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This special edition of Projects Magazine celebrates Finland’s approach to research and successful innovation. With our keynote interview with the Minister of Education and Science Krista Kiuru, we have sought to present a clear outline of the country’s research vision, while the work we have done with some of Finland’s leading researchers in showcasing their work will also give you a glimpse into the future – not only in Finland but globally, where the work will have its impact.
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Projects Magazine will always celebrate research achievement and promote good policy. In putting this Finnish edition together, our task in doing just that has been simple and it has been a pleasure to champion a country that promotes R&D so vibrantly. Projects Magazine will continue to support this Finnish approach to R&D, while providing an open-source platform for research dissemination to as many projects as we can. As this edition clearly demonstrates, projects need to share their results to foster further collaboration and the spread of ideas. Better then the chance will be that those ideas can be effectively harnessed for the benefit of those paying for their development – the people of Europe.
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THE MESSAGE from Europe could not be clearer – innovation is critical for the modern economy and to be sure we can innovate, we need investment. The EC is certainly putting our money where its mouth is in this regard. Horizon 2020 is not only delivering double the funding made available through FP7, but the evaluation process has been streamlined to ensure that the money gets to the researcher quicker.
This is a very good thing. Europe’s success in the global economy can no longer rely on being competitive on price – others do that better. We need to embrace fully the notion that Europe’s future lies in harnessing new ideas – and this requires funding.
Finland is a country the rest of Europe should look to for inspiration in terms of how to fund research. The country spends the highest proportion of its GDP on research and development in Europe – 3.7 per cent last year, with the average of all EU-28 countries at 2.06 per cent. Finland also has more scientists and engineers per million people than any other country in the world after South Korea and Israel. R&D spend as a percentage of GDP is an important indicator as well as driver of economic well being. Countries that lead in R&D spending tend to display the strongest long-term economic growth, while strong economies also provide the best investment opportunities.
The aim of science policy in Finland is very simple and clearly defined by the Government’s Research and Innovation Council. Based on a concerted push towards the development of a knowledge economy, it is also steeped in logical thinking. Research is recognised as being the foundation of knowledge and know-how. Sustainable economic growth and social welfare are based on knowledge – and in Finland this double growth is being underpinned by R&D funding.
Another aspect of Finland’s successful innovation policy is its targeted approach to spending, delivering funds to areas of well-known expertise. The bulk of the spending has been made on high-quality, cost-effective health care delivery, improved diagnostic systems, better HIV and cancer therapies and the advancement of nutrition. Finland has focused on hi-tech areas, too, like mobile communications technologies and cleantech designed to mitigate global warming.
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