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Next2Met

Kesto:
1.8.2019–31.1.2022

Päätoteuttaja
Päijät-Hämeen liitto

Projektin sivut:
https://www.interregeurope.eu/next2met/

Rahoittaja:
Interreg Europe

Budjetti:
1.36 M €

Facebook / Twitter tili:
@Next2Met / @Next2Met_EU

Next2Met – Increasing attractiveness of ”Next to Metropolis” -regions with soft digitalisation measures

The Next2Met project is funded by the fourth Interreg Europe call. It lasts for 2,5 years, from 1 August 2019 until the end of January 2022. There is also a Phase 2 for one year.

Regional Council of Päijät-Häme operates as the Lead Partner of the project. The other partners come from next-to-metropolitan regions in Austria, Spain, Poland, Germany and Ireland. The project also involves a French Advisory Partner (CPMR) and an admininstration partner from Italy (Resolvo).

Next2Met is an interregional exchange project with a clear challenge and some proposals for policy related solutions. The challenge is how to increase attractiveness, for knowledge, opportunities and capital, of territories located close to metropolitan areas. These areas have insufficient tools to keep experienced SMEs and well-educated people in the region and the critical mass of RDI is not sufficiently strong compared to the capital region.

Next2Met proposes solutions that can be broken down into 3 parts:

  • strengthening capacity of priority sectors (RIS3) to differentiate regional offer,
  • using innovation in soft digitalisation measures to support capacity of priority sectors to attract knowledge, opportunities and capital;
  • ensuring cooperation along the innovation chain, to develop and apply soft digitalisation measures in priority sectors, to attract knowledge, opportunities and capital.

Next2Met’s partners work to improve 4 ERDF Operational Programmes and 2 local instruments. The project will create a policy framework in participating regions that focuses financial resources and innovation chain activities on promoting regional attractiveness. It creates the conditions to design, develop and commercialise digitalisation products and services that help regional priority sectors to become the unique selling point of these next to metropolitan areas.

For more information, please refer to the Next2Met web pages

https://www.interregeurope.eu/next2met/

or contact:

Mr. Harri Kuusela
Project Manager
+358 44 077 3630
harri.kuusela(a)paijat-hame.fi