ÖSTSAM – Regional Development Council of Östergötland, SE Regional Council of Central Finland, FI Defris Partners: Regional Council of Pohjois – Savo, FI Kaunas County Governor´s Administration, LT Regional Authority of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, PL Defris – DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST DIVISION REGIONS A project part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) within the BSR INTERREG III B Programme Publisher Regional Council of Central Finland Address: Sepänkatu 4, 40100 JYVÄSKYLÄ, Finland Tel.: +358- (0) 20 7560 200 E-mail:
[email protected] http://www.keskisuomi.fi Editor Satu Heikkinen Publication B160 ISBN 978-951-594-301-9 ISBN 978-951-594-302-7 (electronic) ISSN 0788-7043 Edition: 50 copies Cover: Rafal Modrzewski Printing: University of Jyväskylä, University Printing House, 2007 SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND NETWORKS April 2007 Work Package 3 Sustainable Regional Development Strategies and Networks Central Finland Contents Introduction 2 Methodology 5 Project reports 8 1. Regionalization – study and strategy Activity A: Aspects on developing Central Finland’s competitiveness 9 Activity B: Central Finland Promotion Event 17 2. Commercial service networks and future scenarios Activity C: Commercial services of Central Finland, Commercial centres and the developmental potential of trade 21 3. Studies of potential for business and traffic Activity D: The Development Plan of Hirvaskangas 32 Activity E: Road 9 Development Zone Jämsä-Jyväskylä-Hankasalmi 37 Dissemination 46 Transnationality and conclusions 48 Appendix 1: Target development zones 50 Appendix 2: Project information formulas (3) 52 Defris – DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST DIVISION REGIONS A project part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) within the BSR INTERREG III B Programme 2 200 Introduction The purpose of Defris project is to enhance the competitiveness of the medium-sized regions in the sphere of influence of the metropolitan areas.