KymRIS 2.0 Kymenlaakso's Smart Specialisation RIS3 Strategy updated
The strategy serves as a tool for innovation- and investment-driven economic renewal
The goal of the strategy is to build an internationally networked and resilient innovation ecosystem that produces sustainable solutions, products, and services. It provides the region with a tool to target competence- and innovation-based development more effectively. The objective of the strategy is to build an internationally networked and resilient innovation ecosystem that produces sustainable solutions, products, and services. These are based on high-level expertise, technologies emerging at the interfaces of different sectors, and regional cooperation.
Kymenlaakso’s choices for smart specialisation priorities for 2026–2029
1. Bioeconomy and Circular Economy – Renewable Materials and Energy
2. Logistics – Smart, Green, and Resilient Logistics
3. Digital Economy – Data Economy, Comprehensive Security, and Game Technology
Experience Economy as a Cross-Cutting Opportunity
At the core are active, development-oriented companies as well as research, education, and development organisations. A culture of experimentation and the quadruple helix cooperation model are a natural part of innovation activities in Kymenlaakso. The strategy is implemented in an agile manner, learning from experience and market changes.
The strategy serves as a tool for innovation- and investment-driven economic renewal, where RDI infrastructure, expertise, and piloting activities provide a platform for public investments that leverage private-sector investment. The objective is to create an internationally networked and resilient innovation ecosystem in Kymenlaakso that enables the emergence of new business, the renewal of existing companies, and the continuous development of expertise.
More information:
Petri Tolmunen,
Head of International Affairs, RIS3
GSM +358 44 747 8512,