Core Indicators in the Finnish 2007-2013 ERDF
programming documents
DG REGIO EVALUATION NETWORK MEETING
Brussels, 26 June 2008
Harri Ahlgren
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Regional Development Unit
ERDF OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES
IN FINLAND 2007-2013:
• OP for Southern Finland:
ERDF funding 2007-2013: EUR Million 138,1
• OP for Western Finland:
ERDF funding 2007-2013: EUR Million 159,4
• OP for Eastern Finland:
ERDF funding 2007-2013: EUR Million 365,6*
• OP for Northern Finland:
ERDF funding 2007-2013: EUR Million 311,3
*) Transitional support
3 PRIORITY AXES IN COMMON TO ALL OP’S:
1. Promotion of business (app. 36 % of the ERDF funding)
2. Promotion of innovation and networking and
strenghtening of knowledge structures
(app. 35 % of the ERDF funding)
3. Improvement of the accessibility of areas and the
operating environment (app. 20 % of the ERDF funding)
CORE INDICATORS:
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Number of new jobs
Number of new enterprises
R&D or innovation project
Companies participating on the public research and innovation projects
Projects enhancing equal opportunities
Environmentally positive projects
New ways and solutions to produce welfare services
New logistical or environmental plans and solutions
Projects enhancing partnership and social inclusion
Programme level:
• CO2 emissions from industry or energy production
• number of projects aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions
DEFINITIONS:
1. Number of new jobs
New job is a new working possibility that has been created as a
result of EU co-financed project and that has been filled in by a
new permanent, part-time or temporary worker. Jobs can be by
their nature: permanent full time jobs, seasonal (winter/summer)
jobs or part time jobs. New full time and permanent jobs are the
ones that can be considered to exist at least the next 5 years.
The model how to turn seasonal or part time jobs to permanent
jobs has been defined in the guidelines that have been given by
the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Temporary jobs
during the project implementation phase cannot be included as
new jobs.
DEFINITIONS:
2. Number of new enterprises
Definition of a new enterprise is based on the definition that is
used by the Statistics of Finland. According to the definition a
new enterprise has been born when an enterprise belongs to
the TVA system, e.g. its turnover is more than 8 500 €.
A woman enterprise is an enterprise that is run by a woman, an
open company where more than half of the partners are women
and more than 50% of the investments are made by women, a
partnership company where more than 50% of the owners are
women and over 50% of the investments are made by women
or a Ltd where more than 50% of the shares and their voting
rights are owned by women.
DEFINITIONS:
3. R&D or innovation project
R&D actions or projects are implemented either by private companies or a
public/semi-public research centres.
A project is considered to be R&D or innovation project when aid for private
companies is given to basic research, industrial research or development actions
that are increasing their competitiveness. The aid also can be a mixture of all these
measures.
A project is considered to be R&D or innovation project when aid for a public
research centre is given to the kind of research and development activities that will
enhance creation and development of new industrial or service innovations and their
implementation in research, development and training institutions in the sectors or
areas where they have influence the development of economic and social welfare.
Normally these projects are focused on strategic basic research, medium or long
term research and development work, applicable research as well as innovation
based public research. In addition the public institutions can receive ERDF – funding
for the development and upgrading of research laboratories and – equipment.
DEFINITIONS:
4. Companies participating on the public research and
innovation projects
Number of companies actively participating on the
implementation of a project. Also sub-contractors are counted
as well as participants in the joint-projects that are funded by
TEKES*. Also in other projects – not funded through TEKES –
companies participating on joint-projects are counted.
Companies that are participating on a project by co-financing
and/or to the project management work are counted.
*) Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
DEFINITIONS:
5. Projects enhancing equal opportunities
A project is considered to enhance equal opportunities if:
- equal opportunities, race or ethnic origin, religion, handicap etc. is a
clear focus in the project and can be identified from the targets and aims
of a project
- the aim of the project is to enhance equal opportunities in the society
6. Environmentally positive projects
Environmentally positive project is a project that improves the environmental situation, citizens awareness of environmental issues and
environmental innovations, use of environmentally friendly activities and
solutions or make actions more environmentally friendly. The main focus
of an environmentally positive project can be either nature or environment itself or it can be one of the key targets of a project. A project
having neutral or negative impacts on the environment can not be
included to this category.
DEFINITIONS:
7. New ways and solutions to produce welfare services
These are the kind of projects that are focused to improve
peoples’ health, welfare or capacity to stay in working life and
that improve the regional welfare level. These new ways or
solutions can be:
development of new IT systems and services and their
implementation
new ways to produce and develop services as publicprivate – partnership
new innovative service systems
DEFINITIONS:
8. New logistical or environmental plans and solutions
These are plans that will create new environmental or logistical solution
or investment that can be financed by national funding like:
- development of new logistical systems and services
- improvement of accessibility required by regional and local businesses
- new innovations in infrastructure and environmental systems
9. Projects enhancing partnership and social inclusion
These are projects that are improving social cohesion like partnership
arrangements, joint service projects between municipalities, private
sector and third sector, projects preventing social exclusion, actions to
improve the social adaptation of immigrants etc.