The project promotes business growth and the creation of new innovations.

The Ideajalostamo Kymenlaakso project aims to create conditions for the commercialization of innovations as well as for the research, development, and innovation activities required to generate new innovations.

The project develops a service that provides access to data, tools, and expertise.

It supports companies, inventors, and aspiring entrepreneurs in refining their ideas and inventions into profitable businesses.

The goal is for companies and entrepreneurs to learn how new technologies or new ways of working can solve real problems or market needs. The project enhances companies’ ability to leverage existing networks and resources to spread innovations to a wider audience.

Key actions

The project is divided into five work packages:

• WP1: Coordination
• WP2: Creating conditions
• WP3: National cooperation
• WP4: Regional activation
• WP5: Communication and implementation

Keksintösäätiö is responsible for strengthening national collaboration and linking to the national Ideajalostamo model, while Xamk takes the lead in conducting regional studies and rapid experiments in the Kymenlaakso region.

The project aims to identify tools and models from Kymenlaakso that can be scaled to the national level, while also implementing the national Ideajalostamo model and its tools in Kymenlaakso.

Project Information

• Project duration: 1.2.2024–31.1.2026
• Administrator: South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk)
• Co-implementer: The Foundation for Inventions
• Focus area: Digital economy
• Research unit: Creative economy
• Impact objectives: Human- and user-centered approach, Environment and sustainability, Entrepreneurship and high added value

Budget

• Funder and main funding source: Co-funded by the European Union through the Kymenlaakso Regional Council
• EU’s share of the total budget: €421,195
• Xamk’s share of the total budget: €271,663

Additional information and contact details

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Contact person for the Foundation for Inventions
Timo Nyberg
📞 050 560 4438

timornyberg@gmail.com