One of the main tasks of LOCREGIS II project has been to make an inventory of local and regional information society projects in Austria, Finland and Sweden and produce appropriate regional analyses based on this information and the needs of the people working with the European regional development.

The regional information is also presented in the LOCREGIS regional information society profiles in Internet in the address: http://www.locregis.net.

The pictures presented in this analyse report are available as PowerPoint - slides in the LOCREGIS Document Store and later on the homepage mentioned above.

Methodology

The definition of the local and regional information project is similar used in ESIS project funded by DGXIII:

¨ “The projects are using data processing and telecommunications technologies to support innovative methods of communication between members of society for a wide range of purposes e.g.

w Education and training

w Healthcare and social care

w Culture

w Administration

w Industry and commerce

w Research and development etc.

¨ The projects may concern a large number of social and economic sectors and be initiated by (national), regional, public and private organisations”

The projects in LOCREGIS database must of course have also the nature of local and/or regional activity. This does not necessarily exclude all national projects because many of them have also local or regional partners.[1]

LOCREGIS database tries to put together logical projects. This means that the use of EU funding sources is not always following the EU regulation; neighbour regions can e.g. build up a joint logical project using administrative separate own Objective programmes or other funding elements.

Half of the projects have not perfect funding information in the database. This includes also all the transregional projects without any exact regional input and output. In these cases funding shares of the different sources as well in many cases, the total costs by region have been estimated. This estimation has been done using the information received through other projects and programme documents. The coordinator has tested the estimation by asking the actual funding information afterwards in some cases and the validity of the estimation has been reliable.

The estimated coverage of the inventory is the best in Finland, but good enough for conclusions also on the most regions in Austria and Sweden

National Summary

In the end of the August 2000, the number of the single projects in the database was 1850. This is the object of this analyse. After that date new projects have been added, and will be added continually, but because of the estimation procedure the some weeks are needed for the analyse part.[2]

The analyse is done from the viewpoint of the regions and EU funding sources. This means that the transregional projects and projects with more than one EU funding source have been divided between the regions[3]. When summing up all the projects in tree main target countries by region and EU programme, the number of projects is 2591. Using the same viewpoint for the whole Europe the number of all projects by region is in the database more than 5000.

	Austria	Finland	Sweden
Projects	420	1235	936
Total €	107 040 000	288 741 000	396 406 000
Average size €	255 000	234 000	424 000
Private funding %	22	14	12
Local and regional funding %	50	38	43
EU funding %	24	30	28
Other funding sources %	4	18	17

The average size of the projects is the smallest in Finland, but the size of the Austrian projects is closer than in previous LOCREGIS analyses. This is because inventory includes now many small Austrian LEADER projects.

Main national difference in funding is the use of private and regional money in Austria. However, in Finland and Sweden the role of the local authorities is much higher than in Austria and Nordic countries have bigger national public funding structures to complete EU supply. Partly this difference is based on the different national funding systems in the member states.

On five regions, the number of the projects is over 100, on the top Uusimaa with 168 projects. The estimated coverage of the inventory varies from 60 % to almost 100 %. There has been a fear that the low number of the private projects has some influence to the analyses based on the inventory. It seems that, taking into consideration the definition presented above, there are quite few private local and regional information society projects. The main group of missing projects consists of activities that are not funded by the European Union or other public tools.

Size of the projects

The regions locating on the Objective 1 and 6 areas are using more money (by inhabitant) for the local and regional information society projects than the most other regions. Exceptional regions are Blekinge, Gotland, Kalmar and Satakunta (2 and/or 5b), where the investments are on the same level.

This map is almost the same as in LOCREGIS I in the year 1998. Because of the 1200 new projects and new regions implementing big projects the sums have doubled.

In Finland the project are smaller than in other countries and especially this difference is remarkable comparing the Finnish and Swedish Objective 6 regions:

Objective 6 region	Average cost €	Variance
Lappi FIN	200.000	260.000
Keski-Pohjanmaa FIN (partly)	160.000	220.000
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa FIN (partly)	210.000	350.000
Kainuu FIN	230.000	220.000
Etelä-Savo FIN	190.000	240.000
Keski-Suomi FIN (partly)	230.000	280.000
Pohjois-Karjala FIN	270.000	500.000
Västerbotten SWE	410.000	1.060.000
Norrbotten SWE	410.000	900.000
Värmland SWE (partly)	350.000	710.000
Jämtland SWE	500.000	1.090.000
Västmanland SWE (partly)	460.000	850.000
Västernorrland SWE (partly)	430.000	730.000
Gävleborg SWE (partly)	770.000	1.340.000
Dalarna SWE (partly)	960.000	1.820.000

The size of the projects varies from 10.000 € to 30.000.000 €. Typical size of the projects is between 50.000 and 100.000 €. This includes also almost 100 Objective 6 projects. Only 10 % are bigger than 500.000 €.

From the over 1 M Euro projects 35 are funded by the Objective 6 programme.

	Number of projects	%
Less than 50.000 €	317	12
50.000 – 100.000 €	1234	48
100.001 – 250.000 €	492	19
250.001 – 500.000 €	282	11
500.001 – 1.000.000 €	136	5
More than 1.000.000 €	130	5

Comparing the results with LOCREGIS I, the number of regions implementing “big project strategy” has increased and the first experiences from the new Objective 1 Programmes show similar results. Even some regions have started with small pre-studies to prepare the real projects. Also the level of integration with other activities has naturally increased.

