_2): Nordic Countries up tp 2005 (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2005 at NUTS3 level); Russia and Belarus data only up to 2001 (NUTS 3)

• Number of persons between 15 and 64 ( data sheet_3): Nordic Countries up tp 2007, (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2006 at NUTS 3 level); Russia and Belarus data only up to 2001 (NUTS 3)

• Employees in primary/manufacturing and service sector ( data sheet_4): Nordic Countries up to 2005 (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2005 at NUTS2 level); Russia and Belarus data only up to 2001 (NUTS 2)

Note: Employment data needed for day and night employees (if possible!)

Some infos on the study of SMESTOsand the status of Nordregio’s data base:

2) Employment structure/labour markets/economic performance

Status of Nordregio’s data base:

• employment rate ( data sheet_5): Nordic Countries up to 2005 (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2005 data at NUTS 3 leve), Russia and Belarus data only for Minsk and St. Petersburg (2001, at NUTS 2)

• unemployment rate ( data sheet_6): Nordic Countries up to 2005 (at municipal level), BSR (up to 2005 at NUTS3 level); no Russia and Belarus data

• GDP in PPS (Purchasing Power Standards) per capita (at NUTS 3-level) ( data sheet_7): Nordic Countries and BSR at NUTS 3 level until 2004 (in March/April 2008 we will get 2005 data, data at NUTS 5 are too expensive!), no data for Russia and Belarus) (March/April 2008 we will get 2005 data)

• employment in high- and medium high-tech manufacturing and employment in knowledge intensive market services (see MEGA-study): Nordic Countries up to 2005 (at municipal level), BSR at NUTS 2 level (up to 2005), no data for Russia and Belarus

Note: Employment data needed for day and night employees (if possible!)

Some infos on the study of SMESTOsand the status of Nordregio’s data base:

3) Analysing national policies

• national expenditures for Research and Development: Nordic Countries and BSR at NUTS 3 level until 2005, no data for Russia and Belarus