Frictionless Finland
Leading country in ICT competence
Research results on Finland
Third-best
digital
economy
Best
country
in the world
Economist
Intelligence Unit
'Finland is one of the most
innovative economies in the
world, and is the only country
where students leave high
school ‘innovation-ready’.'
• Tony Wagner, Harvard University,
The New York Times, 30 March 2013.
Newsweek
Third-most
competitive
economy
in the world
Least
corruption
Transparency Int.
WEF
Second-best
operating
environment
for ICT
companies
in the world
BSA
From the forest to Angry Birds
19th century
Solid engineering
competence
develops in the
forestry and metal
industries
• StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene,
Outokumpu, Rautaruukki
20th century
Growth of
production
technology
• Cargotec, Kone,
Konecranes, Metso,
Outotec, Wärtsilä
1990–2000
Rise of the ICT
sector accelerates
• Nokia,
NokiaSiemensNetworks,
Angry Birds, Tieto, Vaisala
Competence attracts companies
Product
development
in Finland
Electronic
Arts,
Ericsson,
Huawei,
Intel,
Samsung
Hardware
room in
Finland
Best basic
education in
the world
Google,
IBM,
Yandex
World's
second-best
university
tuition in
mathematics
Source: The Global
Competitiveness
Report 2012–2013
World Economic
Forum
More speed for growth
Finland will accelerate
innovation with the
Frictionless Finland
programme being launched
in the spring of 2013
The goal is to be the leading
country in ICT technology, an
attractive product
development environment
for companies where public
services are customeroriented and frictionless
• Technological development is the
strongest engine of change
(Richard Solow)
ICT is the
foundation
of growth
Frictionless
Finland
• ICT is the most powerful generalpurpose technology
• The Internet opens up possibilities
for creating new services in all
industries and in the public sector
• The Internet has created 2.6 jobs for
every one it has destroyed
(McKinsey)
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Improve infrastructure
Consolidate competence
Diversify funding
Accelerate procedures
Power in infrastructure
Faster
connections
to facilitate
the growth of
digital
services
Consolidate
international
connections
Better
integration of
public
information
systems
More test
frequencies
for
universities
and
companies
More competence
Ten-year R&D programme
Unites universities, research
institutes and companies
More in-depth competence
in data processing
Key technologies:
digital services, gamification, information
security, mobility and big data
Welcome to develop in Finland!
R&D programmes and corporate
subsidies are open to all companies,
regardless of ownership.
Bounce to funding
A billion-euro boost
to growth funding
over ten years
More direct
investment in
companies
A fund of growth
funds implemented
by the public and
private sectors in
cooperation
Intended for both the
seed and growth
phases of
companies
Networks to continue work
Prime Minister's
ICT Expert Group
• Monitors implementation
• Knits projects together across
administrative branches
• Reacts to changes in the
environment
• Makes proposals for new motions
• Continuous ten-year programme
Grow and develop in Finland!
When you
are
thinking
of
investing
• www.investinfinland.fi
Public
capital
investment
Research
funding
• www.teollisuussijoitus.fi
• www.tekes.fi