Many of the over 1.000.000 € are locating on the big urban regions. On every region in Sweden is at least that kind of spearhead project.

Thinking that the size of the “big” project is 10 €/inhabitant, the picture will be different.

In Sweden, the most regions have this “big project strategy” in the regional development. In this meaning number one is the Swedish Objective 6 region Jämtland, where the number of projects being more than 10 €/inhabitant is seven, more than 10 % of all projects.

Main sectors

Using new European terminology in the sectors explained in the following picture, the share of the education and training projects has slightly decreased comparing with the previous LOCREGIS analyses, but is still a third of all projects. In addition, two years ago the explanation was that almost all projects are more or less e Learning. This situation has also changed and no many projects are direct implementation projects without remarkable training features. This is true especially with the new eCommerce projects.

On the Austrian regions, eCommerce is more popular than in Finland and Sweden. Because big umbrella projects are included in eEurope group, these kinds of projects are key issue on many regional Objective programme regions in all countries.

Only few regions have used the opportunity to specialise in one sector. Typical healthcare regions in the database are Satakunta and Uppsala and the location of the automobile industry in the target countries is possible to recognise.

On the Objective 1 and 6 regions, main sector is normally education and training. The exceptions are Burgenland and Norrbotten, where many business development projects are implemented.

Funding sources

Total costs of the projects are over 792 M€. Main funding source is the local and regional public funding including also own regional funds and other similar possibilities. This, as also national public funding, is often essential part of the implementation of the EU Objective programmes and so the real impact of the European Union is more than this 28 % described in the below.

In the regional inspection, the funding sources vary much. Outside the Objective 1 and 6 areas are many regions, where EU funding is of same importance. As mentioned above private funding is on the higher level in Austria, but also there are some exceptions.

Main single European funding sources in the target countries have been Objective 1 and 6, Objective 2 and 5b and 4^th R&D Framework Programmes. In addition, the share of the new fifth R&D Framework Programme with its Information Society part is growing fast in the local and regional information society projects.

Innovative actions with five RISI-projects in Austria, Finland and Sweden are also important funding source. Horizontal Objective 3 and 4 Programmes are funding many but small projects.

The costs of the projects funded by Structural Funds are half of the total costs of all projects in Finland and Sweden. In Austria, the corresponding share is a third. On the other hand, in Austria more important are other EU funding sources so that the total costs of the non-EU funded projects is proportionally on the same level in all tree countries.

In Finland and Sweden Objective 2 Programme as a funding source is on eligible areas more important than Objective 6 on its own target area.

In Austria Objective programmes are important only in Burgenland, where almost 80 % of the total costs is in Objective 1 Programmes. It is difficult to say what would be the situation on the Finnish and Swedish Objective 6 regions without European Union membership, but is clear that on the regions like Burgenland the effects of the EU regional programmes have been remarkable.

In Austria, many regions are active R&D Framework Programme collaborates as well some technology regions in Finland and Sweden

Share of the EU funded projects has increased in two last years, but the regions with low EU participations are the same.

EU funding by inhabitant is the highest on the Objective 6 regions as an exception some small regions that have been active in the use of other funding sources like Blekinge, Gotland and Satakunta. In Austria many regional initiatives are funded without EU money and so the average level is only 10 % of that on the Objective 6 regions.

Transregional co-operation

Inside the target countries

In Austria, the co-operation of the Bundesländer is common but it is more concentrated around Wien and Oberösterreich with their neighbouring regions.

In Finland the main co-operation network is between the Objective 6 regions but also Southern regions are co-operating with the neighbours. In the national projects, regions of Etelä-Karjala, Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Keski-Pohjanmaa and Kymenlaakso are more often implementing the projects without regional co-operation.

Also in Sweden there is a lot of co-operation between the Objective 6 regions, but somewhat less than in Finland. The high-tech triangle of Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland has several join projects:

International co-operation

The main network, looking naturally from the viewpoint of the target countries and with missing information from other countries, is between the main European capital areas. The level of the capital region network is dominated that some regions (like South-East in the United Kingdom or Attiki in Greece) have more projects in the database than the most regions in the target countries. There are many logical reasons supporting this network (universities, location of the big companies and central administration) but also some organisational things like Telecities.

Other visible networks are:

Barents area
Peripheral areas in Nordic countries and United Kingdom
Some university based networks

In spite of some joint projects, there are not yet large networks between the regions of the Baltic Sea area. The other still growing networking area is the Eastern part of Austria with some neighbouring regions in CEE-countries.

PART II : REGIONAL INFORMATION

Blekinge SWE LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

49.8

18 391

Partly Objective 2 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
60	36.8	29.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
350.000	138.4	26

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
12	29	22	37

The share of the projects by sector is well balanced. The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. Main funding source is Objective 2, but mainly no EU funding. Main actors are Municipality of Ronneby, university and IT-Blekinge.

After the evaluation information in the database, the projects have been well planned and innovative. Also the level of the criterion partnership is high.

IT Blekinge, a non-profit organisation founded in 1996 by the local and regional actors, has been the co-ordinator and main driving force of the IT development in the region. IT Blekinge has also been the main co-ordinator of the RISI project (funded by the ERDF, art. 10). The organisation and activities of IT Blekinge are currently being restructured.

IT Blekinge has successfully implemented a number of awareness raising activities directed towards public and private sector as well as towards the general public in the region. The international visibility of IT Blekinge has also been very good, which has further supported the positive development. Considering the small size of the region, it has developed many useful partnerships and it is using a wide palette of EU funding sources. The main partner regions of Blekinge are internationally the most active ones, e.g. South-East (UK) and Emilia-Romagna (IT).

