Support for Young Innovative Entrepreneurs : Building Networks within the Barents Region

The Young Innovative Entrepreneurs project is a support system for young innovative entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs in the Barents Region, that aims at developing new contacts, business ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset across the borders. It focuses on making the Barents Region more attractive as a place to stay and do business in. In this publication we describe the background, implementation and outcome of the Young Innovative Entrepreneurs project. As the cross-cutting theme of the whole project has been creative thinking and innovativeness, this publication breathes the same spirit. Young people want and are willing to work towards a vigorous Barents Region in which young entrepreneurs see more possibilities than obstacles. One way to obtain this vitality can be personal relationships, adequate support tools and cooperation in the region. By sharing the experiences of the project staff and participants, this publication shows that the youth believe in the future of the Barents Region

Video Pitching Toolkit

a Creative Momentum project has focused on the development of the creative industries sector in regions across the Europe`s Northern Edge. One of the development activities in a Creative Momentum was The Video Pitching Toolkit (VPT), which was developed to bring creative products and services to international markets and to connect enterprises transnationally for new business opportunities. Lapland University of Applied Sciences was coordinating the activity. VPT activity was built upon a Toolkit guiding entrepreneur on developing an effective 2-minute video “pitch” that can be used as marketing and promotional material. Partners from Northern Finland, West Region, Ireland and Southeast Northern Ireland were providing support for producing the pitch video for a number of companies. Videos were made for a demonstration effect. The common evaluation criteria were used to select supported enterprises in each region. In this publication, we give an overview of the development of a Video Pitching Toolkit and demonstration videos. The articles will go through the development process and the key learnings of the activity. We have also included the actual Toolkit inside this publication

Sharing Experiences along the Northern Lights Route

There is something wonderful about a good story. Even better if the story tells us something about ourselves or others. In this way, stories open our eyes to the big world we belong to or illustrate the extraordinary in the ordinary here at home. Sharing stories about people, history and place along the Northern Lights Route has been at the heart of the Our Stories project

KauKussa kuhisee 2017 : Katsaus Lapin ammattikorkeakoulun kaupan ja kulttuurin osaamisalan tutkimus-, kehittämis- ja innovaatiotoimintaan vuonna 2017

KauKussa kuhisee on Lapin ammattikorkeakoulun kaupan ja kulttuurin osaamisalan (KauKu) vuosittainen julkaisu, jossa tuodaan esiin niin pienempiä kuin suurempiakin TKI-toimenpiteitä popularisoidussa muodossa ja tehdään katsaus edellisen vuoden hanketoimenpiteisiin. Artikkeleiden kirjoittajien omakohtaiset kokemukset nostavat esiin monipuolisia näkökulmia ja ideoita sovellettavaksi TKI-toiminnan toteuttamiseen ja kehittämiseen. Julkaisu tukee ammattikorkeakoulujen avoimuuden periaatetta omalta osaltaan tarjoten elämyksiä ja kokemuksia monipuoliseen työelämäyhteistyöhön