INDEX • Vaasa briefly • Energy cluster briefly • Attractive Towns - Application • Strengths and Challenges 67 620 inhabitants about 120 different nationalities Other languages 8,1 % Spoken languages Swedish 22,8 % in Vaasa Finnish 69,1 % Youthful Vaasa Vaasa by age groups The most common Vaasa resident is a 23-year-old man. 16-24 years 25-64 years 13,9 % 50,0 % 7-15 years 9,5 % 0-6 years 7,5 % 65- years 19,1 % 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 Archipelago Finland’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 Charles IX, a son of • served as the capital Gustav Vaasa of Finland 29.1. - 3.5.1918 Transport links from Vaasa Vaasa Airport, Airport of the year 2017 Vaasa Airport Wasaline • The 5th busiest airport in . Joint harbour corporation Vaasa-Umeå Finland . Number of travellers +10.5% • Daily flights between . Freight +21.9% (2017 vs. 2016) Stockholm and Vaasa 1 hour flight to Stockholm • 4.5 hour boat trip to Umeå • 3.5 hour trip by train to Helsinki Energy Vaasa BILLION MORE THAN TURNOVER . EUR ENTERPRISES, MANY OF OF WHICH THEM GLOBAL MARKET EXPORTS LEADERS IN THEIR BRANCH EMPLOYEES OF THE ENTIRE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY OF THE ENTIRE ENERGY EXPORTS IN FINLAND SECTOR WORKFORCE IN FINLAND Vaasa leads the energy technology exports VAASA energy technology Accounting for cluster employs Produces Produces approx. 11 000 engineers, MSCs VAASA 5.5% 12% of the REGION 30% (Tech) and other specialists of Finland’s entire technology i.e. approx. 2% exports industry’s of Finland’s of the Finnish exports energy population technology EQUALLING ¼ OF exports (1/3) ENERGY WORKERS IN FINLAND Attractive Towns Application Energy and Climate Program Sub Center Project Energy and climate EU program Energy and climate agreement SEAP Vaasa has committed itself to several international, national and regional projects and agreements aimed at reducing the strain on the Energy efficiency environment and increasing energy efficiency. agreement Goal: 20% lower carbon footprint by 2020 Goal: Energy and climate a carbon neutral city 2035 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 1. Identification and classification of subcenters 2. Theoretical approach to the development of subcenters 3. The development of subcenter in practise – an 4. Improving public example 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 Smart services Interaction and Co-creation Soft GIS –method Vaasa is a large “ enough city, but still so compact that it can be reached anywhere by bike. .