Profile of a group of projects by region Blekinge

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	9
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[1.6] Improved image
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[3.3] Creating new networks
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[4.4] Controlling system
[4.5] Survival plan
[5.3] Transferable
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.1] Market analyses
[1.2] Creating demand
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[5.6] Leverage effect
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[5.5] Covering the region
[1.5] Increased skills
[5.4] Spearhead project
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication

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Burgenland AUT LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

69.6

12 878

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
40	65.8	55.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
630.000	91.4	19

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
33	40	13	15

Main sectors are in electronic commerce and more general information society activities. The region has less than in average public administration projects. Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database because of two very big projects. The share of the private funding is the highest.

The main strategy in Objective 1 programme has been the use of information technology to reduce the negative effects of the border region situation and to support the co-operation between EU and CEEC.

In Austria the co-operation between other Länder is active. In the international co-operation the joint projects with Kainuu in Finland has been effective.

The main project under Objective 1 programme has been infrastructure project Backbone Burgenland. Burgenland has also been interesting partner and the use of different EU funding sources is wide.

Like in many other Austrian regions also in Burgenland active development power especially on the local level is missing and these has negative influence to the local and regional content. Comparing with the Nordic regions the low level of Internet use is also easy to recognise in the providing of services. Main partners are in neighbourhood, now also on the Eastern side in Hungary and Slovakia. The use of the different funding sources is wide. Region has started well also with Fifth R&D Framework Programme.

The active “championship” promoter is missing. The projects have been innovative on the regional level but very seldom innovative on international level. There are big projects, but the variance of the size is the highest among the target regions. Awareness activities are missing.

For the regional development, the strength is the importance in the private sector. The region has been very successful with technology centre programme and new private high technology enterprises have born.

Profile of a group of projects by region Burgenland

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	15
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[1.6] Improved image
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[1.2] Creating demand
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[4.5] Survival plan
[5.3] Transferable
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[3.3] Creating new networks
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.4] Controlling system
[5.5] Covering the region
[5.6] Leverage effect
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[5.4] Spearhead project
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[2.2] Innovative on the international level

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Dalarna SWE

Estimated level of inventory 70 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

10.3

22 960

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Partly Objective 2 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
32	19.4	9.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
960.000	108.9	31

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
3	22	25	50

Database includes few projects in electronic commerce but very many in education and training.

The average cost of the projects is the highest in the target. The high variance of the size shows that besides some big projects there are also many small projects. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The level of EU funding is high even the use of different funding sources is limited. The share of the transregional projects is lowest in the database. Co-operation is mainly with the national neighbourhood regions.

As an exception with other Objective 6 regions, in Dalarna the projects are mainly funded by different Objective programmes and the use of other funding sources is insignificant.

Local and regional authorities (especially County Administrative Board and County Council) are the main actors as well as the municipality of Malung.

Etelä-Karjala FIN

Estimated level of inventory 80 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

19.2

16 086

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Objective 2 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
23	30.4	21.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
170.000	28	39

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
17	43	26	13

The projects have mainly general feature. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the lowest in the database. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

The EU funding is coming from the Structural Funds but the use of different funding sources is limited. The implementation of the Fifth R&D Framework Programme and the new Objective 2 Programme has started. In spite of the location there is less cross border co-operation with Russia than on many other South-Finnish regions. Partner regions are mainly from neighbourhood.

Lappeenranta University of Technology, also operationally in charge of the regional IS-strategy, is the main actor together with the Regional Council and Technology Centre Kareltek.

Etelä-Pohjanmaa FIN

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

14.3

13 286

Partly Objective 2 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
55	30.2	20.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
140.000	39	40

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
24	40	15	22

The projects have mainly general feature.

Average cost of the projects is among the lowest in the database. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

The region has used the possibilities of the Objective 5b and LEADER programmes and has also been the driving force in transregional co-operation in West Finland Alliance and its RISI project. The use of different EU funding possibilities is wide.

Hubnet is the IS network created by the Central and Western Finnish Objective 5b regions. The co-ordinator is the Etelä-Pohjanmaa Regional Council.

The co-operation with SME's has been very good example. Main actors are municipalities (especially Seinäjoki and Kauhajoki), regional council and the local affiliates of the Tampere and Helsinki universities.

Etelä-Savo FIN LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

9.0

12 920

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
58	30.9	21.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
190.000	64.5	40

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
19	28	14	40

The share of the projects by sector is balanced. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

Start with the new programming period has been.

Etelä-Savo has concentrated on the distance learning content business with good national results. This concept has provided some export potential. Good examples of the Objective 6 programme are distance learning projects Internetix and DINE-PM. After the evaluation the projects are exceptionally well compatible with the regional strategies.

Main actor in distance learning and multimedia has been Otava Folk High School. Other important actor is Mikkeli Polytechnic.

The region is participating in the wide co-operation of the Finnish objective 6 regions.

The use of different EU-funding sources is wide.

Public-private partnership is poor. Clear spearhead projects are missing as well projects that are covering the whole region.
Profile of a group of projects by region Etelä-Savo

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	17
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.3] Creating new networks
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[5.3] Transferable
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[1.5] Increased skills
[1.6] Improved image
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[4.5] Survival plan
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[1.2] Creating demand
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[4.4] Controlling system
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[5.6] Leverage effect
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[5.5] Covering the region
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[5.4] Spearhead project

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Gotland SWE LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 80 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
18.4	16 718	5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
35	29.4	23.5

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
250.000	152.4	20

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
24	29	24	24

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database.

