Rural RDI milieus in transition towards smart Bioeconomy Clusters and Innovation Ecosystems
September 2020

Bioeconomy – Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
RDI2CluB
The goal of the project is to support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of the bioeconomy in rural areas of the Baltic Sea region. RDI2CluB aims to help innovation actors apply EU smart specialisation approaches to their specific field and region. The transnational partnership and network of the project plans to, for instance, support new business development in rural areas and create bio-business hubs to improve innovation management.
Summary
Our mission
Bioeconomy means economic activities that utilize the biological natural resources and turn them into food, energy, and other products and services providing jobs and business opportunities. The rural areas of Baltic Sea region have a great potential for bioeconomy as they have abundant natural resources. However, these regions struggle to reach their full potential due to limited human capital, business networks and clusters. So far, the small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in bioeconomy are mostly in traditional, resource-based industries that have not taken full advantage of latest technology and service innovations.
Our solution
RDI2CluB unites authorities, research, development and innovation (RDI) institutes and business development bodies from five regions to a joint quest of boosting smart and sustainable bioeconomy development in the rural regions around the Baltic Sea. At the core of RDI2CluB is a transnational learning process that results in regional bioeconomy profiles and joint action plans for developing innovation capacity and enhancing smart specialization. Thereafter, the partner regions build a joint innovation model and a digital platform that functions as a virtual working environment for collaborative development of new products and services. The platform offers an interface to access data on natural resources and bioeconomy potential that can spark new ideas and market entries both at regional and transnational levels. Finally, piloting with the SMEs provides feedback on the smart specialization potential in bioeconomy as well as helps to validate the usability and functionality of the transnational innovation model and to scale up the digital platform.
Budgets
PARTNERS
Town: Tarvaala
Region: MANNER-SUOMI
Country: Finland
Representative: Anna Aalto
Phone: 358 406 402 346
E-mail: anna.aalto{at}jamk.fi
Web: www.jamk.fi
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
555.048,55
Town: Jyväskylä
Region: MANNER-SUOMI
Country: Finland
Representative: Hannu Koponen
Phone: 358 405 950 009
E-mail: hannu.koponen{at}keskisuomi.fi
Web: www.keskisuomi.fi
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
205.772,75
Town: Saarijärvi
Region: MANNER-SUOMI
Country: Finland
Representative: Mika Kärki
Phone: 358 444 598 202
E-mail: mika.karki{at}ssypkehitys.fi
Web: www.ssypkehitys.fi
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
180.000,00
Town: Elverum
Region: NORGE
Country: Norway
Representative: Harry Peter Andreassen
Phone: 4 762 430 852
E-mail: harry.andreassen{at}inn.no
Web: www.inn.no
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
412.500,00
Town: Hamar
Region: NORGE
Country: Norway
Representative: Øyvind Nordstrand
Phone: 48 178 222
E-mail: oyvind.nordstrand{at}hedmark.org
Web: www.hedmark.org
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
119.686,25
Town: Elverum
Region: NORGE
Country: Norway
Representative: Runa Elisabeth Skyrud
Phone: 4 795 077 606
E-mail: runa{at}tretorget.no
Web: www.tretorget.no
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
245.000,00
Town: Chęciny
Region: REGION WSCHODNI
Country: Poland
Representative: Cezary Cichy
Phone: 48 413 434 050
E-mail: cezary.cichy{at}rcnt.pl
Web: www.rcnt.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
164.070,85
Town: Kielce
Region: REGION WSCHODNI
Country: Poland
Representative: Magdalena Karpińska
Phone: 48 413 416 902
E-mail: magdalena.karpinska{at}sejmik.kielce.pl
Web: www.sejmik.kielce.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
116.173,45
Town: Kielce
Region: REGION WSCHODNI
Country: Poland
Representative: Ewelina Piotrowska
Phone: 48 413 453 271
E-mail: e.piotrowska{at}procivis.org.pl
Web: www.procivis.org.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
105.515,00
Town: Priekuļi
Region: LATVIJA
Country: Latvia
Representative: Roberts Rotbergs
Phone: 37 126 392 616
E-mail: roberts.rotbergs{at}videsinstituts.lv
Web: www.videsinstituts.lv
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
240.000,00
Town: Cēsis, Cēsu novads
Region: LATVIJA
Country: Latvia
Representative: Santa Niedola
Phone: 37 164 116 007
E-mail: santa.niedola{at}vidzeme.lv
Web: www.vidzeme.lv
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
200.000,00
Town: Tallinn
Region: EESTI
Country: Estonia
Representative: Kaja Peterson
Phone: 3 726 276 104
E-mail: kaja.peterson{at}seit.ee
Web: www.seit.ee; www.sei-international.org/tallinn
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
113.142,50
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CONTACTS
Legal representative
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Jussi Halttunen
+358 400 644 913
Financial manager
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Teemu Riikonen
+358 40 630 4859
Communication manager
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Tanja Minkkinen
+358 400 583 455