The UniPlatform project ends

The UniPlatform project was carried out by three Finnish partners and one Swedish partner during the project time 1.9.2008-30.9.2009. The project was funded by Botnia-Atlantica -programme (96 000 EUR/60%), the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia (16 000 EUR/10 %)), the County of Västernorrland (27 000 EUR/16,9%), the City of Pori/UCPori (7 000 EUR/4,4%), SAMK (14 000 EUR/8.8%). Totally the budget comprised 160 000 EUR.

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) was the lead partner (samordnande stödmottagare/www.samk.fi) in the project. Turku School of Economics (www.tse.fi/pori), Pori Unit and Tampere University of Technology (docent Jari Palomäki/Pori Unit) (www.tut.fi/pori) were participating under the umbrella organisation i.e. the University Consortium of Pori (www.porinyliopistokeskus.fi. These two university entities are administrative and autonomous parts of the consortium.

The Swedish project partner was Mid Sweden University/Mittuniversitetet/MIUN/(www.miun.se) which is located in three cities in two geographical regions: Härnösand, Sundsvall and Östersund. The parner agreement was signed between the participating organisations.

The cooperation was conducted in the fields of research, education and collaboration between the regions of Satakunta and Västernorrland. The UniPlatform was an innovative pilot project lasting 13 months and the priority area was 2; 2.1.”Tillväxt genom samverkan, tema kompetens”. The project indicators were 211, 212, 213, 222, 223 and 232.

The aim of the project was to clarify and assess possibilitities to more active and goal-minded cooperation and collaboration between universitities in Västernorrland and Satakunta.

The project has been carried out in accordance with the project plan. The co-operation in the future has to be deepened. There is a common and shared interest between the partners and the project staff to co-operate also in the future. Some new project ideas/plans are under discussion