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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
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
Cross-Border Move for Health
Decreasing the Health Gap
Developing Cross-Border Knowhow on the Prevention of Social Exclusion of Children and Youth
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
Lifelong Wellbeing
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
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
· 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,