”A business creating network for sustainable solutions” Ann-Christin Bayard
Mar 27, 2015
”A business creating network for sustainable solutions”
Ann-Christin Bayard
Kalmar County234 000 inhabitants 12 000 2 000 lakes 16 000 islands 5 500 km coastline 20 000 companies 700 exporting companies
Wood industryManufacturingTourismAgricultureForestryEnvironmental technology
“Our striving is the vision of the sustainable society”
The political guidelines of the city of Kalmar
To create • a long term sustainable refurbishment with greatest possible adaptation to the environment • and the closed loop cycle at the same cost as a normal refurbishment • in close co-operation with the tenants.
“ “Inspektoren”Inspektoren” EU funding FP5 - City of TomorrowEU funding FP5 - City of Tomorrow
PUBLIC SECTOR MUNICIPALITIES
KARLSKRONA
TORSÅS
EMMABODA
NYBRO
KALMAR
MÖRBYLÅNGA
BORGHOLM
MÖNSTERÅS
OSKARSHAMN
VIMMERBY
UNIVERSITIES
LINNEAUS UNIVERSITY
BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BEIJING KALININGRAD SULECHOW KAUNAS GDANSK
POLITICAL PUBLIC SECTOR
Regional County Council Kalmar
Arkitektstudio ROLF MÖLLER AB
COMPANIES
BUSINESS AREAS specialists, management, project leading, planning,
development, innovation, production, research
water management and waste water treatment
sustainable building and urban planning
waste management and recycling
renewable energy
environmentalmanagement
industrial environmental technology
INDUSTRY • UNIVERSITY • SOCIETY in COOPERATION
Tailor-made Solutions, Business Concepts & Cooperations
• Network & Cooperations• System Solutions• Feasibility Studies &
Projects• Business Support &
Activities • R&D• Knowledge Transfer • Training & Education • Exchange of Experiences• Matchmaking• Exhibitions & trade fairs• Technical visits
SSSE - an International Partner • South Africa• Poland• Baltic Countries• Russia• Turkey• Germany• France• China• USA• Finland• Algeria• …
WHY PROJECTS
• Sustainability in the society – Baltic Sea Region• Relations to the public actors in the region• Contacts through ”available” projects• A part of a cluster process
– Networking– New ideas and input to the cluster– Learn about: cultures, management, business
methods, problems, possibilities and solutions– Intermedier role: triple helix, cooperation between
companies, motivation to new markets, …
VISION FROM THE BEGINNING
Business creating network
for sustainable solutions
in the Baltic Sea Region
INNOVATIONS
• POLAND as a MARKET
• WOD KAN TRADE FAIR in Poland
• JOCCOW
• FLEXIFUEL
• STInno
FLEXIFUEL a triple helix co-operation
Building of a full scale test and demonstration plant for combined heating systems containing solar collectors, pellet boilers, heat pumps and heat stores
Evaluation of system performance for some combined heating systems with varying control strategies through measurement
Development of a user-friendly data soft ware tool for evaluating system performance of combi-heating systems studied.
FLEXIFUEL a triple helix cooperation
JOCCOW – transnational Triple helixBuilding an artificial wetland pilot plant for treatment of leachate from Kaliningrad landfill.
Capacity building in a waste management cluster.A feasibility study had also showed the possibilities to utilize the landfill gas to finance a full scale plant and reduce the environmental impact
• Mapping of technologies for industrial waste water treatment• Transfer of sustainable technologies to olive mill waste water treatment• Experience and knowledge exchange between research and business• North-South bound cluster cooperation
TRANSNATIONAL TRIPLE HELIX
Kaliningrad SIDA – Swedish International Development Agency
Knowledge transfer within
waste water treatment between
Kaliningrad and Southeast Sweden
RespEn – Responsible Entrepreneurship
• Providing information and knowledge about Corporate Social Responsibility in order to raise the competitivness and fascilitate establishing business cooperations by micro and SME companies in the South Baltic region
PARTNERS & FINANCINGStarter/initiater
Kalmar Municipality
Companies
Regional Council
International Cluster
International public org
FinancingSIDA Swedish International Development Agency
Energimyndigheten Swedish Energy Agency
Regional Council Kalmar
Tillväxtverket Swedish Agency for Economical Growth
EU: FP5, Interreg IV, FP7, South Baltic, ICLD
Private Financing
LESSONS LEARNED• CULTURES: local, regional,
national, international• Development of triple helix
national & international• R&D: motivation, development• Network & Contacts• New inputs, ideas & possibilities• Systems: organizations &
business• Cluster strategy• New structures in the cluster• New competences in the cluster
• LEADERSHIP
• Financing competence
Project administration• Be integrated in the project
writing• Budget in projects – more
money for activities
• ”Last minute” partner search
LONG TERM STRATEGY = SUCCESS!
FUTUREContinue with EU-projects
• business oriented
• more companies involved in R&D-projects
• cooperations between companies
• solution for resources specialized in fundings, administration, …
• …
SUSTAINABILITY
»The overall aim »The overall aim is to hand over to is to hand over to the next generation the next generation a societya societyin which the majorin which the majorenvironmental environmental problemsproblemshave been solved.«have been solved.«
CONTACT
Gröndalsvägen 19 B • SE-392 36 Kalmar • Sweden
phone + 46 (0)480 49 15 25 • Fax + 46 (0)480 49 15 27
www.sustainable-sweden.se
e-mail: [email protected]