The main co-operative regions are located at the Baltic Sea, mainly so far in Sweden. The use of different funding sources is wide.

The municipality of Gotland, which is also the regional authority, is of course the main actor. The co-operation regions are mainly on the Baltic area.

The criterion partnership is good but the number of the spearhead projects could be higher.

Profile of a group of projects by region Gotland

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	4
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.3] Creating new networks
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[5.3] Transferable
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[4.4] Controlling system
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[1.2] Creating demand
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[1.6] Improved image
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.5] Survival plan
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[1.5] Increased skills
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[5.4] Spearhead project
[5.5] Covering the region
[5.6] Leverage effect

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Gävleborg SWE

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

15.8

17 729

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
40	25.6	17.9

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
770.000	108.6	27

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
3	18	8	73

Few projects in electronic commerce and public services.

Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database.

The use of different funding sources is wide.

The main actor is Objective 6 municipality Ljusdal and County Administrative Board.

Halland SWE

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
49.5	17 394	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
17	52.9	47.1

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
360.000	22.2	12

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
6	19	19	56

A lot of education projects but quite few in electronic commerce. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the highest. The share of the European Union funding is among the lowest.

The use of different funding sources is limited.

The region has also international co-operation in R&D projects. Main actor is the municipality of Halmstad and County Administrative Board.

Häme FIN

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
28.9	14 967	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
31	63.0	33.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
180.000	32.9	40

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
23	32	13	32

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The region has started the implementation of the new Objective 2 Programme and Fifth R&D Framework Programme.

Region is using wide range of EU-funding possibilities and also quite active in INTERREG (even locating without border with other countries).

Main partners in Southern Finland and most active actor Riihimäki-Hyvinkää Chamber of Commerce and other organisations on the same subregion.

Itä-Uusimaa

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

30.8

17 665

Partly 2

Partly 5b

2000-2006 partly Objective 2

Projects	Transregional %	International %
13	53.8	30.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
80.000	11.2	36

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
23	31	8	38

The share of the projects by sector is balanced expect only few public administration projects.

Average cost of the projects is among the lowest in the database and median size the lowest one. The low variance of the size shows that all projects are small. The share of the private funding is among the lowest.

Main partners are on the neighbourhood regions. The use of the different funding sources is limited.

Main actor has been Adult Education Centre. The use of different EU-funding sources is wide.

Jämtland SWE LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

2.7

18 836

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
62	43.3	31.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
500.000	233.6	36

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
18	41	3	38

A lot of general information society projects but very few specialised only in public services. The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. The number of the projects, where the total cost is more than 10 €/inhabitant is the highest (7) in the target countries.

Jämtland's attitude towards the development of a regional IS strategy is very pragmatic. The development of a fibre optic broadband network is naturally a key issue, but one of the most important factors is nevertheless the use of information and communication technologies.

Jämtland is a rural region with a diminishing population, and this is clearly a major threat to the development and growth of the region. The market for the major telecom operators is still not lucrative. The focus on developing a solid infrastructure is therefore very important.

But the focus on the use of ICT - education and training for citizens and business - can prove to be a crucial factor for the further development of the region. There are a number of IT-companies located in the region, especially in and around the largest town Östersund. A continuous concentration on the various IT-clusters is therefore of great importance.

Jämtland has made good use of the different EU funding sources, especially the Objective 6 programme. Infrastructure projects and projects promoting electronic commerce are good examples. The municipalities and the County Administrative Board are the main actors in the field of regional development and the information society, but various networks like the women network Agendum has also been very active in international IS-projects.

Main partners are the most northern Objective 6 regions in Finland and Sweden and North West in United Kingdom.

Jämtland is producing transferable projects with high compatibility with the regional strategies. Low number of the covering spearhead projects might be the weak point.
Profile of a group of projects by region Jämtland

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	20
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[5.3] Transferable
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[1.2] Creating demand
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[1.6] Improved image
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[4.5] Survival plan
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.4] Controlling system
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[3.3] Creating new networks
[5.4] Spearhead project
[5.6] Leverage effect
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[5.5] Covering the region
[2.2] Innovative on the international level

20% steps

Jönköping SWE

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
31.4	18 508	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
20	55.6	38.9

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
500.000	30.7	9

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
15	5	30	50

Few general information society projects but quite many in public services and education. The share of the private funding is among the highest. The share of the European Union funding is among the lowest.

Main partners are coming from Stockholm and Västra Götaland.

Main actor is the County Administrative Board.

Kainuu FIN LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 97 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

3.8

12 606

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
54	40.7	24.1

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
230.000	136.3	37

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
16	33	20	31

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the lowest.

The main funding source is Objective 6 programme but also the use of other funding source is wide.

The main actor is the Regional Council (also in charge of the regional IS strategy) together with Kajaani Polytechnic and Kajaani Development Centre of The Oulu University. The most active municipalities are Kajaani and Paltamo.

The use of different funding sources is wide.

The size of the region looks optimal; it has been possible to have quite large projects but also manageable co-ordination and good regional network. The projects have produced some business products in health care and social security.

Main partners are on the Finnish Objective 6 area. The co-operation with Burgenland in Austria is remarkable.

In the profile the projects get good points in the regional policy compatibility and in the support of higher quality of life. Better strategic planning and more spearhead projects could improve the results.

