Manual on building smaller innovation centres

Smaller cities and towns of Finland gathered together in the security of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities on 18 January to map out their own role and position in the innovation system and to work out on their own version for the development of smaller cities and towns. Janne Antikainen fed the thinking with his own presentation and acted as a moderator in the panel discussion. Janne’s hint: build your own innovation centre with the help of a manual drafted in co-operation with a national innovation network. Please see the manual below.

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