1. Policies promoting social entrepreneurship and social innovation in lapland Päivi ekdahl, regional council of lapland

2. Lapland today The northernmost region of European Union
Border with Russia, Norway and Sweden
Total area is km² , water area about 10%
inhabitants, density 1,8 people/km²
Largest residential centres: Rovaniemi ( inhabitants ), Tornio (22 399), Kemi (22 172)
Employment: municipal sector 27.8%, state and state-owned companies 10.8% and private sector 49.2%
The only chrome mine and largest gold mine of EU
Largest refining industrial concentration in EU
Jobs
Total amount of companies
Total turnover of all companies 10 billion Euro
Value of industrial export 3.7 billion €
Value of the tourism reaching 1 billion €
5th strongest export region in Finland
Productive forestry and about 50% of land area, Growing stock m3/year, Harvesting at the moment 3.9M m3/year
World cleanest air and European purest water
World largest organic harvesting area
Versatile research and development structure: two universities and sectoral research institutions
Strong vocational education
Lapland today
Rovaniemi from:
Helsinki, 706 km
Brussels 2114 km
Milan, 2540 km
North pole 2 623 km

3. Lapland in figures

4. Regional Develoment and planning
Regional foresight process
Stakeholder engagement
Lapland Agreement
Smart specialisation
Cross-border cooperation
EU strategies
Transnational cooperation
National strategies
Cross-regional cooperation
Regional Strategies

5. Regional development strategy Smart specialisation strategy
GOVERNANCE –Sustainable Growth and employment – programme (ERDF, ESF)
Joint preparation; national and regional level
National Government
Regional cooperatio
MA + monitoring committee
National programme document
National decision on financing for regions
Regional plans for implementation (NUTS2)
Follow-up of implementation
Regional development strategy
Smart specialisation strategy
Joint planning on use of financing
Synchronised timetable of CfP (ERDF, ESF)
Joint assessment of applications
(ERDF, ESF, EAFRD)
Joint decision-making
(ERDF, ESF)
Regional Management Committee/ secretariat, national secretariat
Regional Management Committee/secretariat
Regional Council of Lapland, Lapland ELY centre, N-O ELY-centre, TEKES
Regional management Committee/secretariat

7. Future NSPA cooperation 2020+ Cohesion Policy
Next steps of RIS3 (Pilot of Industrial Transition regions)
2020+ Cohesion Policy
East and North Finland (NUTS2)
NSPA cooperation
Arctic develoment
Partnerships within and beyond EU