The value of co-production

The research can be enriched by questions and problems that have arisen in the business actors’ operations, and benefit from the experiences of the business actors’ staff. The researchers also often gain access to data, equipment, test environments, etc. that are not available at the university. The business actors, for their part, can benefit from research results that are relevant to the development of their business and develop the competence of their employees based on current research.

Co-production means that the projects we fund can be rooted both in state-of-the-art research in academia and state-of-the-art development in the business sector. In the longer term, co-production builds trust and networks between academia and business actors, facilitating new and more in-depth collaborations.

A co-produced educational programme guarantees the business relevance of the educational offer of the universities. It also fosters good provision of competence in the business sector, which is crucial to the development of the business actors and their long-term competitiveness. Co-production also strengthens the capacity of universities to run educational activities tailored to the competence development of working professionals.