Links

European Union European Associations European Cooperation Regions State Government Regional Bodies
Education and Research Technology Centres Health Care Finance Enterprises Finnish Associations

The West Finland Alliance has several interest groups in its region, nationally and internationally.
In the following list the variety of the cooperation parties is manifested in the Form of Internet links.

European Union
European Union http://europa.eu.int/
European Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/home/default_en.htm
Council of the European Union http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm
European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
The Court of Justice of the European Communities http://curia.eu.int/en/transitpage.htm
The Court of Auditors http://www.eca.eu.int/EN/menu.htm
The European Ombudsman http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/home/en/default.htm
European Central Bank http://www.ecb.int/
European Investment Bank http://www.bei.eu.int/
European Economic and Social Committee http://www.esc.eu.int/pages/en/home.asp
Committee of the Regions http://www.cor.eu.int/en/index.html
Statistical Office of the European Communities
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/EN?catalogue=Eurostat
Europe Information Office INFOREGIO http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/intro/regions5_en.htm
CORDIS http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

European Associations
Association of European Border Regions, AEBR http://www.aebr.net/
Assembly of European Regions, AER http://www.are-regions-europe.org/
The Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe, AMRIE http://www.amrie.org/
Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation, BSSSC http://www.bsssc.com/
The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe, CPMR http://www.cpmr.org/
European Industrial Regions Association, EIRA http://www.association-reti.org/
European Regional Information Society @ssociation, ERIS@ http://www.erisa.be/
European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agensies, FEDERANE http://www.fedarene.org/
Kvarken Council http://www.kvarken.org/news.asp
Midtnorden http://www.mittnorden.net/

European Cooperation Regions
Republic of Karelia, Russia http://gov.karelia.ru/index_e.html
Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia http://www.government.nnov.ru/?id=1451
NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany http://www.nrw.de/index_ie.shtml
Pest county, Hungary http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/hu-pe.html
Piemonte region, Italy http://www.regione.piemonte.it/
Schleswig-Holstain, Germany http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/
Tartu county, Estonia http://www.tartumaa.ee/?setlang=eng&PHPSESSID=
74731051248ad7949482b21ab7c855a3
Viljandi county, Estonia http://www.viljandi.ee/index.html?id=506

State Government and regional authorities in Finland
Parliament http://www.eduskunta.fi/
The President of the Republic of Finland http://www.presidentti.fi/english/
Government http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/vn/liston/base.lsp?k=en
Province of Western Finland http://www.laaninhallitus.fi/lh/lansi/home.nsf/pages/index_eng
Employment and Economic Development Centre http://www.te-keskus.fi/web/ktm
yht.nsf/KehysmalliENG?OpenPage
Finnish Road Administration http://www.tiehallinto.fi/eindex.htm
The Finnish Environment Institute http://www.vyh.fi/eng/syke/syke.htm

Finnish regional bodies
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities http://www.kunnat.net/k_etusivu.asp?path=1;161;279
Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia http://www.epliitto.fi/
Regional Council of Central Finland http://www.keskisuomi.fi/english/eng.htm
Council of Tampere Region http://www.pirkanmaa.fi/english/
Regional Council of Ostrobothnia http://www.obotnia.fi/
Regional Council of Satakunta http://www.satakunta.fi/inenglish/
South Finland, ELLI http://www.etela-suomi.fi/english/index.htm
East Finland http://www.eastfinland.org/
European North Lapland-Oulu http://www.lapland-oulu.fi/etusivu_eng.html

Education and research
University of Jyväskylä http://www.jyu.fi/indexeng.shtml
University of Tampere http://www.uta.fi/english/index.html
Tampere University of Technology http://www.tut.fi/public/index.cfm?siteid=32
University of Vaasa http://www.uwasa.fi/international/
Pori University Consortium http://www.porinyliopistokeskus.fi/sivu.asp?taso=0&id=6
Institute for Extension Studies, TYT Seinäjoki http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration http://www.hanken.fi/hanken/eng/index.php?
Åbo Akademi University, Vasa http://www.vasa.abo.fi/nyoh/english.htm
Jyväskylä Polytechnic http://www.jypoly.fi/internet/jamk.nsf
Central Otrobothnia Polytechnic http://www.cop.fi/cop2001/default.asp
Pirkanmaa Polytechnic http://www.piramk.fi/
Satakunta Polytechnic http://www.samk.fi/
Seinäjoki Polytechnic http://www.seamk.fi/english/
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/hymakes/english/index.htm
http://www.siba.fi/fin/
http://www.uwasa.fi/seinajoki/
Swedish Polytechnic, Finland http://www.syh.fi/eng/
Tampere Polytechnic http://www.tpu.fi/servlet/sivu/0/250334
Vaasa Polytechnic http://www.puv.fi/english/default.asp
Diaconia Polytechnic, Pori http://www.diak.fi/english/contactinfo.html
CIMO http://www.cimo.fi/Resource.phx/cimo/mainpage/mainpage.htx
VTT Industrial Systems, Tampere http://www.vtt.fi/tuo/indexe.htm
VTT Processes, Jyväskylä http://www.vtt.fi/pro/indexe.htm
SC-Research www.sc-research.fi

