ERDF programme for Southern Finland
The major region of Southern Finland consists of seven regions: Uusimaa, East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. The programme receives EUR 345 million in public financing. (The EU’s contribution is EUR 138 million.)
Southern Finland as a whole is well developed, but there are large disparities within the major region. There are sub-regions in Southern Finland that suffer from dramatic restructuring and a decreasing GDP. On the other hand, the area has some of Finland’s largest urban areas. Narrowing the gap between areas is, therefore, the most important task for regional development financing.
In Southern Finland, the Regional Development Fund finances in particular challenging and problematic areas. Efforts are made to eliminate the problems by increasing the attractiveness of areas, promoting entrepreneurship, and creating jobs. Financing will also be allocated to the major urban areas outside problematic areas, i.e. to the Helsinki Metropolitan area and the Turku area.
Financing will also be allocated to thematic umbrella projects crossing regional borders. The objective is, for example, to develop competence clusters.
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