Archipelago - strategic partnerships for business development

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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Description (EN):

The depopulation, aging generation and conditions in the archipelago regions set challenges for business development, founding of new companies and finding successors to existing businesses. Collaboration in international and intergenerational teams creating business partnerships and new market entries will strengthen the area's competitiveness and enable growth. The project Archipelago - strategic partnerships for business development aims to create new business models in the archipelago and rural areas through business development and forming partnerships between entrepreneurs and start-up companies in Finland (including Aland Islands) and Sweden. The project also aims at knowledge exchange involving existing businesses and new potential entreprenuers. Long-term activities create real business benefits through educational community engagement in intergenerational teams involving both communities and students. The partners solid start-up expertise, coaching techniques and innovative models for cross-border business development as the "Loopa-method, will be used educating and supporting entrepreneurs and community business-counselling services. Students will be involved in co-coaching companies, internships, projects and thesis-work enhancing new business opportunities, services and models of cooperation. International match-making seminars will stimulate networking, knowledge-sharing and business development involving key stakeholders. The use of digital technology will result in creating platforms and applications for partnership and co-operation business activities, sales channels and recruitment pools. The target is to develop 10 new business models for existing companies through diversification, new seasonal solutions or cross border cooperation. A minimum of 60 existing SMEs will take part of a development process and we expect to trigger 5 new startup businesses.

Expected Results (EN): R1.1. Number of new joint or co-operating knowledge intensive enterprises

Expected Outputs (EN):

The target is to develop 10 new business models for existing companies through diversification, new seasonal solutions or cross border cooperation. A minimum of 60 existing SMEs will take part of a development process and we expect to trigger 5 new startup businesses. By raising the level and scope of skills in SMEs the level of knowledge increases. Furthermore a possibility to enter new markets with greater variety and greater capacity will be opened. This contributes to a longer season for small business owners who previously have worked in a limited area for a part of the year and creates possibilities for starting new businesses . The intergenerational teams that are established in the project will increase the level of knowledge when older generations contribute with their experience, knowledge and network, and younger generations come with new knowledge, new methods, tools and innovative thinking. The project will increase the knowledge and capabilities of young entrepreneurs to dare to take over or start new businesses in the archipelago, which increases the attractiveness and facilitate recruitment in the area. Internships, theses and evaluation will in various ways contribute to stimulation by finding new business opportunities, services and models of cooperation. Digital platforms and marketplace for matching needs and demands will be developed and implemented. Various support functions and Drivhuset´s LOOPA-method will be used to enhance the creation of new business models.

Themes

New products and services Rural and peripheral development SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: New Central Baltic knowledge intensive companies

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners

Lead Partner (EN): Novia University of Applied Sciences

Lead Partner: Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi (YH Novia)

Department: Department of Research and Development

Address: Raseborgsvägen 9, 10600 Ekenäs, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.novia.fi

Total budget: EUR 560 698.18

ERDF budget: EUR 420 523.64

Drivhuset Sweden

Name: Drivhuset Sverige

Department: Stockholm

Address: Storgatan 33 b, 11455 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.drivhuset.se

Total budget: EUR 367 493.95

ERDF budget: EUR 275 620.46

Södertörn University

Name: Södertörns högskola

Department: Economics, tourism and media technology

Address: Alfred Nobels Allé 7, 14189 Huddinge, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sh.se

Total budget: EUR 341 868.96

ERDF budget: EUR 256 401.72

Åbo Akademi University

Name: Åbo Akademi

Department: School of Business and Economics

Address: Domkyrkotorget 3, 20500 Åbo, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.abo.fi

Total budget: EUR 368 450.00

ERDF budget: EUR 276 337.50

Summary

Project name (EN): Archipelago - strategic partnerships for business development

Project acronym: Archipelago Partnerships

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2016-10-01

Project end date: 2019-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 638 511.09

European Union funding: EUR 1 228 883.32

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Åbo Akademi University

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Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi/Yrkeshögskolan Novia

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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2020-11-16

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

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