Profile of a group of projects by region Kainuu

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	26
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[1.6] Improved image
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[5.3] Transferable
[1.2] Creating demand
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[3.3] Creating new networks
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[4.5] Survival plan
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[4.4] Controlling system
[5.5] Covering the region
[5.6] Leverage effect
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[4.1] Market analyses
[5.4] Spearhead project

20% steps

Kalmar SWE

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
21.7	17 304	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
15	42.9	42.9

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
330.000	20.8	6

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	27	13	40

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects (100%) is the highest in the database. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the highest and EU funding among the lowest.

The co-operation is widest with neighbour region Blekinge. The use of different funding sources is rather low.

Main actor is County Administrative Board.

Keski-Pohjanmaa FIN

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

13.3

13 268

Partly 2

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
34	21.2	18.2

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
160.000	74.8	44

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
24	44	15	18

The projects have mainly general feature.

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

Good development especially on the Objective 6 part of the region, Kaustinen subregion. They have built a new broadband ATM-infrastructure with the cost of over 1 M Euro.

From the population aged 15-64 about 0.6 % is working in IT-enterprises, which is the lowest value among the Finnish regions.

Thinking the small size of the region it is working quite international.

Main actor is the Municipality of Lestijärvi (1.000 inhabitants!) because it is co-ordinating the work on the Kaustinen subregion. Other municipalities and Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic are also active.

Keski-Suomi FIN

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

13.4

15 292

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
90	30.2	12.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
230.000	79.8	30

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
19	29	14	38

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects is the lowest in the database.

As one of the main Finnish competence centre in IT the region is using widely different EU-funding possibilities, especially ESF programmes more than in average. The organisations on the region are also participating in the Fifth Framework Programme.

Main actor (with very positive effects on the regional development) is the Information Technology Institute in the University of Jyväskylä. The whole objective 6 area in Northern part of the region has done very good co-ordinated work. The Regional Council is also among the main actors.

The specialisation sector is information society and education.

Keski-Suomi is part of the West Finland RISI-project.

Kronoberg SWE

Estimated level of inventory 55 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
21.2	18 844	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
15	26.7	13.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
280.000	23.5	10

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	20	20	40

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database. The share of the private funding is among the highest. The share of the European Union funding is among the lowest as well the share of the EU funded projects.

Very limited use of the different funding sources.

Main actor is University of Växjö and main partner Blekinge.

Kymenlaakso

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

34.3

17 608

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
31	33.3	26.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
190.000	30.5	27

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
23	45	13	19

The projects have mainly general feature.

The regional spearhead in information society is missing.

Objective 2 is the main funding source. The region has also quite many INTERREG projects. And other funding sources are also widely used.

Main partners are in the Southern Finland. A lot of projects with private sector even the main actors are the municipalities Kouvola, Kotka, Valkeala and Anjalankoski and the Regional Council.

Kärnten

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
59.1	16 014	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
33	53.1	31.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
740 000	43.5	13

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
30	12	15	42

Almost the third of the projects are in electronic commerce

Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database, but so is also the variance of the size. This means that besides the big projects there are also many small projects. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the highest. The share of the EU funded projects is the lowest in Austria.

Main actors are private or public-private development companies. Co-operation is with other Austrian Länder.

The use of different funding sources is wide, including the Fifth Framework Programme.

Lappi

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

2.0

14 613

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
111	52.7	45.5

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
200 000	238.3	43

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	31	17	32

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is the highest in the database. The share of the local and regional public funding is among the lowest in the database. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The level of EU funding is high because half of the projects is funded by the Objective 6 programme.

The region is using widely (maybe the widest use in the target countries) the possibilities of different EU-funding sources as well the new Fifth Framework Programme.

Main partner regions are in neighbourhood, especially over the border in Norway, Russia and Sweden. With Norrbotten Lappi has 22 joint projects.

There is one actor over all the other organisations; Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, which has in the database 35 project participation. Other active organisations are University of Lapland and Rovaniemi Polytechnic.

Niederösterreich LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 70 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

79.7

17 146

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
47	71.7	54.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
150 000	4.5	30

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
26	40	15	19

The projects have mainly general feature.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the lowest in the database. The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database.

Niederösterreich has good potential to develop; the location is good and the regional authorities are actively looking for good examples and implementing different studies.

The location near capital area has provided also the possibility to participate a lot in the international projects funded by many different EU funding sources.

The widest co-operation is with Vienna region.

The main actors are subregional development centres as well Donau-University of Krems.

In the database are quite few covering spearhead projects. Anyway the projects have been transferable with good partnership.

Profile of a group of projects by region Niederösterreich

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	12
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[5.3] Transferable
[4.4] Controlling system
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[4.5] Survival plan
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[1.6] Improved image
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[5.6] Leverage effect
[1.2] Creating demand
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[3.3] Creating new networks
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[5.4] Spearhead project
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[5.5] Covering the region
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[2.2] Innovative on the international level

20% steps

Norrbotten

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

2.6

19 395

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
94	52.8	47.2

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
410 000	147.7	35

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
18	34	21	27

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

Norrbotten has been among the first regions in Sweden in focusing on the information and communication technologies (ICT), as an important part of the regional development strategy.

One of the main actors in stimulating the development of a solid telecom infrastructure and the use of ICT for regional development is the limited company IT Norrbotten. IT Norrbotten is the result of a good co-operation between public and private sector. The political framework, as well as means for project implementation, has been created. IT Norrbotten was intitated by the local and regional authorities, the Norrbotten county administration

board, the Chamber of Commerce, Luleå University of Technology among others.

