Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi, made real.
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi keeps being paid to do one thing more than any other: sme business development, support to entrepreneurship and incubation (including support to spin offs and spin outs). Here's the rest of its funded life.
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi, a NUTS2 region in Finland, has received substantial EU funding between 2014 and 2026. Over this period, 6,745 projects were awarded a total of €1,655,062,195, supporting regional development.
The European Union is primarily supporting business development and investment in small and medium-sized enterprises across Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi. Key areas include SME business development, support to entrepreneurship, and generic productive investment in SMEs, along with internationalisation efforts. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF) are the primary financial instruments, contributing to a diverse range of initiatives.
Funding in the last three years, totalling €451,506,650, represents a notable decrease compared to the prior period's €1,203,555,545. This indicates a significant reduction in awarded funds recently.
- · No individual largest projects were identified in the data.
- · The region shows significant dependence on ERDF funding.
- · A single managing authority oversees a majority of projects.
- · Specific project names are not detailed in the source material.
- SME business development, support to entrepreneurship and incubation (including support to spin offs and spin outs)948 · €116.3M
- Generic productive investment in small and medium–sized enterprises (‘SMEs’)821 · €176.5M
- SME business development and internationalisation, including productive investments656 · €229.1M
- Support to environmentally-friendly production processes and resource efficiency in SMEs379 · €144.0M
- Research and innovation processes, technology transfer and cooperation between enterprises, research centres and universities, focusing on the low carbon economy, resilience and adaptation to climate change355 · €87.7M
- Research and innovation activities in public research centres, higher education and centres of competence including networking (industrial research, experimental development, feasibility studies)225 · €48.6M
- ERDF5,039 · €1.1B
- JTF888 · €305.9M
- ESF+582 · €157.5M
- ESF236 · €77.1M
- työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, yritys- ja alueosaston rakennerahastot ja koheesiopolitiikka -ryhmä3,609 · €805.5M
No CORDIS projects surfaced for this region right now. The MCP signal may not yet index every NUTS2.
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