Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (FI1D)

Total population (2017) 406980

Population per km² (2017) 11,5

Proportion population older 65 year % (2017) 17,33 %

Innovation Performance Group (2019) : Strong +

Background

Northern Ostrobothnia / Pohjois-Pohjanmaa is a region of Finland with a population of 400,000. The regions’ S3 priorities include a focus on clean technologies, including energy; mining, steel and processing industries, and wood processing; health and wellness technology; ICT and software applications for industry.

Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities? Yes

Membership status

Member ICPerMed? no

Mountain ? Non-mountain

InnoStars Region? no

Northern Sparsely Populated Area (NSPA)? yes

InnoStars Region? no

PM region according EC? no

Baltic Sea MacroRegion? yes

Danube MacroRegion? no

S3MedTech region? yes

ERAPerMed? no

MedTech4Europe? no

Regions4PM region? no

Central Europe? no

Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)? no

1M+Genome initiative? country level member

European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)? FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi / North & East Finland yes

S3ClusSport member? no

Vanguard Initiative? no

NACE Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation objectives:

- C.26 - Computer, electronic and optical products; C.28 - Machinery and equipment n.e.c.; C.32 - Other manufacturing; J - Information and communication technologies; J.61 - Telecommunications; J.62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; J.63 - Information service activities; Q

- Human health and social work activities; M - Professional, scientific and technical activities; M.72 - Scientific research and development; M.74 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities

Scientific domain NABS Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation:

- NABS04 - Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures; NABS07 - Health; NABS133 - R&D related to Medical Sciences - financed from other sources than GUF

Policy objective Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related related to Research and Innovation objectives:

-D.19 - Artificial intelligence, cognitive systems, augmented and virtual reality, visualisation, simulation, gamification & interaction technologies; D.20 - Big data, data mining, database management; D.23 - Cloud computing and software as a service and service architectures; D.26 - e-Government (e.g. e-Procurement, open data & sharing of public sector information); D.27 - e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing); D.29 - ICT trust, cyber security & network security; D.31 - Internet of Things (e.g. connected devices, sensors and actuators networks); D.35 - Robotics, autonomous and cyber physical systems (e.g. vehicles, embedded systems); G.49 - Public health & well-being

Health data populations study; Databases and standards, linked to personalised medicine (incl. biobanks) https://www.oulu.fi/nfbc/ ; https://www.ppshp.fi/Tutkimus-ja opetus/Biopankki/Pages/Biobank-Borealis-briefly-in-English.aspx

Policy document (RIS3): Yes

Policy document PM@RIS3: No

Major initiatives

Body area emulator
Oulu Health ICT Hub
Biobank Borealis Biopank
Biocenter Oulu Services
Oulu Health Lab Services
S3P4PM
Medtch4Europe
Co-created Health and wellbeing
Activating civic activities in Karelian villages
Addressing challenging health inequalities of children and youth between two Karelia
Anastasia
Online Guidance Applications and Practices Promoting Health Literacy in the Northern Periphery
Empowering School e-Health Model in the Barents region
Barents Cross Border University development project
Border Region Studies – Development and Implementation of Educational Programmes Dealing with Border and Peripheral Regions in the EU
Building shared knowledge capital to support natural resource governance in the Northern periphery
Competitive Health Services in Sparsely Populated Areas - eHealth Applications across the Urban-Rural Dimension 1.8
Cross-Border Move for Health
Decreasing the Health Gap
Developing Cross-Border Knowhow on the Prevention of Social Exclusion of Children and Youth
Gaze towards Arctic
Development of disease prevention and health promotion in two Karelias 2013-2014
Information Centre of Health Services on an Open Data Network
Innet Kainuu Karelia III
It’s Our Life
New kick-off for inclusive and vital countryside
Lifelong Wellbeing
Multimodal Communication System for Health Services
Northern Dimension advisory network – North Karelia
Presenting the healthy lifestyle of 11–12 -year old children
Psycho-social well-being of children and young people in the arctic area,I & II
Supporting health know-how and reducing health risks in Karelia
The Eastern Network of Knowledge and Learning
The Healthy Exercise Project of Kainuu and Karelia
Tailored, situation focused digital service to support subjective wellbeing of the elderly couples in sparsely populated areas
Digital Innovation Hubs:

Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?

On national level

· Business Finland

· Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

· Finnish National Genome Center

· Finnish Bioindustry Association

· National Cancer Center Finland

Self evaluation

General perception of the implementation level of PM in the region - High

Rate of the need for developing and implementing PM in the region - High

Rate of the need for increasing support/funding for PM activities in the region - Medium

Rate of the need for increasing the capacity of PM skills in the region - High

Rate of the genomics literacy of the citizens in the region- Very High

Rate of the need for increasing interregional collaboration in PM - Very High

Image attribution

By Fenn-O-maniC - File:Finland adm map 2020.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0,