The strong focus on ICT for the development of the region has created many positive spin-off effects. One example is the joint venture between Luleå University of Technolgy/Centre of Distance Spanning Technology (CDT) and some major companies in the area, which has led to the development of successful companies like Effnet and Marratech.

Norrbotten has actively been making use of different EU-funding possibilities. Having been an Objective 6 region, the Structural Funds has naturally been one of the main funding sources. In the new programming period Norrbotten is an Objective 1 region, and the new Objective 1 program will play an important role for the development of the region.

Norrbotten is part of the northern Europe co-operation cluster. The main partner regions are therefore Lappi and Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (Finland), Västerbotten (Sweden), Finnmark (Norway) and Murmanskaja Oblast (Russia). The main sectors of working are business support and public service, including for example education.

The projects are creating demand to use the services and are transferable.

Profile of a group of projects by region Norrbotten

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	13
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[1.2] Creating demand
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[5.3] Transferable
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[3.3] Creating new networks
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[4.4] Controlling system
[4.5] Survival plan
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[1.6] Improved image
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[5.4] Spearhead project
[5.6] Leverage effect
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[4.1] Market analyses
[5.5] Covering the region
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication

20% steps

Oberösterreich

Estimated level of inventory 75 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

115.0

19 164

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
63	67.7	54.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
130 000	5.7	31

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
24	32	17	27

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Average cost of the projects is among the lowest in the database.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the lowest in the database.

Most active organisation is ODE Datenhighway Entwicklungs GmbH (11 projects). What is not very common in Austria, also the city of Linz (and the university) has been active organisation including international co-operation. Partner regions are still mainly national.

The use of different EU-funding sources is wide, including the Fifth Framework Programme.

Pirkanmaa

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
30.0	16 139	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
81	48.8	31.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
270 000	50	21

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	31	20	29

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Region has used Objective 5b tools widely to support the development on the rural areas. And also other EU-funding sources.

Pirkanmaa has a lot of high technology expertise, which is not necessary easy to exploit in the regional development covering the whole region. Main actors are Tampere Technology Centre Hermia and the Regional Council. Also some municipalities (Tampere, Vammala, Ylöjärvi, Toijala) are quite active.

Pirkanmaa is part of the West Finland RISI-project.

Pohjois-Karjala LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

8.2

13 023

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
100	46.5	36.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
270 000	155.5	39

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
18	34	23	25

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the highest in the database. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The region is also on the top when speaking about the wide use of different EU-funding sources. And like many other Objective 6 regions also quite international in the IS project implementation. Beside some Finnish Objective 6 regions also Attiki from Greece is among the top partner regions.

NOKIS is the regional ESF funded RISI-project

Pohjois-Karjala has very good and human touch to the development. They have also developed own way to measure the level of information society. Top sector is training.

Main actor is the Regional Council, but active organisations are also North Karelia Polytechnic, University and some municipalities (like Joensuu and Lieksa).

The projects have good strategic planning. There are quite few covering spearhead projects and better public-private partnership would improve the results.

Profile of a group of projects by region Pohjois-Karjala

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	25
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[5.3] Transferable
[1.6] Improved image
[4.4] Controlling system
[1.2] Creating demand
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[3.3] Creating new networks
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.5] Survival plan
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[5.6] Leverage effect
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.5] Innovative implementation
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[1.5] Increased skills
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[5.4] Spearhead project
[5.5] Covering the region

20% steps

Pohjois-Pohjanmaa

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

9.7

15 032

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
111	43.4	28.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
210 000	63.7	30

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
16	24	23	36

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

In the western part of the region is the Oulu subregion, which is one of the leading high technology centres in Europe. International projects are mostly implemented here.

In the Eastern part is Koillismaa subregion, which has made regional development oriented information society projects already 15 years. First now there are remarkable employment effects.

In Koillismaa the main actor has been the municipality of Kuusamo, in Oulu the university and Nokia Research Centre.

Outside the Koillismaa subregion Objective 6 projects have been relative small and the average cost of the projects is low.

Main partner regions are Objective 6 regions in Finland and Sweden.

The use of different EU-funding sources is quite wide. About half of the projects are education and training.

Pohjois-Savo

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

12.9

14 115

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
65	40.3	22.6

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
160 000	39.6	33

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
33	16	10	41

The third of the projects are in electronic commerce and business possibilities.

In Pohjois-Savo the situation, when only small part has been Objective 6 area, has disturbed the possibilities to plan good projects. The next programming period looks now better.

Main actors is the university of Kuopio with some municipalities (Rautavaara, Kaavi, Kuopio)

The most northern part of the region, those municipalities around the city of Iisalmi, has been very active; as an example Upper-Savo Development Company.

The co-operation is done mainly with the neighbourhood regions.

Päijät-Häme

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

31.6

15 295

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly Objective 2 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
31	44.8	20.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
180 000	29	30

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
13	20	17	50

Half of the projects are in education and training.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects is among the lowest in the database.

Main funding source is Objective 2 programme. The most active organisation is Lahti Research and Training Centre of the Helsinki University. Partner regions are in South-Finland.

Salzburg

Estimated level of inventory 70 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
71.4	22 186	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
35	55.9	41.2

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
180 000	12.1	29

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
26	23	26	26

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Main actors are Techno-Z and Datenbahn Salzburg.

Different EU funding possibilities are used widely.

