Transforming leading-edge expertise into business
The Tampere Region Centre of Expertise Programme coordinated by Hermia Ltd is one of 21 centres of expertise in Finland. The purpose of the Finnish Government’s Centre of Expertise Programme is to focus measures on key industries of national importance. The programme is founded on the utilization of regional expertise which is of an internationally high standard.
The programme’s operational model was renewed to become cluster-based for the period 2007-2013. One of the programme’s aims is to enhance differentiation between regions and strengthen cooperation between centres of expertise. The national programme is implemented by 13 nationally significant expertise clusters and 21 centres of expertise in different regions.
The Tampere Region Centre of Expertise Programme is a participant in seven expertise clusters. Hermia Ltd has been implementing the national Centre of Expertise Programme in the central Tampere Region since 1995.
The Centre of Expertise Programme’s national website (in Finnish) www.oske.net
Hermia participates in five clusters
The Tampere Region Centre of Expertise has been expanded to cover seven fields of expertise for the years 2007-2013.
The centres of expertise receive half of their basic funding from the state and half from cities and municipalities. The main part of their volume is constituted by the projects they launch.
The expertise clusters in the central Tampere Region during the centre of expertise period are:
- Intelligent Machines (National coordination)
- Ubiquitous Computing (National coordination)
- Digital Contents
- Energy Technology
- Nanotechnology
and those implemented by Finn-Medi Research Ltd are
- Health Technology
- Biotechnology