1. Tartu County

2. 3000 sq km 150,000 people

3. Tradition and Innovation City of Tartu – education, research, medicine, services Tartu County – agriculture, wood and food industry, cultural heritage

4. Tartu – the second city, national counterbalance National institutions (Ministry of Education, Supreme Court etc) Regional centre of South Estonia A Human Capital

5. People Like It Here A valued place to live in Stable and growing population

6. Nature Wavy plains, river valleys, drumlins Two big lakes, wetlands Conservation areas Peat, sand, gravel

7. Landscapes

8. People

9. Local Government 3 towns Tartu (100,000) Elva (6,300) Kallaste (1,300) 19 rural municipalities average population 2500-3000

10. Infrastructure

11. Third Economic Power 10% of Estonian turnover, 5% of export Lowest unemployment in Estonia Big share of public sector jobs Development of entrepreneurship – a challenge

12. Economy and Business Foodstuffs, wood, glass, mechanical engineering Fertile lands, big farms Fishery Strategically important - knowledge intensive production

13. New Economy ICT GIS Biotechnology Biomedicine

14. Innovation Tartu Science Park Tartu Biotechnology Park UT Institute of Technology www.teaduspark.ee www.biopark.ee www.tuit.ut.ee

15. Scientia Potentia Est 15 research institutions 7 centres of excellence Half of Estonian degree holders Genetics, plant physiology, semiotics, nanotechnology, optics, Finno-Ugric studies International conferences

16. Universities University of Tartu – a living classic Estonian University of Life Sciences 11 universities and colleges 20 000 students and 5000 employees 900 research fellows Internationalization Tartu – the city of youth

17. Education 60 municipal schools Baltic Defence College Estonian Aviation College Tartu Art College

18. Sports Tartu Ski Marathon + running and cycling events Miss Valentine gymnastics competition and gala Basketball, football, judo, motorboat racing

19. Culture “Vanemuine” Theatre and Concert Hall 20+ amateur theatre societies 30 museums Hanseatic Days Student Festivals

20. Diversity

21. Tourism Tartu: old town, university, museums, St John’s church, botanical gardens, historic ships, St Anthony’s Guild Lake Peipus region: fishing, old believers’ villages, Alatskivi manor Nature trails, parks, manors, museums

22. www.visittartu.com