Satakunta

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

27.8

16 469

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
56	34.6	19.2

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
290 000	67.3	28

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
14	39	29	18

The share of the projects by sector is balanced. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

Satakunta is part of the West Finland RISI-project. The region is specialised on the healthcare telematics (using also Objective 2 and 5b resources) and it is the implementator of the national spearhead project. Some economical results are already available.

Main actors are the local unit of Tampere Technology University as well the Hospital District.

Different EU-funding possibilities are used very widely to support the healthcare development. Main partners are anyway in South-Finland.

Skåne

Estimated level of inventory 70 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
100.9	21 842	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
52	75	65.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
500 000	23.2	11

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
14	18	33	35

The share of the projects by sector is balanced. The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database. The high variance of the size shows that besides some big projects there are also many small projects. The share of the European Union funding is among the lowest even the different funding possibilities are used widely.

Main partner regions are Stockholm and Blekinge.

Most active organisation is the University of Lund.

Steiermark

Estimated level of inventory 80 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

73.7

15 938

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
74	57.1	47.1

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
190 000	11.5	22

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
16	30	19	35

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Regional RISI Strategy in the TELEKIS-project. Also a lot of ADAPT-projects.

Most active organisation is Styrian Telecommunication Association and Chamber of Commerce.

Different funding sources are used widely, especially ADAPT initiative.

Stockholm

Estimated level of inventory 75 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
268.8	23 486	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
138	72.7	67.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
290 000	22.5	18

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
16	29	26	29

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects (93%) is among the highest in the database.

Interesting initiative has been the telecommunication infrastructure own by the local authorities, which has been success in promoting the competition and lower fees. This, and maybe the whole regional information society policy together with the good visibility, is a good example.

The level of international projects is high. Main partners are other capital regions in Europe.

Main actor is the Royal University of Technology as well the city of Stockholm.

The region is part of Mälardalsråd (Uppsala, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland) who is also in information society a co-ordination body.

The use of different EU-funding sources is of course wide.

Södermanland

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
42.5	15 721	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
21	63.2	36.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
270 000	22.1	20

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
19	29	19	33

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The region is active in INTERREG-projects.

Main partner and co-operation region is the neighbourhood Stockholm.

The region is part of Mälardalsråd (Uppsala, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland) who is also in information society a co-ordination body.

Tirol

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
52.3	20 043	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
23	68.2	50.0

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
130 000	4.4	35

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
35	26	9	30

Few projects in public services but more than in average in electronic commerce.

Average cost of the projects is among the lowest in the database and the total cost by capita is the lowest one. Also the variance of the size is very low. It means that all projects are small.

Most favoured partner regions are in Austria.

Funding possibilities are used quite widely, also the Fifth Framework Programme.

Most active organisation is Tirol Kommunikation.

Uppsala

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
41.4	16 287	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
40	73.7	68.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
210 000	29.4	32

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
13	23	33	33

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects (93%) is among the highest in the database.

Healthcare is also here the main topic. Because of the nature of the used EU-funding sources the partner regions are all over the continent. University of Uppsala is the main actor. Different funding sources are used widely.

The region is part of Mälardalsråd (Uppsala, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland) who is also in information society a co-ordination body.

Uusimaa

Estimated level of inventory 85 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
183.3	22 200	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
168	81.1	68.9

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
410 000	53.5	16

Sectors

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
22	22	24	32

The share of the projects by sector is balanced. The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database. The variance of the size is high; besides some big projects there are also many small projects. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

The wide use of different EU-funding sources and a lot of co-operation with other capital areas in Europe. But then also very differentiated development inside the region (64 R&D Framework Programme project in Helsinki area, only 2 Objective 5b projects).

Most active organisations are city of Helsinki and universities.

Varsinais-Suomi LOCREGIS

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

40.3

16 451

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
81	51.9	39

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
170 000	31.4	46

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
22	33	20	25

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Main actors are, besides the universities, Turku Technology Centre, City of Turku and the Regional Council. Some archipelago municipalities have also been quite active.

Main partner regions are in South-Finland.

The use of the different funding sources is very wide.

Projects are creating demand and have been well planned. There are no covering spearhead projects.

Profile of a group of projects by region Varsinais-Suomi

Number of projects fulfilling the criteria:	17
Total number of projects evaluated so far:	228

Legend description:

Yes

[5.3] Transferable
[1.6] Improved image
[3.6] Partnership in a long term
[1.2] Creating demand
[1.3] Higher quality of life
[4.6] Dissemination plan
[1.4] Enhanced economic resources
[2.1] Innovative on the regional level
[3.3] Creating new networks
[5.1] Compatibility with regional strategies
[3.5] Transregional partnership
[4.1] Market analyses
[4.3] Commitment of the partners
[5.6] Leverage effect
[2.3] Innovative for the target group
[2.4] Reengineering the structures
[4.2] Involvement of the end-users
[5.2] Connected to the clusters
[1.5] Increased skills
[3.2] Public-private partnership
[4.5] Survival plan
[5.4] Spearhead project
[1.1] Improved access to telecommunication
[2.2] Innovative on the international level
[2.6] Potential for exploitation
[4.4] Controlling system
[3.1] Involving all important partners
[3.4] Optimising the competencies
[5.5] Covering the region
[2.5] Innovative implementation

20% steps

Wien

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
3856.5	28 984

Projects	Transregional %	International %
89	79.8	74.2

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
130 000	7.1	41

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	28	29	22

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Average cost of the projects is among the lowest in the database. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

The total cost of the information society projects by capita is among the lowest in the database.

