A business creating network for sustainable solutions Ann-Christin Bayard

Kalmar County inhabitants lakes islands km coastline companies 700 exporting companies Wood industry Manufacturing Tourism Agriculture Forestry Environmental technology

Our striving is the vision of the sustainable society The political guidelines of the city of Kalmar

To create a long term sustainable refurbishment with greatest possible adaptation to the environment and the closed loop cycle at the same cost as a normal refurbishment in close co-operation with the tenants. Inspektoren EU funding FP5 - City of Tomorrow Inspektoren EU funding FP5 - City of Tomorrow

PUBLIC SECTOR MUNICIPALITIES KARLSKRONA TORSÅS EMMABODA NYBRO KALMAR MÖRBYLÅNGA BORGHOLM MÖNSTERÅS OSKARSHAMN VIMMERBY UNIVERSITIES LINNEAUS UNIVERSITY BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BEIJING KALININGRAD SULECHOW KAUNAS GDANSK POLITICAL PUBLIC SECTOR Regional County Council Kalmar

Arkitektstudio ROLF MÖLLER AB COMPANIES

BUSINESS AREAS specialists, management, project leading, planning, development, innovation, production, research water management and waste water treatment sustainable building and urban planning waste management and recycling renewable energy environmental management industrial environmental technology

INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY SOCIETY in COOPERATION Tailor-made Solutions, Business Concepts & Cooperations Network & Cooperations System Solutions Feasibility Studies & Projects Business Support & Activities R&D Knowledge Transfer Training & Education Exchange of Experiences Matchmaking Exhibitions & trade fairs Technical visits SSSE - an International Partner South Africa Poland Baltic Countries Russia Turkey Germany France China USA Finland Algeria …

WHY PROJECTS Sustainability in the society – Baltic Sea Region Relations to the public actors in the region Contacts through available projects A part of a cluster process –Networking –New ideas and input to the cluster –Learn about: cultures, management, business methods, problems, possibilities and solutions –Intermedier role: triple helix, cooperation between companies, motivation to new markets, …

VISION FROM THE BEGINNING Business creating network for sustainable solutions in the Baltic Sea Region

INNOVATIONS POLAND as a MARKET WOD KAN TRADE FAIR in Poland JOCCOW FLEXIFUEL STInno

FLEXIFUEL a triple helix co-operation

Building of a full scale test and demonstration plant for combined heating systems containing solar collectors, pellet boilers, heat pumps and heat stores Evaluation of system performance for some combined heating systems with varying control strategies through measurement Development of a user-friendly data soft ware tool for evaluating system performance of combi-heating systems studied. FLEXIFUEL a triple helix cooperation

JOCCOW – transnational Triple helix Building an artificial wetland pilot plant for treatment of leachate from Kaliningrad landfill. Capacity building in a waste management cluster. A feasibility study had also showed the possibilities to utilize the landfill gas to finance a full scale plant and reduce the environmental impact

Mapping of technologies for industrial waste water treatment Transfer of sustainable technologies to olive mill waste water treatment Experience and knowledge exchange between research and business North-South bound cluster cooperation TRANSNATIONAL TRIPLE HELIX

Kaliningrad SIDA – Swedish International Development Agency Knowledge transfer within waste water treatment between Kaliningrad and Southeast Sweden

RespEn – Responsible Entrepreneurship Providing information and knowledge about Corporate Social Responsibility in order to raise the competitivness and fascilitate establishing business cooperations by micro and SME companies in the South Baltic region

PARTNERS & FINANCING Starter/initiater Kalmar Municipality Companies Regional Council International Cluster International public org Financing SIDA Swedish International Development Agency Energimyndigheten Swedish Energy Agency Regional Council Kalmar Tillväxtverket Swedish Agency for Economical Growth EU: FP5, Interreg IV, FP7, South Baltic, ICLD Private Financing

LESSONS LEARNED CULTURES: local, regional, national, international Development of triple helix national & international R&D: motivation, development Network & Contacts New inputs, ideas & possibilities Systems: organizations & business Cluster strategy New structures in the cluster New competences in the cluster LEADERSHIP Financing competence Project administration Be integrated in the project writing Budget in projects – more money for activities Last minute partner search LONG TERM STRATEGY = SUCCESS!

FUTURE Continue with EU-projects business oriented more companies involved in R&D- projects cooperations between companies solution for resources specialized in fundings, administration, … …

SUSTAINABILITY »The overall aim is to hand over to the next generation a society in which the major environmental problems have been solved.«

CONTACT Gröndalsvägen 19 B SE Kalmar Sweden phone + 46 (0) Fax + 46 (0)