Forssa Region Development Centre (FSKK)is owned by the municipalities of Forssa, Humppila, Jokioinen, Tammela and Ypäjä.

Our focus is the development of diverse business services and business related regional development as well as the marketing of Bright Green Forssa Region.We assist companies in every stage of their life cycle providing help from start up, in development and investment issues to the final stage of selling or closing the business. More information on us: www.fskk.fi

Forssa Region Development Centre

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Food production

Municipality of greatvisions and possibilities

Nature tourism

Windpower and mining

Culture

Brightgreen know-how environmental business

Horse sports and events

Food industry

Best location = traffic connections

Tammela Jokioinen

Borealplant know-how

International equineknow-how centre

(equestrian cluster)

Our strategy shortlythe main focus points

Tammela forerunner in living (village positivity,

village officer)

BrightGreenForssa Region 2030

Golf tourism

MTT – Natural Resources Institute Finland(internationally

respected research)

Strong own identity

Eerikkilä Sports Institute

HAMK Mustialanatural resources

education

Logistics utilizescrossroads

Wind power

Trade and services

YpäjäForssa

Humppila

Wellbeing tourism

Local food/ the food valley of river Loimijoki

Alternative model in the middle of South-Finland

Possibility to choosewith service voucher

Prevention and customer oriented

approach

Top know-how on bio-economy and

recycling

Diverse renewableEnergy

Know-how/versatile education

The MotorExecutor of ideas

Natural resources wise local utilization

Strategy map

Wellbeing technology and brightgreen living

Brightgreenmeasure(3-5 pcs/measure)

Local sustainable food industry

Brightgreenstrategicfocus

Wellbeing

Businessservices

Utilizing properties

Experimentiveregion

Green electronics

Fight money

Green logistics

Technology

Insightful eco-building

Main road 2 logistics areas (HEA)

Entrepreneurship and

location

Forssa region2030

Growth centre for economy

Development of local economy

Two notable political parties started from Forssa region: The Social Democratic Party and the Green Party

Tilojen hyödyntäminenHAMK Mustiala luonnonvara-koulutus

ElintarviketeollisuusKansainvälinen hevososaamisen

keskittymä

Ideoiden käytäntöönpanijaVaihtoehtoinen malli Etelä-Suomen

keskellä

Borealkansainvälisyys

Hyvinvointi

Kokeileva seutu

Suurten mahdollisuuksien ja visioiden kunta

Hyvinvointiteknologia ja järkivihreäasuminen

Luonnonvarojenjärkevä paikallinen hyödyntäminen

Parhaalla paikalla = liikenneyhteydet

Oivaltava ekorakentaminenOsaaminen/

monipuolinen koulutusTammela edellä asumiseen kylämyönteisyys, kyläasiamies

KulttuuriHevosurheilu ja -tapahtumat

Vihreä logistiikkaForssaLuonnonvarakeskus/MTT

kansainvälisesti arvostettu tutkimus

Jokioinen

HyvinvointimatkailuElintarviketuotanto

Järkivihreä osaaminenYmpäristöliiketoiminta

Biotalouden ja kierrätyksenhuippuosaaminen Tuulivoimaa ja kaivos

Vahva oma identiteetti

Eerikkilän urheiluopisto

Taisteluraha

Valinnanvapautta palvelusetelilläMonipuolinen uusiutuva energia

Vihreäelektroniikka Ypäjä

Humppila

Kauppa ja palvelut

Paikallinen kestävä elintarviketeollisuus

TeknologiaTammela

Paikallistaloudenkehitys

Elinkeino-palvelut

VT2 logistiikka-alueineen HEAEnnaltaehkäisy ja asiakaslähtöisyys

Golf-matkailu

Luontomatkailu

Tuulivoimaa

Lähiruoka/Loimijoen ruokalaakso

Precisions

Energy

Bio Digi

GlobalisationFood industry

FSKK and projects

• Diverse current projects aimed to improve businesses in theregion, coordinated from FSKK:– FORTE has four aims: environment and energy; wellbeing;

technology and green logistics– EnviGrowPark – eco industrial park (to be introduced later)– Tykkää Tyykikylästä (Like Forssa) – town centre development

through business vitality– Biorefinery to green growth head– Brightgreen vitality through networks

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Proposed co-operation

• Co-operation and networking between twin towns• Should we have a project with funding – possibilities of EU

and Horizon 2020?• Networking with great operators such as Enterprise Europe

Network, Chamber of Commerce + others• Focus: to enable companies to enter international market,

grow their business and possible create joint co-operation and new innovations with the help of twin towns

• Deadline: Struer Green Energy 2015 –meeting

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How to

• Business centres find the interested companies –> focus on matching. (Also the help of www.EnterpriseEurope.fi/partner)

• Joint visits with the entrepreneurs – business meetings• Co-operation between companies – new innovations?• Shared internet portal for the information (for example

www.fskk.fi/norden)• Help for the companies when entering the Nordic markets

(with the help of Enterprise Europe Network)• Tourist infos share brochures• Twin city card – companies join, customers get benefits (for

example – 10% off accommodation)• Other forms of co-operation

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Enterprise Europe Network

• Established in 2008 by the European Commission• A network providing expertise and internationalization

services for SMEs• An extensive selection of services ranging from EU-specific

advisory services to support for international technology transfer

• The network operates in more than fifty countries, also including some outside the EU, such as Norway, Russia and the United States.

• The network’s service providers include roughly 600 organisations and more than 3,000 experts.

• More on EEN: http://www.yrityssuomi.fi/en/web/enterprise-europe-network/enterprise-europe-network

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Who to contactand how to proceed

• Twin towns agree persons who’ll be in charge of thedevelopment of this project

• Forssa (FI):

• Sarpsborg (NO):

• Struer (DK):

• Södertälje (SE):

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Welcome to build the joint future in Forssa region!

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