SHOK
Strategic Centers for Science,
Technology and Innovation
World-class breakthroughs
in innovation cooperation
Renewal and competitiveness as
goals cooperation
 The goals of SHOK activities are:
 To increase export business and to improve the economy
 To create to top know-how
 To renew business activities
 To improve companies' competitiveness
 To spur innovation activities
 To bring wellbeing to society
•
The goal is to give rise to globally significant breakthrough
innovations and business activities with the help of new
knowledge and skills.
 SHOKs are an internationally interesting
operational model.
Six different industrial branches
The activities of each SHOK concentration is handled by a non-profit seeking limited
company whose members include the key companies, universities, and research
institutes of the area in question.
Energy and environment
Built Environments
Bioeconomy
Health and wellbeing
Metal products and
machine production
Information and
communications industry
Includes 80% of Finland's export business
• SHOKs operate in the most important fields in
Finnish business and society.
• Entities that are not shareholders can also take part
in the research programmes and projects.
• Taking part are more than 700 companies and 40
research organisations.
activities
SHOKs are company-driven collaboration
platforms
The activities are based on a shared
research strategy
Enterprises &
research
organisations
SHOK
company
Companies
SHOK
Research
strategies
SHOK
Research
programmes
Research
organisations
The shareholders draft a research
strategy and decide on its
implementation.
Research programmes are a central part of
SHOK activities
•SHOK research programmes allow for persevering cooperation.
•Companies utilise researched information emerging from the SHOK research
programmes. This leads to new products, services, earning models and courses of
action for renewing Finland's business base while creating new export business
activities.
•The time line is 5-10 years.
5–10 years.
Top know-how
Emerges from SHOK
research programmes
New products and services Economic growth &
Develop in companies'
R&D projects
wellbeing
Based on cooperation of public and private
entities
Lays out SHOK concept as part of an
innovation system
Direct activities
through i.a. Tekes
and the Academy of
Finland
Fund and supervise
quality
Research
and
Innovation
Council
SKOK
boards
Ministries
Responsible for
strategy, focus areas
and results
Responsible for
operative
implementation
Funders
SHOK
Management
Team
Follows SHOK activities and results, gives proposals for
development, evaluates possibilities for further activities
SHOKs amass significant investments
Funding for research programmes in 2008-2014 a combined € 545 M
SHOK companies are diversifying the capital base (EU, other instruments for bringing
products/services to the market).
10%
40%
50%
According to the strategic programme of the government of Finland the public funding for
SHOK research programmes will be run down. Consequently Tekes funding instrument for
SHOK programmes will cease to exist in its present form.
SHOK activities are regularly evaluated
FUNDERS
SHOK programme level
• SHOK quality criteria
• External evaluation panels
SHOK
COMPANIES
• Management
• Measures of
results for
programmes
SHOK MANAGEMENT TEAM
SHOK corporate level
• Annual reporting to SHOK Management
Team
• Handling applications from new consortia
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COUNCIL
SHOK concept level
• External evaluation
at five-year intervals
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT
SHOK programme has its own role in R&D&I
environment
Targeting of R&D&I funding and defining content
Company
SHOK
research
program
mes
Company
networks
Research
networks
Researchers
Universities
Research
institutes
Public
funders
Tekes
project funding
In SHOKs
companies direct
research in
extensive
cooperation.
Academy of
Finland
project
funding
Academy of
Finland
programme
s
Basic research
Finnvera
SRC
Tekes
programmes
Applied research
Product
development
Sitra
Market
Finnish
Industry
Investme
nt Ltd
SHOKs develop
Five key development targets have been set for SHOK activities:
1 2
4
Focusing activities on
sharper peaks of skills to
bring forth new business
activities.
Renewing the
models and
gauges
for evaluation
Networking
platform to be
formed out of SHOKs
for companies
and for top research
3
Increasing
competition for
funding.