TWIN CAMPUS

Programme 2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN): TWIN CAMPUS project aims at facilitating conditions for creating and relocating new technology-based companies. Project activities form ways to stimulate their modernization and internationalization as well as commercialization of university-based technologies.

Description (FI):

TWIN CAMPUS hankkeen tavoitteena on kehittää olosuhteita, jotka tukevat uusien teknologiapohjaisten yritysten syntymistä ja toimimista. Hankkeen toimenpiteiden avulla kehitetään yritystoiminnan modernisointia ja kansainvälistymistä sekä erityisesti yliopistopohjaisten teknologioiden kaupallistamista.

Description (RU):

Проект TWIN CAMPUS направлен на создание благоприятных условий для создания и работы новых технологических компаний. Проект предлагает пути стимулирования модернизации и интернационализации компаний, использования университетских технологий в бизнесе.

Achievements (EN):

The main objectives of the TWIN CAMPUS projects were to facilitate establishing new technology-based businesses, operating in cross-border environment are established, improving the technological competence of existing companies through cooperation with local universities involvement in international cooperation. As well as launching cross-border university driven TWIN campuses SME support structure to boost the innovative business development ecosystem. Despite of the restriction the project objectives were fully achieved. There were launched 2 support business infrastructures at the both side of the border: Starttisatama by Cursor and ITMO Xlab. Cursor launched Starttisatama Business Acceleration Services and worked with 3 startups. One of the startup companies is a health-tech company which relocated itself to our region. Another one is a local technological startup in groundwater heating business. The third startup company, already a prizewinner in gaming business, is about to arrive to Starttisatama within few months. Both Starttisatama and ITMO Xlab conducted several events for supporting technical business development in the cross border region. ITMO Xlab with engagement and commitment of all partners organized events like Backstage School, Future Energy School, contest “Student Innovative Ideas 2.0!”, TurboTechAccelerator, International Startup School Doers with*ship Startup Festival due to strong input from XAMK, International Technology Broker School due to active support by XAMK and Cursor. The activities facilitated developing student networks and educational cooperation between universities. Thanks to the well-built communication and dissemination the project team managed to attract a lot of participants to the project events and inform the target audience about the project results. The project activities were actively promoted and covered by the social media and at the partners’ own websites and own Twin Campus project website. The partners published the conducted events and the results of the project. The target indicators were exceeded. Based on the benchmarking studies carried by XAMK and published in 2 articles in online XAMK magazine XAMK led the partners in co-creating process of Twin Campus strategy and roadmap, also Steering Group that acts as a Leader of the cooperation model and Russian-Finnish Cooperation Websites, these activities constructed a solid base for university and industry collaboration on the innovation and technical business development. In the course of the project by St.Petersburg Foundation for SME development and Technopark Ingria organized events for companies that equipped the participants with the valuable information referring the opportunities to develop the business globally. The results of the project can be used for supporting development technological business due to collaboration between universities and industries as well as innovation and business support infrastructures.

Website: http://www.twincampus.info/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Verified indicators/Target value: TI Number of enterprises participating 112 /10 TI Number of business organisations receiving support 92/50 TI Number of created structures 1/1 PSI Cross-border events are organized 3/2 PSI Benchmarking events 7/4 PSI Strategic documents on… 2/2 PSI Experiential Laboratory 8/2 PSI Students and university staff 417/50 PSI Companies and industrial partners 10/10 PSI Two talent and companies attr.. 214/80 PSI Companies and individuals… 214/50

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Education and training

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: ITMO University

Address: Kronverksky pr. 49, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ifmo.ru

Total budget: EUR 168 048.47

St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development

Name: St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development

Address: Izmaylovsky prospect 14, 190005 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.fbd.spb.ru

Total budget: EUR 35 223.80

Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Patteristonkatu 3, 50100 Mikkeli, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.xamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 222 776.87

Cursor Oy, Kotkan-Haminan seudun kehittämisyhtiö

Name: Cursor Oy, Kotkan-Haminan seudun kehittämisyhtiö

Address: Kyminlinnantie 6 , 48600 Kotka, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cursor.fi

Total budget: EUR 151 249.70

JSC Saint-Petersburg Technopark

Name: JSC Saint-Petersburg Technopark

Address: Medikov prospekt, 3A, 197022 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ingria-park.ru

Total budget: EUR 6 264.72

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Summary

Project name (EN): TWIN CAMPUS

Project acronym: TWIN CAMPUS

Project start date: 2019-06-01

Project end date: 2022-05-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 583 563.56

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 324 247.21

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 48.00%

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 128 991.00

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-01-29

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

71 / 71 (100%)

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

320 / 320 (100%)

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TWIN CAMPUS

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