Northern Satakunta on the Waves of Green Transition
This green transition project, led by SAMK, is developing the Kirkkokallio Eco-Innovation Park, the construction product industry and the GEO Learning Environment in Northern Satakunta. The main objective is to support the region in its green transition and strengthen the responsiveness of the workforce to change.
On the waves of green transition in Northern Satakunta
After the project, North Satakunta will have three strong clusters of competence in the circular economy, green transition and technological solutions: Kirkkokallio Eco-Innovation Park, the construction product group and the GEO Learning Environment for environmental education. In addition, the region's businesses, workforce and young people have been empowered with a belief in the future. The main target groups of the project are small and medium-sized enterprises, municipalities and educational institutions. The City of Kankaanpää and its economic development department are important partners in the project.
Project info
- Project owner: Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK). The project is a part of SAMK's Resource Wisdom research area.
- Project duration: 1.10.2023-31.3.2026
- Project financing: EU's Just Transition Fund (JTF) and the Regional Council of Satakunta. Read more about JTF here.
Kirkkokallio Eco-Innovation Park
The Kirkkokallio Eco-Innovation Park in Honkajoki, Kankaanpää, is moving towards a more strategic approach, providing an increasing competitive advantage and increasing awareness of circular economy and eco-industry.
Construction product industry
This work package will develop value chains, production, decarbonisation and data exploitation within the construction product industry.
GEO Learning Environment
The learning contents of the GEO Learning Environment at Honkajoki upper secondary school will be expanded in this work package. The learning environment will be promoted as a link between educational institutions and businesses. It will also strengthen its role as a learning, summer job and future employment opportunity for sustainable development.
Communication and publications
The project communicates mainly in Finnish, but here are some highlights available in English.