Frictionless FinlandLeading country in ICT competence

Research results on Finland

'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.

Best country

in the world

Newsweek

Least corruption Transparency Int.

Second-best operating

environment for ICT

companies in the world

BSA

Third-most competitive economy

in the world

WEF

Third-best digital

economy Economist

Intelligence Unit

From the forest to Angry Birds

19th centurySolid engineering competence develops in the forestry and metal industries • StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene,

Outokumpu, Rautaruukki

20th centuryGrowth of production technology• Cargotec, Kone, Konecranes,

Metso, Outotec, Wärtsilä

1990–2000Rise of the ICT sector accelerates• Nokia,

NokiaSiemensNetworks, Angry Birds, Tieto, Vaisala

World's second-best

university tuition in

mathematics

Best basic education in

the world

Competence attracts companies

Product development

in Finland

Electronic Arts,

Ericsson, Huawei,

Intel, Samsung

Hardware room in Finland

Google, IBM,

Yandex

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

customer-oriented and frictionless

ICT is the

foundation

of growt

h

•Technological development is the strongest engine of change (Richard Solow)

•ICT is the most powerful general-purpose 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)

Frictionless Finlan

d •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

A fund of growth funds implemented by the public and private sectors in

cooperation

Intended for both the seed and growth

phases of companies

More direct investment in companies

Networks to continue work

• Monitors implementation• Knits projects together across

administrative branches• Reacts to changes in the

environment• Makes proposals for new motions• Continuous ten-year programme

Prime Minister's ICT Expert Group

Grow and develop in Finland!

When

you are

thinking of

investing

•www.investinfinland.fi Public

capital investment

•www.teollisuussijoitus.fi Resear

ch funding

•www.tekes.fi