1. 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.

2. Definition of the MEGA study- regions The example of Helsinki!

3. 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

4. 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

5. International public/political organisations: lists of UN, EU and BSR- related Institutions NGOs, international associations/institutions, think tanks and lobby organisations

6. "(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

7. Research Centres of excellence (public and private) with at least 50 researcher Areas of comptence 1Health 2Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology 3Information and Communication Technologies 4Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies 5Energy 6Environment 7Transport (including Aeronautics) 8Socio-economic sciences and Humanities 9Space 10Security 11Natural Sciences 12Building and Construction

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Airport connections Will be provided by WG 2 ! Railway connections Will be provided by WG 2 !

15. 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)

16. Air cargo & cargo of ports Will be provided by Nordregio, but we may need some help for Belarus and Russia overlapping with WG 2!

17. List of UNESCO World heritage (  has been obtained already by Nordregio, the so-called ”waiting-list” will be added)

18. 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!)

19. 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: 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!)

20. Some infos on the study of SMESTOs and 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