THE SIX CITY STRATEGY– Working Together Towards Open and Smart Services

December 2015

The Six City Strategy – Cooperation for sustainable urban development

• Finland’s six largest cities act as innovation and experimentation environments to strengthen national competitiveness

• Creates new know-how, business and jobs by utilizing openness, digitalization and partnerships

• Carried out as part of Finland’s structural fund programme for sustainable growth and jobs 2014-2020

Creating innovative solutions, services and products

• By testing in real-world conditions

– Open innovation platforms• By utilizing open data as raw

material – Open data and interfaces

• By utilizing operating models for communal development in the design process

– Open participation and customership

Framework of the Six City Strategy

Adapted from Rönkä et. al. 2007, Kehitysalustoilla neloskierteeseen. Page 60, figure: The quadruple helix, meaning the cooperation roles of developers, utilisers, administration and users in the innovation process.

Internationally significant marketplace – 30% of population living in the six cities

Six cities – one ITI strategy

• ITI (Integrated Territorial Investment) is an EU-level territorial development tool that enables the implementation of a territorial strategy• Finland implements a single ITI strategy -> The Six City

Strategy

• Integrated territorial strategies are vital for the achievement of the smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe

A different apporach to ITI

• The Six City Strategy is unique as the cities do not form a geographically single area • The six biggest cities share similar

challenges which emphasize the need for collaboration

• The coordinated implementation, networking and partnership create synergies that bring added value

Collaboration is key

Management and steering

The strategy is implemented via spearhead and pilot projects in three focus areas:

Joint city projects and implementation

• Partnerships between the cities are at the core of the strategy One city cannot work on a

project alone Partners are needed from at

least two of the six cities City organisations, other

public as well as third sector operators

• The six cities decide the content of the strategy implementation as well as which projects are financed

Project funding

European Regional Development Fund80 M€

European Social Fund (not earmarked, decided yearly by regional councils)

ERDF ESF

+ Financing from the six cities and the stateof Finland

Open calls for project proposals

• Joint projects can be primarily applied for through open calls for proposals

• In average, two open calls yearly• The management group presents the proposal of funded

projects to • Uusimaa Regional Council (ERDF) or• Häme ELY Centre (ESF)

Supporting potential project proposals

• Applicants have the possibility to present their idea to the six cities and get feedback• Developing ideas to proposals

that meet the strategy’s objectives

• Short summaries of project ideas are published on the strategy’s website• Possibility to find new project

partners and match similar project ideas with one another

Spearhead projects

8,1 M € 12,6 M € 9 M €

ERDF ERDF ERDF

10 project partners 12 project partners 7 project partners

Provide the basis for innovation activities and create the framework for the cooperation of the city community

Open data and interfaces spearhead project

Utilizing data as the raw material for new services and solutions

Renewing processes in the cities Creating new business

Open data and interfaces spearhead project

• The six cities open up their data while developing and following shared operating models

• The opening up and utilization of data creates innovations and business • companies and developers use the data as the raw

material for new services• Open data offers access to public information, making its

utilization easier than before• For more information:

http://6aika.fi/spearhead-projects/

Open innovation platforms spearhead project

Open innovation platforms are environments where new services, solutions and products are created and tested in real-world conditions

A network of open innovation platforms is built which functions as a “one-stop” development environment

Open innovation platforms spearhead project

• The cities combine their innovation and development environments into a network of open innovation platforms

• The aim is to • facilitate the development of Smart City solutions in companies,• promote the establishment of market dialogue between

companies and municipalities,• support export companies and invest-in activities by offering a

nationally significant reference platform consisting of the six participating cities.

• The cities’ operating model is restructured from service provider to enabler of innovative services

• For more information: http://6aika.fi/spearhead-projects/

Open participation and customership spearhead project

• By bringing together the relevant actors, know-how and methods new services, solutions and customer processes are designed and developed

Open participation and customership spearhead project

• A new way of planning, implementing and developing customer service and city services is created

• The new customer service model enables the production of new user-oriented services together with companies and R&D organisations

• For more information: http://6aika.fi/spearhead-projects/

Pilot and trial projects

1,0 M € 1,8 M € 1,9 M €

ERDF ERDF ESF

2 ongoing projects 3 ongoing projects 3 ongoing projects

Pilot and trial projects support the spearhead projects, further developing and testing their contents

Example pilot project: Climate street

• Central streets in the cities of Helsinki and Vantaa will become low-carbon and adapted to the changing climate

• The solutions will be developed together with the residents, real estate owners and businesses

• Streets serve as a test bed for new products and services

• 2-year pilot project within the open innovation platforms focus area

THANK YOU!

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