The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects (93%) is among the highest in the database.

The use different EU-funding sources is wide but lower than in Uusimaa and Stockholm.

Most active organisations are KAV-ADV Wien and City of .Wien as well the Vienna University of Technology.

Voralberg

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
132.1	20 568	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
16	71.4	50

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
510 000	23.9	39

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
25	31	0	44

The projects developing only public services are totally missing.

Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database. The share of the private funding is among the highest.

The share of the transregional projects is among the highest in the database.

Värmland

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

16.0

17 421

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Partly Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
32	29	22.6

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
350 000	39.7	33

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
9	13	28	50

Few projects in electronic commerce but half of the all projects in education.

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database.

Objective 6 programme is the main funding source, but after that not very wide use of other possibilities provided by EU.

Main partner regions are in Sweden.

Most active organisation is Municipality of Torsby (Objective 6 area).

Västerbotten

Estimated level of inventory 80 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

4.7

17 845

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
69	46.3	35.8

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
410 000	109.1	33

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
17	26	16	41

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

AC-Direkt is the regional RISI-project. Main funding source is the Objective 6 programme but also other funding sources are used widely.

Like on the other Swedish Objective 6 regions also here quite well developing infrastructure and electronic commerce initiatives.

Västerbotten is part of the North-Europe network with many joint projects with other regions locating on the same area. Main actors are University of Umeå, County Council and County Administrative Board. Also the foundation SNIC is important.

Västernorrland

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

11.8

19 033

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Partly 6

Objective 1 2000-2006

Projects	Transregional %	International %
38	28.2	17.9

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
430 000	64.8	25

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
5	37	18	39

Only few projects in electronic commerce.

The share of the transregional projects is among the lowest in the database.

Half of the projects are funded by Objective 6. Other EU-funding sources are not used very much.

Training and education is the content in the half of the projects. It has also been the regional strategy in spite of the infrastructure like on many neighbourhood regions.

Main partners are Swedish Objective 6 regions and Stockholm.

Västmanland

Estimated level of inventory 55 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

41.3

17 790

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
17	60.0	26.7

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
460 000	30.7	26

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
18	29	18	35

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects is among the lowest in the database. Region is a big project region (more than 2 projects with the size more than 10 €/inhabitant).

Main funding source is Objective 2 programme. The use of the different funding sources is rather low. Main partner region is Södermanland in neighbourhood.

The region is part of Mälardalsråd (Uppsala, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland) who is also in information society a co-ordination body.

Västra Götaland

Estimated level of inventory 70 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

62.0

23 115

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
90	69	64.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
560 000	33.8	39

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
13	16	36	36

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database.

The share of the international projects from all transregional projects (93%) is among the highest in the database.

Besides education and training the specialised sectors are healthcare and transport (especially co-operation projects on Baltic Sea area).

The use of EU-funding possibilities is wide.

The region is co-operating with European capital areas like Attiki, Stockholm and South East but also with other IS enthusiastic regions like Catalonia and Emilia-Romagna.

University of Göteborg is the main actor.

Åland

Estimated level of inventory 95 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
16.3	20 311	5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
9	85.7	71.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
60 000	20.3	42

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
22	56	0	22

Half of the project are general information society projects but on the other hand no projects specialised only in public services.

Average and median size of the projects is the lowest in the database. As well the variance of the size. The share of the private funding is among the lowest. The share of the European Union funding is among the highest.

The share of the transregional projects is the highest in the database.

No projects over 1 M Euro, which is quite natural thinking the region of 20.000 people.

Örebro

Estimated level of inventory 60 %

Population density

GDP per capita €

Objective programmes

32.4

17 112

Partly 2

Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
20	36.8	31.6

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
510 000	37.3	39

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
20	15	25	40

The share of the projects by sector is balanced.

Average size of the projects is among the highest in the database. The share of the private funding is among the lowest.

Different funding possibilities are not used very much.

Österbotten

Estimated level of inventory 90 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
22.2	17 000	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
33	51.5	30.3

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
190 000	35.5	33

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
15	48	12	24

The projects have mainly general feature.

Österbotten is part of the West Finland RISI-project.

The use of different EU-funding possibilities is wide, especially Objective 5b is used to support the development on the rural area.

Main partner regions are on West Finland Alliance area.

Main actor is the regional council.

Östergötland

Estimated level of inventory 65 %

Population density	GDP per capita €	Objective programmes
39.4	17 545	Partly 5b

Projects	Transregional %	International %
29	51.9	44.4

Average cost €	Cost per capita €	Share of EU funding %
220 000	15.7	31

Sectors %

eCommerce	eEurope	eGovernment	eLearning
31	10	3	55

Few projects specialised only in public services but more than in average in electronic commerce and more than half in education and training.

Main partner regions are in South-Sweden.

Different funding sources are used widely.

[1] E.g. the Finnish Ministry of Interior coordinated a project with the title Summer Cottages and Telework. The main partners and actors were the municipalities and the project had remarkable local actors and was added to the database.

[2] The actual list of the projects with basic information can be ordered in the address http://hosted.kuntaliitto.fi/skriptit/dbadmin/dbsender.htm. E.g. giving the table name (“taulun nimi”) Locr2000 and the wanted email-address (“sähköpostiosoite”) the application will send a file with email. This file can be used for deeper studies in other applications like Excel.

[3] E.g. a project with two participating regions in the target countries and two different EU funding sources means four projects in this analyse.