Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

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Description (EN): Race4Scale project objective is to establish and strengthen the long-term partnerships among business, educational institutions and government-based organizations and associations in the Finnish-Russian cross-border automotive and motorsport industry.

Description (RU):

Целью проекта Race4Scale является установление и развитие долгосрочных партнерских отношений между компаниями, образовательными учреждениями, правительственными организациями и ассоциациями в трансграничной индустрии автомобилестроения и автоспорта Финляндии и России.

Description (FI): Race4Scale hankkeen tavoite in perustaa ja vahvistaa pitkäaikaisia kumppanuuksia yritysten, oppilaitosten ja valtion organisaatioiden sekä yhdistysten välillä Suomen ja Venäjän rajat ylittävässä auto- ja moottoriurheiluteollisuudessa.

Achievements (EN):

Kouvola region had profiled itself as a Finnish motorsport center of expertise. Taitaja education centre trained mechanics for rally and formula teams and collaborated with major motorsport organizations. A new motor sports circuit meeting international standards had been opened in the municipality of Iitti, near Kouvola. On the other hand, there was a significant car industry in the St. Petersburg region. Many well-known western companies had car assembly plants in the region. In addition, there were companies serving this industry in the region, such as Nokian Renkaat Oy, whose production was more than 80 percent from a factory in Russia. The automotive industry is currently changing faster than ever in its history. This is particularly emphasized in the development and introduction of new car engine and fuel systems. The most significant driver here is climate change and the stricter emission requirements for traffic. A rapidly changing industry requires new skills, this also involves vehicle maintenance and repair. Education plays an important role in this. Educational institutions must be able to meet the needs of the automotive industry, even to be able to anticipate these needs. Three of the project partners were from Kouvola and three from St. Petersburg. The project included six Work Packages (WP), under which there were different Tasks. One or alternatively several organizations were responsible for the implementation of the WPs. The WPs included tailor-made workshops for students, Industry Day events for the project staff, days for the teaching staff, and several studies based on these. Regardless of the external factors mentioned above, all the work packages of the project could be implemented, although in different ways than what was mentioned in the project plan. The change to be mentioned was also a significant undershoot of the project’s budget implementation. Travel and outsourcing services were not implemented much in the project.

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Delivered Outputs (EN):

Number of enterprises using programme support for cooperation with research institutions 35/4. Number of persons under age of 24 years and over 45 years participating in educational events 175/ 188 Number of new cross-border curricula created 5/4 Project specific indicators Number of credit points earned by students of the partner secondary and tertiary institutions completed in project related innovation, research and development tasks by the end of the project 500/challenges solved for companies in the automotive industry in the project events 25/8 Number of companies of the Finnish and Russian automotive industries that took part in the joint academia-business collaboration 20/6 Number of applied research on the current and future professions in the automotive and motorsport industries 2/2 Number of pilots implemented as a part of the new cross-border curricula development 5/4 Number of students involved in the cross-border project events 250/145. Target group (partner’s staff, project participants, industry professionals) covered by visibility actions (e.g. best practices publications, final publication, articles in partners' e-journals, project website, project brochures, social media accounts etc.) 2000/2305 Student participants of innovation camps (i.e. students will be divided into cross-border multicultural student teams) 200/81 Innovation product or service concepts or solutions developed by students in the innocamps 10/09 Participants of the Finnish and Russian Industry Days 200/5. Participants of the Finnish and Russian Future Professions Workshops 100/67. Participants of the Final conferences in Finland and Russia for sustaining the project results 120/14

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Education and training

Thematic Objective: Support to education, research, technological development and innovation

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Paraatikenttä 7, 41500 Kouvola, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.xamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 295 680.89

Vocational Adult Education Centre Kouvola

Name: Vocational Adult Education Centre Kouvola

Address: Taitajantie 2, 45100 Kouvola, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.kvlakk.fi

City of Kouvola (Eduko)

Name: City of Kouvola (Eduko)

Address: Torikatu 10,, 45100 Kouvola, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kouvola.fi

Total budget: EUR 206 002.18

General Secondary School “Education Center Kudrovo”

Name: General Secondary School “Education Center Kudrovo”

Address: Berezovaya str. 1, 188689 Kudrovo, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: https://educentr-kudrovo.vsevobr.ru

Total budget: EUR 1 281.54

Union "Autoprom North-West"

Name: Union "Autoprom North-West"

Address: Novye Zavody st., 50, building 5, litera D, 198517 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nwasz.ru

Total budget: EUR 19 067.30

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"

Name: Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"

Address: Professora Popova str. 5, 197376 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.etu.ru

Total budget: EUR 9 326.62

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South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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Vocational Adult Education Centre Kouvola

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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City of Kouvola (Eduko)

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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General Secondary School “Education Center Kudrovo”

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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Union "Autoprom North-West"

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"

Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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Summary

Project name (EN): Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

Project acronym: Race4Scale

Project start date: 2020-05-01

Project end date: 2022-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 531 358.53

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 292 877.10

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

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 139 287.00

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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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Development of the multidisciplinary educational, business and RDI opportunities for the Finnish-Russian automotive and motorsport industry ecosystem

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