• Vaasa briefly

• Energy cluster briefly

• Attractive Towns - Application

• Strengths and Challenges

INDEX

67 620 inhabitants

Finnish 69,1 %

Swedish 22,8 %

Other languages 8,1 %

Spoken languages

in Vaasa

about 120 different nationalities

Youthful

Vaasa

The most common Vaasa resident is a 23-year-old man.

0-6 years 7,5 %

7-15 years 9,5 %

16-24 years 13,9 %

25-64 years 50,0 %

65- years 19,1 %

Vaasa by age groups

Finland’s

most

beautiful

campus

The University of Vaasa offers a

beautiful sea view and a green

campus to over 5,000 students

The quality of life

nearby

7beaches within a 3-km radius of the market square • 473 km of shoreline (includes 313 km of archipelago shoreline) •

2 000 berths and a guest harbour

Kvarken ArchipelagoFinland’s only natural heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage List

King’s City

• founded in 1606 by

Charles IX around the

oldest harbour and

trading site in

Ostrobothnia

• after burning to the

ground in 1852, the

city relocated to its

current position in

1862

• served as the capital

of Finland 29.1. -

3.5.1918

Charles IX,

a son of

Gustav Vaasa

Transport links from

Vaasa

1 hour flight to Stockholm • 4.5 hour boat trip to Umeå • 3.5 hour trip by train to Helsinki

Vaasa Airport, Airport of the year 2017

Vaasa Airport• The 5th busiest airport in

Finland

• Daily flights between

Stockholm and Vaasa

Wasaline Joint harbour corporation Vaasa-Umeå

Number of travellers +10.5%

Freight +21.9% (2017 vs. 2016)

Energy Vaasa

ENTERPRISES, MANY OF

THEM GLOBAL MARKET

LEADERS IN THEIR BRANCH

MORE THAN

OF WHICH

TURNOVER BILLION

EUR

EXPORTS

OF THE ENTIRE

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

EXPORTS IN FINLANDOF THE ENTIRE ENERGY

SECTOR WORKFORCE IN

FINLAND

EMPLOYEES

.

VAASA REGION

i.e. approx. 2%of the Finnish population

VAASA energy technology

cluster employs

11 000 engineers, MSCs

(Tech) and other specialists

Produces

5.5%of Finland’s entire

exports

Accounting for

approx.

30%of Finland’s

energy

technology

exports (1/3)EQUALLING ¼ OF

ENERGY WORKERS IN

FINLAND

Produces

12% of the

technology

industry’s

exports

Vaasa leads the energy technology exports

Attractive Towns

Application

Energy and Climate Program

Sub Center Project

Energy and climate

program

Vaasa has committed itself to several

international, national and regional projects and

agreements aimed at reducing the strain on the

environment and increasing energy efficiency.

Goal:

20% lower carbon footprint by 2020

Goal:

a carbon neutral city 2035

EU Energy and

climate agreementSEAP

Energy efficiency agreement

Energy and climate programme

Sustainable energy

action plan

Examples of sustainable measures (road map)

• Sustainable urban planning

Ravilaakso, sub center project

• Increase of Public transport

• Low emission vehicles

• Green electricity

• Invest in Cycling

• Gigafactory

• Transition management

Sub Center Challenges

Public services

Identity

Mobility

Urban life

Sub Center Project

2. Theoretical

approach to the

development of

subcenters

1. Identification and

classification of

subcenters

3. The development

of subcenter in

practise – an

example4. Improving public

transportation

system between

city subcenters

and city center

Benchmarking etc.

What do we need to

improve?

Smart mobility

Co-creation methods

How to measure urban quality

and sustainability?

Key actions in

Sub center project

Key actions in

Sub center project

Partnership

Interaction and

Co-creation

Smart services

Soft GIS –method

“ Vaasa is a large

enough city, but still

so compact that it

can be reached

anywhere by bike.