Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

Programme 2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

Date of latest update: 2025-07-05

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Description (EN):

The InnoEquine project addresses the needs of SMEs in the Central Baltic region and the translation of innovations into new business opportunities, with a particular focus on the equine industries. Over-riding objectives are to define and construct a sustainable path to economic development of this sector, such that it will be able to realize its under-utilized potential. The project is designed to structure and provide further support for an emerging cross-border cluster of diverse businesses specializing in equine activities. This will be achieved through improving business models and entrepreneur skills, by enhanced networking to promote novel services with a cross-border dimension, and by raising the environmental performance. A structured and competitive equine industry will increase the competiveness of the region’s leisure industries, through increasing attractiveness to both investors and visitors, and thereby will promote employment, especially for women and young people. The project's main activities include collecting new and existing data, developing and implementing models, methods and tools for better environmental and safety management, and utilising best practices through novel and customer-oriented services for the region’s equine enterprises. As a result, the Central-Baltic equine cluster is defined and it's functions are well known, an active cross-border equine network is established in the region and continues after the project's termination. Additionally, the mode of activity of the Central-Baltic equine cluster is improved and a number of traditional grazed biotopes are maintained as part of the business. A novel free networking tool is developed and provided to the stakeholders for further use. Finally, advisory materials and policy recommendations are produced. The project consists of 5 work packages: the first one is the management. Even the basic information on equine industries of the region are lacking which means that this emerging cross-regional cluster has not been recognised, therefore the second WP focuses on conceptualising the horse industry of the Central-Baltic region (WP2). The third WP aims to increase competitiveness of horse industry in sustanable way through improved models of firm level management. The fourth WP foxues on network level: it aims to promote novel innovative customer-oriented equine services and to generate policy recommendations for the effective regulation of the industry's competitive development. The WP 5 is dissemination of the results.

Achievements (EN):

The INNOEQUINE project assisted the region’s equine industry to improve its economic competitiveness. This was achieved by providing better management tools for entrepreneurs, developing innovative services of cross-border value and enhancing cross-border networking. The project embarked on analysing the existing data, and then going on to complementing the data through interviews and surveys to establish the baseline. A network was established through meetings, and social media was utilised to encourage cross-border links between stakeholders. In addition, a course for promoting sustainable management of pastures was developed and piloted.

Website: http://projects.centralbaltic.eu/

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Clustering and economic cooperation SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskus, Taloustutkimus

Address: Latokartanonkaari 9, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland

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Baltic Studies Centre

Name: Baltic Studies Centre

Address: Kokneses prospekts 26-2, LV-1014 Riga, Latvia

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SLU - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Inst för Arbetsvetenskap, Ekonomi & Miljöpsykologi (AEM)

Name: SLU - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Inst för Arbetsvetenskap, Ekonomi & Miljöpsykologi (AEM)

Address: Box 88, 23053 Albarp, Sweden

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Helsingin yliopisto/Maataloustieteiden laitos

Name: Helsingin yliopisto/Maataloustieteiden laitos

Address: P.O. Box 27, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto, Finland

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Baltic Studies Centre

Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

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Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskus, Taloustutkimus

Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

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SLU - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Inst för Arbetsvetenskap, Ekonomi & Miljöpsykologi (AEM)

Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

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Helsingin yliopisto/Maataloustieteiden laitos

Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

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Summary

Project name (EN): Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions

Project acronym: INNOEQUINE

Project start date: 2011-05-01

Project end date: 2013-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 327 783.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 009 094.00

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2007 - 2013 Central Baltic (FI-SE-EE-LA)

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2014-09-01

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

122 / 122 (100%)

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

672 / 672 (100%)

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