Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

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

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN): BBC1 project’s objective is to improve sustainable economic growth via entrepreneurship and business cooperation in biotechnology and circular economy.

Description (FI): BBC1 hankkeen tavoitteena on parantaa kestävää talouskasvua yrittäjyyden ja yritysyhteistyön kautta bioteknologian ja kiertotalouden aloilla.

Description (RU):

Целью проекта BBC1 является устойчивый экономический рост посредством развития предпринимательства и делового сотрудничества в области биотехнологий и циркулярной экономики.

Achievements (EN):

The aim of the project was to attract companies to invest, locate and operate in the Southeast Finland – Russia CBC region. The project aspired to improve sustainable economic growth in the cross-border region by supporting entrepreneurship and business cooperation in the field of biotechnology and circular economy. The project aimed to increase cooperation between companies and the capacity to create new businesses and commercialise scientific research results. In general, the objective was to improve the skills and competitiveness of Finnish and Russian companies and actors in the biotechnology and circular economy sector to enable them to succeed in cross-border markets. The activies were targeted to companies, university students, researchers and experts of biotechnology and circular economy sectors in Finland and Russia. The project activities were implemented between two strategic Finnish-Russian alliances: 1) the universities ITMO and Xamk and 2) the business development organisations MikseiMikkeli and AsEP, which in turn worked in close cooperation with each other. The project consortium worked smoothly together – the universities provided courses, competitions, hachatons, lectures and acceleration program for students and businesses, improving their business skills and stimulating new innovations. The business development companies supported the growth and internationalization of new and existing companies, provided up-to-date market information, created important networks and contacts for companies and developed the digital EcoSairila platform to make the EcoSairila concept internationally more usable as a testing, piloting and learning environment. The business development organisations organised a large number of match making events for Finnish and Russian companies and represented companies at the EBC exhibition in St Petersburg. They promoted also actively cooperation with other projects and major players in the sector. Thanks to the awareness raising activities and organised visits to EcoSairila, the EcoSairila concept e.g. digital EcoSairila platform became a significant international platform for circular economy activities and communication in South Savo region, which will continue to operate after the end of the project. Generally public awareness of the circular economy was widely promoted, for example through cooperation with educational institutions. As the political situation changed significantly in spring 2022, the duration of the project and the measures had to be reassessed. The project remained with the Finnish project partners MikseiMIkkeli and Xamk. Central Asia became the new target area and the geographical scope of the project was also extended within Finland outside South-East Finland. The cooperation with Estonian actors was also started. An comprehensive and concrete market survey of the Central Asian biotechnology and circular economymarket opportunities and specifities was prepared and published for the use of companies. The project objectives were achieved, with a different geographical area than planned.

Website: https://www.ecoprofi.info/en/bbc1

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The following indicators have been verified cumulatively from the interim and final reports and their annexes: (target/verified value) Thematic indicators: Number of enterprises participating in cross-border business events 100/124 Number of business organisations receiving support for new business opportunities and/or modernization of businesses 11/11 Number of created structures for regional SME support 1/1 Number of new cross-border economic clusters created 1/0 Project specific indicators: Number of new training program for entrepreneurship development and business internationalization in the field of biotechnology and circular economy 2/2 Number of Cross-Border Competition in biotechnology and circular conomy 1/2 Number of created business projects 6/2 Number of promotion activities and dissemination event 5/17 Number of created new start-ups and commercialization plan for scientific research results 6/16 Number of internationalization activities for Finnish and Russian companies 10/10 Digital RDI platform EcoSairila for cross-border cooperation 1/1 Number of participant to cross-border BBC training program 20/78 Number of participants of acceleration program 20/23 Reported 84 (verified the result is the result based on 1st interim report). Participants of Navigator for Innovator Green Tech could not be verified. Guideline about Russian and Finnish public tender procedures in biotechnology and circular economy 1/2

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship Waste and pollution

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Mikkeli Development Miksei Ltd

Address: Sammonkatu 12, 50130 Mikkeli, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mikseimikkeli.fi

Total budget: EUR 352 221.83

Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Patteristonkatu 3 D, 50101 Mikkeli, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.xamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 197 160.19

Association for Environmental Partnership (AsEP)

Name: Association for Environmental Partnership (AsEP)

Address: Tchaikovskogo street 46-48, 191123 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ecoprofi.info

Total budget: EUR 92 076.05

ITMO University

Name: ITMO University

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

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ifmo.ru

Total budget: EUR 103 398.81

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Mikkeli Development Miksei Ltd

Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

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South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

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Association for Environmental Partnership (AsEP)

Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

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ITMO University

Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

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Summary

Project name (EN): Business in Biotechnology and Circular Economy

Project acronym: BBC1

Project start date: 2019-09-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 744 856.88

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 390 786.30

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

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 147 882.00

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Kiertotalous ja innovaatiot kasvun vauhdittajina – tuloksia neljästä hankkeesta

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.ecoprofi.info/en/bbc1

Publication date: 2025-02-24

Document date: 2022-11-24

Languages: fi

Видеопрезентация международного проекта по экологии BBC1

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.ecoprofi.info/en/bbc1

Publication date: 2025-02-24

Document date: 2021-04-29

Languages: ru, en

Экологическая конференция BBC1

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.ecoprofi.info/en/bbc1

Publication date: 2025-02-24

Document date: 2021-11-01

Languages: ru, en

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2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

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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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