The Tampere Region EU Office is a collaboration between the City of Tampere, the municipalities from the Tampere City Region and the Council of Tampere Region. Tampere has had an EU office in Brussels since 1999. Tampere Region has over 500 000 residents and is the second-largest region in Finland. It’s a region with a history of continuous renewal. Education, innovations and technology are important topics in the region. A key resource for the development of the region is the higher education community, which includes almost all research and teaching fields ranging from different technological fields, services and commerce to humanities, health science, management and public administration. This is complemented by the general upper secondary education system that covers the whole region. Therefore, the utilisation of expertise, education, research and product development is a starting point in the development of Tampere Region, regardless of the particular topic and matter under consideration.
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The main focus areas of the Tampere Region S3 are: Responsible and sustainable industry transition: Tampere Region is aiming towards a carbon-neutral, fossil-independent economy and future. Expertise and technologies are used to refine internationally competitive and distributable solutions, concepts and products. The region strives for a leading role as an expert in, and developer of, responsible industries. Smart and sustainable communities: Tampere Region is strengthening its position as a developer, implementer and business partner for the smart features of the technical infrastructure. The core of this is a safer and more efficient, functional, environmentally-friendly and human-centered infrastructure. Wellness technologies and services: Tampere Region features a multidisciplinary and networked approach to social and health care services that responds to customer needs in a timely manner and strengthens inclusion. It integrates this with technology-intensive cutting-edge sectors such as advanced treatments, human spare parts and artificial senses and with supporting digitalisation and innovation activities. Culture and the digital experience sector: Experiences from the fields of performing arts, event production and design have been transformed into business activities and a growth industry that utilises research, RDI activities, digital opportunities and world-class event spaces as drivers for growth.
During a dedicated session at the EU Research & Innovation Days, 23 new cities part of the EU Mission on 100 climate-neutral and smart cities were awarded the Mission Label for their plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. ERRIN is pleased to see that 15 cities are located in ERRIN member regions.
During the recent European Research and Innovation Days, the European Commission announced the 2nd wave of signatories to the EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change Charter, with a further 100 regions and local authorities signing. Of the now 215 signatories, a staggering 100 are associated with ERRIN member cities and regions.
Last month, ERRIN’s project MOSAIC ran an open call to find cities and regions preparing for the Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, interested in collaborating with MOSAIC on their citizen engagement activities. ERRIN is pleased to share that 14 ERRIN members are being engaged under this initiative.
Seminar dedicated to urban security professionals and policy makers to learn key takeaways and recommendations from the SURE project.
As part of the upcoming European Week of Regions and Cities, ERRIN in cooperation with EARTO is organising a joint online workshop on how to strengthen collaboration between regions and research and technology organisations (RTOs) to support a sustainable transition. The event will take place on 12 October from 16:30-18:00 CEST.
ACCAC Finland and ACCAC Belgium together with the City of Tampere, Tampere Region EU Office and Asse Municipality are organising an official New European Bauhaus Festival side event on Saturday 11 June 2022 in Asse, Belgium.