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PÄIJÄT-HÄMEEN LIITTO PÄIJÄNNE-TAVASTLANDS FÖRBUND
REGIONAL COUNCIL OF PÄIJÄT-HÄME
Ajankohtaista kansainvälisistä asioista
Maakuntahallitus/18.5.2009
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PROGRAMME DOCUMENT ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
OF PÄIJÄT-HÄME 2007-2010
Clusters of business life and their
competitiveness in the international
field Internationalization of educational actors
and organisations International lobbying of the
Region Internationalization of the
municipalities and towns http//www.paijat-hame.f
i/tehtavat/kansainvalisyys/kansainvalisyys.htm
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NEW INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS VS. ADMINISTRATIVE
TASKS IN INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
PROGRAMMES Päijät-Häme is an adjoined area to
- Central Baltic Programme INTERREG IVA
(especially Southern Finland Estonia
co-operation) - South-East Finland Russia ENPI
CBC Programme and naturally has the full
status to use - Baltic Sea Region Programme
(INTERREG IVB) - European wide interregional
co-operation programme (INTERREG IVC) - Europe
for Citizens Programme Päijät-Häme is one of
the regions of the Southern Finland ERDF
Operational Programme 2007-2013 and its
international dimension
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INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL FOCUS - BALTIC SEA AREA

• Member in the CPMR and its Baltic Sea Commission
  since 2002
• we hosted the BSC Secretariat 2003-2006
• Co-operation agreements of the Regional Council
  of Päijät-Häme
• in the Baltic Sea Area
• Lithuania - Kaunas County (1999) (educational
  co-operation 2008,
• elderly care project 2009)
• - Estonia - Ida-Virumaa, Lääne-Virumaa and
  Jõgevamaa Counties
• together with Itä-Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso
  (Finland) (1998) (33)
• Russia - Petrograd in St. Petersburg (1995)
• Other co-operation partners
• Hungary - Baranya County (2002) (elderly care
  project 2008-2009)
• Latvia - Riga District Council (CPMR) (ACCR
  project preparation 2008-2009). District Councils
  will be abolished until the end of the year 2009.
• China - Sichuan together with South-West Finland
  and Itä-Uusimaa (1999)

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• South Finland EU-Office in Brussels (1999)
• www.southfinland.org
• - Support and advance international activities
  and projects of the region
• - Inform of EU-affairs and funding opportunities
• - Promote expertise and best practices of the
  region
• - Represent interests of the region
• Common international network of three regions at
  home base
• Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Itä-Uusimaa
• Promoting co-operation across regional borders
  at home base!!!
• Benchmarking and better information exchange
• Using more efficiently other international
  networks and resources
• Promoting project preparation/ideas and
  improving knowledge level
• Promote co-operation between various
  organisations at home base!!!
• No membership fees, activities based on various
  actors own motivation and interests
• Seminars and posting list. Latest info seminar
  on 14.5.2009.

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EU Senior Citizens as active users of
gerontechnology innovations (21.342,96
Euros) Europe for Citizens Programme Action 1
MEASURE 1.2 The thematic networking of twinned
towns Two seminars in 2009 May 26-28 in
Päijät-Häme (FIN) and September in
Rems-Murr-Kreis (D) Lead partner Päijät-Häme,
Finland Partners Rems-Murr-Kreis/Germany
Kolozs/Romania Baranya/Hungary Olomouc/Czech
Republic Kaunas Region/Lithuania
Kovaszna/Romania
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ACCR Awareness of Climate Change for
Regions (4 069 112 euros), project duration
1.1.2010-31.12.2012 Key words climate change
mitigation, political awareness, urban planning,
behaviour change and education Baltic Sea
Region Programme 2007-2013 Priority 4 Promoting
of attractive and competitive cities and regions,
co-operation between metropolitan regions, cities
and rural areas Lead partner consortium
Regional Councils of Päijät-Häme, Häme and
Itä-Uusimaa 22 partners from five BSR countries
e.g. partners from Helsinki, Hamburg, Växjö,
Katowice and Riga regions 86 applications
received (19 in priority 4). Decisions on
financing in September 2009.
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