Integration, employment and
the use of EU tools in implementing
the Lisbon strategy locally
Deputy Mayor Kaija Hartiala
City of Turku
High Level Meeting on Governance and the EU
2–3 October 2006
Turku
Turku - city culture in the heart of the archipelago
The oldest and fifth largest city in
Finland
175.000 inhabitants
Strong growth area for
- Maritime industries
- Biotechnology
- ICT
- Logistics
- Tourism
- Creative industry:
Turku is Finland’s candidate for
European Capital of Culture
2011
Specific urban programmes, such as Objective 2
urban dimension, can provide ideal conditions for
European level strategies to become local and
therefore
- to improve inhabitants’ well-being
- to increase business prerequisites
- to decrease environmental problems
 To create sustainable cities.
The use of EU tools in implementing Lisbon strategy locally
Case East Turku:
East Turku Objective 2 Urban dimension
Characteristics of East Turku:
• 30.000 inhabitants, 1.300 companies
• Unemployment rate in big suburbs of East Turku 19,2–21,7%
(the whole city 11,4%)
• 15,2% of East Turku inhabitants are immigrants (in the biggest
suburb the proportion is up to 26,8%)
• The biggest language groups among the immigrants: Russian,
Arabic, Albanian, Kurdish, Somali and Vietnamese
• Growing high tech industrial area called Turku Science Park
• One area – two dimensions
The use of EU tools in implementing Lisbon strategy locally
Creating more jobs and increasing local employment
East Turku project examples
•
Fortuna project has been successful in
improving employment in the suburbs, and
Tempo project has linked the unemployed and
the companies
-
•
key success factor: individual approach to
unemployed inhabitants in their own
neighbourhoods
Global Trade Business Service Incubator: the
project helps immigrants’ business start-ups
-
key success factor: linking together
unemployed immigrants and business
incubator services
The use of EU tools in implementing Lisbon strategy locally
More pleasant and attractive environment for inhabitants
and new businesses
East Turku project examples
•
The Keidas (Oasis) project has
constructed an attractive business
environment in the Turku Bio Valley
area
- key success factor: new
approach to industrial
environments
•
A project for developing the
Jaaninoja creek, a part of river
Aura, with respect to Nature into the
area’s central park
- key success factor:
empowerment of inhabitants
concerning of their own living
environment
City of Turku has improved the
quality and effectiveness of its EU
funded activities
•
The city has increased its role as a
responsible actor
•
A closer link to the Turku Strategy now
and in the future
•
National and international co-operation
with other cities
•
City of Turku has set up an coordination unit for Objective 2 Urban
Dimension (Linkki project), which coordinates, follows and directs the
implementation of the programme
- Coordination of the programme brings added
value for the accomplishment of programme
aims and increases its openness, quality and
result-achievement orientation.
Turku leaves no one cold.
Turku – Finland’s Candidate for the
European Capital of Culture 2011
Turku 2011 Strategy
Vision 2016
Turku 2011 is more than merely one year. It is a process
through which Turku is a forerunner, a creative centre of
Baltic coopreation and a generator and supplier of art and
science.
Mission
As the Capital of Culture, Turku will construct an
unforgettable year 2011 for the whole Europe. Turku 2011
will create experiences and encounters which cross borders,
renew the everyday life and live on.
Aimes
Internationality, creative industry, well-being
Turku - Candidate for the European Capital of Culture 2011
Turku 2011 plans include
Development of Prerequisites
Long-term projects in the Capital of culture Programme
Turku 2011 Infrastructural Projects
Turku 2011 Programme
Turku - Candidate for the European Capital of Culture 2011
LIVe Turku 2011 – accesible for the whole world
Turku
2011
Turku invites the whole Europe
into cooperation.
www.turku2011.fi
Turku - Candidate for the European Capital of Culture 2011