Finland's ITIs - The six city strategy delivering open and smart services in partnership

Vironen, Heidi (2018) Finland's ITIs - The six city strategy delivering open and smart services in partnership. European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 6 (1). pp. 20-27. ISSN 2196-8268

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Abstract

This article reviews how Finland is implementing its sustainable urban development (SUD) strategy in 2014-20 as a part of ERDF Regulation Article 7 requirements, through the use of an Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) called the ‘Six City Strategy’. The article provides a detailed analysis of the Six City Strategy, describing its development, implementation and progress, and distilling some elements of good practice and lessons learned from this unique city network approach.

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Vironen, Heidi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6834-6938;
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