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University Association of South Ostrobothnia & Research network Epanet
NH 8.3.2013
University Association of South Ostrobothnia (Epky)
* is a stable promoter of university level education in the region of South
Ostrobothnia. * was established in 1960 to provide university level education (Summer
university) and to promote research work, development and co-operation in the field of higher education policy in the region.
* has been co-ordinating the work of South Ostrobothnian University
Network Epanet since 1999. Epky provides diversified services to the network and builds up co-operation between academic and non-academic organisations. It also collects funds for the actual research work.
The members: all the municipalities in the region, Helsinki University Ruralia-institute and Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. The board has 13 members.
Epanet-network: Origin, when and why?
• Aiming at developing South Ostrobothnia by research and development work
– Increasing the competitiveness of regional enterprises
– Increasing the wellfare of the area
– Increasing the volume of research work
• South Ostrobothnian University Network Epanet
– From 1999 on
Epanet Programme Agreement
- Expression of common will.
- Contains a list of the planned network projects.
- Signatories are
-Six universities & Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
- Eight regional development organisations
- Coordinator: The University Association of South Ostrobothnia
Epanet is also mentioned in most of the other regional programmes &
policy papers in South Ostrobothnia.
Concept • Forming research groups of high quality on
the branches needed in South Ostrobothnia. • The groups are led by fixed-term research
professors. • The basic resource for professorships are
collected by the University Association. • Each professor is gathering a research group
of 3–5 people (using different sources of money).
• The groups are working in South Ostrobothnia, most of them in Frami, Seinäjoki.
• Epanet forms an essential part in the content of University Consortium of Seinäjoki.
• Agreements with public financiers and more than one hundred private donators.
• All the South Ostrobothnian municipalities are financing the Epanet network.
University of
Vaasa
Tampere University of
Technology
University of Helsinki
Sibelius Academy University
of Turku
Seinäjoki
University of Tampere
University
[agreement]
professor
[employs]
University Association
Firms and
other
private
financiers
Public
financing
e.g.
Regional
Council
Other
financiers Municipalities
[collects money and makes agreements with donators and other
financiers]
[generates]
Coordination in Practice
Areas of research
Product processes
and
production systems
Food industry &
wellfare
Economics and business adminis-tration
Regions
&
culture
South Ostrobothnian expert knowledge is increased in four main priorities:
Strong
connection to the
development of
the main clusters
in the region.
Most interesting
are the frontier
areas ”somewhere
between”.
Epanet research groups 2013 Subject University
Metal engineering TTY
Virtual technology TTY
Logistic systems VY
Regional economics HY
Entrepreneurship VY
Consumer behaviour on food
industry
VY
Food chains and food safety HY
Food development TY
Development of innovation
environments
TaY
Welfare of children & young
people
TaY
Regional history HY
Popular music SibA
Health care information
technology
TTY
Laboratory medicine TaY
Automation technology VY
Architecture TTY
Hy = Helsinki University
Siba = Sibelius Academy
TaY= Tampere University
TY = Turku University
TTY= Tampere University of Technology
VY = Vaasa University
Also research groups in Helsinki University (budget
funding): Rural policy, Rural entrepreneuship, Natural
resources.
Co-operation professorships in Central Hospital (mainly
TaY)
Why is Epanet possible in South Ostrobothnia?
Needs
• Rural area
• Relatively low education level
• Lot of SME´s & Micro-enterprises
• No universities
• Need to raise the level of education and knowledge
Resources
• Lot of SME´s & Micro-enterprises
• University units
• Regional authorities & municipalities are deeply engaged
• Developmend funds & regional decision making
• A strong common will and consensus
University Consortium of Seinäjoki
• The University Consortium of Seinäjoki (UCS) is a multidisciplinary scientific community of some 100 people.
• The member universities are the universities of Tampere, Helsinki and Vaasa, the Sibelius Academy and Tampere University of Technology.
• The UCS is co-ordinated by the University of Tampere.
• Operations concentrate on research and development work, which is done mainly in Epanet-network. The education is adult education realised as teaching through the open university, as degree-oriented teaching or continuing education.
• The operations of the UCS combine internationality and local co-operation. The UCS is actively involved in the development work of innovation environments. The objective is the renewal of business life, services and culture through scientific knowledge.
• There are five other university consortiums in Finland: Kajaani, Kokkola, Lahti, Mikkeli and Pori.
• The co-operation platform for Seinäjoki University Consortium and Seinäjoki University for Applied Sciences is the University Consortium of South Ostrobothnia.
Contact Information
• Epanet projects, coordination and management:
University Association of South Ostrobothnia Kampusranta 9C FIN-60320 Seinäjoki Finland www.epky.fi/epanet
• Kimmo Kulmala, development director • Nina Harjunpää, senior planning officer • Matti Mäki, senior planning officer • Liisa Leppä, project secretary • E-mail: [email protected]
• Seinäjoki University Consortium: Juha Alarinta, research director,
[email protected] , www.ucs.fi
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