Development priorities for Kainuu 2014–2020
The Kainuu region's strategy is currently being compiled, and the regional programme and plan were approved in June 2014.
The following have been selected a priority fields for economic development:
- Tourism and services
- Technology industry
- Bioeconomy and bio-mining
The following entities have been specified within the tourism and services priority:
- growth of market
- renewal of products
- Kainuu's spirit of hospitality and team work
- working together to improve tourism's potential for growth in Finland
The technology industry comprises:
- ICT and electronics fields, especially instrumentation and server room and cloud services and the game industry
- metal industry
Bioeconomy and bio-mining is made up of
- mechanical timber processing
- development of timber construction
- bio-energy (biofuels)
- agriculture (e.g. local produce and organic products)
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mining (mining, stone dressing, industrial minerals)