JAKK EU Information Centre www.jakknet.com/eu-tietokeskus/

Technology Centres
Finn-medi Research Ltd, Tampere http://www.finnmedi.fi/english/
Jyväskylä Science Park http://www.jsp.fi/
PrizzTech Ltd Pori http://www.prizz.fi/english/index.asp
Seinäjoen teknologiakeskus Oy http://www.seinajoki.fi/teknologiakeskus
Tampere Technology Centre Ltd http://www3.hermia.fi/english/
Technology Center Merinova Ltd Vaasa http://www.merinova.fi/lang/eng/etusivu.asp
Thermopolis Ltd Lapua http://www.thermopolis.fi

Health Care
South Ostrobothnia Health Care District http://www.epshp.fi/
Cenral Finland Health Care District http://www.ksshp.fi/english/eindex.htm
Pirkanmaa Health Care District http://www.pshp.fi/eng/
Satakunta Health Care District http://www.satshp.fi/servlet/page?_pageid=61&_dad=portal30&_
schema=PORTAL30&_type=site&_fsiteid=53&_fid=1&_fnavbarid=1&_fnavbarsiteid
=53&_fedit=0&_fmode=2&_fdisplaymode=1&_fcalledfrom=1&_fdisplayurl=
Vaasa Health Care Region http://www.vshp.fi/
Tampere University Central Hospital http://www.tays.fi/
Central Hospital of Central Finland http://www.ksshp.fi/sairaalat_ja_yksikot/keskussairaala/keskussa.html
Seinäjoki Central Hospital http://www.epshp.fi/
Pori Central Hospital
http://www.satshp.fi/servlet/page?_pageid=76&_dad=portal30&_schema=
PORTAL30&_type=site&_fsiteid=133&_fid=4162&_fnavbarid=1&_fnavbarsiteid
=133&_fedit=0&_fmode=2&_fdisplaymode=1&_fcalledfrom=1&_fdisplayurl=
Vaasa Central Hospital http://www.vshp.fi/internet/eng/vasa/default.htm

Financing
Finnvera http://www.finnvera.fi
Tekes http://www.finnvera.fi
Sentio Invest Oy Tampere (in Finnish only) http://www.sentio.fi
Wedeco GroupVaasa (Finnish/ Swedish only) http://www.wedeco.fi
Aboa Venture Management Oy Pori http://www.aboaventure.fi/view.asp

Enterprises
ABB Strömberg (electric motors)
Fastems (factory automation systems)
Georgia Pasific (paper production)
Kalmar (container handling)
Metso (paper machines, rock crushing and production automation)
M-real (paper solutions)
Nanso (textiles)
Nokia (mobile phone technology)
Nokian Renkaat (tyres)
Oras (water taps)
Outokumpu (copper production)
Partek (forest harvesters, container handling equipment)
Pilkington (special glass)
Purso (aluminium profiles)
Reima-Tutta (textile)
Rosenlew (combine harvesters)
Saarioinen (food industry)
Sandvik-Tamrock (mining equipment)
J W Suominen (textile)
Tamglass (safety glass machinery)
Timberjack (forest harvesters)
UPM-Kymmene (paper production)
Valtra (tractors)
Wärtsilä (marine engines)

Organisations and associations
South Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce http://www.southostro.chamber.fi/english/index.html
Central Finland Chamber of Commerce http://www.centralfinlandchamber.fi/
Tampere Chamber of Commerce http://www.tampere.chamber.fi/alasivu.php3?target=en
Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce http://www.ostro.chamber.fi/
Rauma Chamber of Commerce http://www.rauma.chamber.fi/english.phtml
Satakunta Chamber of Commerce http://www.sata.chamber.fi/default.asp

Entrepeneurs of South Ostrobothnia http://www.yrittajat.fi/etelapohjanmaa/
Entrepeneurs of Central Finland http://www.keski-suomi.yrittajat.fi/enkkusivut/index2.htm
Entrepeneurs of Tampere Region http://www.pirkanmaanyrittajat.fi/fi/
Entrepeneurs of Satakunta http://www.yrittajat.fi/sy/ay1/satakunta/home.nsf
Entrepeneurs of Ostrobothnia http://www.osfofo.fi

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